Dr. Frank Bergner
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Research Associate, Materials Science
Germany
My co-authors include
Henrich Frielinghaus
My Publications
Nanoindentation applied to ion-irradiated and neutron-irradiated Fe-9Cr and Fe-9Cr-NiSi...
Journal of Applied Physics
July 2022
Small-angle neutron scattering uncovers irradiation effects on Fe-Cr model alloys and a...
Journal of Applied Crystallography
June 2022
Microstructure-informed prediction and measurement of nanoindentation hardness of an Fe...
Nuclear Materials and Energy
March 2022
Effect of Neutron Flux on an Irradiation-Induced Microstructure and Hardening of Reacto...
Metals
February 2022
Nanoindentation Response of Ion-Irradiated Fe, Fe-Cr Alloys and Ferritic-Martensitic St...
Frontiers in Materials
January 2022
Multiscale modelling for fusion and fission materials: The M4F project
Nuclear Materials and Energy
December 2021
Depth distribution of irradiation-induced dislocation loops in an Fe-9Cr model alloy ir...
Nuclear Materials and Energy
June 2021
Use of the small punch test for the estimation of ductile-to-brittle transition tempera...
Nuclear Materials and Energy
March 2021
Microstructure and fracture toughness characterization of three 9Cr ODS EUROFER steels ...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
December 2020
The dominant mechanisms for the formation of solute-rich clusters in low-Cu steels unde...
Materials Today Energy
September 2020
Relationships between depth-resolved primary radiation damage, irradiation-induced nano...
Nuclear Materials and Energy
August 2020
Microstructural characterization of inhomogeneity in 9Cr ODS EUROFER steel
Journal of Nuclear Materials
May 2020
TEM Observation of Loops Decorating Dislocations and Resulting Source Hardening of Neut...
Metals
January 2020
Nanoindentation of single- (Fe) and dual-beam (Fe and He) ion-irradiated ODS Fe-14Cr-ba...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
May 2019
Effect of anisotropic microstructure of ODS steels on small punch test results
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
April 2019
Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering
Reviews of Modern Physics
March 2019
Post-irradiation annealing behaviour of oxide dispersion strengthened Fe-Cr alloys stud...
Philosophical Magazine Letters
December 2018
Why Do Secondary Cracks Preferentially Form in Hot-Rolled ODS Steels in Comparison with...
Crystals
July 2018
Helium-ion microscopy, helium-ion irradiation and nanoindentation of Eurofer 97 and ODS...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
July 2018
Nanoindentation of ion-irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels – model-based interpre...
The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
January 2018
Fe2+ ion irradiated JRQ steel investigated by nanoindentation and slow-positron Doppler...
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Ma...
January 2018
Microstructure characterization and strengthening mechanisms of oxide dispersion streng...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
November 2017
The effect of the initial microstructure in terms of sink strength on the ion-irradiati...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
November 2017
Effect of microstructural anisotropy on fracture toughness of hot rolled 13Cr ODS steel...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
August 2017
Investigation of spark plasma sintered oxide-dispersion strengthened steels by means of...
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
November 2016
Alternative Fabrication Routes toward Oxide-Dispersion-Strengthened Steels and Model Al...
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
July 2016
Fabrication and characterization of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) 14Cr steels con...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
April 2016
Ion irradiation combined with nanoindentation as a screening test procedure for irradia...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
April 2016
JRQ and JPA irradiated and annealed reactor pressure vessel steels studied by positron ...
Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
March 2016
Irradiation hardening of Fe–9Cr-based alloys and ODS Eurofer: Effect of helium implanta...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
March 2016
Effect of neutron flux on the characteristics of irradiation-induced nanofeatures and h...
Acta Materialia
February 2016
Bimodal Grain Size Distribution of Nanostructured Ferritic ODS Fe-Cr Alloys
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
September 2015
Contributions of Cu-rich clusters, dislocation loops and nanovoids to the irradiation-i...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
June 2015
Post-irradiation annealing behavior of neutron-irradiated FeCu, FeMnNi and FeMnNiCu mod...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
November 2014
FP7 Project LONGLIFE: Overview of results and implications
Nuclear Engineering and Design
October 2014
Application of a three-feature dispersed-barrier hardening model to neutron-irradiated ...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
May 2014
Microstructural and mechanical characterisation of ODS ferritic alloys produced by mech...
Materials Science and Technology
April 2014
Critical assessment of Cr-rich precipitates in neutron-irradiated Fe–12at%Cr: Compariso...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
November 2013
Damage accumulation in pure iron and high concentrated Fe–12.5 at% Cr alloy: comparison...
Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
October 2013
Small-angle neutron scattering of low-Cu RPV steels neutron-irradiated at 255°C and pos...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
October 2013
Cr segregation on dislocation loops enhances hardening in ferritic Fe–Cr alloys
Acta Materialia
March 2013
Long Term Irradiation Phenomena in RPV Steels—The LONGLIFE Project
December 2012
Nanoscale characterization of ODS Fe–9%Cr model alloys compacted by spark plasma sintering
Journal of Nuclear Materials
September 2012
Application of Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy to the Study of Irradiated Fe-Cr Alloys
Defect and Diffusion Forum
September 2012
Influence of the copper impurity level on the irradiation response of reactor pressure ...
