Professor Simon Middleburgh

Ser Cymru Professor

Contact info

Email: s.middleburgh@bangor.ac.uk

  1. Published

    Evidence of excess oxygen accommodation in yttria partially-stabilized zirconia

    Middleburgh, S. C., Ipatova, I., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M. J. D., Assinder, B., Grimes, R. W. & Lee, W. E., 15 Jan 2020, In: Scripta Materialia. 175, p. 7-10

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Experimental and computational assessment of U Si N ternary phases

    Lopes, D. A., Wilson, T. L., Kocevski, V., Moore, E. E., Besman, T. M., Wood, E. S., White, J. T., Nelson, A. T., Middleburgh, S. & Claisse, A., Apr 2019, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 516, April, p. 194-201

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. First-principles study of defects and fission product behavior in uranium diboride

    Jossou, E., Oladimeji, D., Malakkal, L., Middleburgh, S., Szpunar, B. & Szpunar, J., 1 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 494, p. 147-156 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Gradual Structural Evolution from Pyrochlore to Defect-Fluorite in Y2Sn2-xZrxO7: Average vs Local Structure

    Zhang, Z., Middleburgh, S. C., de los Reyes, M., Lumpkin, G. R., Kennedy, B. J., Blanchard, P. E. R., Reynolds, E. & Jang, L-Y., 19 Dec 2013, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117, 50, p. 26740-26749 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    High temperature, low neutron cross-section highentropy alloys in the Nb-Ti-V-Zr system

    King, D. J. M., Cheung, S. T. Y., Humphry-Baker, S. A., Parkin, C., Couet, A., Cortie, M. B., Lumpkin, G. R., Middleburgh, S. & Knowles, A. J., Mar 2019, In: Acta Materialia. 166, p. 435-446

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    High-Entropy Alloys for Advanced Nuclear Applications

    Pickering, E., Carruthers, A., Barron, P., Middleburgh, S., Armstrong, D. & Gandy, A., 11 Jan 2021, In: Entropy. 23, 1, 98.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Hydrogen Accommodation in the TiZrNbHfTa High Entropy Alloy

    Moore, C., Wilson, J., Rushton, M., Lee, B., Astbury, J. & Middleburgh, S., 1 May 2022, In: Acta Materialia. 229, 117832.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    In-reactor behaviour and economic assessment of enriched gadolinia burnable absorbers

    Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S. & Lee, B., Oct 2023, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 164, 104873.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    In-situ TEM investigation of nano-scale helium bubble evolution in tantalum-doped tungsten at 800 °C

    Ipatova, I., Greaves, G., Pacheco-Gutiérrez, S., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Jimenez-Melero, E., 1 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 550, 152910.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Influence of boron isotope ratio on the thermal conductivity of uranium diboride (UB2) and zirconium diboride (ZrB2)

    Evitts, L., Middleburgh, S., Kardoulaki, E., Ipatova, I., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., Jan 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 528, 151892.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Interface interactions in UN-X-UO2 systems (X = V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W) by pressure-assisted diffusion experiments at 1773 K

    Costa, D. R., Liu, H., Adorno-Lopez, D., Middleburgh, S., Wallenius, J. & Olsson, P., 1 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 561, 153554.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Interface properties of Ti3SiC2/Al2O3 ceramics: Combined experiments and first-principles calculations

    Ji, J., Yu, J., Lee, B., Middleburgh, S., Li, D., Wang, X., Li, Q., Wang, Z., Shi, G., Chen, F. & Zhang, L., 1 Mar 2021, In: Ceramics International. 47, 5, p. 6409-6417

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Ion beam irradiation of ABO4 compounds with the fergusonite, monazite, scheelite, and zircon structures

    De Los Reyes, M., Aughterson, R., Gregg, D., Middleburgh, S., Zaluzec, N., Huai, P., Ren, C. & Lumpkin, G., Oct 2020, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 103, 10, p. 5502-5514

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Lithium stabilization of amorphous ZrO2

    Stephens, G. F., Wilson, J., Curling, S., He, G., Thomas, P. J., Williams, D., Ortner, S., Grovenor, C., Rushton, M., Cole-Baker, A. & Middleburgh, S., 6 May 2024, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 171, 105165.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Method to produce uranium silicides

    Middleburgh, S. & Lahoda, E., 27 Dec 2018

    Research output: Patent

  16. Published

    Modelling the impact of configurational entropy on the stability of amorphous SiO2

    Owen, M., Rushton, M., Cooper, M. W., Ghardi, M., Claisse, A., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Aug 2023, In: Scripta Materialia. 233, 115507.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Modelling the thermal conductivity of (UxTh1-x)O-2 and (UxPu1-x)O-2

    Cooper, M. W. D., Middleburgh, S. C. & Grimes, R. W., Nov 2015, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 466, p. 29-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Novel Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of CeTi2O6 Brannerite

    Kong, L., Gregg, D. J., Karatchevtseva, I., Zhang, Z., Blackford, M. G., Middleburgh, S. C., Lumpkin, G. R. & Triani, G., 7 Jul 2014, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 53, 13, p. 6761-6768 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Oxidation of UN-U2N3/UO2 composites: an evaluation of UO2 as an oxidation barrier for the nitride phases

    Costa, D. R., Hedberg, M., Middleburgh, S., Wallenius, J., Olsson, P. & Lopes, D. A., Feb 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 544, 152700.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Performance and economic assessment of enriched gadolinia burnable absorbers

    Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S., Dahlfors, M. & Lee, B., Jul 2021, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 137, 103752.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Peroxide defect formation in zirconate perovskites

    Middleburgh, S. C., Karatchevtseva, I., Kennedy, B. J., Burr, P. A., Zhang, Z., Reynolds, E., Grimes, R. W. & Lumpkin, G. R., 14 Oct 2014, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2, 38, p. 15883-15888

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Phase Equilibria and Thermochemistry of Advanced Fuels: Modeling Burnup Behavior: Technical Report

    Besmann, T. M., McMurray, J., Nelson, A., White, J., Lahoda, E., Middleburgh, S., Claisse, A., Ulrich, T., Johnson, K., Kocevski, V., Adorno-Lopez, D. & Vogel, S., 31 Mar 2020, University of South Carolina Press.

    Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

  23. Phase equilibria in the U-Si system from first-principles calculations

    Noordhoek, M. J., Besmann, T. M., Andersson, D., Middleburgh, S. C. & Chernatynskiy, A., 31 Oct 2016, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 479, p. 216-223 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Predicting the formation and stability of single phase high-entropy alloys

    King, D. J. M., Middleburgh, S. C., McGregor, A. G. & Cortie, M. B., 1 Feb 2016, In: Acta Materialia. 104, p. 172-179

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Predicting the thermal expansion of body-centred cubic (BCC) high entropy alloys in the Mo-Nb-Ta-Ti-W system

    Wilson, J., Evitts, L. J., Fraile, A., Wilson, R., Rushton, M., Goddard, D., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Physics: Energy. 4, 3, 034002.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review