Brinckmann, S.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.; Matoy, K.: Using simulations to investigate the apparent fracture toughness of microcantilevers. Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development VI, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2017)
Arigela, V. G.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Setup of a microscale high temperature loading rig for micro-fracture mechanics. Euromat 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece (2017)
Kirchlechner, C.: Insights into dislocation grainboundary interactions by in situ micromechanics. Seminar Lecture at the FAU Erlangen/Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany (2017)
Kirchlechner, C.: Using nano- and micromechanics to understand interface plasticity. Hysitron Nanobrücken 2017, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (2017)
Luo, W.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.; Stein, F.: Fracture Toughness of Hexagonal and Cubic NbCo2 Laves Phases. Nanobrücken 2017, European Nanomechanical Testing Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (2017)
Dehm, G.; Malyar, N.; Kirchlechner, C.: Towards probing the barrier strength of grain boundaries for dislocation transmission. Electronic Materials and Applications 2017, Orlando, FL, USA (2017)
Dehm, G.; Malyar, N.; Kirchlechner, C.: Do we understand dislocation transmission through grain boundaries? PICS meeting, Luminy, Marseille, France (2017)
Jaya, B. N.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Fracture Behavior of Nanostructured Heavily Cold Drawn Pearlite: Influence of the Interface. TMS 2017, San Diego, CA, USA (2017)
Kirchlechner, C.: What can you learn from a µLaue experiment? 8th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling - MMM 2016, Dijon, France (2016)
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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.
Enabling a ‘hydrogen economy’ requires developing fuel cells satisfying economic constraints, reasonable operating costs and long-term stability. The fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electricity by recombining water from H2 and O2, allowing to generate environmentally-friendly power for e.g. cars or houses…
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.
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
In this project, we work on a generic solution to design advanced high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with enhanced magnetic properties. By overturning the concept of stabilizing solid solutions in HEAs, we propose to render the massive solid solutions metastable and trigger spinodal decomposition. The motivation for starting from the HEA for this approach…