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Ma...
June 2012
Vibrational contribution to the thermodynamics of nanosized precipitates: vacancy–coppe...
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
May 2012
Safety Monitoring of Materials and Components of Nuclear Power Plants
January 2012
Nanoclusters in bcc-Fe containing vacancies, copper and nickel: Structure and energetics
Journal of Nuclear Materials
November 2011
Ion-irradiation-induced damage in Fe–Cr alloys characterized by nanoindentation
Journal of Nuclear Materials
October 2011
Microstructure of oxide dispersion strengthened Eurofer and iron–chromium alloys invest...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
September 2011
Small-angle neutron scattering investigation of as-irradiated, annealed and reirradiate...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
September 2011
Structure, energetics and thermodynamics of copper–vacancy clusters in bcc-Fe: An atomi...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
July 2011
Cluster Dynamics Study of Neutron Irradiation Induced Defects in Fe-12.5at%Cr Alloy
Solid State Phenomena
June 2011
The microstructure of neutron-irradiated Fe–Cr alloys: A small-angle neutron scattering...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
February 2011
SANS investigation of a neutron-irradiated Fe–9at%Cr alloy
Journal of Nuclear Materials
December 2010
Characterization of neutron-irradiated ferritic model alloys and a RPV steel from combi...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
November 2010
On the correlation between irradiation-induced microstructural features and the hardeni...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
November 2010
On the formation of mixed vacancy-copper clusters in neutron-irradiated Fe-Cu alloys
Journal of Physics Conference Series
October 2010
SANS investigation of neutron-irradiated Fe-Cr alloys
Journal of Physics Conference Series
October 2010
Comparative small-angle neutron scattering study of neutron-irradiated Fe, Fe-based all...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
April 2010
Cluster dynamics simulation of point defect clusters in neutron irradiated pure iron
Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
March 2010
Mechanical Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Fe-Cr Compacts Strengthened by Nanodispe...
Materials Testing
March 2010
Irradiation Damage and Embrittlement in RPV Steels Under the Aspect of Long Term Operat...
January 2010
Study of Metastable States of the Precipitates in Reactor Steels Under Neutron Irradiation
January 2010
Acceleration of irradiation hardening of low-copper reactor pressure vessel steel obser...
Philosophical Magazine Letters
December 2009
Estimation of the solubility limit of Cr in Fe at 300°C from small-angle neutron scatte...
Scripta Materialia
December 2009
Ion-irradiation-induced damage of steels characterized by means of nanoindentation
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Ma...
May 2009
Flux dependence of cluster formation in neutron irradiated weld material - small-angle ...
October 2008
Cluster Dynamics Simulation of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels under Irradiation
April 2008
Investigation of the Damage Around a Crack Tip in Metals using Small Angle X-Ray Scatte...
Materials Testing
April 2008
Flux dependence of cluster formation in neutron-irradiated weld material
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
February 2008
Nature of defect clusters in neutron-irradiated iron-based alloys deduced from small-an...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
February 2008
Small-angle neutron scattering study of neutron-irradiated iron and an iron–nickel alloy
Journal of Nuclear Materials
February 2008
Indentation response of single-crystalline GaAs in the nano-, micro-, and macroregime
International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde)
August 2007
SANS response of VVER440-type weld material after neutron irradiation, post-irradiation...
The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
March 2007
Small-angle neutron scattering study of post-irradiation annealed neutron irradiated pr...
Journal of Nuclear Materials
July 2006
Deformation-induced small-angle scattering contrast in aluminium alloys
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Ma...
August 2005
Material-related fundamentals of cutting techniques for GaAs wafer manufacturing
Zeitschrift für Metallkunde
July 2005
Scaling of self-similar long fatigue crack growth in aluminium alloys
Materials Science and Engineering A
July 2005
On the factors affecting the propagation of long fatigue cracks in thin-sheet wrought a...
International Journal of Fatigue
September 2003
Mapping of the rate-controlling steps for environment-assisted fatigue crack growth app...
International Journal of Fatigue
August 2002
The material-dependent variability of fatigue crack growth rates of aluminium alloys in...
International Journal of Fatigue
May 2001
Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine
January 2001
Environment-sensitive fracture of aluminium alloy 6013
Werkstoffe und Korrosion
September 2000
A new approach to the correlation between the coefficient and the exponent in the power...
International Journal of Fatigue
March 2000
Influence of the depth position on the neutron embrittlement of the VVER reactor pressu...
Nuclear Engineering and Design
November 1995
The role of microstructure in the propagation of ultrasound in bainitic low-alloy steels
International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
January 1993
Mechanisms of ultrasonic attenuation in a bainitic low-alloy steel
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia
July 1990
