An important message from Professor Carl Sagan... resonating over time through the stars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g
First anthropogenic quasicrystal was synthesized under extreme conditions
An one-of-a-kind piece of research, Geologists and Geophysicists from Italy and USA discovered the first known antropogenic quasicrystal. It was synthesized during the first atomic test at Alamogordo in New Mexico (USA) in July 16th 1945. The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Link for the paper of … Continue reading First anthropogenic quasicrystal was synthesized under extreme conditions
ACerS highlights Cr2AlC MAX Phases pathway to extreme environments
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
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
Cr-based MAX phase as potential nuclear materials
Ceramics are known to amorphise under energetic particle irradiation. We show Cr2AlC MAX phase -- even in its non-pure semi-crystalline form -- can resist to amorphisation when in its grain-size falls into the nanocrystalline regime (10-100 nm)! Free access at: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf6771
Nuclear graphite cracks under neutron irradiation
An important work by Arregui-Mena et al. demonstrating the manisfestation of cracks in nuclear grade graphite and how to characterise them using transmission electron microscopy. Free access over 50 days! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109673
La belle vie
A masterpiece from Sacha Distel. It is such a pleasure to discover and study new things. La belle vie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YylZoZmfwRQ
A non-pure Cr-based MAX phase with high radiation resistance
How #nanocrystalline #materials are a potential class of #nuclear #materials? We show that a non-pure Cr-based MAX phase has high radiation resistance. Collab. between @HuddersfieldUni@HudCompEng@unileoben@metallurgie_mul Now at @ScienceAdvances https://bit.ly/3f8JzQc
Cracks and strains in a neutron irradiated graphitic material
Interesting paper on the effects of neutron irradiation in graphite materials. Great work by Dr Arregui-Mena @ORNL, collaboration with University of Manchester and Montanuniversitaet Leoben. Research led by @DrPhilEd and now at Materials&Design: https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127521002264?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email
A history of personal struggle that changed Physics
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
Materials at Extremes 