Biography
Kay is working on studying irradiation damage on iron-based alloys which are used as the structural components of future nuclear fusion reactors. She is combining experimental techniques and computer simulations to understand the relationship between microscopic damage mechanisms and macroscopic material property changes. She has a Bachelors Degree with Honours from the Australian National University. Her previous work focused on the influence of helium plasma exposure on tungsten for use in the ITER divertor.
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Research Interests
- Fusion materials
- Damage characterisation in irradiated materials
- Electron and X-ray based experimental techniques
- Mechanical properties of materials
- Ion-irradiation
- Plasma-materials interaction
Research Groups
Publications
- Temperature dependence of retarded recrystallisation in helium plasma-exposed tungsten, IOP Science, July 2019
- Helium plasma induced nanostructure formation in copper and nickel, IOP Science, January 2019
- Characterising Ion-Irradiated FeCr: Hardness, Thermal Diffusivity and Lattice Strain, December 2020
- Deformation behaviour of ion-irradiated FeCr: A nanoindentation study, June 2022