Expert Information

Name: Konstantina LAMBRINOU

E-Mail: k.lambrinou@hud.ac.uk

Tel: +44-1484-473571

Work unit: School of Computing & Engineering, University of Huddersfield, UK

Degree: PhD in Materials Science & Engineering

Title: Prof.

Position: Professor in Advanced Materials

Profile: Personal research directions: Advanced materials for extreme service conditions encountered in various industrial sectors, including nuclear energy, aerospace, solar power, microelectronics, etc. Main research directions in the past 10 years: liquid metal corrosion studies for Gen-IV lead-fast reactors (LFRs), development of innovative nuclear materials for advanced nuclear systems based on the MAX phases, accident-tolerant fuels (ATFs) for Gen-II/III light water reactors (LWRs), coordination of large-scale international collaborations (H2020 IL TROVATORE, I-NERI PERSEUS, etc.) that target the expedited deployment of innovative ATF cladding materials, application-driven design of advanced (nuclear) materials based on material-specific processing-microstructure-properties correlations, etc.

Select relevant Journal publications:

[1] P. Hosemann, D. Frazer, E. Stergar, K. Lambrinou, Twin boundary-accelerated ferritization of austenitic stainless steels in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic, Scripta Materialia 118 (2016) 37-40

[2] T. Lapauw, K. Lambrinou, T. Cabioc'h, J. Halim, J. Lu, A. Pesach, O. Rivin, O. Ozeri, E.N. Caspi, L. Hultman, P. Eklund, J. Rosén, M.W. Barsoum, J. Vleugels, Synthesis of the new MAX phase Zr2AlC, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36 (2016) 1847-1853

[3] T. Lapauw, J. Halim, J. Lu, T. Cabioc'h, L. Hultman, M.W. Barsoum, K. Lambrinou, J. Vleugels, Synthesis of the novel Zr3AlC2 MAX phase, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36 (2016) 943-947

[4] T. Lapauw, D. Tytko, K. Vanmeensel, S. Huang, P. Choi, D. Raabe, E.N. Caspi, O. Ozeri, M. to Baben, J.M. Schneider, K. Lambrinou, J. Vleugels, (Nbx,Zr1-x)4AlC3 MAX phase solid solutions: processing, mechanical properties and density functional theory calculations, Inorganic Chemistry 55 (2016) 5445-5452

[5] K. Lambrinou, E. Charalampopoulou, T. Van der Donck, R. Delville, D. Schryvers, Dissolution corrosion of 316L austenitic stainless steels in contact with static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic at 500C, Journal of Nuclear Materials 490 (2017) 9-27

[6] O. Klok, K. Lambrinou, S. Gavrilov, E. Stergar, T. Van der Donck, S. Huang, B. Tunca, I. De Graeve, Influence of plastic deformation on dissolution corrosion of type 316L austenitic stainless steel in static, oxygen-poor liquid lead-bismuth eutectic at 500C, Corrosion 73 (2017) 1078-1090

[7] O. Klok, K. Lambrinou, S. Gavrilov, E. Stergar, J. Lim, T. Van der Donck, W. Van Renterghem, I. De Graeve, Effect of deformation twinning on dissolution corrosion of 316L stainless steels in contact with static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 500C, Journal of Nuclear Materials 510 (2018) 556-567

[8] E. Charalampopoulou, R. Delville, M. Verwerft, K. Lambrinou, D. Schryvers, Transmission electron microscopy study of complex oxide scales on DIN 1.4970 steel exposed to liquid Pb-Bi eutectic, Corrosion Science 147 (2019) 22-31

[9] T. Lapauw, B. Tunca, J. Joris, A. Jianu, R. Fetzer, A. Weisenburger, J. Vleugels, K. Lambrinou, Interaction of Mn+1AXn phases with oxygen-poor, static and fast-flowing liquid lead-bismuth eutectic, Journal of Nuclear Materials 520 (2019) 258-272

[10] E. Charalampopoulou, N. Cautaerts, T. Van der Donck, D. Schryvers, K. Lambrinou, R. Delville, Orientation relationship of the austenite-to-ferrite transformation in austenitic stainless steels due to dissolution corrosion in contact with liquid Pb-Bi eutectic, Scripta Materialia 167 (2019) 66-70

[11] S. Mráz, M. Tyra, M. to Baben, M. Hans, X. Chen, F. Herrig, K. Lambrinou, J.M. Schneider, Thermal stability enhancement of Cr2AlC coatings on Zr by utilizing a double layer diffusion barrier, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 40 (2020) 1119-1124

[12] B. Tunca, T. Lapauw, C. Callaert, J. Hadermann, R. Delville, E.N. Caspi, M. Dahlqvist, J. Rosén, M. Amalraj, K.G. Pradeep, J.M. Schneider, J. Vleugels, K. Lambrinou, Compatibility of Zr2AlC MAX phase-based ceramics with oxygen-poor, static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic, Corrosion Science 171 (2020) 108704

[13] B. Tunca, G. Greaves, J.A. Hinks, P.O.Å. Persson, J. Vleugels, K. Lambrinou, In situ He+ irradiation of the double solid solution (Ti0.5,Zr0.5)2(Al0.5,Sn0.5)C MAX phase: defect evolution in the 350-800C temperature range, Acta Materialia 206 (2021) 116606

[14] G. Plummer, H. Rathod, A. Srivastava, M. Radovic, T. Ouisse, M. Yildizhan, P.O.Å. Persson, K. Lambrinou, M.W. Barsoum, G.J. Tucker, On the origin of kinking in layered crystalline solids, Materials Today 43 (2021) 45-52

[15] E. Charalampopoulou, K. Lambrinou, T. Van der Donck, B. Paladino, F. Di Fonzo, C. Azina, P. Eklund, S. Mráz, J.M. Schneider, D. Schryvers, R. Delville, Early stages of dissolution corrosion in 316L and DIN 1.4970 austenitic stainless steels with and without anticorrosion coatings in static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 500C, Materials Characterization 178 (2021) 111234

Presentation title: Liquid metal corrosion challenges in HLM -cooled fast reactors: problem setting & mitigation approaches