Vega-Paredes, M.; Garzón-Manjón, A.; Rivas Rivas, N. A.; Berova, V.; Hengge, K. A.; Gänsler, T.; Jurinsky, T.; Scheu, C.: Ruthenium-Platinum Core-Shell Nanoparticles as durable, CO tolerant catalyst for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. 5th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications (ISN2A), Online (accepted)
Gänsler, T.; Frank, A.; Betzler, S. B.; Scheu, C.: Electron microscopy studies of Nb3O7(OH) nanostructured cubes - insights in the growth mechanism. Microscience Microscopy Congress MMC2019, Manchester, UK (2019)
Lim, J.; Hengge, K. A.; Aymerich Armengol, R.; Gänsler, T.; Scheu, C.: Structural Investigation of 2D Nanosheets and their Assembly to 3D Porous Morphologies. 5th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE 2018), Jeju, Korea (2018)
Gänsler, T.; Hengge, K. A.; Scheu, C.: 3D Reconstruction of Identical Location Electron Micrographs – Methodology and Pitfalls. IAMNano 2019, International Workshop on Advanced and In-situ Microscopies of Functional Nanomaterials and Devices, Düsseldorf, Germany (2019)
Gänsler, T.; Hengge, K. A.; Beetz, M.; Pizzutilo, E.; Scheu, C.: Tracking the Degradation of Fuel Cell Catalyst Particles: 3D Reconstruction of Nanoscale Transmission Electron Micrographs. CINEMAX IV, "Best poster Award at the Summer School", Toreby, Denmark (2018)
Gänsler, T.: Synthesis Approaches to Nb3O7(OH) Nanostructures and New Studies on Their Growth Mechanism. Master, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany (2018)
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 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.
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.
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.
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.