Pang, B.; Iqbal, D.; Sarfraz, A.; Biedermann, P. U.; Erbe, A.: Differences in perchlorate adsorption to azobenzene monolayers on gold formed from thioacetate and thiol precursors. Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie 236 (10) (2022)
Iqbal, D.; Sarfraz, A.; Erbe, A.: Gradient in defect density of ZnO nanorods grown by cathodic delamination, a corrosion process, leads to end-specific luminescence. Nanoscale Horizons 3 (1), pp. 58 - 65 (2018)
Krzywiecki, M.; Grządziel, L.; Sarfraz, A.; Erbe, A.: Charge transfer quantification in a SnOx/CuPc semiconductor heterostructure: investigation of buried interface energy structure by photoelectron spectroscopies. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (19), pp. 11816 - 11824 (2017)
Krzywiecki, M.; Grządziel, L.; Sarfraz, A.; Iqbal, D.; Szwajca, A.; Erbe, A.: Zinc oxide as a defect-dominated material in thin films for photovoltaic applications - experimental determination of defect levels, quantification of composition, and construction of band diagram. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (15), pp. 10004 - 10013 (2015)
Iqbal, D.; Sarfraz, A.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: Solvent-starved conditions in confinement cause chemical oscillations excited by passage of a cathodic delamination front. Chemical Communications 51 (89), pp. 16041 - 16044 (2015)
Krzywiecki, M.; Sarfraz, A.; Erbe, A.: Towards monomaterial p-n junctions: single-step fabrication of tin oxide films and their non-destructive characterisation by angle-dependent X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters 107 (23), 231601 (2015)
Toparli, C.; Sarfraz, A.; Erbe, A.: A new look at oxide formation at the copper/electrolyte interface by in situ spectroscopies. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, pp. 31670 - 31679 (2015)
Sarfraz, A.; Posner, R.; Lange, M. M.; Lill, K. A.; Erbe, A.: Role of intermetallics and copper in the deposition of ZrO2-based conversion coatings on AA6014. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 161 (12), pp. C509 - C516 (2014)
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
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…
It is very challenging to simulate electron-transfer reactions under potential control within high-level electronic structure theory, e. g. to study electrochemical and electrocatalytic reaction mechanisms. We develop a novel method to sample the canonical NVTΦ or NpTΦ ensemble at constant electrode potential in ab initio molecular dynamics…
Photovoltaic materials have seen rapid development in the past decades, propelling the global transition towards a sustainable and CO2-free economy. Storing the day-time energy for night-time usage has become a major challenge to integrate sizeable solar farms into the electrical grid. Developing technologies to convert solar energy directly into…
The field of micromechanics has seen a large progress in the past two decades, enabled by the development of instrumented nanoindentation. Consequently, diverse methodologies have been tested to extract fundamental properties of materials related to their plastic and elastic behaviour and fracture toughness. Established experimental protocols are…