Brognara, A.: Design of ZrCu thin film metallic glasses with tailored mechanical properties through control of composition and nanostructure. Dissertation, RUB Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2025)
Hosseinabadi, R.: Dislocation transmission through coherent and incoherent twin boundaries in copper at the micron scale. Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum (2024)
Patil, P.: Influence of plastic anisotropy on the deformation behaviour of Austenitic stainless-steel during single micro-asperity wear. Dissertation, Ruhr-Uiversität-Bochum (2023)
Rao, J.: Hydrogen effects on the mechanical behaviour of FeCr alloys investigated by in-situ nanoindentation. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2023)
Jentner, R.: Phase identification and micromechanical characterization of an advanced high-strength low-alloy steel. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2023)
Ahmad, S.: Fundamental investigation of the atomic structures of [111] tilt grain boundaries, their defects and segregation behaviour in pure and alloyed Al. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2023)
Oellers, T.: Development of combinatorial methods to tailor electrical and mechanical properties of Cu-based thin-film structures. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2022)
Distl, B.: Phase equilibria and phase transformations of Ti–Al–X (X=Nb, Mo, W) alloys for high-temperature structural applications between 700 and 1300 °C. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Maschinenbau, Germany (2022)
Wolff-Goodrich, S.: Development of AlCrFeNiTi Compositionally Complex Alloys for High Temperature Structural Applications. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2021)
Tian, C.: On the damage initiation in dual phase steels: Quantitative insights from in situ micromechanics. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2021)
Evertz, S.: Quantum mechanically guided design of mechanical properties and topology of metallic glasses. Dissertation, Fakultät für Georessourcen und Materialtechnik, RWTH Aachen (2020)
Li, J.: Probing dislocation nucleation in grains and at Ʃ3 twin boundaries of Cu alloys by nanoindentation. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2020)
Arigela, V. G.: Development and application of a high-temperature micromechanics stage with a novel temperature measurement approach. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2020)
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…
Funding ended January 2023 This group was concerned with the 3D mapping of hydrogen at near-atomic scale in metallic alloys with the aim to better understand hydrogen storage materials and hydrogen embrittlement.
The project HyWay aims to promote the design of advanced materials that maintain outstanding mechanical properties while mitigating the impact of hydrogen by developing flexible, efficient tools for multiscale material modelling and characterization. These efficient material assessment suites integrate data-driven approaches, advanced…
Hydrogen at crack tips can embrittle steels and lead to catastrophic material failure. In this project we develop a continuum model for the formation of hydride zones in the tensile regions of a crack tip. It changes the fracture properties of static and propagating fractures.
In this project, we directly image and characterize solute hydrogen and hydride by use of atom probe tomography combined with electron microscopy, with the aim to investigate H interaction with different phases and lattice defects (such as grain boundaries, dislocation, etc.) in a set of specimens of commercially pure Ti, model and commercial…
The goal of this project is to develop an environmental chamber for mechanical testing setups, which will enable mechanical metrology of different microarchitectures such as micropillars and microlattices, as a function of temperature, humidity and gaseous environment.
In this project, the effects of scratch-induced deformation on the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility in pearlite is investigated by in-situ nanoscratch test during hydrogen charging, and atomic scale characterization. This project aims at revealing the interaction mechanism between hydrogen and scratch-induced deformation in pearlite.
Hydrogen embrittlement is a persistent mode of failure in modern structural materials. The processes related to HE span various time and spatial scales. Thus we are establishing multiscale approaches that are based on the parameters and insights obtained by accurate ab initio calculations in order to simulate HE at the continuum level.