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 …

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) …

Nonlinear impact of the porous nanostructure on the net tungsten erosion in the linear plasma device PISCES-A

KR Yang, SY Dai, RP Doerner, DH Liu, JY Chen… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The tungsten fuzz growth under non-erosive and erosive helium plasmas in the linear
plasma device PISCES-A has been investigated by experiments and simulations. The …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling of tungsten sputtering by argon particle bombardment on a fuzzy surface

DH Liu, SY Dai, D Nishijima, KR Yang, JY Chen… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The physical sputtering yield of a tungsten (W) fuzzy surface by argon (Ar) plasma
bombardment was measured in the linear plasma device PISCES-B, which showed an …

Modelling of physical sputtering properties during tungsten fuzz growth under various impact energies on NAGDIS-II

KR Yang, JY Chen, S Kajita, Q Shi, CR Zu, B Cui… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fibre-like nanostructure named fuzz can form on tungsten (W) surface under the irradiation
of helium (He) plasma. While the W fuzz growth can be suppressed by the bombardment of …

Anisotropic He-ion irradiation damages in nanocolumnar W thin films

I Oh, D Park, E Cheong, H Jo, S Park, D You… - Extreme Mechanics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of He-ion irradiation on the microstructures and the mechanical, thermal
properties of sputter-deposited nanocolumnar tungsten thin films have been studied. 200 …

Studies on the impacts of the pore size and shape on deuterium retention in tungsten fuzzy nanostructures

JY Chen, SY Dai, KR Yang, CR Zu, DP Liu… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Tritium retention in plasma-facing materials is a critical issue that can significantly impact the
long-term and steady-state operation of fusion devices. The experiments conducted in the …

Modelling of hydrogen reflection on tungsten fuzzy surface in an erosive hydrogen plasma

DH Liu, SY Dai, M Wada, M Wang, DZ Wang - Nuclear Fusion, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Modelling of the reflection of energetic hydrogen atoms from tungsten fuzz under hydrogen
plasma exposure has been performed using the three-dimensional kinetic Monte Carlo …

Damage evolutions of completely recrystallized W–Y2O3 composite evaluated using the dual effects of electron beam thermal shock and helium ion irradiation

G Yao, ZH Zhao, LM Luo, JG Cheng, X Zan… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extreme service environments inevitably lead to the recrystallization of tungsten. This study
investigates the behavior of completely recrystallized W–Y 2 O 3 composite materials under …

Combined effect of laser thermal shock and helium ion irradiation on W-Y2O3 composites

YX Zhang, XY Tan, LM Luo, Y Xu, X Zan, Q Xu… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tungsten can be the preferred plasma-facing material for nuclear fusion reaction. In this
work, WY 2 O 3 composite powder was successfully fabricated through the wet chemical …