By Associate Professor Patrick A Burr

Journal articles

Setayandeh SS; Stansby JH; Obbard EG; Brand MI; Miskovic DM; Laws KJ; Peterson VK; Çetinkaya S; Astbury JO; Wilson CL; Irukuvarghula S; Burr PA, 2025, 'Corrigendum to “A Combined DFT and NPD Approach to Determine the Structure and Composition of the ε-Phase of Tungsten Boride” [Acta Materialia 259 (2023) 119282] (Acta Materialia (2023) 259, (S1359645423006122), (10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119282))', Acta Materialia, 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121067

Setayandeh SS; Brand MI; Khan AH; Obbard EG; Astbury JO; Wilson CL; Irukuvarghula S; Burr PA, 2025, 'Vacancy diffusion in non-stoichiometric ε-WB2-x', Computational Materials Science, 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2025.113978

Chen YS; Huang C; Liu PY; Yen HW; Niu R; Burr P; Moore KL; Martínez-Pañeda E; Atrens A; Cairney JM, 2025, 'Hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in metals – A review', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 136, pp. 789 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.04.076

Çetinkaya S; Laws KJ; Stansby JH; Miskovic D; Peterson VK; Setayandeh SS; Burr PA; Obbard EG, 2025, 'Investigating the stoichiometry of the ε-phase of boron-11 enriched tungsten boride derived from arc melting for radiation shielding application', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.180472

N G; Burr PA; Obbard E; Stockings C; Kruzic JJ; Seitenzahl I; Ata S; Maartensson E; Niven RK, 2025, 'Discussing possible futures to neutralise nuclear energy discourse', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.115105

Osterhage H; Khan AH; Oetker K; Dao R; Setayandeh S; Wiesendanger R; Burr P; Krause S, 2025, 'Growth of an Fe buckled honeycomb lattice on Be(0001)', Surface Science, 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2024.122609

Østrøm I; Favaro M; Seyfouri M; Burr P; Hoex B, 2025, 'Electrostatic and Electronic Effects on Doped Nickel Oxide Nanofilms for Water Oxidation', Journal of the American Chemical Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14493

Huang S; Tegg L; Aminorroaya Yamini S; Wang Z; Huang Y; Yang L; Muránsky O; McCarroll I; Burr PA; Cairney JM, 2025, 'Grain Refinement and Solute Distribution in Zircaloy-4 Following High-Pressure Torsion', Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11665-025-11225-2

Brand MI; Obbard EG; Wilson C; Naish J; Kamal G; Astbury J; Burr PA, 2025, 'Material selection charts for optimised radiation shielding', Materials Today, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2025.05.007

Liu PY; Zhang B; Niu R; Lu SL; Huang C; Wang M; Tian F; Mao Y; Li T; Burr PA; Lu H; Guo A; Yen HW; Cairney JM; Chen H; Chen YS, 2024, 'Engineering metal-carbide hydrogen traps in steels', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45017-4

Niu R; Li H; Liu PY; Burr P; Feng Y; Yen HW; Huang C; Sun YH; Ma M; Guo A; Lu H; Chen YS; Cairney JM, 2024, 'Hydrogen-enhanced deformation in pearlite', Acta Materialia, 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120327

Huang S; Tegg L; Aminorroaya Yamini S; McCarroll IE; Burr PA; Cairney JM, 2024, 'Atom probe tomography of deuterium-charged optimised ZIRLO', Journal of Materials Science, 59, pp. 20418 - 20427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-024-10346-8

Frost DG; Burr PA; Obbard EG; Veliscek-Carolan J, 2024, 'Controlling low temperature sintering of UO2+x', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155269

Fossati PCM; Burr PA; Cooper MWD; Galvin COT; Grimes RW, 2024, 'Superionic transition in uranium dioxide: Insights from molecular dynamics and lattice dynamics simulations', Physical Review Materials, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.115404

Stansby JH; Mishchenko Y; Patnaik S; Peterson VK; Baldwin C; Burr PA; Adorno Lopes D; Obbard EG, 2024, 'Enhanced steam oxidation resistance of uranium nitride nuclear fuel pellets', Corrosion Science, 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2024.111877

