He, Z. F.; Jia, N.; Ma, D.; Yan, H.-L.; Li, Z.; Raabe, D.: Joint contribution of transformation and twinning to the high strength-ductility combination of a FeMnCoCr high entropy alloy at cryogenic temperatures. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 759, pp. 437 - 447 (2019)
Wang, Z.; Lu, W.; Raabe, D.; Li, Z.: On the mechanism of extraordinary strain hardening in an interstitial high-entropy alloy under cryogenic conditions. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 781, pp. 734 - 743 (2019)
Wu, M.; Li, Z.; Gault, B.; Munroe, P.; Baker, I.: The Effects of Carbon on the Phase Stability and Mechanical Properties of Heat-Treated FeNiMnCrAl High Entropy Alloys. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 748, pp. 59 - 73 (2019)
Su, J.; Raabe, D.; Li, Z.: Hierarchical microstructure design to tune the mechanical behavior of an interstitial TRIP-TWIP high-entropy alloy. Acta Materialia 163, pp. 40 - 54 (2019)
Ou, P.; Li, Z.: Ordering of primary carbonitrides in an austenitic steel revealed by transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. Materials 11 (11), 2321 (2018)
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.