Cheng, N.; Sun, H.; Pivak, Y.; Liebscher, C.: Direct Visualization and Quantitative Insights into the Formation and Phase Evolution of Cu Nanoparticles via In Situ Liquid Phase 4D-STEM. ADVANCED SCIENCE 12 (19), 2500706 (2025)
Guo, S.; Ji, Y.; Liao, G.; Wang, J.; Shen, Z.-H.; Qi, X.; Liebscher, C.; Cheng, N.; Ren, L.; Ge, B.: Tailoring Heterostructure Growth on Liquid Metal Nanodroplets through Interface Engineering. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (29), pp. 19800 - 19808 (2024)
Cheng, N.; Kanzler, L.; Jiang, Y.; Mingers, A. M.; Weiss, M.; Scheu, C.; Marschall, R.; Zhang, S.: Activity and stability of ZnFe2O4 photoanodes under photoelectrochemical conditions. ACS Catalysis 14 (14), pp. 10789 - 10795 (2024)
Torres, P. A. L.; Li, Y.-S.; Grön, C.; Lazaridis, T.; Watermeyer, P.; Cheng, N.; Liebscher, C.; Gasteiger, H. A.: ORR Activity and Voltage-Cycling Stability of a Carbon-Supported PtxY Alloy Catalyst Evaluated in a PEM Fuel Cell. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 170 (12), 124503 (2023)
Jung, C.; Zhang, S.; Cheng, N.; Scheu, C.; Yi, S.-H.; Choi, P.-P.: Effect of Heat Treatment Temperature on the Crystallization Behavior and Microstructural Evolution of Amorphous NbCo1.1Sn. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 15 (39), pp. 46064 - 46073 (2023)
Cheng, N.; Sun, H.; Pivak, Y.; Liebscher, C.: In situ liquid phase 4D-STEM provides quantitative insights into the phase evolution of nanostructured Cu under electrochemical conditions. 15th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces, and Nanostructures, Suzhou, China (2024)
Cheng, N.: In situ transmission electron microscopy study of functional nanomaterials. Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Barcelona, Spain (2023)
Max Planck scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step. Their results are now published in the journal Nature.
Scientists of the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung pioneer new machine learning model for corrosion-resistant alloy design. Their results are now published in the journal Science Advances
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…
Developing and providing accurate simulation techniques to explore and predict structural properties and chemical reactions at electrified surfaces and interfaces is critical to surmount materials-related challenges in the context of sustainability, energy conversion and storage. The groups of C. Freysoldt, M. Todorova and S. Wippermann develop…
ECCI is an imaging technique in scanning electron microscopy based on electron channelling applying a backscatter electron detector. It is used for direct observation of lattice defects, for example dislocations or stacking faults, close to the surface of bulk samples.
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 utilization of Kelvin Probe (KP) techniques for spatially resolved high sensitivity measurement of hydrogen has been a major break-through for our work on hydrogen in materials. A relatively straight forward approach was hydrogen mapping for supporting research on hydrogen embrittlement that was successfully applied on different materials, and…