Dehm, G.; Zhang, Z.; Völker, B.: Structure and strength of metal-ceramic interfaces: New insights by Cs corrected TEM and advances in miniaturized mechanical testing. MS&T 2015 (Materials Science and Technology) meeting, Symposium entitled "Structures and Properties of Grain Boundaries: Towards an atomic-scale understanding of ceramics", Columbus, OH, USA (2015)
Dehm, G.; Harzer, T. P.; Völker, B.; Imrich, P. J.; Zhang, Z.: Towards New Insights on Interface Controlled Materials by Advanced Electron Microscopy. Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science Meeting (FEMMS 2015), Lake Tahoe, CA, USA (2015)
Sahu, R.; Völker, B.; Stelzer , B.; Chen, X.; Bliem , P.; Hans, M.; Primetzhofer, D.; Schneider, J. M.; Scheu, C.: Phase transitions in Cr2AlC thin films by in situ TEM heating experiment. Fifth Conference on Frontiers of Aberration Corrected Electron Microscopy, PICO 2019, Vaalsbroek, The Netherlands (2019)
Völker, B.: Investigation of interface properties of barrier metals on dielectric substrates. Dissertation, Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Strasse 18, 8700, Leoben, Austria (2014)
Dehm, G.; Liebscher, C.; Völker, B.; Scheu, C.: Organizer of the “IAMNano 2019 Düsseldorf” - International Workshop on Advanced In Situ Microscopies of Functional Nanomaterials and Devices. (2019)
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…
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 HCP 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.