
Program
6th - 9th January 2025
Ringberg Castle
  
  
  
  
  
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         Monday, 6th January  | 
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           Gerhard Dehm and Christina Scheu  | 
          
             Opening of SN-NG Annual Retreat 2025  | 
          
| Session Chair: Miquel Vega | 
               Atomic simulation  | 
            
| Tobias Brink | Atomistic simulations for materials science (with a focus on grain boundaries modeled with molecular dynamics/statics) | 
| Yoonji Choi | Faceting of Σ3 Al: relationship between energy and temperature | 
| Session chair: Yuwei Zhang | 
                 Grain boundaries and stacking faults  | 
              
| Eleonora Isotta | Correlated structural and thermal conductivity imaging of grain boundaries in thermoelectrics | 
| Azam Karami | Investigating the influence of the variation in the composition of host elements and impurities on the properties of grain boundaries | 
| Gang Liu | Dislocation locks and defect phases in off-stoichiometric Laves phase alloys | 
| Session chair: Kuan Ding | 
                   In situ TEM testing  | 
                
| Miquel Vega | Fe-incorporation in Ruddlesden-Popper faults for enhanced oxygen evolution in LaNiO 3 perovskites | 
| Siyuan Zhang | In situ heating/electrical biasing TEM experiments enabled by MEMS devices | 
| Zhiyuan Zhang | Grain boundaries on β-alumina solid electrolyte | 
| Session chair: Jeongin Peang | 
                     Extreme nanomechanics  | 
                  
| Hendrik Holz | High-strain-rate nanoindentation on copper with different dislocation densities | 
| Lalithkumar Bhaskar | High-strain-rate micromechanical testing: revisiting the strength upturn in metals | 
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                       Tuesday, 7th January  | 
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| Session chair: Azam Karami | 
                         Microstructure and Properties  | 
                      
| Hanna Bishara 1 | Local electrical resistivity of defects in crystalline alloys | 
| Maïtena Dumont 2 | Nanomechanical behavior of biomaterials: a focus on reptile teeth | 
| Dominique Chatain 3 | How to stop abnormal grain growth in thin films | 
| Session chair: Jing Rao | 
                           Additive micromanufacturing  | 
                        
| Kuan Ding | 3D printing of micro-architectures with tunable microstructures | 
| Diego Zapata | Tension and fatigue of 3D-printed metal microarchitectures under extreme conditions | 
| Jeongin Peang | 3D printed metal-liquid multiphase microarchitecture | 
| Nhat Hoang Van | Design and fabrication of 3D MEMS devices applied for mechanical testing | 
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                             Wednesday, 8th January  | 
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| Session chair: Kaili Feng | 
                               Intermetallics  | 
                            
| Frank Stein | Why should intermetallic compounds be interesting and what is special about Fe-Al intermetallic alloys? | 
| Jung Soo Lee | Effect of heat treatment on the hardness of B2-ordered FeAl in its wide composition range | 
| Janez Zavašnik 4 | Alumina-based Hydrogen permeation barriers on Fe-aluminides | 
| Session chair: Lalithkumar Bhaskar | 
                                 Micro-/nanomechanics  | 
                              
| Anwesha Kanjilal | In situ micromechanics of material interfaces: advancing thermo-chemo-mechanical investigations | 
| Shreehard Sahu | Fracture mechanics along the cascade of iron oxide reduction: A micron scale approach to a million-ton problem | 
| Jongbin Go | Effect of strain rate on the deformation mechanism of silver nanowires | 
| Session chair: Yiqun Jiang | 
                                   Hydrogen materials  | 
                                
| Jazmin Duarte | Hydrogen in materials | 
| Amirmohammad Hamzehei | Making multifunctional high-entropy materials by scraps | 
| Session chair: Gang Liu | 
                                     Defects characterization by TEM  | 
                                  
| Peter Schweizer | Defects in advanced materials revealed by transmission electron microscopy | 
| Miran Joo | Insights from defect engineering of aluminum-based materials: toward electrocatalyst design | 
| Andreja Šestan 4 | Study of displacement defects at high temperature in W for fusion | 
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                                       Thursday, 9th January  | 
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| Session chair: Jongbin Go | 
                                         Catalysis  | 
                                      
| Nina Kosian | From rust to green hydrogen | 
| Tonya Kloos | PtRu thin films – structural investigation for catalytic application | 
| Session chair: Miran Joo | 
                                           Hydrogen mechanics  | 
                                        
| Jing Rao | Hydrogen-induced hardening effect in bcc FeCr alloys by in situ micropillar compression | 
| Kaili Feng | Exploring surface damage mechanisms: from tribology to hydrogen embrittlement | 
| Session chair: Eleonora Isotta | 
                                             Electrochemical materials  | 
                                          
| Yeeun Bang | Chemical synthesis and characterization of nanostructured Ir/TiO 2 | 
| Yiqun Jiang | Investigation on the photocorrosion mechanism of TiO 2 photoeletrode during photoelectrochemical process | 
| Yuwei Zhang | Controlling Li dendrite growth in solid electrolyte via defects | 
| Yuqi Liu | Solid state electrolyte interfaces | 
| Session chair: Hendrik Holz | 
                                               Innovative materials  | 
                                            
| Lilian Vogl | Unraveling the structure-property relationship of innovative materials using advanced electron microscopy | 
| Sung-Gyu Kang 5 | Strain rate and temperature-dependent micromechanical properties of copper microarchitectures: from pillars to lattices | 
1Tel-Aviv University, Israel; 2Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, Rouen, France; 3Aix Marseille Université - CNRS, France; 4Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia; 5Gyeongsang National University, Korean