Renner, F. U.: From corrosion to batteries: Studies on electrochemical interfaces. Seminar talk at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA (2012)
Duarte, M. J.; Renner, F. U.; Klemm, J.: Corrosion analysis and corrosion breakdown of Fe-based amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys. 220th ECS Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit, Boston MA, USA (2011)
Renner, F. U.: Oberflächen auf der atomaren Skala: Entlegierung als ein Beispiel aus der Korrosion. Colloquium, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany (2011)
Renner, F. U.: Corrosion behaviour of Fe-Al(-X) alloys in steam. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde - DGM, Technical Committee Meeting, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (2011)
Renner, F. U.; Vogel, D.; Vogel, A.; Palm, M.: Main Scale formation of Fe-Al based model alloys in steam. International Symposium on High-temperature Oxidation and Corrosion, Zushi, Japan (2010)
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…