Sarfraz, A.; Posner, R.; Lange, M. M.; Lill, K. A.; Erbe, A.: Role of intermetallics and copper in the deposition of ZrO2-based conversion coatings on AA6014. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 161 (12), pp. C509 - C516 (2014)
Iqbal, D.; Moirangthem, R. S.; Bashir, A.; Erbe, A.: Study of polymer coating delamination kinetics on zinc modified with zinc oxide in different morphologies. Materials and Corrosion - Werkstoffe und Korrosion 65 (4), pp. 370 - 375 (2014)
Auinger, M.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Blümich, A.; Erbe, A.: Effect of surface roughness on optical heating of metals. Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications 9, pp. 14004-1 - 14004-13 (2014)
Sun, Z.; Xie, K.; Li, Z. A.; Sinev, I.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Erbe, A.; Farle, M.; Schuhmann, W.; Muhler, M.; Ventosa, E.: Hollow and Yolk-Shell Iron Oxide Nanostructures on Few-Layer Graphene in Li-Ion Batteries. Chemistry  A European Journal 20, pp. 2022 - 2030 (2014)
Hans, M.; Erbe, A.; Mathews, S.; Chen, Y.; Solioz, M.; Mücklich, F.: Role of copper oxides in contact killing of bacteria. Langmuir 29 (52), pp. 16160 - 16166 (2013)
Nayak, S.; Biedermann, P. U.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: In situ infrared spectroscopic investigation of intermediates in the electrochemical oxygen reduction on n-Ge(100) in alkaline perchlorate and chloride electrolyte. Electrochimica Acta 106, pp. 472 - 482 (2013)
Chen, Y.; Schneider, P.; Liu, B. J.; Borodin, S.; Ren, B.; Erbe, A.: Electronic structure and morphology of dark oxide on zinc generated by electrochemical treatment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (24), pp. 9812 - 9822 (2013)
Zuo, J.; Chen, Y.; Lin, C.-J.; Erbe, A.: An Investigation of Thin Films Formed on Zinc by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. Journal of Electrochemistry 19 (5), pp. 409 - 417 (2013)
Nayak, S.; Biedermann, P. U.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: A mechanistic study of the electrochemical oxygen reduction on the model semiconductor n-Ge(100) by ATR-IR and DFT. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (16), pp. 5771 - 5781 (2013)
Chen, Y.; Fernandes, A. A.; Erbe, A.: Control of shape and surface crystallography of gold nanocrystals for electrochemical applications. Electrochimica Acta 113, pp. 810 - 816 (2013)
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…
Oxidation and corrosion of noble metals is a fundamental problem of crucial importance in the advancement of the long-term renewable energy concept strategy. In our group we use state-of-the-art electrochemical scanning flow cell (SFC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) setup to address the problem.
For understanding the underlying hydrogen embrittlement mechanism in transformation-induced plasticity steels, the process of damage evolution in a model austenite/martensite dual-phase microstructure following hydrogenation was investigated through multi-scale electron channelling contrast imaging and in situ optical microscopy.
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.
This project aims to investigate the influence of grain boundaries on mechanical behavior at ultra-high strain rates and low temperatures. For this micropillar compressions on copper bi-crystals containing different grain boundaries will be performed.
Hydrogen induced embrittlement of metals is one of the long standing unresolved problems in Materials Science. A hierarchical multiscale approach is used to investigate the underlying atomistic mechanisms.
Hydrogen embrittlement affects high-strength ferrite/martensite dual-phase (DP) steels. The associated micromechanisms which lead to failure have not been fully clarified yet. Here we present a quantitative micromechanical analysis of the microstructural damage phenomena in a model DP steel in the presence of hydrogen.
We will investigate the electrothermomechanical response of individual metallic nanowires as a function of microstructural interfaces from the growth processes. This will be accomplished using in situ SEM 4-point probe-based electrical resistivity measurements and 2-point probe-based impedance measurements, as a function of mechanical strain and…
The project aims to study corrosion, a detrimental process with an enormous impact on global economy, by combining denstiy-functional theory calculations with thermodynamic concepts.