By Associate Professor Patrick A Burr

Journal articles

Oliver SX; Jackson ML; Burr PA, 2020, 'Radiation-Induced Evolution of Tungsten Carbide in Fusion Reactors: Accommodation of Defect Clusters and Transmutation Elements', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, pp. 868 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01990

Lennon A; Jiang Y; Hall C; Lau D; Song N; Burr P; Grey CP; Griffith KJ, 2020, 'High-rate lithium ion energy storage to facilitate increased penetration of photovoltaic systems in electricity grids (vol 6, pg E2, 2019)', MRS ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mre.2020.15

Frost DG; Galvin COT; Cooper MWD; Obbard EG; Burr PA, 2020, 'Thermophysical properties of urania-zirconia (U,Zr)O2 mixed oxides by molecular dynamics', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 528, pp. 151876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151876

Lennon A; Jiang Y; Hall C; Lau D; Song N; Burr P; Grey CP; Griffith KJ, 2019, 'High-rate lithium ion energy storage to facilitate increased penetration of photovoltaic systems in electricity grids', MRS Energy and Sustainability, 6, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mre.2019.4

Hall CA; Ignjatovic A; Jiang Y; Burr PA; Lennon A, 2019, 'Time domain modelling of concurrent insertion and capacitive storage using Laplace domain representations of impedance', Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.113379

Whiting TM; Burr PA; King DJM; Wenman MR, 2019, 'Understanding the importance of the energetics of Mn, Ni, Cu, Si and vacancy triplet clusters in bcc Fe', Journal of Applied Physics, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5109483

Zheng B; Fletcher JE; Lennon A; Jiang Y; Burr PA, 2019, 'Improving generation ramp rates of photovoltaic systems using module-based capacitive energy storage', Journal of Power Sources, 423, pp. 227 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.03.055

Hall CA; Jiang Y; Lim S; Burr P; Ignjatovic A; Lennon A, 2019, 'Pitt Modelling of Concurrent Ion-Insertive and Capacitive Storage Using Laplace Domain Representations of Impedance', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2019-01, pp. 515 - 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2019-01/5/515

Jain ACP; Burr PA; Trinkle DR, 2019, 'First-principles calculations of solute transport in zirconium: Vacancy-mediated diffusion with metastable states and interstitial diffusion', Physical Review Materials, 3, pp. 033402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.033402

Burr PA; Oliver SX, 2019, 'Formation and migration of point defects in tungsten carbide: Unveiling the sluggish bulk self-diffusivity of WC', Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 39, pp. 165 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.10.001

Ho M; Obbard E; Burr PA; Yeoh G, 2019, 'A review on the development of nuclear power reactors', Energy Procedia, 160, pp. 459 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.193

Burr PA; Kardoulaki E; Holmes R; Middleburgh SC, 2019, 'Defect evolution in burnable absorber candidate material: Uranium diboride, UB2', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 513, pp. 45 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.10.039

Jiang Y; Hall C; Song N; Lau D; Burr PA; Patterson R; Wang DW; Ouyang Z; Lennon A, 2018, 'Evidence for Fast Lithium-Ion Diffusion and Charge-Transfer Reactions in Amorphous TiO x Nanotubes: Insights for High-Rate Electrochemical Energy Storage', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10, pp. 42513 - 42523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b16994

Burr PA; Lennon A; Lambert DS, 2018, 'Extrinsic Defects in Crystalline MoO3: Solubility and Effect on the Electronic Structure', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, pp. 27241 - 27249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09226

Obbard EG; Johnson KD; Burr PA; Lopes DA; Gregg DJ; Liss KD; Griffiths G; Scales N; Middleburgh SC, 2018, 'Anisotropy in the thermal expansion of uranium silicide measured by neutron diffraction', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 508, pp. 516 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.04.049

King DJM; Middleburgh SC; Burr PA; Whiting TM; Fossati PC; Wenman MR, 2018, 'Density functional theory study of the magnetic moment of solute Mn in bcc Fe', Physical Review B, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.024418

King DJM; Burr PA; Middleburgh SC; Whiting TM; Burke MG; Wenman MR, 2018, 'The formation and structure of Fe-Mn-Ni-Si solute clusters and G-phase precipitates in steels', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 505, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.03.050

