Behavior of tungsten under irradiation and plasma interaction

M Rieth, R Doerner, A Hasegawa, Y Ueda… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
In 1959 the Journal of Nuclear Materials (JNM) was founded and is now celebrating its
Diamond Anniversary year. The present paper is part of a series in which single JNM …

Baseline high heat flux and plasma facing materials for fusion

Y Ueda, K Schmid, M Balden, JW Coenen… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In fusion reactors, surfaces of plasma facing components (PFCs) are exposed to high heat
and particle flux. Tungsten and Copper alloys are primary candidates for plasma facing …

Physics of ultimate detachment of a tokamak divertor plasma

SI Krasheninnikov, AS Kukushkin - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2017 - cambridge.org
The basic physics of the processes playing the most important role in divertor plasma
detachment is reviewed. The models used in the two-dimensional edge plasma transport …

Helium, hydrogen, and fuzz in plasma-facing materials

KD Hammond - Materials Research Express, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten, the primary material under consideration as the divertor material in magnetic-
confinement nuclear fusion reactors, has been known for the last decade to form'fuzz'—a …

Growth of fiberform nanostructures on metal surfaces by helium plasma irradiation

S Kajita, AM Ito, K Ibano - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Helium plasma irradiation to various metals leads to peculiar morphology changes as
forming fiberform nanostructures called fuzz when a certain set of conditions is satisfied. In …

Large-scale atomistic simulations of low-energy helium implantation into tungsten single crystals

KD Hammond, S Blondel, L Hu, D Maroudas, BD Wirth - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of post-implantation helium behavior in plasma-
facing tungsten single crystals reveal orientation-dependent depth profiles, surface evolution …

Helium implantation damage resistance in nanocrystalline W-Ta-V-Cr high entropy alloys

O El-Atwani, A Alvarado, K Unal, S Fensin… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanocrystalline W-Ta-Cr-V high entropy alloys have shown promising properties as
nuclear fusion materials with enhanced radiation resistance to heavy ion irradiation and …

On the origin of 'fuzz'formation in plasma-facing materials

D Dasgupta, RD Kolasinski, RW Friddle, L Du… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten, the material used in the plasma-facing components (PFCs) of nuclear fusion
reactors, develops a fuzz-like surface morphology under typical reactor operating conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical model of helium bubble growth and density in plasma-facing metals

KD Hammond, D Maroudas, BD Wirth - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
We present a theoretically-motivated model of helium bubble density as a function of volume
for high-pressure helium bubbles in plasma-facing tungsten. The model is a good match to …

[HTML][HTML] Helium aggregation and surface morphology near grain boundaries in plasma-facing tungsten

KD Hammond, D Maroudas, BD Wirth - Journal of Applied Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We conduct molecular dynamics simulations of helium in tungsten to study the interaction of
helium with grain boundaries. Model systems with grain boundary planes perpendicular to …