Tunable chemical disorder in concentrated alloys: defect physics and radiation performance

Y Zhang, YN Osetsky, WJ Weber - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of advanced structural alloys with performance meeting the requirements
of extreme environments in nuclear reactors has been long pursued. In the long history of …

Role of electronic energy loss on defect production and interface stability: Comparison between ceramic materials and high-entropy alloys

Y Zhang, C Silva, TG Lach, MA Tunes, Y Zhou… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) and some complex alloys exhibit desirable properties and
significant structural stability in harsh environments, including possible applications in …

Universal radiation tolerant semiconductor

A Azarov, JG Fernández, J Zhao, F Djurabekova… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Radiation tolerance is determined as the ability of crystalline materials to withstand the
accumulation of the radiation induced disorder. Nevertheless, for sufficiently high fluences …

Radiation damage in wide and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors

SJ Pearton, A Aitkaliyeva, M Xian, F Ren… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The wide bandgap semiconductors SiC and GaN are already commercialized as power
devices that are used in the automotive, wireless, and industrial power markets, but their …

Deterministic Generation and Guided Motion of Magnetic Skyrmions by Focused He+-Ion Irradiation

LM Kern, B Pfau, V Deinhart, M Schneider, C Klose… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Magnetic skyrmions are quasiparticles with nontrivial topology, envisioned to play a key role
in next-generation data technology while simultaneously attracting fundamental research …

Tolerance of perovskite solar cells to targeted proton irradiation and electronic ionization induced healing

BK Durant, H Afshari, S Singh, B Rout… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mixed organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are of interest for space
photovoltaic applications due to their apparent tolerance to high-energy proton radiation …

Roadmap for focused ion beam technologies

K Höflich, G Hobler, FI Allen, T Wirtz, G Rius… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

Efficacy of ion implantation in zinc oxide for optoelectronic applications: A review

A Das, D Basak - ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Unlike the majority of the silicon-based electronic devices, optoelectronic devices are
predominantly made using III–V and II–VI semiconductor compounds and their alloys …

Radiation effects on structure and mechanical properties of borosilicate glasses

LT Chen, XT Ren, YN Mao, JJ Mao, XY Zhang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Borosilicate glass is a candidate material for solidification of high-level radioactive waste
(HLW). During disposal of HLW, the glass will be subjected to irradiation, especially the …

Recent progress on understanding the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among NiFe, NiCoCr, and NiCoFeCr alloys: A review

G Velişa, F Granberg, E Levo, Y Zhou, Z Fan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Systematic temperature-effects investigations on damage evolution in ion-irradiated Ni-
based concentrated solid-solution alloys (CSAs) are pivotal to provide reliance on their use …