Laboratory of Ion-Beam and Plasma Modification of Materials

• P.S. Dzhumaev, PhD (Eng.), Associate Professor, Head of the laboratory
• V.I. Polsky, PhD (Phys.-Math.), Associate Professor
• E.L. Korenevsky, Assistant Lecturer, Head of the teaching laboratory
• R.Sh. Isaev, Engineer

• Development of methods for modifying the inner and outer surfaces of fuel cladding tubes for thermal and fast reactor fuel assemblies.
• Development and study of chromium-containing coatings on E110 (high-purity) alloy fuel cladding that improve resistance to high-temperature oxidation at up to 1500 °C.
• Search for radiation- and corrosion-resistant states in high-entropy alloys for use in nuclear reactor cores.
• Electron microscopy of the structure and phase state of structural materials, including zirconium alloys, amorphous and nanostructured materials, high-entropy alloys, Fe-Cr-Ni and Fe-Cr stainless steels and other alloys.

• ILUR-03 ion-beam finishing unit with two ion sources and three magnetrons for ion-beam etching and multilayer coating of fuel cladding tubes rotating and moving through the chamber.
• KVK-10 ion-beam finishing unit with a heavy-ion implanter, two ion sources, three magnetrons and a cassette for 24 tubular samples 500 mm long (each tube rotates about its axis and moves with the cassette).
• Desna-M facility for generating pulses of high-temperature gas plasma on the Z-pinch principle.
• ZEISS EVO 50 XVP scanning electron microscope
• ZEISS Libra-120 transmission electron microscope
• Buchi limbo 350 ls autoclave for corrosion tests in water at up to 350 °C and 300 atm.
• Sample preparation laboratory for SEM and TEM: precision cutting machine, hot mounting press, grinding and polishing machine, TenuPol-5 jet electropolisher for TEM foils.

• Development and safety justification of nuclear fuel for various reactor types: development and study of a chromium-containing coating on E110 (high-purity) alloy fuel cladding for improved resistance to high-temperature oxidation at up to 1500 °C. JSC VNIINM, 2020–2022, PI B.A. Kalin.
• Development of inner-surface modification technology on fuel cladding tube fragments and microstructural studies of test samples. JSC VNIINM, 2021, PI P.S. Dzhumaev.
• Anti-corrosion barrier layers on sponge-based E110 alloy fuel cladding by ion-plasma surface modification. JSC VNIINM, 2017–2018, PI B.A. Kalin.
• Local chemical composition of titanium alloy samples. JSC ChMP, 2018, PI P.S. Dzhumaev.
• Efficiency of wear-resistant anti-corrosion barrier layers on E110 alloy fuel cladding for ATF fuel development. JSC VNIINM, 2018, PI B.A. Kalin.

Papers by the group staff (from Crossref and OpenAlex) and earlier works.

2026

• Interfacial diffusion and high-temperature oxidation mechanisms of Cr2AlC MAX-phase coatings on 316L stainless steel: Role of a Cr3C2 diffusion barrier.
  Chubieva E.S., Dzhumaev P.S., Korenevski E.L.
  Surface and Coatings Technology, 2026, vol. 539, art. 133933. doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2026.133933
• Microstructure and hydrogen content of electrodeposited chromium coating on the inner surface of EP823-SH steel cladding.
  R.Sh I., Elmanov G.N., Dzhumaev P.S., Naumenko I.A., Polskij V.I., Markin A.V.
  Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2026, vol. 459, art. 115211. doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115211

2025

• Structure and Mechanical Properties of Electrolytic Chromium Coatings Deposited on the Inner Surface of Fuel Cladding Made of EP823-Sh Steel.
  Elmanov G.N., Isaev R.S., Dzhumaev P.S., Yakovleva A.D., Loginov B.A., Naumenko I.A.
  Inorganic Materials: Applied Research, 2025, vol. 16(5), pp. 1324-1332. doi:10.1134/s2075113325701394

