Counts, W. A.; Friák, M.; Battaile, C.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Multiscale Prediction of Polycrystal Elastic Properties of Ultralight Weight Mg-Li Alloys using Ab Initio and FEM Approaches. MRS Fall Conference 2008, Boston, MA, USA (2008)
Counts, W. A.; Ma, D.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.: Multiscale design of aluminium alloys based on ab-initio methods. ICAA 11 – 11th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys 2008, Aachen, Germany (2008)
Raabe, D.; Friak, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Counts, W. A.: Homogenization in Polycrystal Mechanics on the Basis of First Principles Simulations. IUTAM Symposium on Variational Concepts in Materials Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany (2008)
Friák, M.; Sander, B.; Ma, D.; Counts, W. A.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab-initio based multi-scale approaches to the elasticity of polycrystals. Mid-term COST conference on Multiscale Modeling of Materials, COST action 19, Brno, Czech Republic (2008)
Counts, W. A.: FEM: A Basic Overview of the Method & Outlook on Applications. MPIE inter-departmental tutorial day(s) 2008, MPI für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (2008)
Counts, W. A.; Friák, M.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Using Ab Initio to Predict Engineering Parameters in bcc Magnesium-Lithium Alloys. American Physics Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA (2008)
Counts, W. A.; Friák, M.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Using Ab Initio to Predict Engineering Parameters in bcc Magnesium-Lithium Alloys. Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Meeting, Berlin, Germany (2008)
Nikolov, S.; Sachs, C.; Counts, W. A.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Bone at Submicron Scale through Mean-Field Homogenization. European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT 2007), Nürnberg, Germany (2007)
Friák, M.; Counts, W. A.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Identification of fundamental materials-design limits in ultra light-weight Mg–Li alloys via quantum-mechanical calculations. Materials Science and Engineering 2010, Darmstadt, Germany (2010)
Counts, W. A.: FEM: A Basic Overview of the Method & Outlook on Applications. Lecture: Aachen Institute for Advanced Studies in Computational Engineering and Science (AICES), Aachen, Germany, 2008-09
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.
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.
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.
We have studied a nanocrystalline AlCrCuFeNiZn high-entropy alloy synthesized by ball milling followed by hot compaction at 600°C for 15 min at 650 MPa. X-ray diffraction reveals that the mechanically alloyed powder consists of a solid-solution body-centered cubic (bcc) matrix containing 12 vol.% face-centered cubic (fcc) phase. After hot compaction, it consists of 60 vol.% bcc and 40 vol.% fcc. Composition analysis by atom probe tomography shows that the material is not a homogeneous fcc–bcc solid solution