Philippi, B.; Kirchlechner, C.; Micha, J.-S.; Dehm, G.: Size and orientation dependent mechanical behavior of body-centered tetragonal Sn at 0.6 of the melting temperature. Acta Materialia 115, pp. 76 - 82 (2016)
Imrich, P. J.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Influence of inclined twin boundaries on the deformation behavior of Cu micropillars. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 642, pp. 65 - 70 (2015)
Imrich, P. J.; Kirchlechner, C.; Kiener, D.; Dehm, G.: In situ TEM microcompression of single and bicrystalline samples: insights and limitations. JOM-Journal of the Minerals Metals & Materials Society 67 (8), pp. 1704 - 1712 (2015)
Imrich, P. J.; Kirchlechner, C.; Kiener, D.; Dehm, G.: Internal and external stresses: in situ TEM compression of Cu bicrystals containing a twin boundary. Scripta Materialia 100, pp. 94 - 97 (2015)
Kapp, M. W.; Kapp, M. W.; Kirchlechner, C.; Pippan, R.; Dehm, G.: Importance of dislocations pile-ups on the mechanical properties and the Bauschinger effect in micro cantilevers. Journal of Materials Research 30 (6), pp. 791 - 797 (2015)
Jaya, B. N.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Can micro-scale fracture tests provide reliable fracture toughness values? A case study in silicon. Journal of Materials Research 30 (5), pp. 686 - 698 (2015)
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…
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of iron by marine sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is studied electrochemically and surfaces of corroded samples have been investigated in a long-term project.
In this project we investigate the hydrogen distribution and desorption behavior in an electrochemically hydrogen-charged binary Ni-Nb model alloy. The aim is to study the role of the delta phase in hydrogen embrittlement of the Ni-base alloy 718.
Smaller is stronger” is well known in micromechanics, but the properties far from the quasi-static regime and the nominal temperatures remain unexplored. This research will bridge this gap on how materials behave under the extreme conditions of strain rate and temperature, to enhance fundamental understanding of their deformation mechanisms. The…
Biological materials in nature have a lot to teach us when in comes to creating tough bio-inspired designs. This project aims to explore the unknown impact mitigation mechanisms of the muskox head (ovibus moschatus) at several length scales and use this gained knowledge to develop a novel mesoscale (10 µm to 1000 µm) metamaterial that can mimic the…
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.