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
In this project, links are being established between local chemical variation and the mechanical response of laser-processed metallic alloys and advanced materials.
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.
The atomic arrangements in extended planar defects in different types of Laves phases is studied by high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. To understand the role of such defect phases for hydrogen storage, their interaction with hydrogen will be investigated.
The mechanical properties of bulk CrFeCoNi compositionally complex alloys (CCA) or high entropy alloys (HEA) are widely studied in literature [1]. Notably, these alloys show mechanical properties similar to the well studied quinary CrMnFeCoNi [2] . Nevertheless, little is known about the deformation mechanisms and the thermal behavior of these…