Tunable chemical disorder in concentrated alloys: defect physics and radiation performance

Y Zhang, YN Osetsky, WJ Weber - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of advanced structural alloys with performance meeting the requirements
of extreme environments in nuclear reactors has been long pursued. In the long history of …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting damage production in monoatomic and multi-elemental targets using stopping and range of ions in matter code: Challenges and recommendations

WJ Weber, Y Zhang - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The computer code, Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM), is widely used to describe
energetic processes of ion-solid interactions; its predictive power relies on the accuracy of …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap for focused ion beam technologies

K Höflich, G Hobler, FI Allen, T Wirtz, G Rius… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

[HTML][HTML] Will high-entropy carbides and borides be enabling materials for extreme environments?

F Wang, F Monteverde, B Cui - International Journal of Extreme …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of multi-principal component has created promising opportunities for the
development of novel high-entropy ceramics for extreme environments encountered in …

[HTML][HTML] Trajectory sampling and finite-size effects in first-principles stopping power calculations

A Kononov, TW Hentschel, SB Hansen… - npj Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
Real-time time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is presently the most accurate
available method for computing electronic stopping powers from first principles. However …

Calculating electronic stopping power in materials from first principles

AA Correa - Computational Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
From the early models of electronic stopping power to the current first principles simulations,
the techniques evolved to increase the range of validity and to reduce empiricism. Thanks to …

Multiscale simulations of electron and ion dynamics in self-irradiated silicon

CW Lee, JA Stewart, R Dingreville, SM Foiles… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The interaction of energetic ions with the electronic and ionic system of target materials is an
interesting but challenging multiscale problem, and understanding of the early stages after …

Dissipation of radiation energy in concentrated solid-solution alloys: Unique defect properties and microstructural evolution

Y Zhang, T Egami, WJ Weber - Mrs Bulletin, 2019 - cambridge.org
The effort to develop metallic alloys with increased structural strength and improved
radiation performance has focused on the incorporation of either solute elements or …

Disparate energy scaling of trajectory-dependent electronic excitations for slow protons and He ions

S Lohmann, D Primetzhofer - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We have simultaneously measured angular distributions and electronic energy loss of
helium ions and protons directly transmitted through self-supporting, single-crystalline …

[HTML][HTML] Non-adiabatic approximations in time-dependent density functional theory: progress and prospects

L Lacombe, NT Maitra - npj Computational Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Time-dependent density functional theory continues to draw a large number of users in a
wide range of fields exploring myriad applications involving electronic spectra and …