Department of Computational Materials Design
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Dr. Dr. Björn Alling
Max-Planck-Straße 1
40237 Düsseldorf Nordrhein-Westfalen
Dr. Dr. Björn Alling
Main Focus
Theory of disordered materials
Modeling of magnetic materials in their high-temperature paramagnetic phase. Alloy theory development and studies of order-disorder and clustering transitions. First-principles studies of hard coating materials. Theory of metastable multicomponent nitride alloys, phase transitions, magnetism, and piezoelectric properties.
Modeling of magnetic materials in their high-temperature paramagnetic phase. Alloy theory development and studies of order-disorder and clustering transitions. First-principles studies of hard coating materials. Theory of metastable multicomponent nitride alloys, phase transitions, magnetism, and piezoelectric properties.
Curriculum Vitae
- Jan. 2015 - Present: Guest researcher, MPIE, under International Career Grant (INCA) from the Swedish Research Council
- Jan. 2015 - Present: Associate Professor, Thin Film Physics, Linköping University, Sweden.
- Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2014: Assistant Professor, Thin Film Physics, Linköping University, Sweden.
- Oct 2010 - Dec 2010 : Post-doc researcher, Thin Film Physics, Linköping University, Sweden.
- Sept. 2010: PhD in Theoretical Physics, Linköping University, Sweden. ”Configurational and Magnetic Interactions in Multicomponent Systems”
- June 2009: PhD in Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. ”A Theoretical Study of Disorder and Decomposition in Multinary Nitrides Hard Coatings Materials”
- May 2005: Master of Science, Applied Physics, Linköping University, Sweden
Organizational Unit (Department, Group, Facility):
- Adaptive Structural Materials
- Department Computational Materials Design
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