Publications of the Sustainable Synthesis of Materials Group

Bu, Y.; Li, K.; Ma, Y.; Liang, Z.; Jianliang, Z.; Raabe, D.: Atomistic view of green steel: simulation of early-stage direct reduction of wüstite (FeO) by hydrogen. Chemical Engineering Science 326, 123611 (2026)

Zhang, X.; Li, Y.; Wei, S.; Guo, H.; He, Z.; Yang, C.; Gong, W.; Harjo, S.; Zhou, D.; Li, Z. et al.; Zhang, D.; Raabe, D.; Qin, G.: Interplay of dynamic strain aging and dynamic precipitation in the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect in an Al–Mg–Zn-based crossover aluminum alloy. Acta Materialia 308, 121990 (2026)

Liu, T.; Shi, Y.; Han, L.; Zhang, F.; Chen, W.; Wan, H.; Ma, C.; Schökel, A.; Ma, Y.; Wei, S. et al.; Pistidda, C.; Lei, Z.; Lu, Z.: Solvent-enriched interface enables ductility in an ultrastrong alloy. Acta Materialia 305, 121829 (2026)

Shankar, S.; Ratzker, B.; Pistidda, C.; Raabe, D.; Ma, Y.: Unveiling Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduction Mechanisms of Multicomponent Oxides via In Situ High-Energy X-ray Diffraction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 14 (4), pp. 1762 - 1768 (2026)

Liu, G.; Lee, S.-H.; Liebscher, C.; Zhang, S.; Zhou, X.; Lee, J. S.; Wei, S.; Vega-Paredes, M.; Schweizer, P.; Korte-Kerzel, S. et al.; Dehm, G.; Xie, Z.; Stein, F.: On the atomic nature of complex dislocation locks in C15 Laves phases. Acta Materialia 303, 121700 (2026)

Verissimo, N.; Ganguly, A.; Varoto, L.; Schwarz, T.; Letz, J.; Manzoor, U.; Choisez, L.; Raabe, D.; Souza Filho, I. R.: Recycling of Mill Scale Into High-Purity Iron Through Hydrogen-Based Reduction. steel research international, srin.202501070 (2026)

Woods, E.; Chen, X.; Wei, S.; Zhang, Y.; Kwiatkowski da Silva, A.; El-Zoka, A.; Prabhakar, J. M.; Schwarz, T.; Kang, Y.; Aota, L. S. et al.; Singh, M. P.; Angenendt, K.; Özgun, Ö.; Jovičević-Klug, M.; Jovičević-Klug, P.; Broß, C.; Liu, J.; de Kloe, R.; Dehm, G.; Zaefferer, S.; Joshi, Y.; Gault, B.: Vacuum dealloyed brass as Li-metal battery current collector: Effect of zinc and porosity. Acta Materialia 308, 122055 (2026)

Hachet, G.; Wei, S.; Tehranchi, A.; Dong, X.; Lestang, J.; Zhang, A.; Sun, B.; Zaefferer, S.; Gault, B.; Ponge, D. et al.; Raabe, D.: Protection of metal interfaces against hydrogen-assisted cracking. Nature Communications 16 (1), 11032 (2025)

Shankar, S.; Ratzker, B.; Ma, Y.; Raabe, D.: Hydrogen-based direct reduction of multicomponent oxides: Insights from powder and pre-sintered precursors toward sustainable alloy design. Acta Materialia 301, 121528 (2025)

Trinca, A.; Verdone, N.; Özgün, Ö.; Ma, Y.; Filho, I.; Raabe, D.; Vilardi, G.: Sustainable ironmaking from low-grade iron ores: A kinetic study on thermal decomposition and reduction of iron (II) oxalate. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 13 (6), 119573 (2025)

Zhou, X.; Bienvenu, B.; Wu, Y.; Kwiatkowski da Silva, A.; Ophus, C.; Raabe, D.: Complexions at the iron-magnetite interface. Nature Communications 16 (1), 2705 (2025)

Manzoor, U.; Lüttke, T.; Raabe, D.; Souza Filho, I.: Low-waste, single-step, sustainable extraction of critical metals from deep-sea polymetallic nodules. Science Advances 11 (47), eaea1223 (2025)

Shankar, S.; Ratzker, B.; Kwiatkowski da Silva, A.; Schwarz, T.; Brouwer, H.; Gault, B.; Ma, Y.; Raabe, D.: Unraveling the thermodynamics and mechanism behind the lowering of direct reduction temperatures in oxide mixtures. Materials Today 90, pp. 43 - 51 (2025)

Torres-Mejia, L.; Manzoor, U.; Guo, G.; Bumby, C.; Raabe, D.; Souza Filho, I. R.: Toward decarbonization of the titanium industry via hydrogen plasma smelting reduction. Advanced Science, e14689 (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)

Shelyug, A.; Pauna, H.; Springer, H.; Souza Filho, I. R.: Puppet Strings of Hydrogen Plasma Reduction of Iron Ores: The Impact of Process Parameters on Plasma Properties and Reduction Kinetics. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B 56 (5), pp. 5232 - 5245 (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)

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)

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)