Jenkins BM; Haley J; Chen L; Gault B; Burr PA; Callow A; Moody MP; Grovenor CRM, 2023, 'Experimental and modelling evidence for hydrogen trapping at a β-Nb second phase particle and Nb-rich nanoclusters in neutron-irradiated low Sn ZIRLO', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154755

Brand MI; Obbard EG; Burr PA, 2023, 'Spatial distribution of primary radiation damage in microstructures', Npj Materials Degradation, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41529-023-00337-6

Gilmore N; Koskinen I; Burr P; Obbard E; Sproul A; Konstantinou G; Bilbao J; Daiyan R; Kay M; Corkish R; Macgill I; Lovell E; Menictas C; Bruce A, 2023, 'Identifying weak signals to prepare for uncertainty in the energy sector', Heliyon, 9, pp. e21295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21295

Setayandeh SS; Stansby JH; Obbard EG; Brand MI; Miskovic DM; Laws KJ; Peterson VK; Astbury JO; Wilson CL; Irukuvarghula S; Burr PA, 2023, 'A combined DFT and NPD approach to determine the structure and composition of the ε-phase of tungsten boride', Acta Materialia, 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119282

Nicholls OG; Frost DG; Tuli V; Smutna J; Wenman MR; Burr PA, 2023, 'Transferability of Zr-Zr interatomic potentials', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154391

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', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.169632

Huang S; Tegg L; Qu J; Yang L; McCarroll I; Burr P; Cairney JM, 2023, 'Nanoscale Distribution of Alloying Elements in Optimized ZIRLO Using the Invizo 6000', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 29, pp. 614 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad067.298

Liu J; Gasparrini C; White JT; Johnson K; Lopes DA; Peterson VK; Studer A; Griffiths GJ; Lumpkin GR; Wenman MR; Burr PA; Sooby ES; Obbard EG, 2023, 'Thermal expansion and steam oxidation of uranium mononitride analysed via in situ neutron diffraction', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.154215

Smutna J; Wenman MR; Horsfield AP; Burr PA, 2023, 'The bonding of H in Zr under strain', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.154124

Tuli V; Burr P; Claisse A; Cazorla C, 2023, 'Thermodynamic stability of β -phases in Zr-Nb alloys', Physical Review Materials, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.113607

Gilmore N; Koskinen I; van Gennip D; Paget G; Burr PA; Obbard EG; Daiyan R; Sproul A; Kay M; Lennon A; Konstantinou G; Hemer M; Gui EM; Gurieff N, 2022, 'Clean energy futures: An Australian based foresight study', Energy, 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125089

Moschetti M; Burr P; Obbard E; Kruzic JJ; Hosemann P; Gludovatz B, 2022, 'Design considerations for high entropy alloys in advanced nuclear applications', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 567, pp. 153814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153814

Setayandeh SS; Obbard EG; Stansby J; Frost D; Astbury JO; Wilson CL; Burr PA, 2022, 'A DFT study to determine the structure and composition of ε-W2B5−x', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 911, pp. 164962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164962

Chen Y-SE; Niu R; Liu P-Y; Burr P; Cairney J, 2022, 'Direct Observation of Hydrogen Distribution in Pearlite', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28, pp. 1618 - 1620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927622006468

Jenkins BM; Haley J; Meier M; Jones ME; Gault B; Burr PA; Moody MP; Grovenor CRM, 2022, 'Preliminary Atom Probe Tomography Evidence for Hydrogen Trapping at a β-Nb Second Phase Particle in a Neutron-irradiated Zirconium Alloy', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28, pp. 1658 - 1659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927622006596

Liu J; Burr PA; White JT; Peterson VK; Dayal P; Baldwin C; Wakeham D; Gregg DJ; Sooby ES; Obbard EG, 2022, 'Structural and phase evolution in U₃Si₂ during steam corrosion', Corrosion Science, 204, pp. 110373 - 110373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110373

