Malyar, N.; Dehm, G.; Kirchlechner, C.: Dislocation motion in bi-crystals with a specific grain boundary orientation studied by in situ SEM and in situ µLaue diffraction. Seminar: Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior Gordon Research , Waltham, MA, USA (2014)
Philippi, B.; Kirchlechner, C.; Schießl, A.; Schingale, A.; Dehm, G.: Improving lead-free solders by resolving mechanical properties at the microstructure length scale. Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior 2014, Gordon Research Conference, Waltham, MA, USA (2014)
Jaya, B. N.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Fracture behavior of gradient PtNiAl bond coats at the micron-scale using in-situ microbeam bend studies. 13th European Nanomechanical User Group Meeting, Oxford, UK (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: Deformation behavior of thin Cu/Cr films on polyimide. Small Scale Plasticity School, Cargèse, Corsica, France (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: Adhesion behavior of Cu–Cr thin films on polyimide substrate. ECI Conference "Nano- and Micro-Mechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development IV", Olhão, Portugal (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: Adhesion Behavior of Cu–Cr Thin Films on Polyimide Substrate. TMS 2013: 142nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Dehm, G.; Cordill, M. J.: In-situ fracture study of thin Cu films on polyimide substrate. GDRi MECANO General Meeting 2012, Ecole de Mines, Paris, France (2012)
Hosseinabadi, R.: Dislocation transmission through coherent and incoherent twin boundaries in copper at the micron scale. Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum (2024)
Jentner, R.: Phase identification and micromechanical characterization of an advanced high-strength low-alloy steel. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2023)
Tian, C.: On the damage initiation in dual phase steels: Quantitative insights from in situ micromechanics. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2021)
Li, J.: Probing dislocation nucleation in grains and at Ʃ3 twin boundaries of Cu alloys by nanoindentation. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2020)
Kirchlechner, C.: Dislocation Slip Transfer Mechanism: Quantitative Insights from in situ Micromechanical Testing. Habilitation, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria (2018)
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…