physica status solidi (a)Volume 213, Issue 11 p. 2959-2959 PrefaceFree Access Radiation effects across classes of materials First published: 15 November 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201670677AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL The Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies Conference, AMPT 2015, took place at the Carlos III University in Leganés, Madrid (Spain), from December 14–17, 2015. This conference series started in 1993 and it is held every two years with multiple parallel sessions covering a broad range of topics related to advances in materials engineering. This year, and for the first time in this conference series, there was a symposium devoted to radiation effects of materials: Characterization and Modelling of radiation effects across classes of materials. The goal of this symposium was to shed light on the physical mechanisms driving the change of properties due to irradiation in different classes of materials, from those used in nuclear applications to those of interest to the semiconductor industry, highlighting commonalities and differences. The symposium was very successful, with 41 oral presentations from 11 different countries. We want to thank all the participants and specially the keynote presenters that introduced the different topics discussed in this symposium: Cristelle Pareige (CNRS/GPM), Enrique Martínez (LANL), Antonio Rivera (UPM), Matthias Krack (PSI), Catherine Sabathier (CEA/DEN/ DEC), Frederic Mazen (CEA/LETI), Marta Serrano (CIEMAT), Michael Fluss (LLNL), Fernando Agullo- Lopez (UAM) and Kai Nordlund (UH). The topics covered included both experimental results and modelling in the area of radiation effects in different materials. Reflecting the current interest in this field, most of the talks were devoted to nuclear materials, both structural materials, mainly tungsten and iron based alloys, and nuclear fuels. Other topics discussed were the effect of irradiation in semiconductor materials, particularly silicon and the effect of radiation in complex materials such as high-entropy alloys. One common feature in this symposium was the importance of modelling in the understanding and development of materials. In this Special Section of physica status solidi (a) a representation of some of the topics covered in this symposium is presented, starting with a Feature Article on radiation effects in oxides 1 and followed by contributions on modelling microstructure evolution with object kinetic Monte Carlo in iron-based alloys 2-5, understanding point defects in silicon carbide 6 and modeling aluminum alloys 7. Guest Editors Ignacio Martin-Bragado, Lorenzo Malerba, María José Caturla, and Marjorie Bertolus References 1 F. Agulló-López, A. Climent-Font, A. Muñoz-Martin, and A. Zucchiatti, Phys. Status Solidi A. 213 (11), 2960 (2016), this issue. 2 M. J. Aliaga, I. Dopico, I. Martin-Bragado, and M. J. Caturla, Phys. Status Solidi A. 213 (11), 2969 (2016), this issue. 3 L. Messina, M. Chiapetto, P. Olsson, C. S. Becquart, and L. Malerba, Phys. Status Solidi A. 213 (11), 2974 (2016), this issue. 4 M. Chiapetto, L. Malerba, A. Puype, and C. S. Becquart, Phys. Status Solidi A. 213 (11), 2981 (2016), this issue. 5 M. J. Konstantinović, W. Van Renterghem, M. Matijašević, B. Minov, M. Lambrecht, T. Toyama, M. Chiapetto, and L. Malerba, Phys. Status Solidi A. 213 (11), 2988 (2016), this issue. 6 G. Roma, Phys. Status Solidi A. 213 (11), 2995 (2016), this issue. 7 S. I. Choi, G.-G. Lee, J. Kwon, and J. H. Kim, Phys. Status Solidi A. 213 (11), 3000 (2016), this issue. Volume213, Issue11November 2016Pages 2959-2959 ReferencesRelatedInformation