Publications

Title: "Study of the properties of CrFeTaVW high entropy alloys for nuclear fusion"
Master’s programme: Politecnico di Milano
Goals: Study of CrFeTaVW in an equiatomic proportion, (CrFeTaV)₇₀W₃₀, (CrFeTaV)₉₀W₁₀ through mechanical alloying and plasma sintering processes.
Completion date: March 2026

Title: "Study of the FeCrTiVW and FeTaTiVW high entropy alloys (HEAs) for hydrogen storage applications"
Master’s programme: Instituto Superior Técnico
Goals: The aim of this project is to prepare FeCrTiVW and FeTaTiVW high entropy alloys by high energy milling for hydrogen storage and preform its characterization.The prepared materials were be fully characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, looking for the existence of extended solid solutions as well as intermetallic compounds, and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Additionally, the performance of the alloys in the adsorption/desorption of H₂ will be studied in a collaboration with the group of Duncan Paul Fagg, Principal Researcher in the centre for mechanical technology and automation (TEMA) in the University of Aveiro, where the student will made some of the measurements in a dedicated Sieverts instrument.
Completion date: November 2025

Title: "Study of the properties of CrFeTaVW high entropy alloys for nuclear fusion"
Master’s programme: Instituto Superior Técnico
Goals: The specific objectives of this thesis are: to synthesize three initial compositions—CrTaW, CrTaVW and CrFeTaVW—via mechanical alloying, and to characterize their microstructure and phase formation using SEM/EDS and XRD; to investigate the thermal stability of these compositions by performing annealing treatments at 1150 °C for 15 days, followed by comparative analysis of the microstructural evolution and finally to identify the most promising base composition for further development, leading to the selection of CrFeTaVW.
Completion date: November 2025

Title: "Preparation and full characterization of high entropy alloys"
Master’s programme: Plasmas Science and Technology Master of Paul Sabatier University
Goals: Preparation of (CrFeTaV)_0.9W_0.1 and (CrFeTaV)_0.7W_0.3 samples by mechanical alloying and characterization, and irradiation of three samples of FeMoTaTiW.
Completion date: August 2025

Title: "Advancing Nuclear Fusion Reactors: Investigating the Irradiation Effects on ITER-grade Tungsten Plasma facing Components"
Master’s programme: Instituto Superior Técnico
Goals: For this study, two tungsten sample groups were investigated. The first group consists of tungsten designed to be part of the ITER device, commonly referred to in the literature as ITER-grade tungsten (IG-W), and the second group comprises commercially available tungsten. Samples will be implanted with different ions, energies, fluences and temperatures.
Completion date: June 2025

Title: "Enhancing Tungsten’s Nitride Formation with Ion Implantation Technique"
Master’s programme: Engineering of Materials (MEM, IST)
Completion date: 4 December 2024
📄 Dissertation

Title: "CuCrTaVA (Ti or Fe) as termal barrier for nuclear fusion"
Master’s programme: Instituto Superior Técnico
Goals: This work focuses on producing and characterizing the (CrVW)_x(TiTa)_y high entropy alloy as a thermal barrier for nuclear reactors.
Completion date: October 2024

Title: "Production and characterization of W-based high entropy alloys as thermal barriers"
Master’s programme: Instituto Superior Técnico
Goals: In this work (CrFeTiTa)₇₀W₃₀ and VFeTiTaW alloys are proposed as potential candidates for the thermal barrier interlayer. The caracterization was preform as well irrdaiation studies with Ar, He and D.
Completion date: October 2024