Tuli V; Claisse A; Burr PA, 2022, 'Hydrogen solubility in Zr–Nb alloys', Scripta Materialia, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114652

Khan TA; Burr PA; Payne D; Juhl M; Das U; Hallam B; Bagnall D; Puthen Veettil B, 2022, 'Molecular dynamic simulation on temperature evolution of SiC under directional microwave radiation', Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 34, pp. 195701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ac553c

Østrøm I; Hossain MA; Burr PA; Hart JN; Hoex B, 2022, 'Designing 3d metal oxides: selecting optimal density functionals for strongly correlated materials', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, pp. 14119 - 14139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2cp01303g

Chen L; Wang Z; Zhu H; Burr PA; Qu J; Huang Y; Balogh L; Preuss M; Muránsky O; Muransky O, 2022, 'On the microstructure and high-temperature stability of nano-grained Zircaloy-4', Scripta Materialia, 210, pp. 114410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114410

Jones C; Tuli V; Shah Z; Gass M; Burr PA; Preuss M; Moore KL, 2021, 'Evidence of hydrogen trapping at second phase particles in zirconium alloys', Scientific Reports, 11, pp. 4370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83859-w

Hossain MA; Zhang T; Zakaria Y; Lambert D; Burr P; Rashkeev S; Abdallah A; Hoex B, 2021, 'Doped Nickel Oxide Carrier-Selective Contact for Silicon Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 1176 - 1187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3095458

Hawes J; Warnicke P; Burr P; Ferreira Sanchez D; Grolimund D; Partezana J; Chiu YL; Abolhassani S, 2021, 'The speciation of niobium in the oxide layer of an irradiated Low-Tin ZIRLO nuclear material', Corrosion Science, 190, pp. 109630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2021.109630

Hall CA; Jiang Y; Burr PA; Huang S; Teh ZL; Perez-Wurfl I; Song N; Lennon A, 2021, 'Kinetics studies of thin film amorphous titanium niobium oxides for lithium ion battery anodes', Electrochimica Acta, 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138544

Tuli V; Claisse A; Messina L; Burr PA, 2021, 'Solubility and vacancy-mediated inter-diffusion in the Zr-Nb-Cr system', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.152867

Yuwono JA; Burr P; Galvin C; Lennon A, 2021, 'Atomistic Insights into Lithium Storage Mechanisms in Anatase, Rutile, and Amorphous TiO2Electrodes', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 1791 - 1806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c17097

Galvin COT; Grimes RW; Burr PA, 2021, 'A molecular dynamics method to identify the liquidus and solidus in a binary phase diagram', Computational Materials Science, 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.110016

Jackson ML; Burr PA; Grimes RW, 2021, 'Intrinsic defect migration in Be12Ti', Intermetallics, 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2020.106937

Galvin COT; Rushton MJD; Cooper MWD; Andersson DA; Burr PA; Grimes RW, 2021, 'The predicted shapes of voids and Xe bubbles in UO2', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 543, pp. 152622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152622

Jiang Y; Hall C; Burr PA; Song N; Lau D; Yuwono J; Wang DW; Ouyang Z; Lennon A, 2020, 'Fabrication strategies for high-rate TiO2 nanotube anodes for Li ion energy storage', Journal of Power Sources, 463, pp. 228205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228205

Galvin COT; Burr PA; Cooper MWD; Fossati PCM; Grimes RW, 2020, 'Using molecular dynamics to predict the solidus and liquidus of mixed oxides (Th,U)O2, (Th,Pu)O2 and (Pu,U)O2', Journal of Nuclear Materials, 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152127

Lau D; Hall CA; Lim S; Yuwono JA; Burr PA; Song N; Lennon A, 2020, 'Reduced Silicon Fragmentation in Lithium Ion Battery Anodes Using Electronic Doping Strategies', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, pp. 1730 - 1741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b02200

Lambert DS; Lennon A; Burr PA, 2020, 'Diffusion mechanisms of Mo contamination in Si', Physical Review Materials, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.025403

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

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