Our IMPRS-SurMat students
63 IMPRS-SurMat students from all over the world are working towards their PhD in cooperative research groups at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University Duisburg-Essen.
from Morocco. Working on "Phase formation and doping effect in thin-film and bulk thermoelectric materials".
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from Germany. Working on "Influence of interfaces on the thermal conductivity of metal hydride systems for heat storage applications".
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from Turkey. Working on "Design of porous nanoparticle/carbon composites for thermal and electrochemical catalysis".
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from India. Working on "Temperature dependent interface fracture toughness at various TiAl interfaces".
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from India. Working on "Optical spectroscopy of Nanoparticles".
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from Venezuela. Working on "Co-segregation effects of H and C at grain boundaries in ferritic steels”.
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from Mexico. Working on "Tuning the activity and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction over welldefined catalysts".
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from India. Working on "Micromechanical modeling of mechanical behavior of additively manufactured components".
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from Nepal. Doing preparatory studies at the faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
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from China. Working on "Multiaxial stress states in novel miniature creep specimens – FEM analysis and experimental benchmark tests".
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from India. Working on "Investigation of size effects in deformation and fracture of lamellar TiAl-alloys”.
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from Taiwan. Working on "Time-resolved IR spectroscopy during interfacial electrochemical reactions of organic corrosion inhibitors".
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from Greece. Working on "Nanopatterning of Carbon-Based Materials".
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from France. Working on "Diffusion and inter diffusion in complex solid solutions, focusing on high entropy alloys (HEAS) and alloys with compositions typical for γ‐channels in γ/γ’‐microstructure single crystal super alloys”.
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from Germany. Working on "Liquid and gas surface sensors by direct electric field effect controlled transistors".
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from China. Working on "Structural and spectroscopic characterization of cobalt- and molybdenum-based mixed oxides applied in electrocatalysis".
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from India. Working on "Cracking in high-temperature SLM-produced Ni-base superalloys".
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from India. Working on "Coupling of degrees of freedom in ab initio thermodynamics".
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from China. Working on "Moddeling of interface dirven mechanics of magnetic materials".
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from Germany. Working on "Carrier dynamics in 2D material heterostructures for solar energy conversion".
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from Germany. Working on "Catalysts for the OER reaction based on hollow carbon spheres supports".
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from Germany. Working on "The impact of magnetism in iron alloys on their interfaces properties".
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from Germany. Working on "New Types of DSSCs".
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from India. Working on "Towards high fidelity reconstructions in 3D Field ion microscopy and atom probe tomography through experiments informed simulations".
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from Tajikistan. Working on "Ab initio description of electrochemical semiconductor-water interfaces".
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from India. Working on "Combinatorial Synthesis and High-Throughput Characterization of Multinary Vanadate Thin Film Materials Libraries for Solar Water Splitting”.
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from Germany. Working on "Nanoparticle size, shape, support, and composition effects in gas-phase".
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from China. Working on "Charge storage in nanoparticle‐based capacitors".
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from China. Working on "Interface migration during solid-solid transformations between cubic and complex phases".
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from China. Working on "In situ micromechanical studies on Laves phases for energy-saving hightemperature applications".
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from Mexico. Working on "Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. Overcoming the challenges in the positive electrode".
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from India. Working on "Nucleation and growth during solidification in transition metals".
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from Italy. Working on "Direct measurement of electron transport through ultra-thin organic and metal-oxide surface layers".
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from Germany. Working on "Graphene as a transparent conductor for energy applications".
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from Mexico. Working on "Controlling water content and redox potential at the polymer/metal interface".
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from Mexico. Working on "Decoding single molecular reactions and interactions at dynamic solid/liquid interfaces".
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from India. Working on "Solid solution ductilization effects in Mg".
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from Indonesia. Working on "Harvesting high energy light in organic solar cells using semiconducting nanocomposites".
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from Germany. Working on "Combinatorial optimization of electrical and mechanical properties of Cu-based thin films".
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from Turkey. Working on "In situ characterization of materials for energy conversion"
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from Germany. Working on "Acquisition and analysis of vibrational spectra from an unoxidised silicon/ electrolyte interface under control of electrod potential".
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from India. Working on "Texture Evolution during Nanotribology in FCC Metals”.
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from India. Working on "Fundamental investigation of the corrosion and delamination behaviour of novel mixed chromium metal‐carbide‐oxide coatings prepared from a trivalent chromium‐formate electrolyte".
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from India. Working on "Atomistic simulations of hydrogen interactions with extended crystal defects in metallic materials".
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from Pakistan. Working on "Dopants and defects in atomic-scale nanowires: electronic and vibrational coupling".
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from Italy. Working on "Atomistic simulations of structural and thermomechanical properties of chalcogenidebased solid‐state electrolytes".
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from Germany. Working on "Interface optimization for low noise GaAs based heterostructures for qubit and energy applications".
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from Germany. Working on "Energy convension in perovskites for solar energy and LED applications".
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from Germany. Working on "Development, validation and application of analytical bond order potentials for transition metal carbides".
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from Switzerland. Working on "Optimising catalysts for the production of methanol from the exhaust of blast furnaces".
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from Germany. Working on "Design and utilization of the novel molecular forces apparatus".
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from China. Working on "Solid, Porous Electrodes of Carbon‐Based Materials as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction".
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from India. Working on "Hydrogen behaviour in multicomponent microstructures".
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from Germany. Working on "Composition, structure and mobility of α/γ-interfaces in iron: Influence of interstitial and substitutional point defects".
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from India. Working on "Automated calculations for surfaces and interfaces in high electric fields".
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from Russia. Working on "Design of porous, nanoparticle-based structures for electro-and photochemical applications".
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from China. Working on "Micromechanical investigation on the damage initiation of DP800 steel".
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from Taiwan. Working on "Fundamentals of Carbide Decomposition and Stability".
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from Iran. Working on "Modelling porous media for efficient energy conversion: A combined phase field-lattice Boltzmann approach".
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from India. Working on "Mechanisms of refinement and deformation of novel ultrafine-grained medium manganese steels with improved mechanical properties".
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from China. Working on "Mechanisms of deformation and rupture in blood vessels with aneurysm: A lattice Boltzmann-finite element study".
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from China. Working on “Temperature dependence of the diffusion in iron".
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from Taiwan. Working on "Assessment of hydrogen distribution in complex nanostructured materials and correlation with onset of hydrogen embrittlement".
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