Nuclear Materials and Energy

Papers
(The median citation count of Nuclear Materials and Energy is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Study on damage behavior of the outer horizontal target in the EAST lower divertor after plasma operations47
SOLEDGE3X integrated core-edge modelling of tungsten sources, migration, and radiation in WEST plasmas34
Normal high velocity solid dust impacts on tiles of tokamak-relevant temperature31
Impact of water ingress on deuterium release, oxidation, and dust generation in beryllium plasma-facing components30
Slow strain rate testing of Fe-10Cr-4Al ferritic steel in liquid lead and lead–bismuth eutectic26
High-temperature tensile and thermal shock characterization of low-temperature rolled tungsten23
Comparative analysis of low cycle fatigue behavior of pre-corroded standard and sub-sized EUROFER97 specimens exposed to ceramic breeder environment20
Activated sintering effect of Fe element on tungsten via spark plasma sintering17
Microstructure and high temperature mechanical properties of the new cladding steel of 15Cr-15Ni-Ti-Y16
Irradiation effects in tungsten—From surface effects to bulk mechanical properties16
First-principles study of helium behaviors in oxide dispersion strengthened nickel alloys16
Corrigendum to “Laser ablation of a solid target in liquid medium for beryllium nanoparticles synthesis” [Nucl. Mater. Energy 31 (2022) 101160]15
Quantitative characterization of deuterium and helium retention in the marked tiles with various materials exposed to HL-2A tokamak14
Effects of microstructural anisotropy and helium implantation on tensile properties of powder-metallurgy processed tungsten plates14
Multi-staged ERO2.0 simulation of material erosion and deposition in recessed ITER mirror assemblies14
Boundary plasma studies for a spherical tokamak with lithium walls14
Evolution of elemental depth profiles on co-deposited layers at the divertor region of the WEST tokamak during its Phase 1 operations13
A comparative study on the microstructure and performance stability of Cu-Al2O3 and Cu-Y2O3 alloys after high-temperature annealing13
Erosion of thin boron films at the linear plasma device PSI-2 during deuterium discharges: Atomic and molecular spectroscopy of boron13
First ion temperature measurements in the MAST-U divertor via Retarding Field Energy Analyzer13
The angle of incidence dependence of the sputtering energy threshold of tungsten in future nuclear fusion device13
A first study of the complex-concentrated-alloy W38Ta36Cr15V11 in Pisces-RF high-flux deuterium plasma13
Crystallographic characterization of U2CrN3: A neutron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy approach13
Effect of hydrogen atoms adsorption on the work function of the LaB613
Determination of Tritium-Helium-3 differential cross-section in the energy range between 0.6 MeV and 3.3 MeV for tritium depth profiling in solids12
Real-time helium bubble growth in tungsten by in-situ GISAXS12
Comparative studies of tungsten erosion and edge transport under partially detached divertor condition of CFETR with neon and argon seedings12
Production of 99Mo at IFMIF-DONES reusing the flux of neutrons12
Low-dose damage evolution in pure magnesium under electron irradiation: Effect of foil orientation and pre-existing dislocations12
Deuterium retention in pre-lithiated samples and Li–D co-deposits in the DIII-D tokamak12
Instability of molten beryllium layers during ITER thermal quenches12
Sputtering fabrication of isolated W nanocolumns: A possible alternative as plasma facing material for nuclear fusion reactors12
High-speed camera observation of Hα, Hβ and Hγ associated with mutual neutralization and EIR in GAMMA 10/PDX divertor simulated plasma11
Corrigendum to “The brittle-to-ductile transition in cold-rolled tungsten sheets: Contributions of grain and subgrain boundaries to the enhanced ductility after pre-deformation” [Nucl. Mater. Energy 211
First-principles study of beryllium thermodynamics and clustering mechanism in molybdenum: Effects of vacancies and self-interstitial atoms11
In-situ observation of restoration of tungsten plate via high-temperature confocal laser scanning microscopy11
Observation of the significant reductions of electron density and electron temperature in a cascaded arc high density argon plasma with ammonia seeding comparing with nitrogen seeding by laser Thomson10
