Schneider, W. B.; Benedikt, U.; Auer, A. A.: Interaction of platinum nanoparticles with graphitic carbon structures: A computational study. ChemPhysChem 14 (13), pp. 2984 - 2989 (2013)
Kettner, M.; Benedikt, U.; Schneider, W.; Auer, A. A.: Computational Study of Pt/Co Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Segregation, Adsorbates and Catalyst Activity. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (29), pp. 15432 - 15438 (2012)
Auer, A. A.; Richter, A.; Berezkin, A. V.; Guseva, D. V.; Spange, S.: Theoretical study of twin polymerization – From chemical reactivity to structure formation. Macromolecular Theory Simulations 21 (9), pp. 615 - 628 (2012)
Benedikt, U.; Auer, A. A.; Espig, M.; Hackbusch, W.: Tensor decomposition in post-Hartree-Fock methods. I. Two-electron integrals and MP2. Journal of Chemical Physics 134 (5), 054118, pp. 1 - 12 (2011)
Berezkin, A. V.; Biedermann, P. U.; Auer, A. A.: Mesoscale simulation of network formation and structure, combining molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo approaches. European Polymer Congress 2011, Granada, Spain, June 26, 2011 - July 01, 2011. (2011)
Berezkin, A. V.; Biedermann, P. U.; Auer, A. A.: Mesoscale simulation of network formation and structure, combining molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo approaches. European Polymer Congress 2011, Granada, Spain (2011)
Challenges for Theory in Electrochemistry. Minisymposium "Challenges for Theory in Electrochemistry", MPI für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (2010)
Perspectives in Quantum chemistry for Electrochemistry. Minisymposium "Perspectives in Quantum chemistry for Electrochemistry", Center for Electrochemical Sciences, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany (2010)
Benedikt, U.; Schneider, W.; Auer, A. A.: Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt-Nanoparticles: A Density-Functional Based Study. 46th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, STC2010, Münster, Germany (2010)
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.
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.
A wide range of steels is nowadays used in Additive Manufacturing (AM). The different matrix microstructure components and phases such as austenite, ferrite, and martensite as well as the various precipitation phases such as intermetallic precipitates and carbides generally equip steels with a huge variability in microstructure and properties.