Nikolov, S.; Raabe, D.: Hierarchical Modeling of the Elastistic Properties of Bone at Submicron Scales: The Role of Extrafibrillar Mineralization. Biophysical Journal 94, pp. 4220 - 4232 (2008)
Nikolov, S.; Lebensohn, R. A.; Raabe, D.: Self-consistent modeling of large plastic deformation, texture and morphology evolution in semi-crystalline polymers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 54 (7), pp. 1350 - 1375 (2006)
Nikolov, S.; Han, C. S.; Raabe, D.: On the origin of size effects in small-strain elasticity of solid polymers. International Journal of Solids and Structures 44, pp. 1582 - 1592 (2006)
Han, C. S.; Nikolov, S.: Frank energy and size dependent deformation in polymer. 13th International Symposium on Plasticity and its Current Applications, Alaska [USA], June 02, 2007 - June 06, 2007., (2008)
Nikolov, S.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.; Petrov, M.; Friak, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Lymperakis, L.; Ma, D.: Hierarchical modeling of the mechanical properties of lobster cuticle from nano‐ up to macroscale: The influence of the mineral content and the microstructure. In: Proceedings of MMM 2008 "Computational Modeling of biological and soft condensed matter systems", pp. 667 - 670. 4th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, Tallahassee, FL, USA, October 27, 2008 - October 31, 2008. Dep. of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, USA (2008)
Nikolov, S.; Roters, F.; Raabe, D.: A constitutive model with shear transformation zones plasticity and reptation-based viscoelasticity. 3th Int. Conference Multiscale Materials Modeling 2006, Freiburg, Germany, September 18, 2006 - September 22, 2006. (2006)
Nikolov, S.; Lebensohn, R. A.; Roters, F.; Raabe, D.; Ma, A.: Micromechanical modeling of large plastic deformation in semi-crystalline polymers. 12th International Symposium on Plasticity 2006, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), July 17, 2006 - July 22, 2006. (2006)
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
The project aims to study corrosion, a detrimental process with an enormous impact on global economy, by combining denstiy-functional theory calculations with thermodynamic concepts.