[HTML][HTML] Materials for sustainable nuclear energy: a European strategic research and innovation agenda for all reactor generations

L Malerba, A Al Mazouzi, M Bertolus, M Cologna… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nuclear energy is presently the single major low-carbon electricity source in Europe and is
overall expected to maintain (perhaps eventually even increase) its current installed power …

Condensed Matter Systems Exposed to Radiation: Multiscale Theory, Simulations, and Experiment

AV Solov'yov, AV Verkhovtsev, NJ Mason… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This roadmap reviews the new, highly interdisciplinary research field studying the behavior
of condensed matter systems exposed to radiation. The Review highlights several recent …

Self–ion irradiation of high purity iron: Unveiling plasticity mechanisms through nanoindentation experiments and large-scale atomistic simulations

K Mulewska, FJ Dominguez-Gutierrez, D Kalita… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ion irradiation may enhance material hardness through crystal defect nucleation and
reorganization. In this study, we examine the nanomechanical behavior of high-purity iron …

Microstructure and magnetization evolution in bcc iron via direct first-principles predictions of radiation effects

E Mansouri, P Olsson - Physical Review Materials, 2023 - APS
We here model the radiation-induced microstructure evolution in bcc iron using the creation-
relaxation algorithm directly driven by density functional theory calculations and compare to …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of irradiation-induced microstructure evolution in Fe: Impact of Frenkel pair distribution

E Mansouri, P Olsson - Computational Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigated the irradiation-induced microstructure evolution in Fe, employing the
Creation-Relaxation Algorithm and different interatomic potentials. The influence of self …

Self-ion irradiation effects on nanoindentation-induced plasticity of crystalline iron: A joint experimental and computational study

K Mulewska, F Rovaris, FJ Dominguez-Gutierrez… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, experimental work is supported by multi-scale numerical modeling to
investigate nanomechanical response of pristine and ion irradiated with Fe 2+ ions with …

Interactions between irradiation defects and nitrogen in α‐Fe: an integrated experimental and theoretical study

A Theodorou, MA Syskaki, Z Kotsina, M Axiotis… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aims at clarifying, by means of an integrated experimental and theoretical
approach, the properties of the interaction between interstitial nitrogen (N) and irradiation …

On the equivalence of irradiation conditions on present and future facilities for fusion materials research and qualification: A computational study

N Castin, D Terentyev, A Bakaev, A Stankovskiy… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
We performed a computational study to assess the suitability and equivalence of the
irradiation conditions on several test irradiation facilities (either currently operating or …

Effect of radiation defects on the early stages of nanoindentation tests in bcc Fe and Fe-Cr alloys

A Bakaev, J Zhao, D Terentyev, G Bonny… - Computational Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of nanoindentation tests are performed in
defect-free at 300, 600 and 1000 K and defected crystals at 300 and 600 K of pure Fe and …

The combined effect of carbon and chromium enrichment on< 1 0 0> loop absorption in iron

G Bonny, A Bakaev, D Terentyev - Computational Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work we study the effects of C and Cr enrichment of< 1 0 0> dislocation loops (DL) on
their absorption and obstacle strength when interacting with an edge dislocation. To do so …