Scientific Events

Pathways towards next-generation batteries

  • Date: Nov 17, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dominic Bresser
  • Helmholtz-Institute Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Dierk Raabe / Prof. Gerhard Dehm

Elevated Temperature Deformation Mechanisms in Single-crystalline RMPEAs

  • Date: Oct 15, 2026
  • Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Daniel Magnuson
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Studies of RT dislocation motion in BCC RMPEAs have evidenced increased activation of higher order slip systems and a multiplicity of slip; a fundamental departure from the dislocation motion in BCC metals and dilute alloys. Single-phase ternary RMPEAs are used as model systems for investigating ... [more]

Green metals as recyclable carriers of renewable energy - From global opportunities to combustion physics

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy
  • Date: Sep 15, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Christian Hasse, Simulation of Reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems, TU Darmstadt
  • Location: University Duisburg-Essen
  • Room: NETZ 2.42 / Hybrid
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Christof Schulz
  • Topic: Lectures

Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Cu-X (X = Sn, Zn) Alloys Processed by High-Pressure Torsion Followed by Short-Time Annealing

  • Date: Aug 12, 2026
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Yuting Dai
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
High-pressure torsion (HPT) generates ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructures with high densities of deformation-induced defects, resulting in enhanced mechanical properties but limited thermal stability.In this study CuSn5, CuZn5, and CuZn30 alloys subjected to HPT and subsequent short-time ... [more]

Tailorable and rare-earth free magnetic materials by severe plastic deformation

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy
  • Date: Aug 11, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Andrea Bachmaier
  • Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Leoben, Austria
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Dierk Raabe
  • Topic: Lectures
Severe plastic deformation is a well-established method for producing nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained materials. Among severe plastic deformation techniques, high-pressure torsion (HPT) is particularly versatile. In addition to deforming bulk materials, HPT can be used for mixing ... [more]

Grain boundary stabilization: thermodynamics or kinetics?

  • Date: Jul 21, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Yuri Mishin
  • Humboldt Research Award Winner 2026; George Mason University, USA
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Two approaches have been proposed to slow down grain growth in nanocrystalline materials: the thermodynamic approach, which aims to reduce the grain boundary (GB) free energy, and the kinetic approach, which seeks to reduce GB mobility. Both approaches rely on GB segregation. We argue that the two ... [more]

Recent applications of high-energy-resolution STEM-EELS: from phonons and magnons to extra-terrestrial organic matter

  • Date: Jul 17, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Quentin Ramasse
  • Director, SuperSTEM Laboratory and Chair of Advanced Electron Microscopy, University of Leeds
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
A little over a decade after the first report of vibrational spectroscopy in the STEM, this informal seminar will illustrate the extremely wide impact high-energy-resolution STEM-EELS has had across numerous scientific fields. Beyond headline demonstrations of atomic-resolution phonon or magnon ... [more]
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