Silicon carbide (SiC) fiber reinforced SiC matrix composites continue to undergo
development for fusion applications worldwide because of inherent advantages of the …

High entropy ceramics (HECs) are a novel class of ceramics that exhibit high melting point,
excellent high-temperature mechanical performance, and superb corrosion resistance …

Understanding material responses to energy deposition from energetic charged particles is
important for defect engineering, ion-beam processing, ion-beam analysis and modification …

The microstructural phenomena occurring in 6H–SiC subjected to different irradiation
conditions and annealing temperatures were investigated to assess the suitability of 6H–SiC …

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 …

Under a severe neutron irradiation environment, helium behaviour has become a significant
concern due to helium-induced degradation of mechanical properties in SiC structural …

This study reports on the hardness of nanocrystalline silicon carbide (nc-SiC) with different
grain sizes using nanoindentation technique. Both amorphous SiC (am-SiC) and single …

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a candidate structural material for fission and fusion reactors as well
as an important wide band-gap semiconductor for electronic devices. Using first-principles …

We have carried out systematical ab initio calculations to study the stability of vacancy
clusters and their effect on helium behaviors in 3C-SiC. It is found that the formation …

Understanding the structural evolution of SiC implanted with fission product surrogates in
the presence of helium (He) is of importance for its application in both fission and fusion …