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Hamidreza Abdolvand
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Research
Latest papers
Novel Sulfide-Chloride Solid-State Electrolytes with Tunable Anion Ratio for Highly Stable Solid-State Sodium-Ion Batteries.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
A family of dual-anion-based sodium superionic conductors for all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries.
Nature materials · 2025
Lithium-compatible and air-stable vacancy-rich Li9N2Cl3 for high-areal capacity, long-cycling all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.
Science advances · 2023
Latest funding
- $544,000
The micromechanics of fracture of zirconium hydrides: effects of hydrogen content, temperature and irradiation
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $230,500
Microstructure-informed modeling and experimentation of nuclear materials: Phase-II
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $56,000
Microstructure-property-performance analysis of pressure tubes for Monark nuclear reactors
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Novel Sulfide-Chloride Solid-State Electrolytes with Tunable Anion Ratio for Highly Stable Solid-State Sodium-Ion Batteries.
Dong ZL, Gan Y, Martins V, Wang X, Fu B, Jin E, Gao Y, Hu Y, Lin X, Yuan Y, Turner C, Pang X, Abdolvand H, Huang Y, Sham TK, Zhao Y
A family of dual-anion-based sodium superionic conductors for all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries.
Lin X, Zhang S, Yang M, Xiao B, Zhao Y, Luo J, Fu J, Wang C, Li X, Li W, Yang F, Duan H, Liang J, Fu B, Abdolvand H, Guo J, King G, Sun X
Lithium-compatible and air-stable vacancy-rich Li9N2Cl3 for high-areal capacity, long-cycling all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.
Li W, Li M, Chien PH, Wang S, Yu C, King G, Hu Y, Xiao Q, Shakouri M, Feng R, Fu B, Abdolvand H, Fraser A, Li R, Huang Y, Liu J, Mo Y, Sham TK, Sun X
On the behaviour of zirconia-based dental materials: A review.
Shelar P, Abdolvand H, Butler S
Strong grain neighbour effects in polycrystals.
Abdolvand H, Wright J, Wilkinson AJ
The micromechanics of fracture of zirconium hydrides: effects of hydrogen content, temperature and irradiation
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza
Keywords: Nuclear energy; Materials sciences
Microstructure-informed modeling and experimentation of nuclear materials: Phase-II
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza H
Microstructure-property-performance analysis of pressure tubes for Monark nuclear reactors
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza H
Keywords: candu nuclear reactors; crystal plasticity modeling; deformation mechanisms; electron backscatter diffraction; finite element; in-situ testing; macrozones; pressure tubes; scanning electron microscopy; zr-2.5nb
Proof of concept for modeling crack formation in notched hydrided zirconium samples
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza H
Keywords: candu nuclear reactors; crack nucleation and propagation; crystal plasticity; electron backscatter diffraction; finite element modeling; hydrogen embrittlement; insitu testing; microscale modeling; zirconium
Live observation of materials cracking at multiple length scales
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza
Developing a method for crack arrest test at microscales
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza H
Keywords: candu reactors; crystal plasticity; electron backscatter diffraction; finite element modeling; fracture mechanics; hydrogen embrittlement; in-situ experiment; microstructure; nano-indentation; zirconium
Understanding the micromechanics of surrogate TRISO fuels: modeling and experimentation
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza H
Keywords: advanced nuclear fuels; electron backscatter diffraction; finite element modeling; fracture mechanics; in-situ testing; micromechanics; pyrolytic graphite; scanning electron microscopy; silicon carbide; small modular reactors
Microstructure-informed modeling and experimentation of nuclear materials: coupled temperature and irradiation effects
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza H
Keywords: creep; crystal plasticity; electron backscatter diffraction; fatigue; ferritic martensitic steel; finite element modeling; fracture; ion implantation; nano and micro indentation; nickel superalloys
Additive manufacturing of a nickel superalloy: The micromechanics of plasticity and fracture
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza H
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; Crystal plasticity; Electron backscatter diffraction; Finite element; In-situ experimentation; Laser Power Bed Fusion; Neutron diffraction; Nickel Superalloys
The micromechanics of ductile to brittle fracture in polycrystals
Principal investigators: Abdolvand, Hamidreza
Keywords: crystal plasticity; finite element; diffraction; electron backscatter diffraction; fracture mechanics; neutron irradiation; irradiation embrittlement; synchrotron x-ray diffraction; small modular reactors; additive manufacturing
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xueliang Sun and Yang Zhao: 37 shared papers
- Hamidreza Abdolvand and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Hamidreza Abdolvand and Yang Zhao: 2 shared papers
- Sheila Butler and Hamidreza Abdolvand: 1 shared paper
- Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Mechanical & Materials Engineering
- Dentistry - Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
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