| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Seaborg Institutes: Emerging Topics in Actinide Sciences
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| Presentation Title |
Actinide thin films: recreating the usual and creating the unusual |
| Author(s) |
Ross Springell, Eleanor Lawrence Bright, Daniel A. Chaney, Lottie M. Harding, Chris M. Bell, Roger C. C. Ward, Gerard H. Lander |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ross Springell |
| Abstract Scope |
There has been an enormous amount of progress over the last two decades in the synthesis and characterisation of actinide (mostly uranium and thorium-based) thin films, where high-quality single crystals have now become routine for a wide range of metals and ceramics [1]. Most of these studies fall into one of two categories; the recreation of nuclear materials surfaces and interfaces, relevant to real world scenarios, or the creation of exotic states, to explore fundamental 5f physics. I'll present some recent exciting advances and highlight the distinct advantages of x-ray scattering when working at the bottom of the periodic table.
[1] R. Springell et al. Advances in Physics (2022), 71, 87 |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Thin Films and Interfaces, Nuclear Materials, Other |