Author Page for Steven Zinkle

Challenges to Accurate Evaluation of Bulk Hardness from Nanoindentation Testing at Low Indent Depths

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Mar 2021

Pengcheng Zhu, Yajie Zhao, Shradha Agarwal, Jennifer Hay, Jean Henry and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, KLA Instruments Group, Université Paris XI Sud - CEA and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Producing Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Fecral Using Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing with in Situ Oxidation

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Jul 2023

Ty C. Austin, Niyanth Sridharan, Caleb Massey, Eric Andrew Lass and Steven Zinkle

affiliation not provided to SSRN, The Lincoln Electric Company, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Materials Science and Engineering and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Temperature-Dependent Cavity Swelling in Dual-Ion Irradiated Fe and Fe-Cr Ferritic Alloys

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 12 Oct 2020

Yan-Ru Lin, Shaileyee Bhattacharya, Da Chen, Ji-jung Kai, Jean Henry and Steven Zinkle

Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Centre for Advanced Nuclear Safety and Sustainable Development, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Centre for Advanced Nuclear Safety and Sustainable Development, Université Paris XI Sud - CEA and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Determining the Phase Boundary between α and α α’ in Fe-Cr Alloys with Proton Irradiations and Thermal Aging

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 May 2023

Yajie Zhao, Yao Li, Arunodaya Bhattacharya, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Jean Henry and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Government of the United States of America - Materials Science & Technology Division, Government of the United States of America - Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Université Paris-Saclay - CEA and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Effect of Heavy Ion Irradiation Dose Rate and Temperature on α’ Precipitation in High Purity Fe-18%Cr Alloy

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Dec 2021

Yajie Zhao, Shaileyee Bhattacharya, Cristelle Pareige, Caleb Massey, Pengcheng Zhu, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Jean Henry and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Université et INSA de Rouen - Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering, Government of the United States of America - Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Université Paris-Saclay - CEA and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Effect of Sink Strength on Coherency Loss of Precipitates in Dilute Cu Base Alloys During in Situ Ion Irradiation

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Oct 2020

Ling Wang, David Martin, Wei-Ying Chen, Peter Baldo, Meimei Li, Brian Wirth and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Government of the United States of America - Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Experimental Operations and Facilities Division, Government of the United States of America - Applied Materials Division, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Microstructure Evolution in Ultra-High Purity Fe-Cr Alloys Under Low-PKA Proton Irradiation

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Nov 2024

Siwei Chen, Yao Li, Yajie Zhao, Zhexian Zhang and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Temperature and Dose Effects on Dislocation Loops in Self-Ion Irradiated High-Purity Iron

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Dec 2024

Yao Li, Zehui Qi, Arunodaya Bhattacharya and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Birmingham and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Comparison of Sintering Analysis Methods for Consolidation of Zirconium Carbide Powders Using SPS

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Apr 2022

Neal Gaffin, Justin Milner, Kelsa Palomares, Timothy Ironman and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering, NASA Glenn Research Center, Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. - Advanced Projects Group, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Strengthening of Pre-Treated Aluminum During Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing

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Strengthening of Pre-Treated Aluminum During Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jun 2022

Michael Pagan, Ningxiner Zhao, Leon M. Headings, Marcelo Jorge Dapino, Sriram Vijayan, Joerg R. Jinschek, Steven Zinkle and S. S. Babu

affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Ohio State University (OSU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technical University of Denmark, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department

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Strengthening of Pre-Treated Aluminum During Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jun 2022

Michael Pagan, Ningxiner Zhao, Leon M. Headings, Marcelo Jorge Dapino, Sriram Vijayan, Joerg R. Jinschek, Steven Zinkle and S. S. Babu

affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Ohio State University (OSU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technical University of Denmark, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department

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Aging Behavior, Phase Stability, and Hardening Response of Ni-Cr-Mo-W Alloys: Effect of Mo/W Ratio

