Kresse, T.; Borchers, C.; Kirchheim, R.: Vacancy-carbon complexes in bcc iron: Correlation between carbon content, vacancy concentration and diffusion coefficient. Scripta Materialia 69 (9), pp. 690 - 693 (2013)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
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.