Vatti, A. K.; Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Formation Energy of Zn-ions in water: An ab initio molecular dynamics study. ICMR Workshop - Advances in oxide materials: Preparation, properties, performance, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (2014)
Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Electrochemical Pourbaix phase diagrams from ab initio calculations. XLII CALPHAD Conference, San Sebastian, Spain (2013)
Cheng, S.-T.; Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Interactions of oxidizing species with the Mg(0001) surface: The role of electrostatic contributions. Connecting electrochemical and water simulations: Status and future challenges, Ringberg, Germany (2013)
Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Extending the concept of semiconductor defect chemistry to electrochemistry. Connecting electrochemical and water simulations: Status and future challenges, Ringberg, Germany (2013)
Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Extending the concept of semiconductor defect chemistry to electrochemistry. Workshop "Connecting electrochemical and water simulations: Status and future challenges", San Sebastian, Spain (2013)
Todorova, M.: On the accuracy of ion hydration enegies - An ab-initio study. Gordon Research Conference ''Corrosion - Aqueous'', Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, USA (2012)
Bauer, K.-D.; Todorova, M.; Hingerl, K.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab-initio Study on Liquid Metal Embrittlement in the Fe/Zn System. International Workshop on Ab initio Description of Iron and Steel (ADIS2012), Ringberg, Germany (2012)
Izanlou, A.; Todorova, M.; Friák, M.; Palm, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Theoretical study of the environmental effect of H-containing gases on Fe–Al surfaces. International Meeting on Iron Aluminide Alloys, Lanzarote, Canary Island, Spain (2011)
Todorova, M.; Valtiner, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Stabilisation of polar ZnO(0001) surfaces in dry and humid environment. FIESTAE - Frontiers in Interface Science: Theory and Experiment, Berlin, Germany (2011)
Todorova, M.; Valtiner, M.; Grundmeier, G.; Neugebauer, J.: Temperature Stabilised surface reconstructions at polar ZnO(0001). Gordon Research Seminar ''Corrosion - Aqueous'', Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, USA (2010)
Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Towards an ab initio description of corrosion. International Workshop on Ab initio Description of Iron and Steel (ADIS2008), Ringberg Castle, Germany (2008)
Surendralal, S.; Todorova, M.: Automated Calculations for Charged Point Defects in Magnesium Oxide and Iron Oxides. Master, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, GermanyRuhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2016)
Hübel, K.; Rohwerder, M.; Scheu, C.; Todorova, M.: Organizer of the workshop “Status and Future Challenges in Characterisation of Interfaces for Electrochemical Applications - Part 1” at the MPIE. (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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…