The use of drawn tungsten wire marked a breakthrough in electric lighting which led to a
significant advancement in human society and technology. Nowadays, thermal light sources …

The inherent brittleness of the refractory metal tungsten represents a major challenge for its
application as divertor material in future nuclear fusion reactors. Grain refinement to the …

Material issues pose a significant challenge for the design of future fusion reactors. From a
historic point of view, the material mix used for the first wall of a fusion reactor has …

Tungsten fiber reinforced tungsten (W f/W) composite is one of the candidates to improve the
toughness of tungsten materials. Powder metallurgy is a potential method to produce W f/W …

To understand the microstructural stability of candidate plasma-facing materials under fusion-
relevant environments, neutron irradiation of W and W-3% Re alloys with and without K and …

The occurrence of high stress concentrations in reactor components is a still intractable
phenomenon encountered in fusion reactor design. Here, we observe and quantitatively …

Advanced tungsten fiber-reinforced composites (W f/W), showing pseudo ductile behaviour
even at room temperature, are a promising option for future fusion reactors as the intrinsic …

Tungsten fiber reinforced tungsten composites (W f/W) show a pseudo-ductile behavior
because of extrinsic toughening mechanisms such as interface de-bonding, pull-out and …

Within the research along the European Fusion Roadmap, water-cooled divertor PFCs are
foreseen in the design of a first fusion demonstration power plant (DEMO) in order to provide …

Field assisted sintering technology (FAST) is one of the potential methods to fabricate
tungsten fiber reinforced tungsten (W f/W) composites. The microstructure and mechanical …