Significant Radiation Tolerance and Moderate Reduction in Thermal Transport of a Tungsten Nanofilm by Inserting Monolayer Graphene

Shuyao Si; Wenqing Li; Xiaolong Zhao; Meng Han; Yanan Yue; Wei Wu; Shishang Guo; Xingang Zhang; Zhigao Dai; Xinwei Wang; Xiangheng Xiao; Changzhong Jiang

doi:10.1002/adma.201604623

Significant Radiation Tolerance and Moderate Reduction in Thermal Transport of a Tungsten Nanofilm by Inserting Monolayer Graphene

Adv Mater. 2017 Jan;29(3). doi: 10.1002/adma.201604623. Epub 2016 Nov 17.

Authors

Shuyao Si¹, Wenqing Li¹, Xiaolong Zhao¹, Meng Han², Yanan Yue³, Wei Wu⁴, Shishang Guo¹, Xingang Zhang¹, Zhigao Dai⁴, Xinwei Wang², Xiangheng Xiao¹, Changzhong Jiang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nanostructures of Ministry of Education, Hubei Nuclear Solid Physics Key Laboratory and Center for Ion Beam Application, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50010, USA.
³ School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China.
⁴ Laboratory of Printable Functional Nanomaterials and Printed Electronics, School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.

PMID: 27859705
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604623

Abstract

Tungsten-graphene multilayer composites are fabricated using a stacking method. The thermal resistance induced by the graphene interlayer is moderate. An ion-implantation method is used to verify the radiation tolerance. The results show that graphene inserted among tungsten films plays a dominant role in reducing radiation damage. Furthermore, the performance of different tungsten period-thicknesses in radiation tolerance is systematically analyzed.

Keywords: graphene; multilayer nanofilms; radiation tolerance; thermal resistance.