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Plasma Material Interaction
Prof. Dr.
Rudolf Neu
Contact
Phone +49.89.3299.1899
Management
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Neu
Research Scientists
(MPI für Plasmaphysik)
Dr. rer. nat. Martin Balden
Dr. rer. nat. Aleksander Drenik
Dipl.-Phys. (FH) Stefan Elgeti
Dipl.-Ing. Hanns Gietl
Dipl.-Ing. Henri Greuner
Dipl.-Phys. (FH) Till Höschen
Dr. rer. nat. Karl Krieger
Dr.-Ing. Muyan Li
Dr. rer. nat. Hans Maier
Dipl.-Ing. Alexander von Müller
Dr.-Ing. Johann Riesch
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Rohde
Karsten Schlüter, M.Sc.
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jeong-Ha You
Technical Staff
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Bernd Böswirth
Dipl. Ing. Katja Hunger
Gabriele Matern
Research Focus
■■Detailed understanding of complex
interaction processes between plasma
and material
■■Development of novel materials with
improved properties for high heat load
applications
■■Integration of new materials into
plasma-facing components
Competence
■■Measurement and modeling of erosion,
surface composition and hydrogen
retention of materials
■■Laboratory-scale production of thin
coatings
■■Laboratory-scale production of
tungsten fibre reinforced materials
■■Performance and analysis of high
heat flux tests of inertially and actively
cooled materials and components
■■Thermo-mechanical analysis of high
heat flux components
Infrastructure
■■Tandem-accelerator for surface
analysis
■■High heat flux neutral beam test stand
■■Manipulator in the fusion device ASDEX
Upgrade
■■Scanning electron microscopy (SEM
with focused ion beam (FIB), X-ray
spectroscopy (EDX/WDX), electron
backsc. diffract. (EBSD)) for loads up
to 10 kg
■■Atomic force microscope (AFM)
■■X-ray diffraction (XRD)
■■Confocal laser scanning microscope
■■Photo electron spectroscopy (XPS)
■■Magnetron sputter devices
■■Laser flash analysis
■■Vacuum ovens for thermal desorption
Courses
■■Plasma Physics for Engineers
■■Plasma Material Interaction
Research Group at:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik,
funded by MPG/HGF and supported by
EUROfusion
Selected Publications 2017
■■P. Lang, R. Maingi, D.K. Mansfield,
R.M. McDermott, R. Neu et al., ‘Impact
of lithium pellets on the plasma per-
formance in the ASDEX Upgrade all-
metal-wall tokamak’, Nucl. Fusion 57
(2017) 016030
■■R. Neu, J. Riesch, A. von Müller,
M. Balden, J.W. Coenen, H. Gietl,
T. Höschen, M. Li, S. Wurster, J.-H.
You, ‘Tungsten Fibre-Reinforced
Composites for Advanced Plasma
Facing Components’, Nuclear Materials
and Energy 12 (2017) 1308
■■H. Gietl, J. Riesch, J.W. Coenen,
T. Hoeschen, Ch. Linsmeier, R. Neu,
‘Material qualification of tungsten
fibre-reinforced tungsten composite
by means of tension tests’, Fus. Eng.
Design 124 (2017) 396
■■R. Neu, H. Maier, M. Balden, S. Elgeti,
H. Gietl, H. Greuner, A. Herrmann,
T. Höschen, A. Houben, V. Rohde,
B. Sieglin, I. Zammuto, ASDEX
Upgrade team, ‘Investigations on
tungsten heavy alloys for use as
plasma facing material’, Fus. Eng.
Design 124 (2017) 450
■■A. v. Müller, E. Tejado , A. Galatanu,
D. Ewert, H. Greuner, M. Milwich,
R. Neu, J.Y. Pastor, U. Siefken, J.-H.
You, ‘Melt infiltrated W-Cu composites
as advance heat sink materials for
plasma facing components of future
nuclear fusion devices’, Fus. Eng.
Design 124 (2017) 455