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    Comparison of Dislocation Loop Formation Resistance in Nanocrystalline and Coarse-Grained Refractory High Entropy Alloys

    In nanocrystalline high entropy alloys (HEAs), the difference in chemistry and the density of interfaces play a role in the microstructure evolution, although their relative importance is not well understood. ...

    Osman El-Atwani, Hi Vo, Nick Krienke, Enrique Martinez in High Entropy Alloys & Materials (2023)

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    Effects of transition metal carbide dispersoids on helium bubble formation in dispersion-strengthened tungsten

    The formation of helium bubbles and subsequent property degradation poses a significant challenge to tungsten as a plasma-facing material in future long-pulse plasma-burning fusion reactors. In this study, we ...

    Ashrakat Saefan, **ngyu Liu, Eric Lang, Levko Higgins, Yongqiang Wang in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Interplay Between Grain Boundaries and Radiation Damage

    The need for enhanced radiation-tolerant materials for advanced nuclear energy designs has resulted in a growing number of investigations that have explored the effect of grain boundaries under irradiation. Th...

    Christopher M. Barr, Osman El-Atwani, Djamel Kaoumi, Khalid Hattar in JOM (2019)

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    Softening due to Grain Boundary Cavity Formation and its Competition with Hardening in Helium Implanted Nanocrystalline Tungsten

    The unique ability of grain boundaries to act as effective sinks for radiation damage plays a significant role in nanocrystalline materials due to their large interfacial area per unit volume. Leveraging this ...

    W. Streit Cunningham, Jonathan M. Gentile, Osman El-Atwani in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    Erratum to: Nanomechanical Characterization of Temperature-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Ion-Irradiated Zirconium with Consideration of Microstructure and Surface Damage

    Jonathan Marsh, Yang Zhang, Devendra Verma, Sudipta Biswas, Aman Haque in JOM (2015)

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    Study of scalable IBS nanopatterning mechanisms for III-V semiconductors using in-situ surface characterization

    Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) has been studied as a means for scalable, mask-less nanopatterning of surfaces. Patterning at the nanoscale has been achieved for numerous types of materials including: semiconductors...

    Jean Paul Allain, Osman El-Atwani, Alex Cimaroli in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2011)

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    Formation of silicon nanodots via ion beam sputtering of ultrathin gold thin film coatings on Si

    Ion beam sputtering of ultrathin film Au coatings used as a physical catalyst for self-organization of Si nanostructures has been achieved by tuning the incident particle energy. This approach holds promise as...

    Osman El-Atwani, Sami Ortoleva, Alex Cimaroli in Nanoscale Research Letters (2011)