Dutta, B.; Opahle, I.; Hickel, T.: Interface effects on the magnetic properties of layered Ni2MnGa/Ni2MnSn alloys: A first-principles investigation. Functional Materials Letters 9 (6), 1642010 (2016)
Bévillon, É.; Colombier, J. P.; Dutta, B.; Stoian, R. I.: Ab Initio Nonequilibrium Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Ultrafast Laser Irradiated 316L Stainless Steel. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (21), pp. 11438 - 11446 (2015)
Dutta, B.; Hickel, T.; Entel, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab Initio Predicted Impact of Pt on Phase Stabilities in Ni–Mn–Ga Heusler alloys. Journal of Phase Equilibra and Diffusion 35 (6), pp. 695 - 700 (2014)
Hickel, T.; Aydin, U.; Sözen, H. I.; Dutta, B.; Pei, Z.; Neugebauer, J.: Innovative concepts in materials design to boost renewable energies. Seminar of Institute for Innovative Technologies, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany (2020)
Dutta, B.: Role of temperature dependent excitations and the coupling between them in functional materials: Ab-initio insights. IFM at Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden (2018)
Dutta, B.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Temperature-driven effects in functional materials: Ab initio insights. Talk at University Pierre and Marie CURIE (UPMC), Paris, France (2017)
Dutta, B.; Olsen, R. J.; Mu, S.; Hickel, T.; Samolyuk, G. D.; Specht, E. D.; Bei, H.; Lindsay, L. R.; Neugebauer, J.; Stocks , M.et al.; Larson, B. C.: Lattice dynamics in high entropy alloys: understanding the role of fluctuations. EUROMAT 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece (2017)
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.
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.