The potential of dislocations (line defects) in ceramics may have been greatly underrated
until most recently. Promising proofs‐of‐concept have been demonstrated for dislocation …

Tungsten is the front-runner candidate for building the plasma-facing armour components for
future fusion reactors. However, in-service irradiation by fusion-neutrons and helium will …

Electronic materials such as semiconductors, piezo‐and ferroelectrics, and metal oxides are
primary constituents in sensing, actuation, nanoelectronics, memory, and energy systems …

Most oxide ceramics are known to be brittle macroscopically at room temperature with little
or no dislocation‐based plasticity prior to crack propagation. Here, we demonstrate the size …

Hydrogen irradiation profoundly changes the microstructure and morphological
characteristics of tungsten, ultimately resulting in the modifications to its mechanical …

Incipient room-temperature plastic deformation in single-crystal SrTiO 3 at the nanoscale
and the microscale is contrasted by applying a scale-dependent indentation technique …

Dislocations have been identified to modify both the functional and mechanical properties of
some ceramic materials. Succinct control of dislocation‐based plasticity in ceramics will also …

Understanding the irreversible deformation (dislocation activation and crack formation) of
functional oxides, based on which various advanced electronic devices are fabricated, is …

Predicting the dramatic changes in mechanical and physical properties caused by
irradiation damage is key for the design of future nuclear fission and fusion reactors. Self-ion …

Irradiation damage is known to alter a material's microstructure due to the accumulation of
high densities of defect clusters. Such irradiated microstructures change the mechanical …