Advances in Research on Radiation Effects in Metals
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2026 | Viewed by 953
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
Interests: nuclear materials; radiation damage; microstructure; XRD; TEM; mechanical properties; irradiation creep; irradiation swelling
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Dear Colleagues,
I invite you to share your insights into radiation effects in materials arising from the use of advanced analytical methods developed in recent years. The advent of focused ion beam technology for the preparation of thin foils for micro-analysis and micro-mechanical specimen preparation has facilitated the study of microstructures and test mechanical properties at sub-micrometer scales. Improvements in computing power have aided the use of electron diffraction in back-scatter and transmission modes to map variations in crystal orientation and defect density at small scales. Reductions in specimen size have enabled the study of radiation effects when only a small volume of irradiated material is available as is the case for ion irradiations, or when there are high radiation fields from large specimens after neutron irradiation.
There has been a resurgence of interest in nuclear power globally, and the increasing operating temperatures have introduced new challenges for material development. In many cases, the limits of operability (time, neutron spectrum, and temperature) for conventional alloys have yet to be fully explored. While there are several contesting views concerning radiation effects in materials, novel technologies have improved our ability to better understand these processes.
Dr. Malcolm Griffiths
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- radiation effects
- micro-mechanical testing
- back-scatter and transmission Kikuchi diffraction
- crystal orientation and misorientation
- digital image correlation
- dislocations
- microstructure
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