Zhao, Y.; Rajkowski, M.; Gong, Y.; Laube, S.; Perrière, L.; Kauffmann, A.; Couzinié, J.-P.; Laplanche, G.; Li, T.: Role of Oxygen in Phase Stability and Mechanical Behavior of the bcc HfNbTaTiZr High-Entropy Alloy During Aging. TMS 2026 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, CA, USA (2026)
Zhao, Y.; Zaefferer, S.; Joshi, Y.; Raabe, D.: Understanding of hydrogenation induced defects in a proton-based battery material. DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Dresden, Germany (2026)
Zhao, Y.; Fantin, A.; Li, Y.; Li, T.; Gong, Y.: Quantifying chemical short-range order and local lattice distortion in Ti–Zr–Nb alloys. DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Dresden, Germany (2026)
Woods, E.; Schwarz, T. M.; Zhao, Y.; Gault, B.: Crystalline amino acid mass spectral fragmentation in different forms and under different conditions using atom probe tomography. European Atom Probe Tomography Workshop, Marseille, France (2025)
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.