Bueno Villoro, R.; Zavanelli, D.; Jung, C.; Mattlat, D. A.; Naderloo, R. H.; Pérez, N. A.; Nielsch, K.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.; He, R.et al.; Zhang, S.: Grain Boundary Phases in NbFeSb Half-Heusler Alloys: A New Avenue to Tune Transport Properties of Thermoelectric Materials. Microscopy of semiconducting materials conference, Cambridge, UK (2023)
Bueno Villoro, R.; Luo, T.; Bishara, H.; Abdellaoui, L.; Gault, B.; Wood, M.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.; Zhang, S.: Effect of grain boundaries on electrical conductivity in Ti(Co,Fe)Sb half Heusler thermoelectrics. 719. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Understanding Transport Processes on the Nanoscale for Energy Harvesting Devices, online (2021)
Bueno Villoro, R.: Microstructure, thermal stability and defect phonon scattering in AgSbTe2 thermoelectrics. Master, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2019)
Bueno Villoro, R.: Effect of the processing route on the microstructure of Ag18Sb29Te53 (AST) based thermoelectrics. Bachelor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2018)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Statistical significance in materials science is a challenge that has been trying to overcome by miniaturization. However, this process is still limited to 4-5 tests per parameter variance, i.e. Size, orientation, grain size, composition, etc. as the process of fabricating pillars and testing has to be done one by one. With this project, we aim to…
The unpredictable failure mechanism of White Etching Crack (WEC) formation in bearing steels urgently demands in-depth understanding of the underlying mechanisms in the microstructure. The first breakthrough was achieved by relating the formation of White Etching Areas (WEAs) to successive WEC movement.
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…
In this project, we aim to synthetize novel ZrCu thin film metallic glasses (TFMGs) with controlled composition and nanostructure, investigating the relationship with the mechanical behavior and focusing on the nanometre scale deformation mechanisms. Moreover, we aim to study the mechanical properties of films with complex architectures such as…
Defects at interfaces strongly impact the properties and performance of functional materials. In functional nanostructures, they become particularly important due to the large surface to volume ratio.
This ERC-funded project aims at developing an experimentally validated multiscale modelling framework for the prediction of fracture toughness of metals.