Diehl, M.; Wicke, M.; Shanthraj, P.; Roters, F.; Brueckner-Foit, A.; Raabe, D.: Coupled Crystal Plasticity–Phase Field Fracture Simulation Study on Damage Evolution Around a Void: Pore Shape Versus Crystallographic Orientation. JOM-Journal of the Minerals Metals & Materials Society 69 (5), pp. 872 - 878 (2017)
Koprek, A.; Cojocaru-Mirédin, O.; Würz, R.; Freysoldt, C.; Gault, B.; Raabe, D.: Cd and Impurity Redistribution at the CdS/CIGS Interface After Annealing of CIGS-Based Solar Cells Resolved by Atom Probe Tomography. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 7 (1), 7762819, pp. 313 - 321 (2017)
Li, Y.; Herbig, M.; Goto, S.; Raabe, D.: Atomic scale characterization of white etching area and its adjacent matrix in a martensitic 100Cr6 bearing steel. Materials Characterization 123, pp. 349 - 353 (2017)
Lübke, A.; Loza, K.; Patnaik, R.; Enax, J.; Raabe, D.; Prymak, O.; Fabritius, H.-O.; Gaengler, P.; Epple, M.: Reply to the ‘Comments on “Dental lessons from past to present: ultrastructure and composition of teeth from plesiosaurs, dinosaurs, extinct and recent sharks”’ by H. Botella et al., RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 74384–74388. RSC Advances 7 (11), pp. 6215 - 6222 (2017)
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
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.
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.
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.
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.