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Materials Science
Finland
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
91
Citations
32819
World Ranking
1596
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Kai Nordlund is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis
  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Ga2O3 and related materials

Kai Nordlund has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Materialia

Recent papers by Nordlund include:

  • Modeling refractory high-entropy alloys with efficient machine-learned interatomic potentials: defects and segregation (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • Segregation of Ni at early stages of radiation damage in NiCoFeCr solid solution alloys (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • Molecular dynamics simulations of high-dose damage production and defect evolution in tungsten (2021, Journal of Nuclear Materials)
  • Parameter-free quantitative simulation of high-dose microstructure and hydrogen retention in ion-irradiated tungsten (2021, Physical Review Materials)
  • Simple machine-learned interatomic potentials for complex alloys (2022, Physical Review Materials)

Among frequent collaborators are Flyura Djurabekova, Jesper Byggmästar, Fredric Granberg, Matti Heikinheimo, and Kimmo Tuominen, who have co-authored multiple works alongside Nordlund.

Best Publications

  • Ion and electron irradiation-induced effects in nanostructured materials

    Arkady Krasheninnikov;Kai Nordlund

  • Defect production in collision cascades in elemental semiconductors and fcc metals

    K. Nordlund;K. Nordlund;M. Ghaly;R. S. Averback;M. Caturla

  • Recent progress in research on tungsten materials for nuclear fusion applications in Europe

    M. Rieth;S. L. Dudarev;S. M. Gonzalez De Vicente;J. Aktaa

  • Primary radiation damage: A review of current understanding and models

    Kai Nordlund;Steven J. Zinkle;Steven J. Zinkle;Andrea E. Sand;Fredric Granberg

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of ion ranges in the 1–100 keV energy range

    K. Nordlund

  • Magnetic properties and diffusion of adatoms on a graphene sheet.

    P. O. Lehtinen;Adam S. Foster;A. Ayuela;A. Krasheninnikov

  • Evidence for native-defect donors in n-type ZnO.

    David C. Look;David C. Look;Gary C. Farlow;Pakpoom Reunchan;Sukit Limpijumnong

  • Mechanism of Radiation Damage Reduction in Equiatomic Multicomponent Single Phase Alloys

    Fredric Gustaf Granberg;Kai Henrik Nordlund;Mohammad Wali Ullah;K Jin

  • Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes with vacancies and related defects

    M. Sammalkorpi;A.V. Krasheninnikov;A. Kuronen;K. Nordlund

  • Effects of ion bombardment on a two-dimensional target: Atomistic simulations of graphene irradiation

    O. Lehtinen;J. Kotakoski;A. V. Krasheninnikov;A. V. Krasheninnikov;A. Tolvanen

  • Formation of ion-irradiation-induced atomic-scale defects on walls of carbon nanotubes

    A. V. Krasheninnikov;K. Nordlund;M. Sirviö;E. Salonen

  • Formation of Ion Irradiation-Induced Small-Scale Defects on Graphite Surfaces.

    K. Nordlund;J. Keinonen;T. Mattila

  • Molecular dynamics investigations of surface damage produced by kiloelectronvolt self-bombardment of solids

    Mai Ghaly;Kai Nordlund;Robert S Averback

  • Improving atomic displacement and replacement calculations with physically realistic damage models

    Kai Nordlund;Steven J. Zinkle;Steven J. Zinkle;Andrea E. Sand;Fredric Granberg

  • Analytical interatomic potential for modeling nonequilibrium processes in the W–C–H system

    Niklas Juslin;P Erhart;Petra Träskelin;Janne Nord

  • Modelling of compound semiconductors: analytical bond-order potential for gallium, nitrogen and gallium nitride

    J Nord;K Albe;P Erhart;K Nordlund

  • Fine Structure in Swift Heavy Ion Tracks in Amorphous SiO2

    Patrick Kluth;Claudia Schnohr;O Pakarinen;Flyura Djurabekova

  • Irradiation effects in carbon nanotubes

    A.V. Krasheninnikov;K. Nordlund

  • Production of defects in supported carbon nanotubes under ion irradiation

    A. V. Krasheninnikov;K. Nordlund;J. Keinonen

  • Comparison of empirical interatomic potentials for iron applied to radiation damage studies

    L. Malerba;M. C. Marinica;N. Anento;C. Björkas

Frequent Co-Authors

Juhani Keinonen
Juhani Keinonen University of Helsinki
Arkady V. Krasheninnikov
Arkady V. Krasheninnikov Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Robert S Averback
Robert S Averback University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William J. Weber
William J. Weber University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Ch. Linsmeier
Ch. Linsmeier Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sergei L. Dudarev
Sergei L. Dudarev Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Lorenzo Malerba
Lorenzo Malerba Complutense University of Madrid
Karsten Albe
Karsten Albe Technical University of Darmstadt
Jochen Linke
Jochen Linke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gerald Pintsuk
Gerald Pintsuk Forschungszentrum Jülich

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