Accelerated/reduced growth of tungsten fuzz by deposition of metals

S Kajita, T Morgan, H Tanaka, Y Hayashi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
From the helium (He) plasma irradiations to tungsten performed in the Magnum-PSI device,
the effects of deposition of metals on the helium-plasma induced fiberform nanostructures …

Enhanced growth of large-scale nanostructures with metallic ion precipitation in helium plasmas

S Kajita, S Kawaguchi, N Ohno, N Yoshida - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Helium plasma irradiation on metal surfaces leads to the formation of metallic fuzzy
nanostructures accompanied by the growth of helium bubbles in metals. The mechanism of …

[HTML][HTML] Tungsten fuzz: Deposition effects and influence to fusion devices

S Kajita, N Yoshida, N Ohno - Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Helium (He) plasma irradiation to tungsten leads to formation of He bubbles and fiberform
nanostructures called fuzz on the surface. Although the fuzz growth condition and growth …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of rhenium addition on tungsten fuzz formation in helium plasmas

A Khan, G De Temmerman, TW Morgan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of the addition of rhenium to tungsten on the formation of a nanostructure referred
to as 'fuzz'when exposed to helium plasmas at fusion relevant ion fluxes was investigated in …

Morphologies of co-depositing W layer formed during He plasma irradiation

S Kajita, S Kawaguchi, N Yoshida, N Ohno… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten (W) samples were exposed to helium (He) plasmas with precipitation of W
particles. It was shown that visible large-scale fiberform nanostructures (LFNs) were formed …

Experimental mechanistic investigation of the nanostructuring of tungsten with low energy helium plasmas

P Fiflis, N Connolly, DN Ruzic - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Helium ion bombardment of tungsten at temperatures between approximately one third and
one half of its melting point has shown growth of nanostructures colloquially referred to as …

Pulsation effects of incident ion energy on W fuzz growth

S Kajita, S Kawaguchi, D Hwangbo… - Plasma and Fusion …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Fuzzy nanostructure growth occurs on tungsten (W) surfaces by the exposure to helium (He)
plasmas. We investigated pulsation effect in the incident energy of He ions on W fuzz …

Direct time-resolved observation of tungsten nanostructured growth due to helium plasma exposure

P Fiflis, D Curreli, DN Ruzic - Nuclear Fusion, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Determination of the mechanisms underlying the growth of tungsten fuzz is an important step
towards mitigation of fuzz formation. Nanostructured tungsten was produced on resistively …

3D modelling of tungsten fuzz growth under the bombardment of helium plasma

Q Shi, S Dai, D Wang - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2018 - Elsevier
The fiber form nanostructure of tungsten surface called “fuzz”, which degrades the
performance of tungsten material, has been observed on linear devices, tokamak and …

The dependence of tungsten fuzz layer thickness and porosity on tungsten deposition rate and helium ion fluence

MI Patino, D Nishijima, MJ Baldwin, GR Tynan - Nuclear Fusion, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Fuzz formation on a heated tungsten surface in the presence of a helium-containing plasma
and tungsten deposition source was investigated. Tungsten samples were exposed at 1123 …