Topic · Materials Chemistry
Fusion materials and technologies
Fusion materials and technologies is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the materials challenges in fusion energy research, including radiation damage, plasma-facing components, irradiation-resistant steels, tungsten alloys, neutron irradiation effects, oxide dispersion-strengthened steels, and the development of interatomic potentials and molecular dynamics simulations for studying material behavior under fusion-relevant conditions.
- fusion materials
- radiation damage
- plasma-facing components
- irradiation-resistant steels
- tungsten alloys
- neutron irradiation effects
- oxide dispersion-strengthened steels
- structural materials
- interatomic potential
- molecular dynamics simulations
- Research works
- 31k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -4% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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