Mellan, T. A.; Duff, A. I.; Grabowski, B.; Finnis, M. W.: Fast anharmonic free energy method with an application to vacancies in ZrC. Physical Review B 100 (2), 024303 (2019)
Surendralal, S.; Todorova, M.; Finnis, M. W.; Neugebauer, J.: First-Principles Approach to Model Electrochemical Reactions: Understanding the Fundamental Mechanisms behind Mg Corrosion. Physical Review Letters 120 (24), 246801 (2018)
Korbmacher, D.; Glensk, A.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Duff, A.; Finnis, M. W.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio description of the Ti BCC to ω transition at finite temperatures. In: PTM 2015 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2015, pp. 755 - 756 (Eds. Chen, L.-Q.; Militzer, M.; Botton, G.; Howe, J.; Sinclair, C. W. et al.). International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2015, PTM 2015, Whistler, BC, Canada, June 28, 2015 - July 03, 2015. International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2015, Whistler, BC, Canada (2015)
Surendralal, S.; Todorova, M.; Finnis, M. W.; Neugebauer, J.: Effect of external electric fields on the Mg(0001)/H2O interface studied by empirical potentials using automated tools. The electrode potential in electrochemistry workshop - A challenge for electronic structure theory calculations, Castle Reisensburg (Ulm), Germany (2017)
Surendralal, S.: Development of an ab initio computational potentiostat and its application to the study of Mg corrosion. Dissertation, Ruhr Universität Bochum (2020)
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…
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 HCP 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.
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.