Objectives
The main goal of this WP is to study the effects of irradiation on nanostructured materials, both
single-metal and multi-metal (high-entropy alloy – HEA) nanoparticles in solution and embedded in a
substrate, for possible use as radiation-resistant materials. This WP will use swift heavy ion and ultrashort
laser pulse irradiation, and computational modelling.

The objectives of this study are:

1) to improve our understanding of damage mechanisms of metallic nanoparticles,

2) to take advantage of some of those effects to modify the nanostructures in a controlled way, with the
goal of improving their optical properties,

3) to design radiation-resistant nanostructured materials.

Lead beneficiary: UPM