Schwarz, T.; Birbilis, N.; Gault, B.; McCarroll, I.: Understanding the Al diffusion pathway during atmospheric corrosion of a Mg-Al alloy using atom probe tomography. Corrosion Science 252, 112951 (2025)
Woods, E.; Singh, M. P.; Kim, S.-H.; Schwarz, T.; Douglas, J. O.; El-Zoka, A.; Giulani, F.; Gault, B.: A versatile and reproducible cryo-sample preparation methodology for atom probe studies. Microscopy and Microanalysis, ozad120 29 (6), pp. 1992 - 2003 (2023)
Schwarz, T.; Yu, W.; Zhan, H.; Gault, B.; Gourlay, C.; McCarroll, I.: Uncovering Ce-rich clusters and their role in precipitation strengthening of an AE44 alloy. Scripta Materialia 232, 115498 (2023)
Woods, E.; Aota, L. S.; Schwarz, T.; Kim, S.-H.; Douglas, J. O.; Singh, M. P.; Gault, B.: In-situ cryogenic protective layers and metal coatings in cryogenic FIB. IMC20 - 20th International Microscopy Congress - Pre-congress workshop, Cryogenic Atom Probe Tomography, Busan, South Korea (2023)
Schwarz, T.: Atom probe tomography: from water to complex liquids to the application of studying liquid-solid interfaces at the near atomic level. APT&M 23, Leuven, Belgium (2023)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
In this project, we employ atomistic computer simulations to study grain boundaries. Primarily, molecular dynamics simulations are used to explore their energetics and mobility in Cu- and Al-based systems in close collaboration with experimental works in the GB-CORRELATE project.
This project is a joint project of the De Magnete group and the Atom Probe Tomography group, and was initiated by MPIE’s participation in the CRC TR 270 HOMMAGE. We also benefit from additional collaborations with the “Machine-learning based data extraction from APT” project and the Defect Chemistry and Spectroscopy group.
In this ongoing project, we investigate spinodal fluctuations at crystal defects such as grain boundaries and dislocations in Fe-Mn alloys using atom probe tomography, electron microscopy and thermodynamic modeling [1,2].