Dey, P.; Nazarov, R.; Yao, M.; Friák, M.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Adaptive C content in coherently strained kappa-carbides - An ab initio explanation of atom probe tomography data. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop on "Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes", Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Dutta, B.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: The itinerant coherent potential approximation for phonons: Role of fluctuations for systems with magnetic disorder. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop, Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Gupta, A.; Dutta, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Thermodynamic phase stability in the Al–Sc system using first principles methods. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop on "Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes", Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Hickel, T.; Nazarov, R.; McEniry, E.; Dey, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio insights into the interaction of hydrogen with precipitates in steels. Workshop on Hydrogen Embrittlement and Sour Gas Corrosion 2015, Düsseldorf, Germany (2015)
Zendegani, A.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles study of thermodynamic properties of the Q-phase in Al–Cu–Mg–Si. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop, Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Zhang, X.; Hickel, T.; Rogal, J.; Drautz, R.; Neugebauer, J.: Atomistic origin of structural modulations in Fe ultrathin films on Cu(001). 2nd German-Austrian Workshop, Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Hickel, T.: Understanding complex materials at finite temperatures by ab inito methods. Colloquium at Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Universtität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (2014)
Hickel, T.: Ab initio basierte Methoden der mechanismen-orientierten Werkstoffentwicklung. Colloquium at Salzgitter-Mannesmann-Forschung GmbH, Duisburg, Germany (2014)
Hickel, T.; Nazarov, R.; McEniry, E.; Dey, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of light elements on interface properties in steels. CECAM workshop “Modeling Metal Failure Across Multiple Scales”, Lausanne, Switzerland (2014)
Hickel, T.: Understanding complex materials at finite temperatures by ab inito methods. Physikalisches Kolloquium der TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany (2014)
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…
In this project we investigate the hydrogen distribution and desorption behavior in an electrochemically hydrogen-charged binary Ni-Nb model alloy. The aim is to study the role of the delta phase in hydrogen embrittlement of the Ni-base alloy 718.
We plan to investigate the rate-dependent tensile properties of 2D materials such as metal thin films and PbMoO4 (PMO) films by using a combination of a novel plan-view FIB based sample lift out method and a MEMS based in situ tensile testing platform inside a TEM.
This project aims to investigate the influence of grain boundaries on mechanical behavior at ultra-high strain rates and low temperatures. For this micropillar compressions on copper bi-crystals containing different grain boundaries will be performed.
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of iron by marine sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is studied electrochemically and surfaces of corroded samples have been investigated in a long-term project.
For understanding the underlying hydrogen embrittlement mechanism in transformation-induced plasticity steels, the process of damage evolution in a model austenite/martensite dual-phase microstructure following hydrogenation was investigated through multi-scale electron channelling contrast imaging and in situ optical microscopy.
We will investigate the electrothermomechanical response of individual metallic nanowires as a function of microstructural interfaces from the growth processes. This will be accomplished using in situ SEM 4-point probe-based electrical resistivity measurements and 2-point probe-based impedance measurements, as a function of mechanical strain and…
Hydrogen induced embrittlement of metals is one of the long standing unresolved problems in Materials Science. A hierarchical multiscale approach is used to investigate the underlying atomistic mechanisms.
This project will aim at developing MEMS based nanoforce sensors with capacitive sensing capabilities. The nanoforce sensors will be further incorporated with in situ SEM and TEM small scale testing systems, for allowing simultaneous visualization of the deformation process during mechanical tests