Grabowski, B.; Söderlind, P.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab Initio Thermodynamics of the fcc-bcc Transition in Ca Including All Relevant FiniteTemperature Excitation Mechanisms. TMS 2012, Orlando, FL, USA (2012)
Grabowski, B.: Ab initio prediction of materials properties up to the melting point. Condensed Matter and Materials Division seminar series, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA, USA (2012)
Grabowski, B.: Ab initio prediction of materials properties up to the melting point. Seminar: "Ab initio Description of Iron and Steel: Thermodynamics and Kinetics", Tegernsee, Germany (2012)
Hickel, T.; Glensk, A.; Grabowski, B.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio up to the melting point: Integrated approach to derive accurate thermodynamic data for Al alloys. European Aluminium Association, European Aluminium Technology Platform, Working Group 5: Predictive Modelling, 5th workshop: ab initio modelling, Aachen, Germany (2011)
Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Glensk, A.; Neugebauer, J.: Integrated approach to derive thermodynamic data for pure Al and Al alloys up to the melting point. Psi-k Conference 2010, Berlin, Germany (2010)
Glensk, A.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio prediction of thermodynamic data for selected phases of the Al-Mg-Si-Cu system. CECAM Summer School on Computational Materials Sciences, San Sebastian, Spain (2010)
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
Low dimensional electronic systems, featuring charge density waves and collective excitations, are highly interesting from a fundamental point of view. These systems support novel types of interfaces, such as phase boundaries between metals and charge density waves.
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.
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 project Hydrogen Embrittlement Protection Coating (HEPCO) addresses the critical aspects of hydrogen permeation and embrittlement by developing novel strategies for coating and characterizing hydrogen permeation barrier layers for valves and pumps used for hydrogen storage and transport applications.