2024

• Corrosion of EP823 Steel Cladding Under Heavy-Liquid-Metal-Coolant Reactor Conditions: A Review.
  Isayev R., Pukhareva N., Malinovskiy E., Korenevski E., Dzhumaev P.
  Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2024, vol. 199(4), pp. 531-549. doi:10.1080/00295639.2024.2383110
• Corrosion resistance of chromium coating on the inner surface of EP823-Sh steel cladding.
  Isayev R.S., Dzhumaev P.S., Naumenko I.A., Leontieva-Smirnova M.V.
  Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2024, vol. 10(2), pp. 81-88. doi:10.3897/nucet.10.119642
• Formation of a Nickel Alloy Powder Coating on Thin-Walled Tubes by High-Speed Laser Cladding.
  Ermilova E.S., Ovsyankin I.R., Gavrikov A.A., Petrovskiy V.N., Dzhumaev P.S., Polsky V.I.
  Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 2024, vol. 87(11), pp. 1713-1721. doi:10.1134/s1063778824090114
• Interaction of Chrome Coating with Cladding Made of EP823-Sh Steel in the Temperature Range 420–650°C.
  Isayev R.S., Dzhumaev P.S.
  Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 2024, vol. 87(11), pp. 1689-1695. doi:10.1134/s1063778824100144
• Protective coatings forming on the surface of fuel rod by high-speed laser cladding.
  Ermilova E.S., Ovsyankin I.R., Petrovskij V.N., Dzhumaev P.S.
  Tsvetnye Metally, 2024, pp. 42-47. doi:10.17580/tsm.2024.11.05

2023

• Interaction of a diffusion barrier from the refractory metals with a zirconium alloy and a chrome coating of an accident tolerant fuel.
  Isayev R., Dzhumaev P.
  Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023, vol. 407, art. 112307. doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112307
• Microstructural evolution in ODS-EUROFER steel caused by high-dose He ion implantations with systematic variation of implantation parameters.
  Emelyanova O.V., Gentils A., Borodin V.A., Dzhumaev P.S., Vladimirov P.V., Lindau R., Möslang A.
  Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2023, vol. 35, art. 101456. doi:10.1016/j.nme.2023.101456

2022

• High-temperature oxidation of zirconium alloys with magnetron sputtered chromium coatings.
  Isaev R.S., Safonov D.A., Dzhumaev P.S., Korenevskiy E.L.
  Tsvetnye Metally, 2022, pp. 27-35. doi:10.17580/tsm.2022.10.04

2021

• Physical Materials Science textbook in 8 volumes. Scientific editor B.A. Kalin. NRNU MEPhI, 2021 (in Russian).
• Chernov I.I., Uglov V.V., Kalin B.A., Staltsov M.S., Tenishev A.V., Cherenda N.N. Structural and functional materials of nuclear power plants. Minsk: Vysheyshaya Shkola, 2021, 239 p. (in Russian).

2020

• Bubble-to-void transition promoted by oxide nanoparticles in ODS-EUROFER steel ion implanted to high He content.
  Emelyanova O., Gentils A., Borodin V.A., Ganchenkova M.G., Vladimirov P.V., Dzhumaev P.S., Golovchanskiy I.A., Lindau R., Möslang A.
  Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2020, vol. 545, art. 152724. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152724
• Features of creating wear-resistant anti-corrosion coatings with a barrier layer on fragments of fuel claddings from E110 o.ch..
  Kalin B.A., Yashin A.S., Dzhumaev P.S., Safonov D.A., Korenevsky E.L., Fedorov D.A., Novikov V.V., Kuznetsov V.I., Fedotov P.V., Krivobokov V.P., Yanin S.N., Mokrushin A.A., Polunin K.K., Uglov V.V.
  IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020, vol. 1005(1), art. 012009. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1005/1/012009
• Investigation of Stainless Steel Obtained by Additive Technology as Applied to the Operating Conditions of Liquid Metal Heat-Exchange Systems.
  Ladyko M.A., Lyublinski I.E., Eremin A.G., Logachev I.A., Sentyurina Z.A., Dzhumaev P.S.
  Inorganic Materials: Applied Research, 2020, vol. 11(2), pp. 343-348. doi:10.1134/s2075113320020215
• Kritsky V.G., Kalin B.A. Corrosion of fuel cladding in the life cycle of light water reactor fuel assemblies. NRNU MEPhI, 2020, 200 p. (in Russian).

