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Julie M. Cairney

joined in Sep 1, 2020

Professor at Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Cairney has 1 break published.

Enabling a hydrogen-fueled future

Due to its nature as a clean fuel, there has been substantial interest in recent decades in developing hydrogen fuel cells and storage technologies. However, this "hydrogen economy" is currently limited by the fact that hydrogen is known to significantly reduce the toughness of steels.... click to read more

Eason Chen | Research Fellow at Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Julie M. Cairney | Professor at Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

hydrogen energy

hydrogen economy

hydrogen embrittlement

metallurgy

steel

materials science

microscopy

atom probe tomography

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