Research
Degradation of High Temperature Materials
The application of electron microscopy and surface analysis to a wide range of materials problems including: oxidation of metals, segregation, embrittlement and oxide dispersion strengthening of alloys. The unifying theme throughout all these studies is the use of high spatial resolution analytical electron microscopy and surface analysis to study segregation to surfaces and interfaces in these different structures. By understanding how reactions develop with time and thermal treatment, it is possible to determine what controls the underlying degradation mechanisms; and hence how to improve materials for the future.
Research groups
- Structural Materials and Infrastructure
Research grants
Materials for fusion & fission power
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
December 2009 - September 2015
Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Materials for the Additive Manufacture of High Temperature Components in Power Generation (OXIGEN).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
February 2013 - January 2017
Optimisation of microstructure and properties in commerical ODS alloys.
US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USA)
February 2010 - September 2014
Development and application of aberration-corrected electron microscopy (SuperSTEM).
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2003 - March 2008
NiCaL
EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
December 2011 - June 2015
Surface treated materials for improved life and emissions reduction (SMILER).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
November 2001 - September 2004
Development of torsional grain structures to improve biaxial creep performance of Fe-based ODS alloy tubing for biomass power plant (GRAINTWIST).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
October 1998 - March 2002
Surface segregation and roughening in metals controlled by grain orientation.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2001 - June 2002
Research collaborations
Professor Gordon Tatlock
Collaboration in the SuperSTEM aberration-corrected electron microscope project at Daresbury.