Effects of neutron irradiation on the microstructure and mechanical properties of structural steels and tungsten alloys
Modelling of nucleation and growth of irradiation defects in RAFM steels and tungsten
Development of the material database and material properties handbook on DEMO relevant structural, heat sink and armor materials
Development and validation of Small Specimen Testing Technology
Selected publications
T. Metzler, E. Gaganidze , J. Aktaa, Prediction of fracture toughness of a reactor pressure vessel steel in the ductile-to-brittle transition region based on a probabilistic cohesive zone model approach, Journal of Nuclear Materials 605 (2025) 155556
J. Gao, E. Gaganidze , J. Aktaa, Relative population of 1/2 < 111 > and < 100 > interstitial loops in alpha-Fe under irradiation: Effects of C15 cluster stability and loop one-dimensional movement, Acta Materialia 233 (2022) 117983
Chauhan, Q. Yuan, D. Litvinov, E. Gaganidze, H.-C. Schneider, D. Terentyev, J. Aktaa, Effect of temperature on the neutron irradiation induced cavities in tungsten, Philosophical Magazine (2022), DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2022.2079750
E. Gaganidze, A. Chauhan, H.-C. Schneider, D. Terentyev, G. Borghmans, J. Aktaa, Fracture-mechanical properties of neutron irradiated ITER specification tungsten, Journal of Nuclear Materials 547 (2021) 152761
E. Gaganidze, A. Chauhan , H.-C. Schneider, D. Terentyev , B. Rossaert , J. Aktaa, Effect of irradiation temperature on the fracture-mechanical behaviour of tungsten irradiated to 1 dpa, Journal of Nuclear Materials 556 (2021) 153200
L. Malerba, M.J. Caturla, E. Gaganidze, C. Kaden, M.J. Konstantinović, P. Olsson, C. Robertson, D. Rodney, A.M. Ruiz-Moreno, M. Serrano, et al., Multiscale modelling for fusion and fission materials: the M4F project, Nuclear Materials and Energy 29 (2021) 101051
Q. Yuan, A. Chauhan, E. Gaganidze, J. Aktaa, Direct observation of dislocation loops shrinkage upon annealing neutron-irradiated Fe-9Cr alloy, Journal of Nuclear Materials 542 (2020) 152401
Gomez-Ferrer, C. Dethloff, E. Gaganidze, L. Malerba, C. Hatzoglou, C. Pareige, Nano-hardening features in high-dose neutron irradiated Eurofer97 revealed by atom-probe tomography, Journal of Nuclear Materials 537 (2020) 152228
Cabet, F. Dalle, E. Gaganidze, J. Henry, H. Tanigawa, Ferritic-martensitic steels for fission and fusion applications, Journal of Nuclear Materials 523 (2019) 510-537
Dethloff, E. Gaganidze, J. Aktaa, Review and critical assessment of dislocation loop analyses on EUROFER 97, Nuclear Materials and Energy 15 (2018) 23-26
B. Kaiser, E. Gaganidze, C. Dethloff, R. Schwaiger, D. Brimbal, M. Payet, L. Beck, J. Aktaa, Investigation of microstructure defects in EUROFER97 under He+/Fe3+ dual ion beam irradiation, Nuclear Materials and Energy 15 (2018) 148-153
H. Tanigawa, E. Gaganidze, T. Hirose, M. Ando, S.J. Zinkle, R. Lindau, E. Diegele, Development of benchmark reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels for fusion energy applications, Nucl. Fusion 57 (2017) 092004 (13pp)
Gaganidze, J. Aktaa, Assessment of neutron irradiation effects on RAFM steels, Fusion Engineering and Design 88 (2013) 118-128
O. J. Weiß, E. Gaganidze, J. Aktaa, Quantitative characterization of microstructural defects in up to 32 dpa neutron irradiated EUROFER97, Journal of Nuclear Materials 426 (2012) 52-58
Gaganidze, H.-C. Schneider, B. Dafferner, J. Aktaa, High-dose neutron irradiation embrittlement of RAFM steels, Journal of Nuclear Materials 355 (2006) 83-88
