Baluc, N.2008-04-162008-04-162008-04-16200610.1088/0741-3335/48/12B/S16https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/22347WOS:0002425526000189693The present paper reviews the status of the knowledge on materials for fusion power plants, pointing out that they constitute one of the main key issues on the path to future reactors. Specific issues concerning plasma-facing materials, functional materials and structural materials are successively reviewed. The main candidate materials are presented, with emphasis on the remaining open issues in the field of selection and qualification of materials for fusion power reactors.text::journal::journal article::research article