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  • Fusion Road Show plays at ITER open doors day

    … theatre show was designed as a memorable introduction into plasmas and fusion reactors. A great addition to the site … toothpick on fire, he has just produced a glowing ball of plasma in the microwave and captured it inside a pyrex … explanation of fusion energy. Cartoon The humming microwave plasma in its pyrex container is a cartoon of a fusion …
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  • Control of the heat and particle exhaust

    … reactor wall. The survival of the wall can be prolonged by plasma detachment, a state in which the plasma in proximity … of what drives the detachment dynamics. Back to Research . … The extreme conditions in a nuclear fusion … of what drives the detachment dynamics. Back to Research . … Control of the heat and particle exhaust …
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  • Simulations for nuclear fusion

    … fusion Published on April 23, 2015 23 April 2015 The plasma inside a nuclear fusion reactor is prone to … a large extent on methods to control these instabilities. Researcher Bram van Es ( CWI / DIFFER) defended his thesis … In the international ITER project, to which Van Es’s research contributes, the EU, Japan, South Korea, China, …
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  • EUROfusion signs Horizon Europe Grant Agreement

    … new Grant Agreement, EUROfusion will direct and integrate research across Europe into a comprehensive R&D programme to … including the UK, Switzerland and Ukraine. Together these researchers have set up a focused research programme guided by the European Roadmap to Fusion …
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  • First materials analysis in Ion Beam Facility

    … energy materials. The ion beam facility will supply researchers from fusion, solar fuels and other materials … to investigate for the first time the unique chemistry, physics, and materials science which determines device … in the world which can expose materials to the harsh plasma conditions near the walls of fusion reactors. But …
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  • A head-start for the New Routes for the Energy Transition project

    … University (UU) and DIFFER are setting up new national research communities to speed up the energy transition. NWO … planning in the energy transition increases rapidly. Research questions in the second project are how to deal … the future investment climate. NERA The focus of these research projects was determined by the Scientific Board of …
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  • FOM kent 2,3 miljoen euro toe aan temmen uitlaat fusiereactor

    … wil de hitte en snelle deeltjes van zo'n kunstmatige zon (plasma) gecontroleerd af kunnen voeren voor die de wand van … Magneetvelden beschermen de reactor tegen het fuserende plasma (heet, geladen gas), behalve bij de uitlaat. Die komt in direct contact met het plasma en moet maanden tot jaren bestand zijn tegen …
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  • PFMC-17 Conference on Plasma Facing Materials

    … PFMC-17 Conference on Plasma Facing Materials The performances of fusion devices … and solutions Kai Nordlund (University of Helsinki): Computational science approaches to understanding plasma … organized by the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER) and Eindhoven University of Technology …
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  • DIFFER Seminar: From Soft Matter to Functional Materials

    … Abstract : Advanced functional materials are at the core of chemistry and engineering research to address societal challenges related to health, … soft matter principles. He received his master’s degree in physics in 2001 from TU Dresden (GER) with a specialization …
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  • Ion Beam Facility is getting into shape

    … detailed ion beam studies, DIFFER wants to add a unique new research facility for energy materials to the Dutch research landscape. The first spectra taken with the Ion … look at what happens to the sample during exposure to the plasma." Bridge between research themes The Ion Beam …
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  • Women in science: let’s meet Ceren Tayran

    … Since October 2023 Ceren works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Autonomous Energy Materials Discovery … Can you tell us something about your expertise? “I am a computational material science expert. Particularly … Force Fields. At DIFFER, I have been focusing on plasma-facing materials for nuclear fusion. As we know, …
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  • Exhaust control for SPARC: DIFFER and Commonwealth Fusion Systems join forces for future fusion energy

    … underscores DIFFER's commitment to conduct fundamental research on materials, processes, and systems for a … which will effectively decouple the heat flux from the core plasma in the reactor and the power on the divertor tiles.” … underscores DIFFER's commitment to conduct fundamental research on materials, processes, and systems for a …
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  • Technology for Earth and Mars: Innovation at the crossroads of renewable energy and CO₂ utilization

    … but a promising reality. On Tuesday 27 May 2025 PhD researcher Xingyu Chen defended her thesis called ‘The Plasma–Solid Oxide Interface: An experimental study of … Chen will continue working at DIFFER as a postdoc researcher, with Richard van de Sanden as her supervisor. “I …
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  • DIFFER reaches 3750 students and teachers at Fusion Days 2017

    … (developed by EUROfusion ). Right: Dr. Jef Ongena (Research Director at the Plasma Physics Lab, Royal Military Academy) presents a parallel …
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  • Tackling two sustainable key processes at once: plasma-activated electrolyzer reducing water and fixating nitrogen

    … Tackling two sustainable key processes at once: plasma-activated electrolyzer reducing water and fixating nitrogen Published on August 14, 2019 DIFFER researchers have constructed an ingenious plasma-activated … we use plasma-activation in the setup to boost the nitrogen chemistry at the second electrode to yield a NO …
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