Publications
Publications List
1. H. M. Shirazi, T.M. Poles, F. Long, K. Daub, J.D. Giallonardo, P.G. Keech, D. Williams, R.C. Newman, S.Y. Persaud, M.R. Daymond, “Effect of Heat Treatment on Hydrogen Embrittlement of Electrodeposited Copper”, Materials Science and Engineering A, Submitted, 2025.
2. Y. Emun, A. Shaik, K. Daub, M.R. Daymond, S.Y. Persaud, “Influence of Alloying Elements and Chloride Concentration on the Galvanic Corrosion of Ferrous Alloys Coupled to Graphite for SMR Waste Applications”, Corrosion, Submitted, 2025.
3. E. Lagardere, A. Shaik, I. de Curieres, N. Huin, S.Y. Persaud, L. Laffont, “Stress Corrosion Cracking of Steam Generator Tubes: Effects of Sulfur and Lead on the Damage Mechanisms”, Corrosion, Submitted, 2025.
4. H. Ha, R. Florez, M. Mendes, K. Daub, S.Y. Persaud, “Corrosion Behaviour of 316 L Stainless Steel in Eutectic KCL-LiCl Molten Salt Using a Natural Circulation Loop”, Corrosion, Submitted, 2025.
5. A.E. Yaedu, S. Palko, J. Rafferty, L. Volpe, A. Shaik, K. Daub, N. Huin, F. Scenini, S.Y. Persaud, “Stress Corrosion Cracking of Alloy X-750 in a CO-CO2 Reducing Gas Mixture”, Corrosion Science, Submitted, 2025.
6. M.A.R. Khollari, R. Wertheim, H. Gholamzadeh, H. Zebardast, K. Daub, S.Y. Persaud, E. Asselin, “High Temperature Aqueous Corrosion of Alloy 400: Influence of pH and Dissolved Oxygen”, Corrosion Science, Submitted, 2025.
7. W. Zhou, H. Gholamzadeh, K. Daub, M. Mosayebi, T. Casagrande, Y. Yang, M.R. Daymond, M.P. Short, S.Y. Persaud, “Grain boundary-assisted bulk dealloying in molten salt”, Nature Communications, Submitted, 2025.
8. Z. Khan, M. Mendes, K. Daub, J. Kish, S.Y. Persaud, ”Towards Controlling Corrosion of Structural Alloys for Molten Salt Reactors with Surface Coatings”, Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (JOM), Revision Requested, 2025 INVITED.
9. H. Gholamzadeh, A. Nikniazi, H. Pouraliakbar, A. Jalili, K. Daub, S. Y. Ahn, H.S. Kim, S.H. Shim, S.I. Hong, M.R. Daymond, V. Fallah, S.Y. Persaud, “A Comparison of the Dealloying Behaviour of Wrought and Laster Powder-Bed Fused CoCrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Revision Requested, 2025.
10. A. Jalili, H. Pouraliakbar, Y. Emun, H. Gholamzadeh, M.R. Jandaghi, K. Daub, A. Howells, M. Gallerneault, J. Moverare, S.Y. Persaud, V. Fallah, “Corrosion Behaviour of AA5182 Al-Mg Casts in HNO3: A comparative study of thin-strip and direct-chill casting”, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Revision Requested, 2025.
11. H. Pouraliakbar, S.H. Shim, L. Iannucci, P. Tarafder, J. Palisaitis, S. I. Hong, S.Y. Persaud, V. Fallah, M. Calmunger, J. Moverare, “Multiscale characterization of titanium-induced grain refinement in additively manufactured austenitic stainless steel”, Materials & Design, Accepted, 2026.
12. M. Rezvanian, H. Gholamzadeh, K. Daub, F. Long, J.R. Kish, M.R. Daymond, S.Y. Persaud, “Oxygen-accelerated corrosion of alloy 800 in a molten LiCl-KCl-MgCl2 Eutectic Mixture”, Corrosion Science, 259, (2026) 113505.
13. S.H. Shim, H. Pouraliakbar, B.J. Lee, BV. Fallah, S.Y. Persaud, B.-J. Lee, Y.-S. Na, S. Hong, J.S. Kim, S.I. Hong, “Interplay between phase stability and deformation mechanisms through compositional tuning: insights into alloy design strategy from the Co-Cr-Ni medium-entropy system”, Materials Science & Engineering A, 950, (2026) 149487
14. Q. Wang, H. Yuan, C. Dai, H. Yu, A. Fluke, T. Skippon, F. Long, S.Y. Persaud, M.R. Daymond, Y. Zhang, “Proton Irradiation-induced Microstructure Changes in a CrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 615, (2025) 155940.