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for helium detection in beryllium coatings10
CIEMAT experimental proposal on lithium ignition in support of DONES licensing (LiFIRE facility)10
Modeling intrinsic- and displacement-damage-driven retention in EUROFER10
Influence of 2 (wt%) titanium addition on the oxidation resistance of tungsten10
Microstructure and mechanical properties of Bp/Al neutron shielding composites10
Transient interactions of boron carbide with molten uranium oxide10
Effects of ball size and microstructures on indentation curves of Fe9Cr model alloys and tempered martensitic steel Eurofer9710
A new attempt to further reduce the work function of the cesiated surface: The strongest electronegative element fluorine co-adsorption with cesium on Mo (001) surface10
2D GEM-based SXR imaging diagnostics for plasma radiation: Preliminary design and simulations10
Preliminary study on the microstructure and hardness of wire and arc additively manufactured ODS-RAFM steel subjected to 2.5 MeV Fe ion irradiation9
Thermal hydraulic and structural analysis of the IFMIF-DONES liquid-lithium target system9
Recollections for the 50th anniversary of the plasma surface interactions (PSI) in controlled fusion devices conference9
Multiphysics Optimization for First Wall Design Enhancement in Water-Cooled Breeding Blankets9
Multi-Scale microscopy of Reactive sintered boride (RSB) neutron shielding materials9
Laser ablation of a solid target in liquid medium for beryllium nanoparticles synthesis9
Editorial for proceedings of ICFRM-209
Ion-irradiation effect on swelling and microstructure of BN particle dispersed liquid phase sintering SiC9
Understanding the oxidation of pure tungsten in air and its impact on the lifecycle of a fusion power plant9
Application of an improved WallDYN surface model to estimate ITER boronization layer lifetime9
Effects of minor rhenium additions on the thermal properties and recrystallization temperature of tungsten alloy9
Physics of the electric field in the scrape-off layer in ASDEX Upgrade L-mode discharges and comparison to experiments9
Pronounced inhibitory mechanism of Cr on vacancy-like defects in Fe9Cr alloy irradiation with helium ions9
Validation of EDGDE2D-EIRENE predicted 2D distributions of electron temperature and density against divertor Thomson scattering measurements in the low-field side divertor leg in DIII-D9
Reaction–diffusion simulations of hydrogen isotope trapping and release from cavities in tungsten, II: Array of cavities9
Studies of material deposition during boronization using quartz crystal microbalance in EAST9
Design of a multi-configurations divertor for the DTT facility9
Studies of irradiated two-phase lithium ceramics Li4SiO4/Li2TiO3 by thermal desorption spectroscopy9
In-situ observation of damage structure in Cu-Cr-Zr and Cu-Cr alloy during 1.25 MeV electron irradiation9
Simulation of loss-of-coolant accident with thin-walled cladding tubes8
Hydrothermal corrosion of PVD and cold spray Cr-coatings on Zircaloy-4 in hydrogenated and oxygenated LWR coolant environments8
Effects of thermal aging at 873 K on the impact properties of an ODS ferritic steel8
Simulation study of the influence of the outer target geometry on tungsten contamination: Horizontal vs. vertical target8
Model validation of tungsten erosion and redeposition properties using biased tungsten samples on DiMES8
Microstructure of tungsten coatings effect on deuterium plasma-driven permeation through RAFM steel8
13C surface characterization of midplane and crown collector probes on DIII-D8
Assessment of the ITER divertor bolometer diagnostic performance8
Exposure of tungsten heavy alloys at high thermal loads in LHD8
Collisional-Radiative modeling of unresolved transition array spectra near 200 Å from W17+-W25+ emissions for diagnostics of ITER edge plasma8
Analysis of edge transport in L-mode negative triangularity TCV discharges8
Comparative analysis of gas release from biphasic lithium ceramics pebble beds of various pebbles sizes and content under neutron irradiation conditions8
Positron annihilation studies of Eurofer97/ODS steels after helium ion implantation7
Visualizing spatially inhomogeneous hydrogen isotope diffusion by hydrogenography7
