Baseline high heat flux and plasma facing materials for fusion

Y Ueda, K Schmid, M Balden, JW Coenen… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In fusion reactors, surfaces of plasma facing components (PFCs) are exposed to high heat
and particle flux. Tungsten and Copper alloys are primary candidates for plasma facing …

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 …

Dynamic growth mechanism of tin whisker driven by compressive stress under thermal-mechanic-electric-diffusion coupling

L Zhang, J Li, D Xiong, M Xu, L Yin, H Zhang, Z Yao - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
The dynamic growth mechanism of tin whiskers was studied by combining the phase field
method, molecular dynamics simulation, and experiments. The growth driving forces of tin …

A review of late-stage tungsten fuzz growth

JAR Wright - Tungsten, 2022 - Springer
Tungsten will be used as the plasma-facing divertor material in the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion reactor. Under high temperatures and …

Advances in electrostatic spinning of polymer fibers functionalized with metal-based nanocrystals and biomedical applications

H Li, M Xu, R Shi, A Zhang, J Zhang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Considering the metal-based nanocrystal (NC) hierarchical structure requirements in many
real applications, starting from basic synthesis principles of electrostatic spinning …

Nanoporous metallic networks: fabrication, optical properties, and applications

R Ron, E Haleva, A Salomon - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoporous metallic networks are a group of porous materials made of solid metals with
suboptical wavelength sizes of both particles and voids. They are characterized by unique …

Enhanced radiation resistance of W-based HEA under helium-ion irradiation conditions

K Wang, Y Yan, Y Xiong, S Zhao, D Chen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, high entropy alloy (HEA) has demonstrated superior radiation resistance to
energetic particles. In this paper, we examine the radiation response of W-based HEA …

The effect of patch potentials in Casimir force measurements determined by heterodyne Kelvin probe force microscopy

JL Garrett, D Somers, JN Munday - Journal of Physics …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Measurements of the Casimir force require the elimination of the electrostatic force between
the surfaces. However, due to electrostatic patch potentials, the voltage required to minimize …

Metallic Networks: Direct Fabrication of 3D Metallic Networks and Their Performance (Adv. Mater. 7/2017)

R Ron, D Gachet, K Rechav, A Salomon - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In article number 1604018, Adi Salomon and co-workers produce 3D networked-metals
(“Netals”) on a large scale. These “Netals” interact with a broad spectrum of solar light …

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 …