| Scope |
Advanced testing and characterization methods for materials applied under extreme conditions, including in-situ synchrotron/SEM/TEM mechanical testing, mechanical testing at high temperatures, small-scale mechanical testing for ion-irradiated materials, ultrahigh temperature (~4000 K) characterization, and advanced transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (including electron backscatter diffraction), and atom probe tomography.
Advances in the performance of RHEAs and RHECs under extreme conditions, which include but are not limited to creep, fatigue, wear, oxidation resistance, and radiation resistance.
Advanced computational efforts on the high-throughput discovery and design of new RHEAs and RHEAs, which include but are not limited to high-throughput CALculation of PHAse Diagrams (CALPHAD) calculations, density functional theory-informed database construction, and machine learning. |