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Cong Dai

Profile Information
Name
Dr. Cong Dai
Institution
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Position
Computational Materials Scientist
h-Index
ORCID
0000-0001-9676-2832
Biography

Dr. Dai is a computational materials scientist at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. His research interests are in the intersection of materials science, solid mechanics, and computational science. Dr. Dai possesses extensive expertise in applying modeling techniques ranging from the atomistic scale to mesoscale, particularly in the context of advanced reactor projects like high-temperature gas-cooled reactors and small modular reactors.

Additional Publications:
"Proton irradiation-induced microstructure changes in a CrFeMnNi high entropy alloy" Hui Yuan, Cong Dai, Hongbing Yu, Amy Fluke, Travis Skippon, Fei Long, Suraj Y. Persaud, Mark R. Daymond, Yanwen Zhang, Qiang Wang, [2025] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155940
"A hybrid rate theory model of radiation-induced growth" Peyman Saidi, Cong Dai, Laurent Karim Béland, Michael Welland, Mark R. Daymond, Mahdi Mohseni, [2024] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119878
"Habit plane of δ-hydride in α-zirconium: Atomistic simulations" Michael Welland, Cong Dai, [2023] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154626
"Radiation-induced segregation at grain boundaries of alloy 800H: Experimentally-informed atomistic simulations" Qiang Wang, Andrew Prudil, Wenjing Li, Lori Walters, Cong Dai, [2023] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154395
"Radiation-induced segregation on dislocation loops in austenitic Fe-Cr-Ni alloys" P. Saidi, B. Langelier, Q. Wang, C. D. Judge, M. R. Daymond, M. Mattucci, C. Dai, [2022] Physical Review Materials · DOI: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.6.053606
"Atomistic structure and thermal stability of dislocation loops, stacking fault tetrahedra, and voids in face-centered cubic Fe" Q. Wang, P. Saidi, B. Langelier, C.D. Judge, M.R. Daymond, M.A. Mattucci, C. Dai, [2022] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153636
"Stability of vacancy and interstitial dislocation loops in α-zirconium: atomistic calculations and continuum modelling" Céline Varvenne, Peyman Saidi, Zhongwen Yao, Mark R. Daymond, Laurent Karim Béland, Cong Dai, [2021] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153059
"Primary damage production in the presence of extended defects and growth of vacancy-type dislocation loops in hcp zirconium" Fei Long, Peyman Saidi, Laurent Karim Béland, Zhongwen Yao, Mark R. Daymond, Cong Dai, [2019] Physical Review Materials · DOI: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.3.043602 · ISSN: 2475-9953
"A mechanism for basal vacancy loop formation in zirconium" P. Saidi, M. Topping, L.K. Béland, Z. Yao, M.R. Daymond, C. Dai, [2019] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.07.006 · ISSN: 1359-6462
"Asymmetrical response of edge pyramidal dislocations in HCP zirconium under tension and compression: A molecular dynamics study" Peyman Saidi, Laurent Karim Béland, Zhongwen Yao, Mark R. Daymond, Cong Dai, [2019] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109183 · ISSN: 0927-0256
"Deformation-free nanotwin formation in zirconium and titanium" Peyman Saidi, Zhongwen Yao, Laurent Karim Béland, Mark R. Daymond, Cong Dai, [2019] Materials Letters · DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2019.03.029 · ISSN: 1873-4979
"Atomistic simulations of the formation of -type dislocation loops in $α$-zirconium" Levente Balogh, Zhongwen Yao, Mark R. Daymond, Cong Dai, [2016] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.06.002 · ISSN: 0022-3115
"Reoptimization of the Ag-Mg system" Dmitri V. Malakhov, Cong (Leo) Dai, [2015] Journal of Alloys and Compounds · DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.08.075 · ISSN: 0925-8388
"On the phase transformation of Ag-41.53Mg (at.%) - An in situ XRD study" Scott Forbes, Cong Dai, [2014] Vacuum · DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2014.07.014 · ISSN: 0042-207X
"On the phase transformation of Ag-41.53Mg (at.%) – An in situ XRD study" Scott Forbes, Cong Dai, [2014] Vacuum · DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2014.07.014
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