Onset of fuzz formation in plasma-facing tungsten as a surface morphological instability

CS Chen, D Dasgupta, RD Kolasinski, BD Wirth… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Based on simulation results and theoretical analysis according to an atomistically informed
continuum-scale model for the surface morphological response of tungsten plasma-facing …

Effects of elastic softening and helium accumulation kinetics on surface morphological evolution of plasma-facing tungsten

CS Chen, D Dasgupta, A Weerasinghe, BD Wirth… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Based on a continuous-domain model, capable of accessing the spatiotemporal scales
relevant to fuzz formation on the surface of plasma-facing component (PFC) tungsten, we …

[HTML][HTML] Hole formation effect on surface morphological response of plasma-facing tungsten

CS Chen, D Dasgupta, BD Wirth… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We report simulation results on the effect of helium (He) bubble bursting-mediated surface
hole formation on the surface morphological response of tungsten plasma-facing …

Helium bubble size effects on the surface morphological response of plasma-facing tungsten

ON Patel, D Dasgupta, BD Wirth… - Materials Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a simulation study on the effects of helium (He) bubble size on the morphological
evolution and pattern formation on the surface of tungsten used as a plasma-facing …

On the origin of 'fuzz'formation in plasma-facing materials

D Dasgupta, RD Kolasinski, RW Friddle, L Du… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten, the material used in the plasma-facing components (PFCs) of nuclear fusion
reactors, develops a fuzz-like surface morphology under typical reactor operating conditions …

Panorama of “fuzz” growth on tungsten surface under He irradiation

WW Zhang, PH Shi, BD Yao, L Wu, XY Wu, LQ Shi… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanostructure formation on tungsten (W) surfaces under helium (He) irradiation is a unique
and interesting phenomenon that directly impacts the performance and lifetime of W-based …

[HTML][HTML] Study of plasma induced nanostructure formation and surface morphology changes on tungsten and stainless steel at atmospheric pressure

YE Kovach, F Zhang, F Gao, JE Foster - Journal of Vacuum Science & …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of nanostructures such as “fuzz,” holes, and flakes was observed on tungsten
and stainless steel anodes in a 1 atm glow discharge with helium as the feed gas. The …

Effects of surface vacancy-adatom pair formation on PFC tungsten surface morphological response

CS Chen, D Dasgupta, A Weerasinghe… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a simulation study of the effect of He-irradiation-induced surface vacancy-adatom
pair formation on the surface morphological evolution of plasma-facing component (PFC) …

Characterization of the dynamic formation of nano-tendril surface morphology on tungsten while exposed to helium plasma

KB Woller - 2017 - dspace.mit.edu
Tungsten undergoes surface morphology changes on the nanometer scale when subjected
to low energy helium ion bombardment. This is due in part to the ion bombardment causing …

Initial growth of tungsten fuzz induced by bubble-driven surface stress layer under helium irradiation

C Niu, Y Cui, S Dai, W Liu, C Chen, W Ni… - Plasma Physics and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Low-energy, high-flux He exposure to tungsten (W) surface leads to the formation of surface
nanostructures and severe morphological changes, which may eventually erode the W …