Research in the department 'Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design' is on the relationships between synthesis, microstructure and mechanical as well as functional properties of nanostructured materials. Focus is placed on metallic alloys such as steels, high and medium entropy alloys, superalloys, magnesium, titanium, Heusler phases and aluminium alloys. Composites, semi-metallic thermoelectrics and solar cell semiconductors are considered as well. We study the microstructures and properties using theory and advanced characterization methods from the single atom level up to the macroscopic scale.
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