Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Enhancing nitrogen solubility in GaAs and InAs by surface kinetics: An ab initio study. Physical Review B 79, 155311, pp. 155311 - 155323 (2009)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Exploring the unusual diffusion of N adatoms on GaAs(001) using first principles calculations. DPG Frühjahrstagung 2010, Regensburg, Germany (2010)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Exploring the unusual diffusion of N adatoms at GaAs(001) surface. Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes Workshop, Imst, Austria (2010)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Enhancing N solubility in diluted nitrides by surface kinetics: An ab-initio study. Spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Berlin, Germany (2008)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab-initio study of the thermodynamics and kinetics of N at GaAs(001) surface. PAW workshop 2007, Goslar, Germany (2007)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: In-N anti-correlation in InGaAsN alloys: The delicate interplay between adatom thermodynamics and kinetics. Spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Regensburg, Germany (2007)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Tailoring the N-solubility in InGaAs-alloys by surface engineering: Applications and limits. 1. Harzer Ab initio Workshop, Clausthal, Germany (2006)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Incorporation of N at GaAs and InAs surfaces: An ab-initio study. Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2006)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Dick, A.; Neugebauer, J.: Incorporation of N at GaAs and InAs surfaces. Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Spring Meeting of the Division Condensed Matter, Dresden, Germany (2006)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Combined ab-initio and Monte Carlo calculations to explore the surface thermodynamics and kinetics of dilute nitrides. 8th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-8), Jeju Island, South Korea (2009)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: The role of surface kinetics in achieving high non-equilibrium N concentrations in bulk GaAs. DPG Spring Meeting 2009, Dresden, Germany (2009)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.; Albrecht, M.: Ab-initio study of compositional anti-correlation of In and N in InGaAsN alloys. The 7th International Conference of Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-7), Las Vegas, NV, USA (2007)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Enhancing the solubility of N in GaAs and InAs by surface kinetics. 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Vienna, Austria (2006)
Abu-Farsakh, H.; Neugebauer, J.: Enhancing bulk solubility by surface engineering: An ab-initio study. Workshop: Ab initio Description of Iron and Steel, Status and future challenges, Ringberg Castle, Germany (2006)
Abu-Farsakh, H.: Understanding the interplay between thermodynamics and surface kinetics in the growth of dilute nitride alloys from first principles. Dissertation, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany (2010)
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.
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
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…
We have studied a nanocrystalline AlCrCuFeNiZn high-entropy alloy synthesized by ball milling followed by hot compaction at 600°C for 15 min at 650 MPa. X-ray diffraction reveals that the mechanically alloyed powder consists of a solid-solution body-centered cubic (bcc) matrix containing 12 vol.% face-centered cubic (fcc) phase. After hot compaction, it consists of 60 vol.% bcc and 40 vol.% fcc. Composition analysis by atom probe tomography shows that the material is not a homogeneous fcc–bcc solid solution