Mechanisms of helium irradiation blistering and surface deformation in tungsten

C Fan, S Pan, X Hu, B He, M Huang - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Helium irradiation blistering in tungsten is of intense interest for plasma-facing materials
under fusion-relevant conditions. Previous studies have revealed that the surface blistering …

Flux dependence of helium retention in clean W (1 1 0): Experimental evidence for He self-trapping

A Dunand, M Minissale, T Angot, R Bisson - Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Helium (He) retention in tungsten (W) is a concern in fusion reactors since it could be
detrimental to plasma facing components performance and influence the fusion fuel …

Deuterium trapping in the subsurface layer of tungsten pre-irradiated with helium ions

Z Harutyunyan, Y Gasparyan, S Ryabtsev… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of He-induced defects in tungsten on the efficiency of trapping of deuterium ions in
the subsurface layer was studied using thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). The W …

Interaction between hydrogen and helium in tungsten successively exposed by helium and hydrogen plasma

T Xia, Z Jiang, Z Wang, Y Shi, X Ren, M Wang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
The modification of surface, distribution of helium bubbles and the behavior of helium
release are reported through a careful investigation on tungsten samples which were …

Evolution of surface morphology and helium bubble in tungsten under 40 keV helium ions implantation followed by deuterium plasma exposure

T Xia, Z Wang, Z Jiang, Y Shi, J Wu, X Ren… - Physica Scripta, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface morphology and internal microstructure of tungsten (W) pre-implanted by 40 keV
mass-separated helium (He) ions with different fluences at room temperature were …

Surface modification and helium release of tungsten irradiated by 40 keV helium ions

T Xia, Z Jiang, Y Shi, X Ren, W Zhang, M Wang… - Physica …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of grain boundaries and surface roughness on tungsten irradiated by 40 keV He
ions with a flux of 1.6× 10 17 He+/(m 2 s) to a fluence of 6.6× 10 21 He m− 2 at room …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of helium retention in the inhomogeneous co-deposited layers using a long pulse laser induced ablation-quadrupole mass spectroscopy

Y Lyu, Z He, XY Wang, X Bai, C Li, D Wu, R Hai… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a spatially lateral-resolved study of the co-deposition of helium (He) and
aluminum (Al) in non-uniform layers is carried out by a long pulse Laser-Induced Ablation …

Examination of early-stage helium retention and release in dispersion-strengthened tungsten alloys

E Lang, CN Taylor, N Madden, T Marchhart… - Fusion Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Tungsten is the material of choice for plasma-facing components in the divertor region of
future nuclear fusion reactors. Exposure to low-energy helium ion irradiation results in …

Tungsten fuzz annealing effect on deuterium retention in polycrystalline tungsten

Z Harutyunyan, OV Ogorodnikova, Y Gasparyan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Using a beam-plasma discharge device operating on helium (He), tungsten with the fuzz on
the surface (W f) has been formed by irradiating polycrystalline tungsten (W) samples with …

Helium isotope exchange in tungsten irradiated sequentially with 4He and 3He ions

Z Harutyunyan, Y Gasparyan, V Efimov, S Krat… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Helium (He) isotope exchange in tungsten (W) during sequential irradiation by 3 keV 4 He
and 3 He ions at room (RT) and elevated temperatures (700-1200 K) was investigated. The …