Predicting image processing-normalized DL-EPRT performance from Rudimentary Cihal method-based counterpart7
Arc behaviour on different materials in ASDEX Upgrade7
Study on photoluminescence properties of Er2O3 materials as irradiation damage and temperature sensors7
Coexistence of H-MAR and N-MAR in divertor simulation experimental module of GAMMA 10/PDX7
Experiment-modeling studies comparing energy dissipation in the DIII-D SAS and SAS-VW divertors7
Quantification of the uncertainty arising from atomic physics in edge plasmas7
Nanostructure formation and D retention in redeposited-like W exposed to linear plasmas7
Deuterium retention and transport in ion-irradiated tungsten exposed to deuterium atoms: Role of grain boundaries7
Testing of ITER-grade plasma facing units in the WEST tokamak: Progress in understanding heat loading and damage mechanisms7
Effect of nanosecond laser irradiation on tungsten grain structure7
Oxidation behaviour of PM-C26M FeCrAl alloy in low-temperature steam 400 – 900 °C7
Subtle microstructural changes during prolonged annealing of ODS-Eurofer steel7
Transport in the tokamak - reactor edge plasma with strong collisionality7
Removal of deuterium retention by various helium discharge cleanings under strong magnetic field in EAST superconducting tokamak7
Measurement of thermal expansion anisotropy in Be12Ti and Be12V7
Operating voltage of a W-fuzz cathode arc and the mass/charge composition of the arc plasma depending on the fuzz thickness7
Preparation and characterization of marker graphite tiles for PWI research of HL-37
Investigating the stability and work function effects of Ba atoms adsorption on the Mo (110) surface7
Multiscale computational study to predict the irradiation-induced change in engineering properties of fusion reactor materials7
Effective control of intrinsic impurities using n = 1 resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) in EAST H-mode plasma6
Role of doped ZrC on deuterium trapping in W-ZrC alloy6
Microstructural evolution of tungsten under thermal loads: A comparative study between cyclic high heat flux loading and isochronous furnace heating6
Efficiency evaluation of fuel retention diagnostic in first wall by LID-QMS: Based on LIBS6
Heterogeneous microstructure and anisotropic mechanical properties of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing6
Stress distribution in a 316L(N) steel narrow gap TIG model weld for Gen IV nuclear applications6
Prospects of core–edge integrated no-ELM and small-ELM scenarios for future fusion devices6
Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions6
First principles investigation of adsorption and diffusion behavior of fission products (Cs, Sr and I) on carbide ceramic (SiC, NbC and ZrC) coatings6
Additive manufacturing of FeCrAl alloys for nuclear applications - A focused review6
EDGE2D-EIRENE and ERO2.0 predictions of nitrogen molecular break-up and transport in the divertor of JET low-confinement mode plasmas6
Effect of boron on the microstructure and performance of HIP-prepared high boron steels6
First in operando transient grating spectroscopy measurements on tungsten during high flux plasma operation in PISCES-RF6
Preliminary numerical study on thermal impact of runaway electrons to limiter PFU in fusion reactor6
Effects of Cr and Si addition on the high-temperature oxidation resistance in high-Mn alumina-forming oxide dispersion strengthened austenitic steels6
Fuel recycling control in long pulse operation with full tungsten divertors in EAST tokamak6
Grain orientation and temperature dependences of bubbles at tungsten surfaces upon helium plasma exposure6
Ab initio investigation of properties and mobility of helium defects in La2Sn2O7 pyrochlore6
Tribological and microstructure evaluation of 17Cr ferritic ODS steel fabricated through vacuum hot pressing6
First study of the location of deuterium in displacement-damaged tungsten by nuclear reaction analysis in channeling configuration6
Impact of SEM acquisition parameters on the porosity analysis of irradiated U-Mo fuel6
Investigation of particle exhaust from EAST divertor6
Convolutional neural networks for the in-situ investigation of blistering on plasma-exposed metal surfaces6
