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 …

Nanoparticle improved separations: From capillary to slab gel electrophoresis

M Zarei, M Zarei, M Ghasemabadi - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The potential application of nanoparticles (NPs) in various fields of separation science has
been recognized and significant improvements have been achieved. The properties …

Impact of irradiation induced dislocation loops on thermal conductivity in ceramics

M Khafizov, J Pakarinen, L He… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental work aimed at understanding the role of dislocation loops in limiting phonon
mediated thermal transport in ceramics is presented. Faulted dislocation loops, having …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of lattice defects, recombination, and clustering on thermal transport in single crystal thorium dioxide

CA Dennett, Z Hua, A Khanolkar, T Yao, PK Morgan… - Apl Materials, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Thermal transport is a key performance metric for thorium dioxide in many applications
where defect-generating radiation fields are present. An understanding of the effect of …

An integrated experimental and computational investigation of defect and microstructural effects on thermal transport in thorium dioxide

CA Dennett, WR Deskins, M Khafizov, Z Hua… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Advanced nuclear reactor concepts aim to use fuels that must withstand unprecedented
temperature and radiation extremes. In these fuels, thermal energy transport under …

Uranium nitride (UN) pellets with controllable microstructure and phase–fabrication by spark plasma sintering and their thermal-mechanical and oxidation properties

K Yang, E Kardoulaki, D Zhao, A Broussard… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dense uranium mononitride (UN) pellets with controlled microstructures and tailored grain
size from large-grained to a few microns are synthesized by spark plasma sintering (SPS) …

Thermal and mechanical properties of CeO2

K Suzuki, M Kato, T Sunaoshi, H Uno… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The thermal and mechanical properties of cerium dioxide (CeO2) were assessed using a
range of experimental techniques. The oxygen potential of CeO2 was measured by the …

Multiscale modeling of thermal conductivity of high burnup structures in UO2 fuels

XM Bai, MR Tonks, Y Zhang, JD Hales - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
The high burnup structure forming at the rim region in UO 2 based nuclear fuel pellets has
interesting physical properties such as improved thermal conductivity, even though it …

A sub-1-volt analog metal oxide memristive-based synaptic device with large conductance change for energy-efficient spike-based computing systems

CC Hsieh, A Roy, YF Chang, D Shahrjerdi… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Nanoscale metal oxide memristors have potential in the development of brain-inspired
computing systems that are scalable and efficient. In such systems, memristors represent the …

A combined theoretical-experimental investigation of thermal transport in low-dose irradiated thorium dioxide

WR Deskins, A Khanolkar, S Mazumder, CA Dennett… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
During reactor operation, nuclear fuels are subject to extreme temperature and irradiation
conditions which can significantly degrade the fuel's thermal transport properties. The …