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 …

Interaction of radiation-induced defects with tungsten grain boundaries at across scales: a short review

XY Li, YG Zhang, YC Xu, XB Wu, XS Kong, XP Wang… - Tungsten, 2020 - Springer
As promising candidates for plasma-facing materials, tungsten-based materials suffer the
irradiation of high-energy neutrons in addition to the hydrogen isotopes and helium …

Recent trends and open questions in grain boundary segregation

P Lejček, M Všianská, M Šob - Journal of Materials Research, 2018 - cambridge.org
Recently, significant progress in the field of grain boundary segregation was achieved, for
example, in better understanding and modeling the stabilization of nanocrystalline structures …

Controlling the formation of conductive pathways in memristive devices

R Winkler, A Zintler, S Petzold, E Piros… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Resistive random‐access memories are promising candidates for novel computer
architectures such as in‐memory computing, multilevel data storage, and neuromorphics …

Study of grain boundary self-diffusion in iron with different atomistic models

S Starikov, M Mrovec, R Drautz - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We studied grain boundary (GB) self-diffusion in body-centered cubic iron using ab initio
calculations and molecular dynamics simulations with various interatomic potentials. A …

[HTML][HTML] Why do compact grain boundary complexions prevail in rock-salt materials?

P Hirel, P Carrez, P Cordier - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Over 40 years of studies of grain boundaries in ionic rock-salt materials have left the
community divided. On one hand, numerical simulations systematically predict open, hollow …

Prediction of vacancy formation energies at tungsten grain boundaries from local structure via machine learning method

Y Wang, X Li, X Li, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Xu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Grain boundary (GB) plays a crucial role in the mechanical properties and irradiation
resistance of nuclear materials. It is thus essential to understand and predict the defect …

Towards the dependence of radiation damage on the grain boundary character and grain size in tungsten: A combined study of molecular statics and rate theory

X Li, Y Wang, Y Zhang, Y Xu, XY Li, X Wang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Grain boundary (GB) character and radiation conditions restrict the in-depth understanding
of the effectiveness of tailoring grain size in controlling the radiation damage and promoting …

Computational insight into the grain boundary structure and atomic mobility in metallic lithium

AV Sergeev, AA Rulev, YO Kondratyeva, LV Yashina - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Whisker growth during lithium electrodeposition is one of the most critical factors limiting the
safe operation of high-capacity lithium-metal batteries. According to the recent findings, the …

Self-healing mechanism of irradiation defects in nickel–graphene nanocomposite: An energetic and kinetic perspective

H Huang, X Tang, F Chen, F Gao, Q Peng, L Ji… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The self-healing mechanism of radiation-induced defects in nickel–graphene
nanocomposite is investigated by atomistic simulations. Compared with pure nickel, nickel …