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Irradiation Behavior of Piezoelectric Materials for Nuclear Reactor Sensors

Full Details
Principal Investigator
Name:
Marat Khafizov
Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
614-292-2544
Experiment Details:
Experiment Title:
Irradiation Behavior of Piezoelectric Materials for Nuclear Reactor Sensors)
Project Summary
The purpose of the study is to investigate the physical behavior of piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN) in an irradiation environment. This will be achieved by instrumented-lead experiments in which in-situ electronic measurements will be performed during the irradiations. The experimental results will be analyzed to determine piezoelectric, elastic and dielectric properties of AlN material under nuclear reactor environmental conditions.The outcome of this study will be used to establish the feasibility of using AlN ultrasonic-based sensing technologies in nuclear reactor applications, similar to current application of piezoelectric materials in demanding measuring and monitoring applications in non-nuclear environments.
Book / Journal Publications

"In-situ measurement of irradiation behavior in LiNbO3" Marat Khafizov, Aleksandr Chernatynskiy, Gaofeng Sha, Joshua Daw, Cole Harlow, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B 472 2020 46-52 Link

"Impact of nuclear reactor radiation on the performance of AlN/sapphire surface acoustic wave devices" Yuzhou Wang, Gaofeng Sha, Cole Harlow, Maha Yazbeck, Marat Khafizov, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B 481 2020 35-41 Link

"Nuclear reactor radiation and temperature effects on piezoelectric surface acoustic wave devices" Ryan Chesser, Marat Khafizov, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 554 2024 Link

Conference Publications

"Irradiation behavior of piezoelectric materials for nuclear reactor sensors" Marat Khafizov, Gaofeng Sha, Cole Harlow, Aleksandr Chernatynskiy, Joshua Daw, Radiation Effects in Insulators August 19-23, (2019)

About Us

The Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) is the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's only designated nuclear energy user facility. Through peer-reviewed proposal processes, the NSUF provides researchers access to neutron, ion, and gamma irradiations, post-irradiation examination and beamline capabilities at Idaho National Laboratory and a diverse mix of university, national laboratory and industry partner institutions.

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