Enhanced Radiation Tolerance of Tungsten Nanoparticles to He Ion Irradiation [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2018 Materials exposed to plasmas in magnetic confinement nuclear reactors will accumulate radiation-induced defects and energetically implanted gas atoms (from the plasma and transmutations), of which insoluble helium (He) is likely to be the most ...
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Achieving superior radiation tolerance in ceramics via in-situ defect recombination [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMaterials that can withstand high radiation doses are crucial for the development of various cutting-edge technologies, such as aerospace, next-generation fission, and future fusion energy.
Congping Quan +4 more
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Sex‐Specific Ultraviolet Radiation Tolerance Across Drosophila [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe genetic basis of phenotypic differences between species is a longstanding question in evolutionary biology. How new genes form and selection acts to produce differences across species are fundamental to understanding how species evolve.
James E. Titus‐McQuillan +2 more
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Enhancing radiation tolerance by controlling defect mobility and migration pathways in multicomponent single-phase alloys [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 Radiation tolerance is a property determined both by materials structure and defect dynamics. Here authors demonstrate enhancement of radiation tolerance at elevated temperatures in equiatomic single-phase concentrated solid solution alloys and propose ...
Chenyang Lu +13 more
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3D Numerical Simulation of a Z Gate Layout MOSFET for Radiation Tolerance [PDF]
Micromachines, 2018 In this paper, for the first time, an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (NMOSFET) layout with a Z gate and an improved total ionizing dose (TID) tolerance is proposed.
Ying Wang +6 more
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Impact of soil and climate on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) salinity tolerance in diverse arid and saline conditions [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAlthough barley is the fourth most cultivated cereal and is crucial for food and feed, its yields suffer in saline and arid environments due to drought and salinity, despite its tolerance.
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Radiation tolerance of nanocrystalline ceramics: insights from Yttria Stabilized Zirconia. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2015 Materials for applications in hostile environments, such as nuclear reactors or radioactive waste immobilization, require extremely high resistance to radiation damage, such as resistance to amorphization or volume swelling.
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Comparing Lymphocyte Radiosensitivity of Prostate Cancer Patients with Healthy Donors Using Micronuclei and Chemical Premature Chromosome Condensation Tests [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2020 Background: Cytogenetic tests are usually used for diagnosing predisposed individuals to cancer by determining their lymphocyte radiosensitivity.Objective: To determine the potential role of radiosensitivity in predisposition of prostate cancer by ...
F Golfam, B Hashemi, A Haeri, A Nikoofar
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Changes in the Radiation Toxicity of Human Lymphoblastic T-cell Line (Jurkat) by a Common Pesticide: Diazinon [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2020 Background: Diazinon is one of the most common pesticides in the world playing a similar role to radiation and it could cause DNA breaks and genetic effects.Objective: In this study, radiosensitivity of a lymphoblastic cell line pretreated by Diazinon ...
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Sensors, 2021 Ultrasonic transducers are often used in the nuclear industry as sensors to monitor the health and process status of systems or the components. Some of the after-effects of the Fukushima Daiichi earthquake could have been eased if sensors had been in ...
Brian T. Reinhardt, Bernhard R. Tittmann
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