15. E. Lagardere, A. Shaik, S.Y. Persaud, N. Huin, I. Curieres, L. Laffont, “Effect of sulfur and lead on the corrosion of steam generator tubes made of alloy 690TT exposed in a wet steam environment at 320 °C”, Corrosion Science, 256, (2025) 113202.
16. H.M. Shirazi, M. Golozar, K. Daub, J. Turnbull, J.D. Giallonardo, M. Behazin, P.G. Keech, M.R. Daymond, S.Y. Persaud, “Assessing shallow cracking in copper pipes under various conditions”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 614, (2025) 155918.
17. J.Z. Wang, K. Daub, P. Brodersen, J. Giallonardo, W.J. Binns, P.G. Keech, M.R. Daymond, S.Y. Persaud, “Characterization of Aqueous Sulfide Corrosion on Thermally Oxidized Copper Using Surface Science Techniques”, Corrosion Science, 254, (2025) 113032.
18. H. Gholamzadeh, K. Daub, M.R. Daymond, S.Y. Persaud, “Evaluating Dealloying as a Precursor to Stress Corrosion Cracking: A Micro-mechanical Testing Approach”, npj Materials Degradation, 9, (2025) 73. INVITED
19. A. Shaik, S.Y. Persaud, M.R. Daymond, “Correlating Nanoporosity, Nb Oxidation States, and Deuterium Transport in the Oxide Layer formed on a Zr-2.5Nb Alloy”, Corrosion Science, 252, (2025) 112948.
20. M. Rezvanian, H. Gholamzadeh, K. Daub, F. Long, M.R. Daymond, S.Y. Persaud, “The effect of proton irradiation on dealloying of Alloy 800 in an aqueous environment”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 605, (2024) 155554.
21. A.E. Yaedu, L. Volpe, A. Shaik, F. Long, K. Daub, F. Scenini, S.Y. Persaud, “Understanding Preferential Intergranular Oxidation in Alloy X-750 in 480 °C CO-CO2 Environments at the Nanoscale”, Corrosion Science, 240, (2024) 112496.
22. E.K. Asare, Y. Zeng, S.Y. Persaud, J.R. Kish, “Stress Corrosion Cracking of Stainless Steel in Hot Pressurized Alkaline Hydrothermal Liquefaction Environment”, Corrosion, 80 (12), (2024) 1176-1191. Journal Featured Article
23. V.S. Ramsundar, A. Shaik, K. Daub, M.R. Daymond, S.Y. Persaud, “An In-situ Raman Spectroscopy Investigation of the Oxidation of Proton Irradiated and Cold-Worked 304L Stainless Steel in Oxygenated Water at 300 °C”, Scripta Materialia, Submitted, 2024.
24. D.C. Williams, A. Riahi, A. Carcea, J.D. Giallonardo, P. Keech, S.Y. Persaud, M.R. Daymond, R.C. Newman, “Hydrogen Embrittlement and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Electrodeposited Copper: Part I – the Effect of Hydrogen Content”, Materials Degradation, 8:79 (2024).
25. A. Shaik, R. Roy, H. Nordin, S.Y. Persaud, M.R. Daymond, “On the microscale deformation of the oxide layer formed on a Zr-2.5Nb alloy: A micropillar compression study”, Corrosion Science, Accepted (2024) 112420.
26. A. Jalali, A. Nikniazi, H. Gholamzadeh, S. Yin, M. Malekan, L. Balogh, S.Y. Persaud, V. Fallah, “Hot-cracking mitigation and microcrack formation mechanisms in laser powder bed fusion of Hastelloy X”, Metals and Materials International, (2024).
27. A.E. Yaedu, L. Volpe, K. Daub, F. Scenini, J. Henderson, S. Ramamurthy, S.Y. Persaud, “Preferential Intergranular Oxidation as a Potential Degradation Mechanism for Alloy X-750 in CANDU Spacers”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 594, (2024) 155007.
28. A. Shaik, M. Topping, H. Nordin, S.Y. Persaud, M.R. Daymond, “Nb Speciation and Microstructural Characterization of the Oxide Layer formed on Neutron-Irradiated Zr-2.5Nb Alloy in High-Temperature Water”, Corrosion Science, 234, (2024), 112122.
29. V. Ramsundar, K. Daub, S.Y. Persaud, M.R. Daymond, “A Facility for Studying Corrosion via In-situ Raman Spectroscopy and Proton Irradiation”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 595, (2024), 155053.
30. V.U. Okoro, K. Daub, H. Nordin, S.Y. Persaud, “Comparing the Oxidation of FeCrAl Alloys in Isothermal and Cyclic High-Temperature Steam Environments”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 589, (2024) 154843.