2019

• Applying Scanning Contact Potentiometry for Monitoring Incipient Cracks in Steels.
  Surin V.I., Polskij V.I., Osintsev A.V., Dzhumaev P.S.
  Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing, 2019, vol. 55(1), pp. 59-67. doi:10.1134/s106183091901011x
• Experimental investigation of the failure of steel AISI 316 by the methods of structural analyses.
  Abu Ghazal A., Dzhumaev P., Osintsev A., Polsky V., Surin V.
  Letters on Materials, 2019, vol. 9(1), pp. 33-38. doi:10.22226/2410-3535-2019-1-33-38
• Microstructure and mechanical properties of stainless steel 316L obtained by Direct Metal Laser Deposition.
  Bykovskiy D.P., Ishkinyaev E.D., Petrovskiy V.N., Osintsev A.V., Dzhumaev P.S., Polskiy V.I., Sergeev K.L., Shchekin A.S.
  Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019, vol. 1238(1), art. 012029. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1238/1/012029
• Study of Mechanical Characteristics of Stainless Steel Samples Obtained by Direct Laser Deposition.
  Ishkinyaev E.D., Petrovskiy V.N., Polskiy V.I., Dzhumaev P.S., Sergeev K.L., Shcekin A.S., Panov D.V., Ushakov D.V.
  Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 2019, vol. 82(11), pp. 1441-1444. doi:10.1134/s1063778819110048
• Kalin B.A., Tenishev A.V., Polyansky A.A. Analysis of directions for developing accident tolerant fuel. JSC SSC RIAR, Dimitrovgrad, 2019 (in Russian).

2017

• Aydogan E., Chen T., Gigax J.G., Chen D., Wang X., Dzhumaev P.S., Emelyanova O.V., Ganchenkova M.G., Kalin B.A., Leontiva-Smirnova M., Valiev R.Z., Enikeev N.A., Abramova M.M., Wu Y., Lo W.Y., Yang Y., Short M., Maloy S.A., Garner F.A., Shao L. Effect of self-ion irradiation on the microstructural changes of alloy EK-181 in annealed and severely deformed conditions // Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2017, V.487, pp. 96-104.
• Kalin B.A., Volkov N.V., Valikov R.A., Yashin A.S. Effect of Ion Polishing on Corrosion Resistance of the Cladding of Fuel Elements from E110 Alloy in the Steam Water Environment // Inorganic Materials: Applied Research, 2017, Vol. 8, №. 3, P. 364–369.

• Selection of efficient ion modification modes for the outer cladding surface to improve corrosion resistance. E.L. Korenevsky, Master, 2019
• Study of the barrier layer between a chromium-containing coating and E110 alloy. R.D. Novikov, Engineer-physicist, 2020
• Applicability of Ta as a barrier layer in the Zr–Ta–Cr system. R.Sh. Isaev, Master, 2020
• Effect of surface modification and surface alloying with yttrium, niobium and tantalum by high-temperature pulsed plasma flows on corrosion resistance of E110 alloy. D.A. Fedorov, Master, 2020
• Method for aluminizing steels from pre-deposited aluminium coatings. S.D. Simdyanova, Engineer-physicist, 2021
• Coating deposition and ion mixing of film and zirconium substrate atoms under heavy-ion bombardment on the KVK-10 facility. V.A. Chursin, Engineer-physicist, 2021

• Surface liquid-phase alloying of zirconium alloys to improve their corrosion resistance
• Corrosion-resistant refractory high-entropy alloys as protective coatings for accident tolerant fuel cladding
• Deposition of dense metallic coatings by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS)
• Effect of substrate bias potential on the structure and phase state of chromium-containing coatings on zirconium alloys