Dr.-Ing. Kevin Schweinar
Atom Probe Tomography
De magnete - Designing Magnetism on the atomic scale
Department Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design
De magnete - Designing Magnetism on the atomic scale
Department Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design
Main Focus
Iridium-based catalysts for water splitting applications
- Surface composition/structure changes during catalyst synthesis and operation
- Understanding degradation mechanisms
- Development of structure-function relationships
I develop my main expertise around synchrotron-based (in-situ) surface spectroscopy techniques and atom probe tomography. Correlative experiments combining those methods help to link surface properties of materials to their local atomic-scale chemistry.
Further projects:
- Surface dynamics on silver-based alloys during heterogeneous catalysis
Collaboration with MPI CEC - Investigation of geological materials with APT (e.g. feldspars, zircons, pyrites)
Collaborations with groups at University of Vienna, University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Ottawa - Nanoparticles in the atom probe
Collaboration with Dept AC at University Duisburg-Essen
Curriculum Vitae
02/2021 - 04/2021 - Postdoc at Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
03/2017 - 01/2021 - PhD candidate at Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
09/2016 - 02/2017 - Post-graduate research associate, RWTH Aachen University
04/2014 - 09/2016 - Master of Science (Applied Geosciences), RWTH Aachen University
09/2010 - 01/2014 - Bachelor of Science (Geosciences), University of Basel