An, D.; Griffiths, T. A.; Konijnenberg, P. J.; Mandal, S.; Wang, Z.; Zaefferer, S.: Correlating the five parameter grain boundary character distribution and the intergranular corrosion behaviour of a stainless steel using 3D orientation microscopy based on mechanical polishing serial sectioning. Acta Materialia 156, pp. 297 - 309 (2018)
Wang, Z.; Zaefferer, S.: On the accuracy of grain boundary character determination by pseudo-3D EBSD. Materials Characterization 130, pp. 33 - 38 (2017)
Zaefferer, S.; An, D.; Wang, Z.: Experimental investigations on the relationship between crystallographic character of grain boundaries and their functional and mechanical properties in various engineering materials. DPG Frühjahrtagung, Dresden, Germany (2017)
Wang, Z.: Investigation of crystallographic character and molten-salt-corrosion properties of grain boundaries in a stainless steel using EBSD and ab-initio calculations. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2017)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
In this project we study the development of a maraging steel alloy consisting of Fe, Ni and Al, that shows pronounced response to the intrinsic heat treatment imposed during Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM). Without any further heat treatment, it was possible to produce a maraging steel that is intrinsically precipitation strengthened by an…
The aim of the current study is to investigate electrochemical corrosion mechanisms by examining the metal-liquid nanointerfaces. To achieve this, corrosive fluids will be strategically trapped within metal structures using novel additive micro fabrication techniques. Subsequently, the nanointerfaces will be analyzed using cryo-atom probe…
TiAl-based alloys currently mature into application. Sufficient strength at high temperatures and ductility at ambient temperatures are crucial issues for these novel light-weight materials. By generation of two-phase lamellar TiAl + Ti3Al microstructures, these issues can be successfully solved. Because oxidation resistance at high temperatures is…
We plan to investigate the rate-dependent tensile properties of 2D materials such as metal thin films and PbMoO4 (PMO) films by using a combination of a novel plan-view FIB based sample lift out method and a MEMS based in situ tensile testing platform inside a TEM.