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 …

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 …

Hard and tough (NbTaMoW) Nx high entropy nitride films with sub-stoichiometric nitrogen

H Li, N Jiang, J Li, J Huang, J Kong, D Xiong - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract (NbTaMoW) N x films with different x value were prepared by reactive magnetron
sputtering in a mixed Ar/N 2 atmosphere at 575 K. The films deposited at f N (f N= N 2/Ar+ N …

Increased photoelectrochemical performance of vanadium oxide thin film by helium plasma treatment with auxiliary molybdenum deposition

S Kajita, T Eda, S Feng, H Tanaka… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Helium (He) plasma treatment can be a versatile tool to fabricate nanostructures on a
surface and change the surface chemistry. Herein, vanadium (V) thin film is exposed to …

Fuzzy nanostructure growth on precious metals by He plasma irradiation

S Kajita, T Nojima, Y Tomita, N Ohno, H Tanaka… - Surface and Coatings …, 2018 - Elsevier
Growth of helium bubbles near the surface of metals leads to various morphology changes
when sufficient helium ions are continuously implanted on the surface. In this study, low …

Material migration in W and Mo during bubble growth and fuzz formation

MI Patino, D Nishijima, M Tokitani, D Nagata… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Growth of helium (He) induced bubbles and fuzz in tungsten (W) and molybdenum (Mo) is
investigated using samples of W films on Mo substrates and Mo films on W substrates …

Improved hydrogen gas sensing performance of WO3 films with fibrous nanostructured surface

Y Kimura, K Ibano, K Uehata, I Hirai, HT Lee… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Characteristic fibrous nanostructure, known as fuzz, is formed by a helium plasma exposure
of metal surfaces at certain temperatures. Applications of He-induced nanostructure to …

Triple hybrid simulation method for tungsten fuzzy nanostructure formation

AM Ito, A Takayama, H Nakamura - Plasma and Fusion Research, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Irradiation of a tungsten surface by a helium plasma produces fuzzy nanostructures [1, 2]
due to the selfagglomeration of helium atoms in the tungsten. The generation of such fuzzy …

Fabrication of photocatalytically active vanadium oxide nanostructures via plasma route

S Kajita, T Yoshida, N Ohno, Y Ichino… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma irradiation was used to create nanostructured vanadium oxide with potential
commercial and industrial applications. Morphology changes were induced at the nano-and …