Dr Samuel Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Nuclear Materials and EngineeringProfile
Dr. Samuel Murphy is a 50th Anniversary Lecturer in Nuclear Materials. Prior to joining Lancaster Dr. Murphy was a PDRA at University College London and Imperial College London where he used atomistic simulation techniques to study defects and defect processes in materials. In 2010 he worked at l'Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) in Saclay just South of Paris. He completed his PhD in Materials Physics at Imperial College London in 2009 in the group of Prof. Robin Grimes.
Research Interests
Dr. Samuel Murphy's research focuses on the use of atomistic simulation to study defect processes in nuclear materials. Dr. Murphy examines processes such as the accommodation of fission products in nuclear fuels and the escape of tritium from lithium ceramics for future fusion reactors. He is also interested in defect creation by bombardment with high energy particles, such as that experienced in a nuclear reactor.
In his research Dr. Murphy employ state-of-the-art atomistic simulation techniques, including molecular dynamics and density functional theory (DFT). He is also a developer of the two temperature molecular dynamics (2T-MD) technique that enables the incorportation of electronic effects into the simulation of radiation damage of materials by very high energy ions.
PhD Supervision Interests
Dr. Murphy has PhD projects available in: 1. Safer nuclear fuels for a sustainable future (http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-futures/2018/03/safer-nuclear-fuels-for-a-sustainable-world-fully-funded-phd-studentship-3-year-in-engineering-department/) 2. Atomistic study of radiation induced degradation of thermal conductivity in fusion materials
Predictive modelling of radiation damage in REBCO superconductor magnets in fusion environments
01/10/2023 → 31/03/2027
Research
GREEN CDT: Interactions of extrinsic species with PuO2 during storage (Reece Bedford)
01/10/2021 → 30/09/2025
Research
GREEN CDT: Interactions of extrinsic species with PuO2 during storage (Reece Bedford)
01/10/2021 → 30/09/2025
Research
MSI: The role of electrons on the evolution of radiation damage in materials (2T-MD)
01/03/2021 → 02/01/2025
Research
Radiation damage and recovery in (Y,Gd)Ba2Cu3O7
01/05/2020 → 30/05/2021
Research
GREEN CDT
01/10/2019 → 31/03/2028
Research
GREEN CDT Studentship - Development of tritium release model for advanced Li8bO6 breeder materials for compact spherical tokamaks
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
Research
MSI: A novel coating technology based upon polyatomic ions from plasma
01/02/2019 → 30/08/2022
Research
ATLANTIC: Accident ToLerANT fuels In reCycling
01/12/2018 → 30/11/2023
Research
MSI: Atomistic study of radiation induced degradation of thermal conductivity in fusion materials
01/10/2018 → 31/05/2022
Research
TRANSCEND: TRANSformative Science & Engineering for Nuclear Decommissioning
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2023
Research
TRANSCEND: TRANSformative Science & Engineering for Nuclear Decommissioning
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2023
Research
Radiation damage in high temperature superconductors
05/04/2018 → 05/04/2019
Research
Development of Advanced Ceramic Breeder Materials for Fusion Energy
01/01/2018 → 30/12/2019
Research
GREEN CDT Studentship - Development of tritium release model for advanced Li8bO6 breeder materials for compact spherical tokamaks
01/01/1900 → …
Research
Plutonium : A zero value asset?
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Building a Bottle for a Star
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Radiation damage in high temperature superconductors
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Fusion or farts?
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Radiation Damage in High Temperature Superconductors
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Radiation damage in high temperature superconductors for fusion energy
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Building a bottle for a Star
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Building a bottle for a Star
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Jess Wade
Hosting an academic visitor
MSF PhDs (2018/19)
MSF PhDs Cohort 2 (2019/20)
- MSF Supervisors 2019/20