Choi, P.; Cojocaru-Mirédin, O.; Wuerz, R.: Compositional gradients and impurity distributions in CuInSe2 thin-film solar cells studied by atom probe tomography. Surface and Interface Analysis 44 (11-12), pp. 1386 - 1388 (2012)
Tytko, D.; Choi, P.-P.; Klöwer, J.; Inden, G.; Raabe, D.: Microstructural evolution of a Ni-based superalloy (617B) at 700 °C studied by electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. Acta Materialia 60 (4), pp. 1731 - 1740 (2012)
Marquis, E. A.; Choi, P.; Danoix, F.; Kruska, K.; Lozano-Perez, S.; Raabe, D.; Williams, C. A.: New insights into the atomic-scale structures and behavior of steels. Microscopy Today 20, pp. 44 - 48 (2012)
Seol, J.-B.; Raabe, D.; Choi, P.; Im, Y. R.; Park, C. G.: Atomic scale effects of alloying, partitioning, solute drag and austempering on the mechanical properties of high-carbon bainitic–austenitic TRIP steels. Acta Materialia 60, pp. 6183 - 6199 (2012)
Choi, P.; Cojocaru-Mirédin, O.; Würz, R.; Raabe, D.: Comparative atom probe study of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells deposited on soda-lime glass and mild steel substrates. Journal of Applied Physics 110 (12), 124513 (7pp) (2011)
Cojocaru-Mirédin, O.; Choi, P.; Abou-Ras, D.; Schmidt, S. S.; Caballero, R.; Raabe, D.: Characterization of grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 films using atom probe tomography. Journal of Photovoltaics 1, pp. 207 - 212 (2011)
Cojocaru-Mirédin, O.; Choi, P.; Wuerz, R.; Raabe, D.: Atomic-scale distribution of impurities in CuInSe2-based thin-film solar cells. Ultramicroscopy 111 (6), pp. 552 - 556 (2011)
Dmitrieva, O.; Ponge, D.; Inden, G.; Millán, J.; Choi, P.; Sietsma, J.; Raabe, D.: Chemical gradients across phase boundaries between martensite and austenite in steel studied by atom probe tomography and simulation. Acta Materialia 59 (1), pp. 364 - 374 (2011)
Millán, J.; Ponge, D.; Raabe, D.; Choi, P.; Dmitrieva, O.: Characterization of Nano-Sized Precipitates in a Mn-Based Lean Maraging Steel by Atom Probe Tomography. Steel Research Int. 82, pp. 137 - 145 (2011)
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…
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.
Hydrogen embrittlement affects high-strength ferrite/martensite dual-phase (DP) steels. The associated micromechanisms which lead to failure have not been fully clarified yet. Here we present a quantitative micromechanical analysis of the microstructural damage phenomena in a model DP steel in the presence of hydrogen.
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
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.
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…