We should be categorical here: the question if we are alone in the Universe remains yet unanswered. Nevertheless, several government bodies are now publicizing the issue with enormous coverage by the mass-media, and these facts has also motivated my attention to the problem from a scientific perspective. In a recent public report, the US intelligence … Continue reading On “alien technology” and materials science
Stay tuned for the new "Scientists at Extremes: Interview Series" Starting on mid-June 2021! We will be inviting and interviewing scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds related with metallurgy and materials research with special focus on materials under extremes conditions such as (non-exhaustive list): nuclear, corrosion, high-temperatures etc. In the first series, we will … Continue reading Scientists at Extremes: Interview Series
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
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
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
In another great collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Universities of Huddersfield, Leoben and São Paulo, we have investigated in depth the radiation response of a FeCrMnNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) compared with a commercial austenitic stainless steel. Yes, the HEA outperforms the steel by a 80% margin when thermodynamic stability of the matrix phase … Continue reading High-entropy alloys are indeed radiation resistant. What about the high-entropy?
In late 1970s and during 1980s, scientific research on the development of voids and inert gas bubbles in solids – often caused by activation and transmutation of some elements within the context of nuclear materials – was intense and most of the consolidated knowledge on this field is due professors Tom van Den, John H. … Continue reading Three generations of nuclear materials research!
The challenge for our century is given... We are grateful and honoured for the heroes of the past. The work has just begun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up3NdUCFTPY&t=59s
Series of two podcasts about the aspirations of humanity to explore the space. Presented by Linda Geddes and produced by Madeleine Finlay! https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2021/jan/05/looking-up-in-wonder-humanity-and-the-cosmos-part-one-podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2021/jan/07/looking-up-in-wonder-humanity-and-the-cosmos-part-two-podcast
Our paper at Advanced Science on the radiation stability of novel crossover aluminium alloys has received great attention by the society as expressed by the high number of shares in many websites worldwide! We will continue striving to bring the science we contribute to people in the public! Press-releases of the Space Alloys paper: 1st … Continue reading Great reception of our recent work on space weather and materials science!
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