Microstructure-informed prediction and measurement of nanoindentation hardness of an Fe-9Cr alloy irradiated with Fe-ions of 1 and 5 MeV energy6
New evaluation of neutron-induced displacement damage cross section for EUROFER976
Effect of nickel on the FeCrAl alloy oxidation resistance in steam environment at high temperature (1000 °C)6
Validating reduced models for detachment onset and reattachment times on MAST-U6
Optimally incorporating intra-cascade spatial correlations into mean-field cluster dynamics for radiation damage modeling6
Densification behavior of ceramic tritium breeder pebble beds under vertical vibration: Effect of vibration parameters6
Characterization of the peak temperature on upper W divertor target during D and He plasma discharges in EAST6
Segregation of alloying elements at the TiC/V interface: A first-principles study6
Multiscale modelling for fusion and fission materials: The M4F project6
Molecular dynamics study of interstitial He clusters in nickel6
Study of line spectra emitted by hydrogen isotopes in tokamaks through Deep-Learning algorithms6
Effect of electronic excitations on hydrogen behavior in tungsten6
Design of a two-stage cryopump with hydrogen-helium separation capability for fusion reactor application6
Re-deposition of ITER-grade Be on plasma gun facility QSPA-Be: Characterization & plasma cleaning6
Investigation on hydrogen embrittlement and failure characteristics of Zr-4 cladding based on the GTN method6
Influence of helium bubbles location on hydrogen isotope retention and exchange behavior in plasma-facing materials: A numerical simulation investigation6
Cold plasma studies on the influence of surface microstructured thickness in the secondary electron emission from tungsten coatings5
A First-principles analysis of Structural, Electronic, Elastic, and vacant properties of BCC, FCC and HCP tungsten at different electronic temperatures5
Study of microscale surface morphology changing of the retroreflector in EAST by means of laser speckle interferometry technique5
Pisces-RF: A helicon-plasma based linear-device for the study of fusion relevant plasma-materials-interactions5
First feedback-controlled divertor detachment in W7-X: Experience from TDU operation and prospects for operation with actively cooled divertor5
First SOLEDGE3X-EIRENE simulations of the ITER Neon seeded burning plasma boundary up to the first wall5
Crystal-orientation-dependent physical sputtering from four elemental metals5
Editorial for the Special Issue on EUROFER975
The effects of W and Mo on the formation of early stage α’ solute clusters in ion-irradiated Fe-Cr-X (X = W/Mo) alloys5
A study on initial formation stage of proton irradiation defects in reactor pressure vessel steel5
Variation in the volumetric power and momentum losses in the JET-ILW scrape-off layer5
Helium swelling behavior for neutron multipliers after irradiation with He ions at high temperatures5
Heterogenous microstructure and texture evolution of K-doped tungsten thick plate during hot-rolling processing5
Influence of initial damage distribution and sinks in fusion materials: A parametric OKMC study of W vs Fe5
The microstructure and He+ ion irradiation behavior of novel low-activation W-Ta-Cr-V refractory high entropy alloy for nuclear applications5
Structural analysis of the Interspace Afocal Module of the Wide Angle Viewing System diagnostic for ITER5
Influence of surface morphology on erosion of plasma-facing components in H-mode plasmas of ASDEX Upgrade5
Improved Coulomb collision operator for kinetic ion transport with EMC3-EIRENE simulating Nitrogen seeding in medium density ITER L-mode scenario5
Long-term thermal stability of biphasic Li4SiO4-Li2TiO3 EU reference tritium breeder ceramics enriched in Li-65
Development of RAFM steel for nuclear applications with reduced manganese, silicon and carbon content5
Paramagnetic radiation-induced defect centres and their correlation with the optical properties of irradiated advanced ceramic breeder pebbles5
Hydrogen trapping in vanadium carbide alloyed with transition metals5
Alkaline hydrothermal treatment of P25 titanium dioxide for low temperature sintering of Li2TiO3 tritium breeding ceramics5
Influence of the distance of a collisional cascade to an edge dipole in α5
Evolution of He bubbles during the steam oxidation in He-implanted ferritic-martensitic steels5
