activity
20202025
most citedCharacterising Ion-Irradiated FeCr: Hardness, Thermal Diffusivity and Lattice Strain

28 citations · 75 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 9 cited

Direct Imaging of Hydrogen-Driven Dislocation and Strain Field Evolution in a Stainless Steel Grain

David Yang, Mujan Seif, Guanze He +9

Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) poses a significant challenge to the durability of materials used in hydrogen production and utilization. Disentangling the competing nanoscale mechanis…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Deformation Localisation in Ion-Irradiated FeCr

Kay Song, Dina Sheyfer, Wenjun Liu +6

Irradiation-induced ductility loss is a major concern facing structural steels in next-generation nuclear reactors. Currently, the mechanisms for this are unclear but crucial to ad…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Microstructural and material property changes in severely deformed Eurofer-97

Kay Song, Guanze He, Abdallah Reza +7

Severe plastic deformation changes the microstructure and properties of steels, which may be favourable for their use in structural components of nuclear reactors. In this study, h…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 2 cited

Dose and compositional dependence of irradiation-induced property change in FeCr

Kay Song, Dina Sheyfer, Kenichiro Mizohata +8

Ferritic/martensitic steels will be used as structural components in next generation nuclear reactors. Their successful operation relies on an understanding of irradiation-induced…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

The Effect of High Pressure Torsion on Irradiation Hardening of Eurofer-97

Gregory Strangward-Pryce, Kay Song, Kenichiro Mizohata +1

We investigated the effect of nano-structuring by high-pressure torsion (HPT) on the irradiation performance of Eurofer-97. Material was deformed to shear strains from 0 to ~230, a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 8 cited

Refinements for Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging: Electron backscatter diffraction alignment and strain field computation

David Yang, Mark T. Lapington, Guanze He +8

Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (BCDI) allows the three-dimensional (3D) measurement of lattice strain along the scattering vector for specific microcrystals. If at least…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

In situ Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of corrosion in a Co-Fe alloy microcrystal

David Yang, Nicholas W. Phillips, Kay Song +5

Corrosion is a major concern for many industries, as corrosive environments can induce structural and morphological changes that lead to material dissolution and accelerate materia…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 16 cited

Deformation Behaviour of Ion-Irradiated FeCr: A Nanoindentation Study

Kay Song, Hongbing Yu, Phani Karamched +3

Understanding the mechanisms of plasticity in structural steels is essential for the operation of next-generation fusion reactors. Elemental composition, particularly the amount of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 12 cited

Annealing of focused ion beam damage in gold microcrystals: An in situ Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging study

David Yang, Nicholas W. Phillips, Kay Song +3

Focused ion beam (FIB) techniques are commonly used to machine, analyse and image materials at the micro- and nanoscale. However, FIB modifies the integrity of the sample by creati…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 28 cited

Characterising Ion-Irradiated FeCr: Hardness, Thermal Diffusivity and Lattice Strain

Kay Song, Suchandrima Das, Abdallah Reza +6

Ion-irradiated FeCr alloys are useful for understanding and predicting neutron-damage in the structural steels of future nuclear reactors. Previous studies have largely focused on…