Prediction of material performance in fusion reactor environments relies on computational
modelling, and will continue to do so until the first generation of fusion power plants come on …

Nuclear energy is presently the single major low-carbon electricity source in Europe and is
overall expected to maintain (perhaps eventually even increase) its current installed power …

Atom probe tomography (APT) is routinely used for analyzing property-enhancing particles
in the nanometer-size range and below, and plays a prominent role in the analysis of solute …

It is well known that long time natural aging (NA) after quenching from solution treatment will
significantly reduce the precipitation hardening kinetics and peak hardness of most 6xxx …

The precipitation sequence in Al–Zn–Mg alloys has been subject to many revisions over the
years as more structural details of the early-stage Guinier-Preston (GP) zones and …

Cr-rich alpha prime precipitates (CrRP) induce hardening and embrittlement of FeCr alloys,
but the kinetics of CrRP formation due to particle irradiation are not well understood. In this …

The cyclic application of mechanical stress to aluminum alloys at room temperature, referred
to as cyclic ageing, continuously injects vacancies, enabling dynamic precipitation of a fine …

The formation of nano-sized, coherent, solute-rich clusters (NSRC) is known to be an
important factor causing the degradation of the macroscopic properties of steels under …

Ageing of cast duplex stainless steels (DSS) is attributed to the decomposition of the ferrite:
spinodal decomposition and precipitation of G-phase particles. This leads to an increase in …

Radiation-induced embrittlement of nuclear steels is one of the main limiting factors for safe
long-term operation of nuclear power plants. In support of accurate and safe reactor …