Spinodal decomposition and radiation damage of a FeCuMnNi high-entropy alloy5
Preliminary tritium transport analysis for the water cooled ceramic breeder blanket system based on a system level code5
Irradiation hardening behaviors of large-scale hot rolling potassium-doped tungsten alloy under synergistic irradiations of Fe11+ ion combined with deuterium and helium plasmas5
Non-destructive characterization of advanced nuclear fuel materials using neutron imaging5
Reduction of MHD pressure drop by electrical insulating oxide layers in liquid breeder blanket of fusion reactors5
Asymmetry in particle load on divertor tiles in different magnetic field configurations of LHD5
The effect of CD4 injection on WD molecule sputtering at the divertor target in EAST5
First thermal fatigue studies of tungsten armor for DEMO and ITER at the OLMAT High Heat Flux facility5
Mechanical and microstructural analysis of tungsten exposed in JET deuterium plasmas5
Effects of helium implantation on the deuterium permeation behavior in oxidized Fe-Cr-Al ferritic steel5
Stabilization of liquid tin surfaces under D plasma irradiation by a capillary porous system5
Beryllium intermetallics: Industrial experience on development and manufacture5
Three-dimensional structure of radiative cooling in impurity seeded plasmas in the Large Helical Device4
Water-cooled lead and ceramic breeder (WLCB) breeding blanket (BB) for the EU DEMO: Neutronic campaigns for T breeding optimization4
The synergy of heavy-ion irradiation and lithium-lead corrosion on deuterium permeation behavior of ceramic coating4
SLM-printed EUROFER steel for fusion applications4
Effect of uniaxial tensile strain on binding energy of hydrogen atoms to vacancy-carbon-hydrogen complexes in α-iron4
Simultaneous characterization of O, C, 6Li, and medium-weight impurities concentration in PbLi by ion beam analysis4
Effect of Si and Nb additions on carbonitride coatings under proton irradiation: A comprehensive analysis of structural, mechanical, corrosion, and neutron activation properties4
Material transport from marker tiles in the JET divertor4
Deuterium permeation and retention behavior in copper-based brazing filler materials4
Sputtering yield reduction for nano-columnar W surfaces under D ion irradiation4
Utilization of D2 molecular band emission for electron density measurement4
Study on corrosion behavior of China low activation ferritic/martensitic steel in static liquid lithium4
D retention in e-beam powder-bed fused (3-D printed) tungsten exposed to high-flux deuterium plasma in Pisces-RF4
Numerical modeling of impurity powder injection in W7-X4
Thick functionally-graded W-316L composite coatings for nuclear fusion applications4
First principles investigation of the electronic-thermal transport of ThN, UN, and ThC4
Study on the annealing and three-point bending fracture behavior of single W fiber-reinforced W composites with multiple interfaces prepared by CVD4
Study of irradiation-induced vacancy-type defects in tungsten using positron annihilation spectroscopy4
Thermal stability of thin rolled potassium-doped tungsten sheets during annealing at temperatures up to 1400 °C4
New processing routes for Zr-based ODS ferritic steels4
Micron-sized dust and nanoparticles produced in the WEST tokamak4
Collector probe analysis of tungsten transport to the far-SOL from the DIII-D SAS-VW divertor experiment4
Investigating the microstructure of additively manufactured tungsten parts produced by electron beam powder bed fusion process4
Advancement of strength and toughness in ultra-low carbon martensitic stainless steel by reversed austenite4
Study on the adsorption mechanism and properties of silver-loaded zeolite for radioactive iodine4
Electron beam welding behavior in Eurofer subjected to the PbLi eutectic4
Predicting the stability and exploring the fundamental physical properties of tetragonal Gd2O3: A comprehensive first-principles investigation4
Stress analysis of aspherical TRISO-coated particle with X-ray computed tomography4
Small punch creep investigation of Eurofer97 and 14Cr oxide dispersion strengthened steel4
Effect of 5 MeV Au3+ ions irradiation damage on surface blistering and deuterium retention behaviors in W and W-ZrC alloy4
Microstructural insights into EUROFER97 batch 3 steels4
