Imrich, P. J.; Kirchlechner, C.; Motz, C.; Dehm, G.: Differences in deformation behavior of bicrystalline Cu micropillars containing a twin boundary or a large-angle grain boundary. Acta Materialia 73, pp. 240 - 250 (2014)
Yang, B.; Motz, C.; Rester, M.; Dehm, G.: Yield stress influenced by the ratio of wire diameter to grain size – a competition between the effects of specimen microstructure and dimension in micro-sized polycrystalline copper wires. Philosophical Magazine Letters; Nano-mechanical testing in materials research and development III 92 (25-27), pp. 3243 - 3256 (2012)
Matoy, K.; Detzel, T.; Müller , M.; Motz, C.; Dehm, G.: Interface fracture properties of thin films studied by using the micro-cantilever deflection technique. Surface and Coatings Technology 204 (6-7), pp. 878 - 881 (2009)
Kiener, D.; Motz, C.; Dehm, G.; Pippan, R.: Overview on established and novel FIB based miniaturized mechanical testing using in-situ SEM. International Journal of Materials Research 100 (8), pp. 1074 - 1087 (2009)
Yang, B.; Motz, C.; Grosinger, W.; Kammrath, W.; Dehm, G.: Tensile behaviour of micro-sized copper wires studied by a novel fibre tensile module. International Journal of Materials Research 99 (7), pp. 716 - 724 (2008)
Kiener, D.; Motz, C.; Rester, M.; Jenko, M.; Dehm, G.: FIB damage of Cu and possible consequences for miniaturized mechanical tests. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 459 (1-2), pp. 262 - 272 (2007)
Kiener, D.; Motz, C.; Schöberl, T.; Jenko, M.; Dehm, G.: Determination of mechanical properties of copper at the micron scale. Advanced Engineering Materials 8 (11), pp. 1119 - 1125 (2006)
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.