Application and development progress of Cr-based surface coatings in nuclear fuel element: I. selection, preparation, and characteristics of coating materials

H Chen, X Wang, R Zhang - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
To cope with the shortcomings of nuclear fuel design exposed during the Fukushima
Nuclear Accident, researchers around the world have been directing their studies towards …

Corrosion behavior of high entropy alloys and their application in the nuclear industry—an overview

T Li, D Wang, S Zhang, J Wang - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
With multiple principal components, high entropy alloys (HEAs) have aroused great interest
due to their unique microstructures and outstanding properties. Recently, the corrosion …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing heavy ions-irradiated Zr/Nb: Structure and mechanical properties

N Daghbouj, HS Sen, J Čížek, J Lorinčík, M Karlík… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the radiation responses of Zr/Nb nanostructured metallic multilayers (NMMs) are
studied. The nanostructures with different layer thicknesses were deposited on Si (1 1 1) …

Revealing nanoscale strain mechanisms in ion-irradiated multilayers

N Daghbouj, HS Sen, M Callisti, M Vronka, M Karlik… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Tailoring interfaces is a powerful way of reducing the accumulation of radiation defects.
Understanding strain evolution induced by ion bombardment in nuclear materials with high …

Exploring defect behavior in helium-irradiated single-crystal and nanocrystalline 3C-SiC at 800° C: A synergy of experimental and simulation techniques

Z Wang, L Zhang, AT AlMotasem, B Li, T Polcar… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, single crystal (sc) and nanocrystalline (nc) 3C-SiC samples were subjected to
30 keV He ion irradiation across various doses while maintaining a temperature of 800° C …

Application and development progress of Cr-based surface coating in nuclear fuel elements: II. Current status and shortcomings of performance studies

H Chen, X Wang, R Zhang - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
In continuation from the earlier Part I, this paper presents the status on the investigations of
Cr-coated zirconium alloys under both normal operating and hypothetical accident …

Anisotropic defect distribution in He+-irradiated 4H-SiC: Effect of stress on defect distribution

S Yang, Y Nakagawa, M Kondo, T Shibayama - Acta materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Irradiation-induced anisotropic swelling in hexagonal α-SiC is known to degrade the
mechanical properties of SiC; however, the associated physical mechanism and …

The effects of stress on corrosion behavior of SIMP martensitic steel in static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic

B Li, Q Liao, H Zhang, T Shen, F Ge, N Daghbouj - Corrosion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
As for a newly developed tempered martensitic steel, SIMP with 1.4 wt.% Si, used in the
Chinese Initiative Accelerator Driven System (CiADS), so it is worth investigating the stress …

Microstructure evolution of iron precipitates in (Fe, He)-irradiated 6H-SiC: A combined TEM and multiscale modeling

N Daghbouj, AT AlMotasem, J Vesely, BS Li… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microstructure of radiation-induced Iron phases were investigated in a 6H-SiC subjected to
Iron and Helium bombardment with a damage level of 8 dpa. The microstructural evolution …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous interface-enhanced strength of Ni/Ni–W laminated nanocomposites for high-temperature MEMS devices

F Liang, ZX Wang, B Zhang, XM Luo… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of LIGA Ni and nanocrystalline binary Ni-X (X= W, Mo, Fe) alloys in the micro-
electro-mechanical systems is severely limited due to their strength and ductility trade-off at …