Continuous and scalable polymer capsule processing for inertial fusion energy target shell fabrication using droplet microfluidics
- Submitting institution
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Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 96146275
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41598-017-06746-3
- Title of journal
- Scientific Reports
- Article number
- 6302
- First page
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- Volume
- 7
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06746-3
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This new, economically feasible, production method for fusion energy target shells provides a business baseline model for the fuel supply of future, energy producing fusion reactors, where precision fabricated fuel shells are required at around 1 million per day per reactor. It has enabled further research collaborations with the key Industrial European supplier of fusion target shells, Scitech Precision Ltd. These have also been supplied, at request, to General Atomics Inc. USA, the major supplier to the US National Ignition Facility. The research project has been highlighted in a COMSOL Blog at https://www.comsol.com/blogs/improving-ife-target-fabrication-with-a-droplet-microfluidics-method/.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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