New paper published in Metals

Tungsten (W) and W-based alloys are considered promising candidates for plasma-facing materials in future fusion energy devices. However, to the best of our knowledge, the challenge of understanding and predicting their thermo-mechanical response remains.

I'm pleased to share our recent open-access paper integrating first-principles DFT calculations with the quasiharmonic approximation to investigate the thermo-mechanical behavior of five W-based materials. 

Thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Villanova University Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Villanova University College of Engineering for the support.

Congrats, Jie and Yichen!

You can find it (it is open access!) at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/14/10/1197