Zendegani, A.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Hallstedt, B.; Neugebauer, J.: Thermodynamic properties of the quaternary Q phase in Al–Cu–Mg–Si: a combined ab-initio, phonon and compound energy formalism approach. International Conference on Advanced Materials Modelling (ICAMM), Rennes, France (2016)
Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio description of defects in materials under extreme conditions. 2016 Joint ICTP-CAS-IAEA School and Workshop on Plasma-Material Interaction in Fusion Devices, Hefei, China (2016)
Zhu, L.-F.; Grabowski, B.; Neugebauer, J.: Development of methodologies to efficiently compute melting properties fully from ab initio. 2nd German-Dutch Workshop on Computational Materials Science, Domburg, The Netherlands (2016)
Neugebauer, J.: Hydrogen embrittlement research at the MPIE (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung). SNEAC Workshop Environmental Assisted Cracking, Trondheim, Norway (2016)
Dutta, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Phase diagrams in magnetic shape memory alloys: Insights obtained from ab initio thermodynamics. The forty-fifth International Conference on Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry, Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan (2016)
Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio determination of lattice stabilities and comparison to CALPHAD. Plenary talk, CALPHAD XLV Conference, Awaji Island, Japan (2016)
Surendralal, S.; Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Automated calculations for charged point defects in MgO and α-Fe2O3. DPG-Frühjahrstagung 2016, Regensburg, Germany (2016)
Dutta, B.; Debashish, D.; Ghosh, S.; Sanyal, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Intricacies of phonon line shapes in random alloys: A first-principles study. DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Regensburg, Germany (2016)
Dutta, B.; Begum, V.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of point defects on the phase stability in Heusler alloys: A first-principles study. DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Regensburg, Germany (2016)
Vatti, A. K.; Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio Determination of Formation Energies and Charge Transfer Levels of Charged Ions in Water. APS 2016, Baltimore, MD, USA (2016)
Vatti, A. K.; Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Formation Energy of Ions in Water using ab-initio Molecular Dynamics. DPG Frühjahrstagung 2016, Regensburg, Germany (2016)
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 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…
The project Hydrogen Embrittlement Protection Coating (HEPCO) addresses the critical aspects of hydrogen permeation and embrittlement by developing novel strategies for coating and characterizing hydrogen permeation barrier layers for valves and pumps used for hydrogen storage and transport applications.
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…