Jiang Y; Fletcher J; Burr P; Hall C; Zheng B; Wang DW; Ouyang Z; Lennon A, 2018, 'Suitability of representative electrochemical energy storage technologies for ramp-rate control of photovoltaic power', Journal of Power Sources, 384, pp. 396 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.03.013

Burr PA; Cooper MWD, 2017, 'Importance of elastic finite-size effects: Neutral defects in ionic compounds', Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 96, pp. 094107 - 094107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094107

Jackson ML; Burr PA; Grimes RW, 2017, 'Defect processes in Be12X Beryllides', Nuclear Fusion, 57, pp. 086049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa7b41

Burr PA; Horlait D; Lee WE, 2017, 'Experimental and DFT investigation of (Cr,Ti)3AlC2 MAX phases stability', Materials Research Letters, 5, pp. 144 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2016.1222598

King DJM; Burr PA; Obbard EG; Middleburgh SC, 2017, 'DFT study of the hexagonal high-entropy alloy fission product system', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 488, pp. 70 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.02.042

Lambert DS; Murphy ST; Lennon A; Burr PA, 2017, 'Formation of intrinsic and silicon defects in MoO3 under varied oxygen partial pressure and temperature conditions: An ab initio DFT investigation', Rsc Advances, 7, pp. 53810 - 53821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ra10690d

Cooper MWD; Kuganathan N; Burr PA; Rushton MJD; Grimes RW; Stanek CR; Andersson DA, 2016, 'Development of Xe and Kr empirical potentials for CeO2, ThO2, UO2 and PuO2, combining DFT with high temperature MD', Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/40/405401

Jackson ML; Burr PA; Grimes RW, 2016, 'Resolving the structure of TiBe12', Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials, 72, pp. 277 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S205252061600322X

Bell BDC; Murphy ST; Burr PA; Comstock RJ; Partezana JM; Grimes RW; Wenman MR, 2016, 'The influence of alloying elements on the corrosion of Zr alloys', Corrosion Science, 105, pp. 36 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2015.12.022

Horlait D; Grasso S; Al Nasiri N; Burr PA; Lee WE, 2016, 'Synthesis and Oxidation Testing of MAX Phase Composites in the Cr-Ti-Al-C Quaternary System', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 99, pp. 682 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.13962

Burr PA; Middleburgh SC; Grimes RW, 2016, 'Solubility and partitioning of impurities in Be alloys', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 688, pp. 382 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.07.014

Burr PA; Wenman MR; Gault B; Moody MP; Ivermark M; Rushton MJD; Preuss M; Edwards L; Grimes RW, 2015, 'From solid solution to cluster formation of Fe and Cr in α-Zr', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 467, pp. 320 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.001

Burr PA; Middleburgh SC; Grimes RW, 2015, 'Crystal structure, thermodynamics, magnetics and disorder properties of Be-Fe-Al intermetallics', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 639, pp. 111 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.03.101

Bell BDC; Murphy ST; Burr PA; Grimes RW; Wenman MR, 2015, 'Accommodation of tin in tetragonal ZrO2', Journal of Applied Physics, 117, pp. 084901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4909505

Middleburgh SC; Burr PA; King DJM; Edwards L; Lumpkin GR; Grimes RW, 2015, 'Structural stability and fission product behaviour in U3Si', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 466, pp. 739 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.04.052

Middleburgh SC; Karatchevtseva I; Kennedy BJ; Burr PA; Zhang Z; Reynolds E; Grimes RW; Lumpkin GR, 2014, 'Peroxide defect formation in zirconate perovskites', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, pp. 15883 - 15888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ta02558j

Lumley SC; Grimes RW; Murphy ST; Burr PA; Chroneos A; Chard-Tuckey PR; Wenman MR, 2014, 'The thermodynamics of hydride precipitation: The importance of entropy, enthalpy and disorder', Acta Materialia, 79, pp. 351 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2014.07.019

Burr PA; Murphy ST; Lumley SC; Wenman MR; Grimes RW, 2013, 'Hydrogen solubility in zirconium intermetallic second phase particles', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 443, pp. 502 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.07.060

