Klemm, J.: Element resolved corrosion analysis of stainless steel-type glass forming steels and the correlation to their microstructure. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2013)
Nayak, S.: Investigation of Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction on Semiconductor Surfaces by Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy. Dissertation, Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2013)
Schneider, P.: Studie über die Anfangsstadien und die Aktivierungsprozesse der Phosphatierung auf aluminium- und siliziumhaltigen Oberflächen. Dissertation, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2013)
Schinkinger, B.: Schichtanalytische und elektrochemische Untersuchungen zur Abscheidung dünner SiO2- und Organosilanschichten auf verzinktem Stahl. Dissertation, Fakultät für Chemie der Ruhr-Universität, Bochum (2004)
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 project aims to study corrosion, a detrimental process with an enormous impact on global economy, by combining denstiy-functional theory calculations with thermodynamic concepts.
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
Nickel-based alloys are a particularly interesting class of materials due to their specific properties such as high-temperature strength, low-temperature ductility and toughness, oxidation resistance, hot-corrosion resistance, and weldability, becoming potential candidates for high-performance components that require corrosion resistance and good…
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…
Within this project, we will investigate the micromechanical properties of STO materials with low and higher content of dislocations at a wide range of strain rates (0.001/s-1000/s). Oxide ceramics have increasing importance as superconductors and their dislocation-based electrical functionalities that will affect these electrical properties. Hence…