Calderón, L. A. Á.; Shakeel, Y.; Gedsun, A.; Forti, M.; Hunke, S.; Han, Y.; Hammerschmidt, T.; Aversa, R.; Olbricht, J.; Chmielowski, M.et al.; Stotzka, R.; Bitzek, E.; Hickel, T.; Skrotzki, B.: Management of reference data in materials science and engineering exemplified for creep data of a singlecrystalline Nibased superalloy. Acta Materialia 286, 120735 (2025)
Atila, A.; Bitzek, E.: Atomistic origins of deformation-induced structural anisotropy in metaphosphate glasses and its influence on mechanical properties. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 627, 122822 (2024)
Webler, R.; Baranova, P. N.; Karewar, S.; Möller, J. J.; Neumeier, S.; Göken, M.; Bitzek, E.: On the influence of Al-concentration on the fracture toughness of NiAl: Microcantilever fracture tests and atomistic simulations. Acta Materialia 234, 117996 (2022)
Hiremath, P.; Melin, S.; Bitzek, E.; Olsson, P. A. T.: Effects of interatomic potential on fracture behaviour in single- and bicrystalline tungsten. Computational Materials Science 207 (18), 111283 (2022)
Gabel, S.; Merle, B.; Bitzek, E.; Göken, M.: A new method for microscale cyclic crack growth characterization from notched microcantilevers and application to single crystalline tungsten and a metallic glass. Journal of Materials Research 37, pp. 2061 - 2072 (2022)
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.
The fracture toughness of AuXSnY intermetallic compounds is measured as it is crucial for the reliability of electronic chips in industrial applications.
Within this project we investigate chemical fluctuations at the nanometre scale in polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and CuInS2 thin-flims used as absorber material in solar cells.
This project aims to investigate the dynamic hardness of B2-iron aluminides at high strain rates using an in situ nanomechanical tester capable of indentation up to constant strain rates of up to 100000 s−1 and study the microstructure evolution across strain rate range.