Burr PA; Murphy ST; Lumley SC; Wenman MR; Grimes RW, 2013, 'Hydrogen accommodation in Zr second phase particles: Implications for H pick-up and hydriding of Zircaloy-2 and Zircaloy-4', Corrosion Science, 69, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2012.11.036

Lumley SC; Murphy ST; Burr PA; Grimes RW; Chard-Tuckey PR; Wenman MR, 2013, 'The stability of alloying additions in Zirconium', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 437, pp. 122 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.335

Rushton MJD; Wenman MR; Mella R; Burr PA, 2013, 'Providing skilled graduates to the nuclear industry', Nuclear Future, 9, pp. 44 - 49

Conference Papers

Cairney JM; Chen Y-S; Huang S; Tegg L; Niu R; Li H; Liu P-Y; Burr P, 2025, 'Cryo/vacuum transfer for the atom probe analysis of hydrogen and water', in Cryo/vacuum transfer for the atom probe analysis of hydrogen and water, ScienceOpen, presented at 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.14293/apmc13-2025-0098

Holbert KE; Fletcher J; Burr PA; Obbard EG, 2020, 'PLuS alliance nuclear engineering online course exchange program', in Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, American Nuclear Society, pp. 43 - 45, presented at Transactions of the American Nuclear Society - Volume 122, 08 June 2020 - 11 June 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.13182/T122-32355

Zheng B; Fletcher JE; Lennon A; Jiang Y; Burr PA, 2019, 'Photovoltaic Power Generation with Module-Based Capacitive Energy Storage', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 900 - 905, presented at 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, USA, 16 June 2019 - 21 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980616

Conference Posters

Obbard E; Johnson K; Adorno-Lopes D; Burr P; Middleburgh S, 2018, 'Thermal expansion anisotropy in U3Si2 for accident tolerant fuel', Seattle, presented at 5th Nuclear Materials Conference, Seattle, 14 October 2018 - 18 October 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27495

Reports

Obbard E; Burr P; Gludovatz B; Hanley T; Waite D; Maddison P; Kruzic J; Yang J; Laws K; Niven R; Aboutanios E; Ladouceur F, 2023, Submission 238 to: Australia's Science and Research Priorities - Conversation Starter, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28595, https://consult.industry.gov.au/sciencepriorities1/survey/view/238

Obbard E; Burr P; Preuss M; Williams E, 2023, Submission 242 to: Australia's Science and Research Priorities - Conversation Starter, https://consult.industry.gov.au/sciencepriorities1/survey/view/242

Preprints

Huang S; Tegg L; Yamini SA; Tuli V; Burr P; McCarroll I; Yang L; Moore KL; Cairney JM, 2024, Atom probe study of the composition of second-phase Zr(Fe,Cr) 2 and Zr 2 (Fe, Si) particles in Zircaloy-4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4786036/v1

Chen Y-S; Huang C; Liu P-Y; Yen H-W; Niu R; Burr P; Moore KL; Martínez-Pañeda E; Atrens A; Cairney JM, 2024, Hydrogen Trapping and Embrittlement in Metals -- A Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2404.07736

Huang S; Tegg L; Aminorroaya Yamini S; Wang Z; Huang Y; Yang L; Muránsky O; McCarroll IE; Burr PA; Cairney JM, 2024, Grain Refinement and Solute Distribution in Zircaloy-4 Following High-Pressure Torsion, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4792496

Stansby J; Mischenko Y; Patnaik S; Peterson VK; Baldwin C; Burr PA; Adorno-Lopes D; Obbard EG, 2023, Enhanced Steam Oxidation Resistance of Uranium Nitride Nuclear Fuel Pellets, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4576721

Shen H; Setayandeh SS; Paul-Boncour V; Emery N; Li Z; Li P; Yuan H; Jiang L; Burr PA; Latroche M; Zhang J, 2023, Experimental and Computational Study on the C15 Phase Structure Stability Of Yzni2-Ymny System, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4336704

Nicholls OG; Frost D; Tuli V; Smutna J; Wenman MR; Burr PA, 2022, Transferability of Zr-Zr interatomic potentials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154391

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