31. Y. Ghaffari, K. Daub, F. Long, S.Y. Persaud, “Intergranular Oxidation Behaviour of Ni-Cr-Al Model Alloys in 480 °C Hydrogenated Steam”, Corrosion Science, 226, (2024) 111678.
32. A. Riahi, H. Zhu, A. Eskandari, S.Y. Persaud, R.C. Newman, “New Insights into Internal Oxidation of Alloy 690 and Model Alloys in Hydrogenated Steam”, Corrosion Journal, Corrosion, (2023) 4439.
33. R. Carson, B. Ellis, S.Y. Persaud, “Structural Evolution of Magnesium over 10000 Hydrogen Storage Cycles”, International Journal of Hydrogen energy, 47 (12), (2023) 7884-7891.
34. H. Gholamzadeh, M. Topping, K. Daub, S.Y. Persaud, “Characterization of Dealloying and Associated Stress Corrosion Cracking: The Effect of Crystallographic Orientation”, Acta Materialia, 260, (2023) 119278.
35. H. Gholamzadeh, A. Shaik, K. Daub, M. Topping, M.R. Daymond, and S.Y. Persaud, “A Mechanistic Study on Dealloying-Induced Stress Corrosion Cracking of Alloy 800 in Boiling Caustic Solution”, Corrosion Science, 220, (2023) 111284.
36. Y. Ghaffari, K. Daub, F. Long, M. Topping, S.Y. Persaud, “Comparing the Intergranular Oxidation of Ni-Cr and Ni-Al Model Alloys in 480 °C Hydrogenated Steam”, Scripta Materialia, 232, (2023) 115501.
37. S.Y. Persaud, W.J. Binns, M. Guo, D. Williams, Q. Dong, G.A. Arcuri, K. Daub, R.C. Newman, M.R. Daymond, P.G. Keech, “Applying State-of-the-art Microscopy Techniques to Understand the Degradation of Cu for Nuclear Waste Canisters”, Materials and Corrosion, In press, 2023.
38. T. Ghaznavi, S.Y. Persaud, R.C. Newman, “The effect of temperature on dealloying mechanisms in molten salt corrosion”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169, (2022) 111506.
39. H. Gholamzadeh, B. Alsekhan, S. Adil, K. Daub, S.Y. Persaud, “The effect of alloy composition on the dealloying of Ni- and Fe-based engineering alloys in boiling caustic solutions”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169 (2022) 081508.
40. T. Ghaznavi, S.Y. Persaud, R.C. Newman, “Electrochemical Corrosion Studies in Molten Chloride Salts”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169 (2022) 061502.
41. M. Guo, K. Daub, Q. Dong, F. Long, W.J. Binns, M.R. Daymond, D.W. Shoesmith, J.J. Noël, S.Y. Persaud, “The early-stage corrosion of copper materials in chloride and sulfide solutions: nanoscale characterization and the effect of microstructure”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169 (2022) 031509. Focus Issue on Women in Electrochemistry.
42. T. Ghaznavi, M.A. Bryk, S.Y. Persaud, R.C. Newman, “Alloying Effects in High Temperature Molten Salt Corrosion”, Corrosion Science, 197 (2022) 110003.
43. F. Long, Y. Luo, N.N. Badr, O. Shiman, M. Topping, S.Y. Persaud, Z. Yao, L.K. Béland, M.R. Daymond, “Identifying the true structure and origin of the water-quench induced hydride phase in Zr-2.5Nb alloy”, Acta Mater., (2021) 117369.
44. D. Williams, K. Daub, J.M. Smith, M. Topping, F. Long, and S.Y. Persaud, “Nanoscale Characterization of Stress Corrosion Cracking in a Failed Alloy C-276 Component”, Corrosion Journal, 77 (7) (2021) 741-752.
45. S. Xu, S.Y. Persaud, F. Long, Z. Yao, G. Wenhua, N. Guo, and M. Daymond, L. Zhang, “Oxidation Behavior of 9Cr-4.5Al ODS Steel in 600 °C Supercritical Water and the Effect of Pre-oxidation”, Corr. Sci. 165 (2020) 108380.
46. Y. Ghaffari, K. Daub, R.C. Newman, and S.Y. Persaud, “Internal Oxidation of Ag-xIn Alloys at Low Homologous Temperature”, Corr. Sci. 175 (2020) 108869.
47. N. N. Badr, F. Long, M. Topping, P. Saidi, S.Y. Persaud, Z. Yao and M.R. Daymond, “Crystal Structure of Hydride Platelets in Hot Rolled Zircaloy-2, Characterized with Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction, S/TEM, and EELS”, ASTM STP: Selected Technical Papers (2020).
