Code
3F010410
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Condensed matter physics and nanophysics
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Engineering and technology
- Ceramic and glass materials
- Materials science and engineering
- Metallurgical engineering
- Semiconductor materials
- Other materials engineering
Keywords
density functional theory
nuclear fusion
material modelling
tungsten alloy
Project description
Usually a material is extensively modelled in order to understand and improve its properties. This project works the other way round. A screening of a large number of materials will be executed in search of the right characteristics. We will focus on the most promising candidates. A test-case concerns optimal tungsten alloys for first wall materials in fusion reactors.