journal article·2026-01

Improved irradiation resistance of a low activation refractory medium entropy alloy, VCrFeW0.2, for fusion applications demonstrated by micro-tensile testing

Alan Xu, Michael Moschetti, David Miskovic, Tao Wei, Mihail Ionescu, Zhiyang Wang, Tim Palmer, Dhriti Bhattacharyya, Peidong He, Xiaopeng Li, Bernd Gludovatz, Michael Ferry

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