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Oct 2025

Sonali Ravikumar, Naveen Kumar N, Boateng Twum Donkor, Jie Song, Vishal Soni, Gopal B. Viswanathan, Qinyun Chen, Matthew A. Steiner, Steven Zinkle, Muralidharan Govindarajan, Ravi A Vilupanur and Vijay K. Vasudevan

University of North Texas - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, University of Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, University of North Texas - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University (OSU), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Cincinnati, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Students and University of North Texas

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Effect of Powder Size and Geometry on Consolidation of Mo30%W Alloy by Spark Plasma Sintering

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Mar 2022

Neal Gaffin, Justin Milner, Kelsa Palomares, Timothy Ironman and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering, NASA Glenn Research Center, Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. - Advanced Projects Group, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Helium Causing Disappearance of ½ a<111> Dislocation Loops in Binary Fe-Cr Ferritic Alloys

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Apr 2021

Shaileyee Bhattacharya, Jean Henry, Brigitte Décamps, Steven Zinkle and Estelle Meslin

Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Université Paris-Saclay - CEA, University of Paris-Saclay - Laboratoire de Physique des 2 infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and University of Paris-Saclay - DEN-Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique

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The Effect of Stress on Laves Phase Precipitation in Creep Ruptured Grade 92 Ferritic Martensitic Steel Determined by an Accessible Volume Fraction and Number Density Quantification Method

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Jun 2025

Emily R. Proehl, Weicheng Zhong, David Sprouster, Calvin Robert Lear, Matthew Schneider, Chad M. Parish, Benjamin P. Eftink, Lance Snead, Steven Zinkle and Lizhen Tan

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, Government of the United States of America - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Los Alamos National Laboratory, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Tic Nanoprecipitate Strengthened V Alloy

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Jul 2025

QingQiang Ren, David Sprouster, Yanli Wang, Xiang Frank Chen, Yi-Feng Su, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Lance Snead, Yutai Katoh, Steven Zinkle and Ying Yang

Government of the United States of America - Materials Science & Technology Division, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Materials Science & Technology Division, Government of the United States of America - Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Compatibility of Molybdenum with High Temperature Hydrogen

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Apr 2023

Taylor Duffin, Kelsa Palomares and Steven Zinkle

affiliation not provided to SSRN, Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. - Advanced Projects Group and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Temperature and Dose Rate Effects on Dislocation Loop Formation and Decoration in Self-Ion Irradiated High-Purity Fe-Cr Model Alloys

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Mar 2026

Yao Li, Gabriel D. Parker, Yajie Zhao, Xiao-Ying Yu and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Exploration of powder processing and mixing methods of NbC and TaC to form (Nb0.5, Ta0.5)C solid solution bi-carbides

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Feb 2026

Alexander Nadermann, Jonas R. Kessing, Drewry Sean M., Christopher Brandon Shaver and Steven Zinkle

affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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A machine learning informed decay heat prediction framework for fusion structural materials

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Feb 2026

Jhovanna Garcia, Paul Humrickhouse, Steven Zinkle and Rinkle Juneja

Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering and Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Nanoscale Origins of Mesoscale Organization: Creation, Evolution, and Self-Healing of Self-Assembled Dislocation Structures

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Feb 2026

Yao Li, Ziang Yu, Yajie Zhao, Kaijun Yin, Austin Houston, Yan-Ru Lin, Ling Wang, Jian-Min Zuo, Gerd Duscher, Haixuan Xu and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Monash University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Hot Hydrogen Testing of Mo30w Matrix Surrogate Cermets

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Aug 2024

Neal Gaffin, Kelsa Palomares, Justin Milner and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering, Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. - Advanced Projects Group, NASA Glenn Research Center and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Fabrication and Volume Loading Studies for Mo30w Matrix Surrogate Cermets

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Jul 2023

Neal Gaffin, Kelsa Palomares, Justin Milner and Steven Zinkle

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering, Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. - Advanced Projects Group, NASA Glenn Research Center and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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