Titrian, H.; Aydin, U.; Friák, M.; Ma, D.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Self-consistent scale-bridging approach to compute the elasticity of multi-phase polycrystalline materials. Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings 1524, pp. 17 - 23 (2013)
Holec, D.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Mayrhofer, P. H.: Trends in the elastic response of binary early transition metal nitrides. Physical Review B 85, pp. 064101-1 - 064101-9 (2012)
Holec, D.; Friák, M.; Dlouhy, A.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio study of pressure stabilized NiTi allotropes: Pressure-induced transformations and hysteresis loops. Physical Review B 84, pp. 224119-1 - 224119-8 (2011)
Zelený, M.; Friák, M.; Šob, M.: Ab initio study of energetics and magnetism of Fe, Co, and Ni along the trigonal deformation path. Physical Review B 83, pp. 184424-1 - 184424-7 (2011)
Counts, W. A.; Friák, M.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Using ab initio calculations in designing bcc MgLi–X alloys for ultra-lightweight applications. Advanced Engineering Materials 12 (12), pp. 1198 - 1205 (2010)
In this project, we employ a metastability-engineering strategy to design bulk high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with multiple compositionally equivalent high-entropy phases.
Low dimensional electronic systems, featuring charge density waves and collective excitations, are highly interesting from a fundamental point of view. These systems support novel types of interfaces, such as phase boundaries between metals and charge density waves.
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
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.
Oxides find broad applications as catalysts or in electronic components, however are generally brittle materials where dislocations are difficult to activate in the covalent rigid lattice. Here, the link between plasticity and fracture is critical for wide-scale application of functional oxide materials.
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.