Thermal barrier coating (TBC) materials play important roles in gas turbine engines to
protect the Ni-based super-alloys from the high temperature airflow damage. High melting …

Thermal barrier coating (TBC) system is an essential technology in many fields associated to
high temperatures. The main function of these TBCs is to protect the metallic parts against …

During the past half-century, the nuclear fuel cycle has generated approximately 1400 metric
tons of plutonium and substantial quantities of the “minor” actinides, such as Np, Am, and …

The widespread distribution of zircon in the continental crust, its tendency to concentrate
trace elements, particularly lanthanides and actinides, its use in age-dating, and its …

Single crystals of the entire series of A 2 Ti 2 O 7 (A= Sm to Lu, and Y) pyrochlore
compounds were irradiated by 1-MeV Kr+ ions at temperatures from 293 to 1073 K, and the …

The systematic study of phase equilibria in the ternary systems HfO2 (ZrO2)–Y2O3–Ln2O3
has been first carried out. Phase reactions and crystallization of ceramic alloys in the binary …

The isometric pyrochlore structure, A 2 B 2 O 7, is generally susceptible to radiation damage,
but certain compositions are remarkably resistant to radiation damage. In the binary system …

A radiation-induced order–disorder transformation occurs in many A2B2O7 pyrochlore
structure-types by disordering of the A-and B-site cations, as well as anion vacancies. The …

Pyrochlores belong to a numerous family of crystalline materials with a rich variety of
technologically important functional properties and developed structural diversity of possible …

In order to achieve better understanding of the structural/property relationships of La2T2O7
(T= Ge, Ti, Sn, Zr, Hf) pyrochlore, first-principles calculations were conducted to investigate …