Dislocation microstructure and its influence on corrosion behavior in laser additively manufactured 316L stainless steel

DJ Sprouster, WS Cunningham, GP Halada, H Yan… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
The hierarchical nature of additively manufactured materials necessitates a multimodal
approach for quantifying microstructural features and corresponding chemical …

Tensile properties and microstructure of additively manufactured Grade 91 steel for nuclear applications

BP Eftink, DA Vega, O El Atwani, DJ Sprouster… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed additively manufactured Grade 91 composition steel was investigated in
comparison to wrought Grade 91 steel in terms of microstructure and mechanical properties …

Development and potential of composite moderators for elevated temperature nuclear applications

LL Snead, D Sprouster, B Cheng, N Brown… - Journal of Asian …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Neutron moderators, such as nuclear-grade graphite, are essential components of high-
temperature nuclear reactors. Their primary functions are to degrade the energy of fission …

Unveiling microstructure-property correlations in nuclear materials with high-energy synchrotron X-ray techniques

X Zhang - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the microstructure-property correlation is critical for the performance
evaluation of in-service materials and the development of advanced materials for nuclear …

Response of 11B enriched ZrB2 ultra-high temperature ceramic to neutron irradiation at elevated temperatures

YR Lin, T Koyanagi, DJ Sprouster, CM Petrie… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
ZrB 2, an ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) is being considered for use in fusion
reactor first-wall structures, yet its response to irradiation remains poorly understood. This …

Advanced synchrotron characterization techniques for fusion materials science

DJ Sprouster, JR Trelewicz, LL Snead, X Hu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization methods capable of providing critical information across multiple
structural length scales are essential in materials exposed to the extreme environments such …

X-ray characterization of anisotropic defect formation in SiC under irradiation with applied stress

T Koyanagi, DJ Sprouster, LL Snead, Y Katoh - Scripta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
High-energy x-ray diffraction is employed to gain insight into the irradiation-induced creep
behavior of silicon carbide (SiC). Polycrystalline β-SiC specimens were simultaneously …

In situ X-ray characterization of uranium dioxide during flash sintering

DJ Sprouster, E Kardoulaki, R Weidner, AM Raftery… - Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The in situ response of stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric uranium dioxide during flash
sintering is examined using high energy X-ray diffraction. Our results show that the onset of …

Effect of stoichiometry on the evolution of thermally annealed long-range ordering in Ni–Cr alloys

F Teng, DJ Sprouster, GA Young, JH Ke, JD Tucker - Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Ni-based alloys, such as alloys 690 and 625, are widely used in the nuclear industry as
structural components, because of their desirable mechanical properties and resistance to …

Sintered nanostructured alloys for advanced fusion energy applications

DJ Sprouster, J Gentile, M Ouyang, C Killeen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
We describe our recent efforts demonstrating direct current sintering parameters appropriate
to mimic near-identical microstructure to optimize reduced activation ferritic martensitic …