Liquid lithium divertor analysis using coupled plasma material interaction model4
HEAT simulation and IR data comparison for ST40 plasma-facing components4
Corrigendum to “Microstructural study of the thermal stability of a thermomechanically treated T91 steel by TEM in situ annealing” [Nucl. Mater. Energy 32 (2022) 101213]4
Study the erosion of Eurofer-97 steel with the linear plasma device GyM4
Reimplantation of supporting legs on EAST divertor by electron beam brazing4
Coexistence of He and H in ceramic insulators for the DCLL Breeding Blanket: Evaluation of potential synergistic effects by TEM and nanoindentation4
ERO2.0 predictions of nickel migration in the JET ITER-Like Wall4
Thermophysical properties and oxidation behaviour of the U0.8Zr0.2N solid solution4
A new method for preparing high-quality and fatigue-resistant divertor W/Cu joints4
Effect of molybdenum release on UO2/MOX fuel oxidation under severe light water reactor accident conditions4
Mechanical characterization of the stainless steel welds for the JT-60SA Cryostat Vessel Body Cylindrical Section4
High temperature tensile and creep properties of the new cladding steel of 15-15Ti-Y4
Depth profile CF LIBS analysis of the wall deposited layer in the COMPASS tokamak after LiSn testing campaign4
Improving accuracy in fluoride salt composition analysis: A focus on sample preparation for ICP-MS4
Surface features of strongly heated bulk tungsten divertor plates at ASDEX Upgrade4
ERO2.0 modelling of divertor marker erosion in ASDEX Upgrade L-mode experiments4
Phase-field simulations of the recrystallization and the mechanical property response in deformed tungsten4
TALIF measurements of atomic deuterium in toroidal divertor simulator NAGDIS-T4
Effect of spatial distribution of impurity ions on the signal of ‘C/O monitor for Wendelstein 7-X’ - an indicator of plasma wall interactions4
Permeation and trapping of hydrogen in Eurofer974
First-principles study on the hydrogen trapping by vacancy and substitutional helium in W–Ta alloy4
Low temperature hydrogen superpermeation in vanadium composite metal foil pumps4
Edge plasma turbulence simulations in detached regimes with the SOLEDGE3X code4
The effect of D24
First-principles study on thermal expansion of W-Re sigma and chi phases4
Radiation tolerance of alumina scale formed on FeCrAl ODS ferritic alloy4
Effect of temperature on intermetallic compound formation and mechanical properties of Mo/BNi2/304L vacuum brazed joints4
Numerical analysis of effective thermal conductivity of FCM with multilayer TRISO particle4
Densification Behaviors of Zirconium Carbide with Silicon Additive Produced by Spark Plasma Sintering4
Assessment of carbon net erosion/deposition at the divertor of W7-X4
Surface modified-gadolinium/boron/polyethylene composite with high shielding performance for neutron and gamma-ray4
Evaluation of neutron irradiation-induced displacement damage in heat pipe reactor4
Effect of the heating rate and Y2O3 coating on the microstructure of Wf/Y2O3/W composites via field assisted sintering technology4
Wall conditions in WEST during operations with a new ITER grade, actively cooled divertor4
Efficient capture of radioactive iodine by Ag-attached silica gel and its kinetics3
The effect of High-Temperature Pre-Damage on Vacancy-Type defects and deuterium retention in tungsten3
Molecular dynamic simulations of displacement cascades in molybdenum and molybdenum-rhenium alloys3
Corrosion behavior of AlCrFeTiNb and AlCrFeTiNb/(AlCrFeTiNb)N coatings in flowing lead–bismuth eutectic alloy with saturated oxygen concentration at 550 ℃3
Melt dynamics with MEMENTO — Code development and numerical benchmarks3
Resistance to deuterium-induced blistering in laminated microstructure tungsten3
Evaluation of hydrogen embrittlement in ODS-Cu, Cu–Cr–Zr, and Cu–Cr alloys using slow strain rate technique test3
The effect of nanocrystalline microstructure on deuterium transport in displacement damaged tungsten3
S/TEM examination and nanomechanical response of W-Eurofer joints brazed with Cu interlayers3
Interaction between helium and transition metals in vanadium: A first-principles investigation3
Microstructural changes in He-irradiated V-Cr-Ti alloys with low Ti addition at 700 °C3
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