Fara, G. D.; Markovics, A.; Radice, S.; Hamiton, J. L.; Chiesa, R.; Sturm, A.; Angenendt, K.; Fischer, A.; Wimmer, M. A.: Electrophoretic deposition of gentamicin and chitosan into titanium nanotubes to target periprosthetic joint infection. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B-Applied Biomaterials (2023)
Fischer, A.: Wear and Repassivation Rates of Orthopedic Metal Implants in Simulated Healthy and Inflammatory Synovial Fluids. World Tribology Congress 2022, Lyon, France (2022)
Fischer, A.: Ultra-Mild Fretting Wear – A different angle. University of Leeds, School of Mechanical Engineering, Fretting Focus Group Seminar, Leeds, UK (2022)
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.
Enabling a ‘hydrogen economy’ requires developing fuel cells satisfying economic constraints, reasonable operating costs and long-term stability. The fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electricity by recombining water from H2 and O2, allowing to generate environmentally-friendly power for e.g. cars or houses…
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
In this project, we work on a generic solution to design advanced high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with enhanced magnetic properties. By overturning the concept of stabilizing solid solutions in HEAs, we propose to render the massive solid solutions metastable and trigger spinodal decomposition. The motivation for starting from the HEA for this approach…