Author: Matheus A. Tunes

An experimental physicist who enjoys the company of intriguing people and is able to endure many cups of coffee and engage in endless scientific discussions.

ACerS highlights Cr2AlC MAX Phases pathway to extreme environments

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MAX radiation protection for next-generation nuclear power plants, by Jonathon Foreman, Ceramic Tech Today. "The radiation tolerance of MAX phases is of particular interest to researchers because it makes these materials ideal candidates for use in next-generation nuclear power technologies. Studies that exposed various MAX compositions to low and high doses of high-energy ions found … Continue reading ACerS highlights Cr2AlC MAX Phases pathway to extreme environments

Defying reductionism in aluminium alloys

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Our work on the emergence of a new class of aluminium alloys -- the crossover alloys -- has been highlighted in the Acta Materialia's most downloaded articles! A throughout article led and written by Dr. Lukas Stemper showing how chemical complexity and synergy between different alloying elements is now defying almost 100 years of accumulated … Continue reading Defying reductionism in aluminium alloys

A history of personal struggle that changed Physics

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Ludwig Boltzmann versus the "stuck-in-the-mud" Viennese academy I am reading this marvelous piece of work by Professor David Lindley on the life and work of Ludwig Boltzmann. The biography of Ludwig Boltzmann is a topic that all scientists should pay attention on. Boltzmann was a scientist way ahead of its time, but what I did … Continue reading A history of personal struggle that changed Physics

This is Zircaloy-4: the material that revolutionized the nuclear industry.

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This is from my archives (2013), I found this beautiful piece of video showing Zircaloy-4 being cut in a Lathe and firing up at the Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo, the place where I proudly did my master in metallurgy with focus in nuclear engineering and nuclear materials under Professor C.G. Schön! Beautiful … Continue reading This is Zircaloy-4: the material that revolutionized the nuclear industry.