Publications
Department Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design

Li, Y.; Wei, Y.; Saxena, A.; Kühbach, M.; Freysoldt, C.; Gault, B.: Machine learning enhanced atom probe tomography analysis. Progress in Materials Science 156, 101561 (2026)

Bienvenu, B.; Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.; Mrovec, M.; Lysogorskiy, Y.; Drautz, R.: Development of an atomic cluster expansion potential for iron and its oxides. npj Computational Materials 11 (1), 81 (2025)

Syed, F.; Saikia, U.; Sun, B.; Kiranbabu, S.; Tehranchi, A.; Hickel, T.; Zaefferer, S.; Ponge, D.: Interfacial segregation of carbon atoms: the competition between grain boundaries and phase boundaries. Scripta Materialia 268, 116842 (2025)

Dong, X.; Wei, S.; Tehranchi, A.; Saksena, A.; Ponge, D.; Sun, B.; Raabe, D.: The dual role of boron on hydrogen embrittlement: example of interface-related hydrogen effects in an austenite-ferrite two-phase lightweight steel. Acta Materialia 299, 121458 (2025)

Kim, M.; Kiranbabu, S.; Ponge, D.; Soo Park, E.: Prediction of reversion kinetics in medium Mn steel by linking real experimental data with diffusion simulation. Materials and Design 258, 114631 (2025)

Löser, R.; Joshi, Y.; Talei, R.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Schmitz, G.: Electro-chemo-mechanical behavior of a layered cathode material upon cycling. Acta Materialia 297, 121155 (2025)

Nallathambi, V.; Gabriel, P.; Chen, X.; Rao, Z.; Skokov, K.; Gutfleisch, O.; Barcikowski, S.; Ziefuss, A.; Gault, B.: Effect of Ag nano-additivation on microstructure formation in Nd-Fe-B magnets built by laser powder bed fusion. Acta Materialia 297, 121353 (2025)

Nutor, R.; Ruffino, M.; Miles, A.; Joshi, Y.; Woods, E.; Kamran Bhat, M.; Jannat, S.; Manzoor, U.; Souza Filho, I. R.; Raabe, D. et al.; Gault, B.: Enabling circularity of copper through nanoscale impurity control. Acta Materialia 297, 121373 (2025)

Shi, H.; Hachet, G.; Cheng, H.; Prithiv, T. S.; Ponge, D.; Sun, B.: Improving hydrogen embrittlement resistance of martensitic steel via interface B segregation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 164, 150954 (2025)

Leray, A.; Rabuel, F.; Dugas, R.; Ji, H.; Shoji Aota, L.; Gault, B.; Tarascon, J.; Larcher, D.: Li-Mg alloys as anode for Li batteries in liquid electrolytes: Preparation, shaping, characterization and parametric electrochemical study. Energy Storage Materials 81, 104506 (2025)

Srinivas Varanasi, R.; Waseda, O.; Syed, F. W.; Prithiv, T. S.; Gault, B.; Neugebauer, J.; Ponge, D.: Temperature and misorientation-dependent austenite nucleation at ferrite grain boundaries in a medium manganese steel: role of misorientation-dependent grain boundary segregation. Acta Materialia 296, 121242 (2025)

Shi, H.; Zhang, X.; Liu, C.; Gong, X.; Li, Y.; Azmi, R.; Gong, Y.; Ponge, D.; Weisenburger, A.; Müller, G.: Exceptional high-temperature corrosion resistance of multi-component alloys via modulating Al and Nb. Corrosion Science 253, 112990, p. 112990 (2025)

Zhang, S.; Shoji Aota, L.; Singh, M.; Woods, E.; Périer Jouet, F.; Schwarz, T.; Gault, B.: Atom Probe Tomography of Hydrated Biomacromolecules: Preliminary Results. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (4), ozaf075 (2025)

Pauna, H.; Souza Filho, I. R.; Kulse, M.; Jovičević-Klug, M.; Springer, H.; Huttula, M.; Fabritius, T.; Raabe, D.: In Situ Observation of Sustainable Hematite-Magnetite-Wustite-Iron Hydrogen Plasma Reduction. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B 56 (4), pp. 3938 - 3949 (2025)

Ratzker, B.; Ruffino, M.; Shankar, S.; Raabe, D.; Ma, Y.: Elucidating the microstructure evolution during hydrogen-based direct reduction via a case study of single crystal hematite. Acta Materialia 294, 121174 (2025)

Schwarz, T.; Birbilis, N.; Gault, B.; McCarroll, I.: Understanding the Al diffusion pathway during atmospheric corrosion of a Mg-Al alloy using atom probe tomography. Corrosion Science 252, 112951 (2025)

Yadav, P.; Shoji Aota, L.; Woods, E.; Schwarz, T.; Joshi, Y.; Pratap Singh, M.; Gault, B.: Advancing Sodium-Ion Battery Cathode Analysis With Cryogenic Ag-coated APT Specimens. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (4), ozaf041 (2025)

Zhou, X.; Kumar, S.; Zhang, S.; Chen, X.; Gault, B.; Dehm, G.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.: Boron triggers grain boundary structural transformation in steel. Nature Communications 16 (1), 6927 (2025)

Mulcahy, N.; Ramin Jannat, S.; Topore, G.; Worch, L.; Douglas, J.; Gault, B.; Ryan, M. P.; Conroy, M.: Flowing and Freezing: Correlative Operando Liquid Cell Electrochemistry and Cryogenic Atom Probe Tomography of Nanoscale Liquid-Solid Interfaces. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (7), pp. 261 - 263 (2025)

Torkornoo, S.; Imwinkelried, T.; Berger, L.; Woods, E.; Kang, Y.; Bohner, M.; Gault, B.: A Nanoscale Investigation of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Coatings on Mg Alloy: The Role of Electrolyte. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (Supplement_1) (2025)