Azzam, W.; Subaihi, A.; Rohwerder, M.; Bashir, A.; Terfort, A.; Zharnikov, M.: Odd-even effects in aryl-substituted alkanethiolate SAMs: nonsymmetrical attachment of aryl unit and its impact on the SAM structure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26 (9), pp. 7563 - 7572 (2024)
Azzam, W.; Subaihi, A.; Rohwerder, M.; Zharnikov, M.; Bashir, A.: Polymorphism and Building-Block-Resolved STM Imaging of Self-Assembled Monolayers of 4-Fluorobenzenemethanethiol on Au(111). ChemPhysChem 23 (19), e202200347 (2022)
Azzam, W.; Zharnikov, M.; Rohwerder, M.; Bashir, A.: Functional group selective STM Imaging in self-assembled monolayers: Benzeneselenol on Au(111). Applied Surface Science 427 (Part B), pp. 581 - 586 (2018)
Azzam, W.; Bashir, A.; Ebqa'Ai, M. A.; Almalki, H.; Al-Refaie, N.: Unexpected Formation of Dense Phases along with Temperature-Induced, Self-Assembled Terphenylthiolate Monolayers on Au(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (31), pp. 17308 - 17322 (2016)
Tarzimoghadam, Z.; Rohwerder, M.; Merzlikin, S. V.; Bashir, A.; Yedra , L.; Eswara, S.; Ponge, D.; Raabe, D.: Multi-scale and spatially resolved hydrogen mapping in a Ni–Nb model alloy reveals the role of the δ phase in hydrogen embrittlement of alloy 718. Acta Materialia 109, pp. 69 - 81 (2016)
Dandapani, V.; Tran, T. H.; Bashir, A.; Evers, S.; Rohwerder, M.: Hydrogen Permeation as a Tool for Quantitative Characterization of Oxygen Reduction Kinetics at Buried Metal-Coating Interfaces. Electrochimica Acta 189, pp. 111 - 117 (2016)
Dandapani, V.; Altin, A.; Merola, C.; Bashir, A.; Heinen, E.; Rohwerder, M.: Probing the buried metal-organic coating interfacial reaction kinetic mechanisms by a hydrogen permeation based potentiometric approach. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 163 (13), pp. C778 - C783 (2016)
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…
The goal of this project is the investigation of interplay between the atomic-scale chemistry and the strain rate in affecting the deformation response of Zr-based BMGs. Of special interest are the shear transformation zone nucleation in the elastic regime and the shear band propagation in the plastic regime of BMGs.
“Smaller is stronger” is well known in micromechanics, but the properties far from the quasi-static regime and the nominal temperatures remain unexplored. This research will bridge this gap on how materials behave under the extreme conditions of strain rate and temperature, to enhance fundamental understanding of their deformation mechanisms. The…
With the support of DFG, in this project the interaction of H with mechanical, chemical and electrochemical properties in ferritic Fe-based alloys is investigated by the means of in-situ nanoindentation, which can characterize the mechanical behavior of independent features within a material upon the simultaneous charge of H.
Smaller is stronger” is well known in micromechanics, but the properties far from the quasi-static regime and the nominal temperatures remain unexplored. This research will bridge this gap on how materials behave under the extreme conditions of strain rate and temperature, to enhance fundamental understanding of their deformation mechanisms. The…
Biological materials in nature have a lot to teach us when in comes to creating tough bio-inspired designs. This project aims to explore the unknown impact mitigation mechanisms of the muskox head (ovibus moschatus) at several length scales and use this gained knowledge to develop a novel mesoscale (10 µm to 1000 µm) metamaterial that can mimic the…
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of iron by marine sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is studied electrochemically and surfaces of corroded samples have been investigated in a long-term project.