Behavior of tungsten under irradiation and plasma interaction

M Rieth, R Doerner, A Hasegawa, Y Ueda… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
In 1959 the Journal of Nuclear Materials (JNM) was founded and is now celebrating its
Diamond Anniversary year. The present paper is part of a series in which single JNM …

Helium, hydrogen, and fuzz in plasma-facing materials

KD Hammond - Materials Research Express, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten, the primary material under consideration as the divertor material in magnetic-
confinement nuclear fusion reactors, has been known for the last decade to form'fuzz'—a …

Outstanding radiation resistance of tungsten-based high-entropy alloys

O El-Atwani, N Li, M Li, A Devaraj, JKS Baldwin… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
A body-centered cubic W-based refractory high entropy alloy with outstanding radiation
resistance has been developed. The alloy was grown as thin films showing a bimodal grain …

Tungsten 'fuzz'growth re-examined: the dependence on ion fluence in non-erosive and erosive helium plasma

TJ Petty, MJ Baldwin, MI Hasan, RP Doerner… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten 'fuzz' growth re-examined: the dependence on ion fluence in non-erosive and erosive
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Primary radiation damage in tungsten-based high-entropy alloy: Interatomic potential and collision cascade simulations

Y Chen, X Liao, R Qiu, L Liu, W Hu, H Deng - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Tungsten (W)-based high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have shown promising properties
as nuclear fusion materials. Characterizing the primary damage is a critical step in …

A new loop-punching mechanism for helium bubble growth in tungsten

H **e, N Gao, K Xu, GH Lu, T Yu, F Yin - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Growth of helium (He) bubbles with different initial sizes in tungsten (W) has been
investigated by performing molecular dynamics simulations. Based on the simulation results …

Direct observation of sink-dependent defect evolution in nanocrystalline iron under irradiation

O El-Atwani, JE Nathaniel, AC Leff, K Hattar… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Crystal defects generated during irradiation can result in severe changes in morphology and
an overall degradation of mechanical properties in a given material. Nanomaterials have …

A review of surface damage/microstructures and their effects on hydrogen/helium retention in tungsten

YG Li, QR Zheng, LM Wei, CG Zhang, Z Zeng - Tungsten, 2020 - Springer
The change in surface damage/microstructures and its effects on the hydrogen (H)
isotope/helium (He) dynamic behavior are the key factors for investigating issues of tungsten …

The role of grain size in He bubble formation: Implications for swelling resistance

O El-Atwani, JE Nathaniel II, AC Leff… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline metals are postulated as radiation resistant materials due to their high
defect and particle (eg Helium) sink density. Here, the performance of nanocrystalline iron …

Effect of starting microstructure on helium plasma-materials interaction in tungsten

K Wang, ME Bannister, FW Meyer, CM Parish - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
In a magnetic fusion energy (MFE) device, the plasma-facing materials (PFMs) will be
subjected to tremendous fluxes of ions, heat, and neutrons. The response of PFMs to the …