48. S.Y. Persaud, K. Arioka, K. Farquharson, C. Dixon, and C.D. Judge, “A Mechanistic Study of Carbon Steel Cracking in 360 °C Air and Hydrogen Environments”, Corrosion Journal 75 (2019) 1354-1370.
49. S.Y. Persaud, J.M. Smith, and R.C. Newman, “Nanoscale Precursor Sites and their Importance in the Prediction of SCC Failure”, Corrosion Journal 75 (2019) 228-239. INVITED REVIEW, Awarded CORROSION Journal Best Paper (Most outstanding manuscript in 2019)
50. S.M. Hanlon, S.Y. Persaud, F. Long, A. Korinek, and M.R. Daymond, “A Solution to FIB-Induced Artefact Hydrides in Zr Alloys”, J. Nucl. Mat. 515 (2019) 122-134.
51. S.Y. Persaud, F. Long, A. Korinek, and J.M. Smith, “High Resolution Characterization of Sulfur-Assisted Degradation in Alloy 800”, Corr. Sci. 140 (2018) 122-133.
52. S.Y. Persaud, J.M. Smith, C.D. Judge, F. Long, A. Korinek, B. Capell, and M.D. Wright, “High Resolution Characterization of Pb-SCC in Alloy 800 Exposed to 330 °C Mildly Caustic Environments”, Corr. Sci. 140 (2018) 333-348.
53. S.Y. Persaud, J.M. Smith, B. Langelier, B. Capell, and M.D. Wright, “An Atom Probe Tomography Study of Pb-caustic SCC in Alloy 800”, Corr. Sci. 140 (2018) 159-167.
54. S.Y. Persaud, B. Langelier, A. Korinek, G.A. Botton, and R.C. Newman, “Characterization of Initial Intergranular Oxidation Processes in Alloy 600 at a Sub-Nanometer Scale”, Corr. Sci. 133 (2018) 36-47.
55. B. Langelier, S.Y. Persaud, A. Korinek, T. Casagrande, R.C. Newman, and G.A. Botton, “Effects of Boundary Migration and Pinning Particles on Intergranular Oxidation Revealed by 2D and 3D Analytical Electron Microscopy”, Acta Mater. 131 (2017) 280-295.
56. S.Y. Persaud and R.C. Newman, “A Review of Oxidation Phenomena in Ni Alloys Exposed to Hydrogenated Steam below 500 °C”, Corrosion 72 (2016) 881-896. INVITED REVIEW
57. B. Langelier, S.Y. Persaud, R.C. Newman, and G.A. Botton, “An Atom Probe Tomography Study of Internal Oxidation Processes in Alloy 600”, Acta Mater. 109 (2016) 55-68.
58. S.Y. Persaud, R.C. Newman, J. Smith, A. Korinek, and G.A. Botton, “High Resolution Analysis of Oxidation in Ni-Fe-Cr Alloys after Exposure to 315 °C Deaerated Water with added Hydrogen”, Corr. Sci. 106 (2016) 236-248.
59. S.Y. Persaud, R.C. Newman, S. Ramamurthy, A. Korinek, and G.A. Botton, “The Influence of the High Fe and Cr Contents of Alloy 800 on its Inter- and Intragranular Oxidation Tendency in 480 °C Hydrogenated Steam”, Corr. Sci. 106 (2016) 117-126.
60. S.Y. Persaud, S. Ramamurthy, and R.C. Newman, “The Effect of Weld Chemistry on the Oxidation of Alloy 82 Dissimilar Metal Welds”, Corr. Sci. 91 (2015) 58-67.
61. S.Y. Persaud, A.G. Carcea, and R.C. Newman, “An electrochemical study assisting the interpretation of acid sulfate stress corrosion cracking of NiCrFe alloys”, Corr. Sci. 90 (2015) 383-391.
62. S.Y. Persaud, S. Ramamurthy, and R.C. Newman, “Internal oxidation of alloy 690 in hydrogenated steam”, Corr. Sci. 90 (2015) 606-613.
63. S.Y. Persaud, A. Korinek, J. Huang, G.A. Botton, and R.C. Newman, “Internal oxidation of Alloy 600 exposed to hydrogenated steam and the beneficial effects of thermal treatment”, Corr. Sci. 86 (2014) 108–122.
64. S.Y. Persaud, A.G. Carcea, J. Huang, A. Korinek, G.A. Botton, and R.C. Newman, “Analytical Electron Microscopy of a Crack Tip Extracted from a Stressed Alloy 800 Sample Exposed to an Acid Sulfate Environment”, Micron 61 (2014) 62-69.