Thermal energy transport in oxide nuclear fuel

DH Hurley, A El-Azab, MS Bryan, MWD Cooper… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
To efficiently capture the energy of the nuclear bond, advanced nuclear reactor concepts
seek solid fuels that must withstand unprecedented temperature and radiation extremes. In …

[HTML][HTML] Atom probe crystallography

B Gault, MP Moody, JM Cairney, SP Ringer - Materials Today, 2012 - Elsevier
This review addresses new developments in the emerging area of “atom probe
crystallography”, a materials characterization tool with the unique capacity to reveal both …

Role of photoexcitation and field ionization in the measurement of accurate oxide stoichiometry by laser-assisted atom probe tomography

A Devaraj, R Colby, WP Hess, DE Perea… - The journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The addition of pulsed lasers to atom probe tomography (APT) extends its high spatial and
mass resolution capability to nonconducting materials, such as oxides. For a prototypical …

Laser pulsing of field evaporation in atom probe tomography

TF Kelly, A Vella, JH Bunton, J Houard… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2014 - Elsevier
The processes by which field evaporation in an atom probe is momentarily stimulated by
impingement of a laser beam on a specimen are considered. For metals, the dominant and …

Atom probe tomography and field evaporation of insulators and semiconductors: Theoretical issues

EP Silaeva, M Karahka, HJ Kreuzer - Current Opinion in Solid State and …, 2013 - Elsevier
After reviewing the physics and chemistry in high electrostatic fields and summarizing the
theoretical results for Atom Probe Tomography of metallic tips, we turn to the new challenges …

The effect of oxidation on the subsurface microstructure of a Ti-6Al-4V alloy

PAJ Bagot, A Radecka, AP Magyar, Y Gong, DC Bell… - Scripta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Atom Probe Tomography (APT) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) are
combined for examining α-case formation in Ti-6Al-4V, generated by air exposure at 800° C …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the accuracy of isotopic analyses in atom probe mass spectrometry

F Meisenkothen, DV Samarov, I Kalish, EB Steel - Ultramicroscopy, 2020 - Elsevier
Atom probe tomography (APT) can theoretically deliver accurate chemical and isotopic
analyses at a high level of sensitivity, precision, and spatial resolution. However, empirical …

Atom probe tomography of oxide scales

K Stiller, L Viskari, G Sundell, F Liu, M Thuvander… - Oxidation of metals, 2013 - Springer
Atom probe tomography, APT, is the only microstructural method that can routinely analyse
and position individual atoms in a material with a spatial resolution of 0.1–0.5 nm. Recent …

Single-ion deconvolution of mass peak overlaps for atom probe microscopy

AJ London, D Haley, MP Moody - Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Due to the intrinsic evaporation properties of the material studied, insufficient mass-resolving
power and lack of knowledge of the kinetic energy of incident ions, peaks in the atom probe …

Xenotime at the Nanoscale: U‐Pb Geochronology and Optimisation of Analyses by Atom Probe Tomography

C Joseph, D Fougerouse, DW Saxey… - Geostandards and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Xenotime (YPO4) is an accessory phase common in low to high‐temperature geological
environments. Xenotime is an established geochronometer, though its small size, low modal …