Shirtcliffe, N.; Thiemann, P.; Stratmann, M.; Grundmeier, G.: Chemical structure and morphology of thin, organo-silicon plasma-polymer films as a function of process parameters. Surface & Coatings Technology 142-144, pp. 1121 - 1128 (2001)
Grundmeier, G.; Stratmann, M.: Influence of oxygen and argon plasma treatments on the chemical structure and redox state of oxide covered iron. Journal of Applied Surface Science 141, 1-2, pp. 43 - 56 (1999)
Grundmeier, G.; Stratmann, M.: Plasma Polymerization - A new and promising way for the corrosion protection of steel. Materials and Corrosion 49 (3), pp. 150 - 160 (1998)
Grundmeier, G.; Matheisen, E.; Stratmann, M.: Formation and Stability of Ultrathin Organosilane Polymers on Iron. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 10 (6), 6, pp. 573 - 588 (1996)
Lobnig, R. E.; Siconolfi, D. J.; Maisano, J.; Grundmeier, G.; Streckel, H.; Frankenthal, R. P.; Stratmann, M.; Sinclair, J. D.: Atmospheric Corrosion of Aluminum in the Presence of Ammonium Sulfate Particles. Journal Electrochem. Soc. 143, 4, pp. 1175 - 1182 (1996)
Lobnig, R. E.; Siconolfi, D. J.; Psota-Kelty, L.; Grundmeier, G.; Frankenthal, R. P.; Stratmann, M.; Sinclair, J. D.: Atmospheric Corrosion of Zinc in the Presence of Ammonium Sulfate Particles. Journal Electrochem. Soc. 143, 5, pp. 1539 - 1546 (1996)
Grundmeier, G.; Stratmann, M.: Nucleation and Growth of Plasma-Polymerised Hexamethyldisilazane on Iron -Substrates. Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem. 99, 11, pp. 1387 - 1392 (1995)
Rohwerder, M.; Grundmeier, G.; Stratmann, M.: Corrosion Prevention by Adsorbed Organic Monolayers and Ultrathin Plasma Polymer Films. In: Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice, Third Edition, Vol. 14, pp. 617 - 668 (Ed. Marcus, P.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA (2012)
Wapner, K.; Grundmeier, G.: Scanning Kelvin Probe Studies of Ion Transport and De-Adhesion Processes at Polymer/Metal-Interfaces. In: Adhesion – Current Research and Applications, 31, pp. 507 - 524 (Ed. Possart, W.). Wiley VCH (2005)
Grundmeier, G.: Funktionalisierung von Stahloberflächen mit dünnen Plasmapolymerschichten. In: Jahrbuch der Oberflächentechnik 59, pp. 109 - 117 (Ed. Zielonka, A.). Eugen G. Leuze-Verlag, Bad Saulgau (2003)
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…
This project aims to investigate the influence of grain boundaries on mechanical behavior at ultra-high strain rates and low temperatures. For this micropillar compressions on copper bi-crystals containing different grain boundaries will be performed.
Oxidation and corrosion of noble metals is a fundamental problem of crucial importance in the advancement of the long-term renewable energy concept strategy. In our group we use state-of-the-art electrochemical scanning flow cell (SFC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) setup to address the problem.
For understanding the underlying hydrogen embrittlement mechanism in transformation-induced plasticity steels, the process of damage evolution in a model austenite/martensite dual-phase microstructure following hydrogenation was investigated through multi-scale electron channelling contrast imaging and in situ optical microscopy.
We plan to investigate the rate-dependent tensile properties of 2D materials such as metal thin films and PbMoO4 (PMO) films by using a combination of a novel plan-view FIB based sample lift out method and a MEMS based in situ tensile testing platform inside a TEM.
Hydrogen induced embrittlement of metals is one of the long standing unresolved problems in Materials Science. A hierarchical multiscale approach is used to investigate the underlying atomistic mechanisms.
Hydrogen embrittlement affects high-strength ferrite/martensite dual-phase (DP) steels. The associated micromechanisms which lead to failure have not been fully clarified yet. Here we present a quantitative micromechanical analysis of the microstructural damage phenomena in a model DP steel in the presence of hydrogen.
We will investigate the electrothermomechanical response of individual metallic nanowires as a function of microstructural interfaces from the growth processes. This will be accomplished using in situ SEM 4-point probe-based electrical resistivity measurements and 2-point probe-based impedance measurements, as a function of mechanical strain and…
The project aims to study corrosion, a detrimental process with an enormous impact on global economy, by combining denstiy-functional theory calculations with thermodynamic concepts.