Gault, B.: Full determination of 3D atomic position by combining APT & EM. Scientific Directions for Future TEM, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany (2016)
Gault, B.; Katnagallu, S.: Atom probe microscopy: a new playground for big data analysis? Workshop Big-Data-Driven Materials Science, Ringberg Castle, Rottach, Germany (2016)
Gault, B.; De Geuser, F.: A perspective on the ion projection in field ion & atom probe microscopy. Atom Probe Tomography & Microscopy 2016, Gyeongju, South Korea (2016)
Raabe, D.; Choi, P.-P.; Gault, B.; Ponge, D.; Yao, M.; Herbig, M.: Segregation engineering for self-organized nanostructuring of materials - from atoms to properties? APT&M 2016 - Atom Probe Tomography & Microscopy 2016 (55th IFES) , Gyeongju, South Korea (2016)
Kuzmina, M.; Gault, B.; Herbig, M.; Ponge, D.; Sandlöbes, S.; Raabe, D.: From grains to atoms: ping-pong between experiment and simulation for understanding microstructure mechanisms. Res Metallica Symposium, Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, The Netherlands (2016)
Herbig, M.; Ponge, D.; Gault, B.; Borchers, C.; Raabe, D.: Segregation and phase transformation at dislocations during aging in a Fe-9%Mn steel studied by correlative TEM-atom probe tomography. MSE 2014, Darmstadt, Germany (2014)
Schwarz, T.; Yang, J.; Aota, L. S.; Woods, E.; Zhou, X.; Neugebauer, J.; Todorova, M.; McCaroll, I.; Gault, B.: Analysis of the reactive solid-liquid interface during the corrosion of magnesium at the near atomic level using cryo-atom probe tomography. Aqueous Corrosion Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2024, Corrosion Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Transition, New London, CT, USA (2024)
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…