An, D.; Krieger, W.; Zaefferer, S.: Unravelling the effect of hydrogenon microstructure evolution under low-cycle fatigue in a high-manganese austenitic TWIP steel. International Journal of Plasticity 126, 102625 (2020)
Tripathi, A.; Zaefferer, S.: On the resolution of EBSD across atomic density and accelerating voltage with a particular focus on the light metal magnesium. Ultramicroscopy 207, 112828 (2019)
An, D.; Zaefferer, S.: Formation mechanism of dislocation patterns under low cycle fatigue of a high-manganese austenitic TRIP steel with dominating planar slip mode. International Journal of Plasticity 121, pp. 244 - 260 (2019)
Rogowitz, A.; Zaefferer, S.; Dubosq, R.: Direct observation of dislocation nucleation in pyrite using combined electron channelling contrast imaging and electron backscatter diffraction. Terra Nova 30 (6), pp. 423 - 430 (2018)
Nayyeri, G.; Poole, W. J.; Sinclair, C. W.; Zaefferer, S.: Measurement of the critical resolved shear stress for basal slip in magnesium alloys using instrumented indentation. Scripta Materialia 156, pp. 37 - 41 (2018)
An, D.; Griffiths, T. A.; Konijnenberg, P. J.; Mandal, S.; Wang, Z.; Zaefferer, S.: Correlating the five parameter grain boundary character distribution and the intergranular corrosion behaviour of a stainless steel using 3D orientation microscopy based on mechanical polishing serial sectioning. Acta Materialia 156, pp. 297 - 309 (2018)
Archie, F. M. F.; Zaefferer, S.: On variant selection at the prior austenite grain boundaries in lath martensite and relevant micro-mechanical implications. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 731, pp. 539 - 550 (2018)
Breitbarth, E.; Zaefferer, S.; Archie, F. M. F.; Besel, M.; Raabe, D.; Requena, G.: Evolution of dislocation patterns inside the plastic zone introduced by fatigue in an aged aluminium alloy AA2024-T3. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 718, pp. 345 - 349 (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…
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.
Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) of steel is a great challenge in engineering applications. However, the HE mechanisms are not fully understood. Conventional studies of HE are mostly based on post mortem observations of the microstructure evolution and those results can be misleading due to intermediate H diffusion. Therefore, experiments with a…
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…
Oxidation and corrosion of noble metals is a fundamental problem of crucial importance in the advancement of the long-term renewable energy concept strategy. In our group we use state-of-the-art electrochemical scanning flow cell (SFC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) setup to address the problem.
In this project we investigate the hydrogen distribution and desorption behavior in an electrochemically hydrogen-charged binary Ni-Nb model alloy. The aim is to study the role of the delta phase in hydrogen embrittlement of the Ni-base alloy 718.
We plan to investigate the rate-dependent tensile properties of 2D materials such as HCP metal thin films and PbMoO4 (PMO) films by using a combination of a novel plan-view FIB based sample lift out method and a MEMS based in situ tensile testing platform inside a TEM.
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.