Merz, A.; Rohwerder, M.: The protection zone: A long-range corrosion protection mechanism around conducting polymer particles in composite coatings: Part II. PEDOT: PSS. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 166 (12), pp. C314 - C320 (2019)
Merz, A.; Uebel, M.; Rohwerder, M.: The Protection Zone: A Long-Range Corrosion Protection Mechanism around Conducting Polymer Particles in Composite Coatings: Part I. Polyaniline and Polypyrrole. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 166 (12), pp. C304 - C313 (2019)
Merz, A.; Rohwerder, M.: Corrosion protection by composite coatings containing conducting polymer particles: elucidation of the “protection zone”. 232nd ECS Fall Meeting 2017, National Harbour, USA (2017)
Merz, A.; Uebel, M.; Rohwerder, M.: Investigation of the role of protection zone around conducting polymer in composite coatings in inhibiting delamination process. Gordon Research Conferences 2016, New London, NH, USA (2016)
Merz, A.; Uebel, M.; Rohwerder, M.: Investigation of the role of protection zone around conducting polymer in composite coatings in inhibiting delamination process. Gordon Research Seminars 2016, New London, NH, USA (2016)
Merz, A.: Investigation of the “Protection Zone”, a novel mechanism to inhibit delamination of composite organic coatings containing conducting polymer. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2019)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Biological materials in nature have a lot to teach us when in comes to creating tough bio-inspired designs. This project aims to explore the unknown impact mitigation mechanisms of the muskox head (ovibus moschatus) at several length scales and use this gained knowledge to develop a novel mesoscale (10 µm to 1000 µm) metamaterial that can mimic the…
Grain boundaries are one of the most important constituents of a polycrystalline material and play a crucial role in dictating the properties of a bulk material in service or under processing conditions. Bulk properties of a material like fatigue strength, corrosion, liquid metal embrittlement, and others strongly depend on grain boundary…
Titanium and its alloys are widely used in critical applications due to their low density, high specific strength, and excellent corrosion resistance, but their poor plasticity at room temperature limits broader utilization. Introducing hydrogen as a temporary alloying element has been shown to improve plasticity during high-temperature processing…
This project targets to exploit or develop new methodologies to not only visualize the 3D morphology but also measure chemical distribution of as-synthesized nanostructures using atom probe tomography.