Publications of the Sustainable Synthesis of Materials Group

Javed, A.; Mäkelä, I.; Pauna, H.; Putaala, H.-R.; Manzoor, U.; Klapproth, D.; Ganguly, A.; Souza Filho, I. R.; Raabe, D.; Visuri, V.-V.: Thermodynamic-kinetic modeling of hematite reduction in a laboratory-scale hydrogen plasma smelting reduction furnace. Chemical Engineering Science 331, 124018 (2026)

Guo, G.; Paciok, P.; Bienvenu, B.; Bai, L.; Ratzker, B.; Heggen, M.; Zhou, X.; Raabe, D.: Cation Diffusion-Mediated Displaced Reaction-Transformation in Green Steelmaking. Advanced Science, e76583 (2026)

Miyar, R.; Favelukis, B.; Mayer, E.; Prabhakar, J. M.; Joshi, Y.; Dehm, G.; Schneider, J.; Jazmin Duarte, M.; Ratzker, B.; Sokol, M.: Self-Supported Bulk MXene Electrodes for Electrochemical Hydrogen Applications. ACS Electrochemistry 2 (6), pp. 1333 - 1339 (2026)

Wu, C.; Wei, S.; Perrière, L.; Couzinie, J.-P.; Ponge, D.; Ma, Y.; Raabe, D.: Role of boron in yield strength softening and plastic deformation mechanisms in an equiatomic TiNbZrHfTa refractory high-entropy alloy. Acta Materialia 311, 122210 (2026)

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)

Ratzker, B.; Favelukis, B.; Krämer, M.; Freysoldt, C.; Kushnir, Y.; Nitsan, A.; Upcher, A.; Maman, N.; Messer, O.; Raabe, D. et al.; Gault, B.; Sokol, M.: From 2D MXenes to 3D Carbides: Transformation of Ti₃C₂T_z Thin Films into TiC_x Carbide Nanolayers. Nano Letters 26 (15), pp. 5071 - 5077 (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)

Bajpai, A.; Ratzker, B.; Cavaliere, P.; Raabe, D.: Physics-Constrained Constitutive Learning of Rate-Limiting Timescales for Efficient Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduction for Green Steel Making. Advanced Science, e75498 (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)

Zhang, Q.; Benito, S.; Özgun, Ö.; Weber, S.; Stricker, M.: Multimodal Data-Driven Microstructure Characterization. Advanced Engineering Materials, e202503154 (2026)