Sysoltseva, M.: Characterization of aerosols and nanoparticles released during various indoor and outdoor human activities. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University (2018)
Folger, A.: The Influence of Post-Growth Heat Treatments and Etching on the Nanostructure and Properties of Rutile TiO2 Nanowires. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (2017)
Gleich, S.: Investigation of Sputtered Mo2BC Hard Coatings: Correlation of Nanostructure and Mechanical Properties. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (2017)
Hengge, K.: Investigation of alternative catalyst and support materials and their effect on degradation in high-temperature polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cells. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany (2017)
Morsdorf, L.: Fundamentals of ferrous low-carbon lath martensite: from the as-quenched, to tempered and deformed states. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (2017)
Diehl, M.: High Resolution Crystal Plasticity Simulations. Dissertation, Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science (AICES), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany (2015)
Hill, B.: Scanning electron microscopy study of the microscale degradation mechanisms in polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Master, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (2021)
Bueno Villoro, R.: Microstructure, thermal stability and defect phonon scattering in AgSbTe2 thermoelectrics. Master, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2019)
Aymerich Armengol, R.: Structure-property relationship studies of Pt/TiO2 nanomaterials for electrochemical applications. Master, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2019)
Gänsler, T.: Synthesis Approaches to Nb3O7(OH) Nanostructures and New Studies on Their Growth Mechanism. Master, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany (2018)
Vega-Paredes, M.: Degradation mechanisms during operation of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Bachelor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2020)
Bueno Villoro, R.: Effect of the processing route on the microstructure of Ag18Sb29Te53 (AST) based thermoelectrics. Bachelor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2018)
Wetegrove, M.; Duarte, M. J.; Taube, K.; Rohloff, M.; Gopalan, H.; Scheu, C.; Dehm, G.; Kruth, A.: Preventing Hydrogen Embrittlement: The Role of Barrier Coatings for the Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen 4 (2 Ed.), pp. 307 - 322 (2023)
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…
Nickel-based alloys are a particularly interesting class of materials due to their specific properties such as high-temperature strength, low-temperature ductility and toughness, oxidation resistance, hot-corrosion resistance, and weldability, becoming potential candidates for high-performance components that require corrosion resistance and good…
Understanding hydrogen-assisted embrittlement of advanced structural materials is essential for enabling future hydrogen-based energy industries. A crucially important phenomenon in this context is the delayed fracture in high-strength structural materials. Factors affecting the hydrogen embrittlement are the hydrogen content,...
Thermo-chemo-mechanical interactions due to thermally activated and/or mechanically induced processes govern the constitutive behaviour of metallic alloys during production and in service. Understanding these mechanisms and their influence on the material behaviour is of very high relevance for designing new alloys and corresponding…
Within this project, we will investigate the micromechanical properties of STO materials with low and higher content of dislocations at a wide range of strain rates (0.001/s-1000/s). Oxide ceramics have increasing importance as superconductors and their dislocation-based electrical functionalities that will affect these electrical properties. Hence…
Hydrogen embrittlement of austenitic steels is of high interest because of the potential use of these materials in hydrogen-energy related infrastructures. In order to elucidate the associated hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms, the mapping of heterogeneities in strain, damage (crack/void), and hydrogen and their relation to the underlying microstructures is a key assignment in this field.
Understanding hydrogen-assisted embrittlement of advanced high-strength steels is decisive for their application in automotive industry. Ab initio simulations have been employed in studying the hydrogen trapping of Cr/Mn containing iron carbides and the implication for hydrogen embrittlement.
Statistical significance in materials science is a challenge that has been trying to overcome by miniaturization. However, this process is still limited to 4-5 tests per parameter variance, i.e. Size, orientation, grain size, composition, etc. as the process of fabricating pillars and testing has to be done one by one. With this project, we aim to…