ZrC and ZrN ceramics are of interest in the application of materials in extreme high
temperature environments, particularly for nuclear applications in generation IV reactors …

Zirconium-based coatings exhibit a range of useful properties such as high hardness, high
temperature stability, biocompatibility, and good resistance to wear, erosion, corrosion and …

The dense plasma focus (DPF), a coaxial plasma gun, utilizes pulsed high current electrical
discharge to heat and compress the plasma to very high density and temperature with …

New multifunctional materials based on well-established materials to which functional
properties are added, such as antibacterial performance, have become a relevant research …

In the paper, by using radio frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering method, a zirconium
carbonitride coating was produced on AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel. The influence of …

Energetic and high fluence helium ions emitted in a plasma focus device have been used
successfully to study the radiation induced damage on tungsten. The reference and …

ZrCN coatings were deposited by dc reactive magnetron sputtering with N2 flows ranging
from 2 to 10sccm in order to investigate the influence of the nitrogen incorporation on …

Low-temperature (<; 10 eV) plasmas with densities varying over a very wide range from 10
13 m-3 at the lower end to as high as 10 23 m-3 have firmly established themselves as one …

Tungsten is the leading candidate for plasma facing component (PFC) material for
thermonuclear fusion reactors and various efforts are ongoing to evaluate its performance or …

Thermophysical properties of ZrC x N y ceramics prepared from powders produced via a two-
step carbothermic reduction–nitridation of zirconia were characterised to 2200 K …