[HTML][HTML] Radiation-induced helium bubbles in metals

SH Li, JT Li, WZ Han - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Helium (He) bubbles are typical radiation defects in structural materials in nuclear reactors
after high dose energetic particle irradiation. In the past decades, extensive studies have …

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 …

In-situ TEM investigation of 30 keV he+ irradiated tungsten: Effects of temperature, fluence, and sample thickness on dislocation loop evolution

Y Li, L Wang, G Ran, Y Yuan, L Wu, X Liu, X Qiu, Z Sun… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
In-situ irradiations with 30 keV He+ were performed on tungsten in an investigation of the
influences of irradiation temperature and fluence, pre-existing dislocation and sample …

Recent advances in modeling and simulation of the exposure and response of tungsten to fusion energy conditions

J Marian, CS Becquart, C Domain, SL Dudarev… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Under the anticipated operating conditions for demonstration magnetic fusion reactors
beyond ITER, structural and plasma-facing materials will be exposed to unprecedented …

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 …

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] Morphologies of tungsten nanotendrils grown under helium exposure

K Wang, RP Doerner, MJ Baldwin, FW Meyer… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Nanotendril “fuzz” will grow under He bombardment under tokamak-relevant conditions on
tungsten plasma-facing materials in a magnetic fusion energy device. We have grown …

Long-time dynamics through parallel trajectory splicing

D Perez, ED Cubuk, A Waterland… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Simulating the atomistic evolution of materials over long time scales is a longstanding
challenge, especially for complex systems where the distribution of barrier heights is very …

A new loop-punching mechanism for helium bubble growth in tungsten

H Xie, N Gao, K Xu, GH Lu, T Yu, F Yin - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Growth of helium (He) bubbles with different initial sizes in tungsten (W) has been
investigated by performing molecular dynamics simulations. Based on the simulation results …

Nanobubble fragmentation and bubble-free-channel shear localization in helium-irradiated submicron-sized copper

MS Ding, L Tian, WZ Han, J Li, E Ma, ZW Shan - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
Helium bubbles are one of the typical radiation microstructures in metals and alloys,
significantly influencing their deformation behavior. However, the dynamic evolution of …