Speaker
Description
Despite being sensitive to radiation, polymeric materials such as lubricants, elastomers, insulators, glues are used out of necessity in devices operating in extreme high-radiation conditions. Radiation tolerant materials are fundamental for the development of technological and industrial sectors such as space, particle accelerators, high-power targets, fission and fusion technologies, radioactive waste management. In the talk, concepts of radiation to matter interaction will be recalled and a general overview on radiation effects in materials will be presented, as well as methodologies to perform rigorous irradiation and post-irradiation characterizations. Multi-scales and multidisciplinary approaches to irradiation tests will be correlated to real-life applications.
