Malyar, N.; Dehm, G.; Kirchlechner, C.: Dislocation motion in bi-crystals with a specific grain boundary orientation studied by in situ SEM and in situ µLaue diffraction. Seminar: Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior Gordon Research , Waltham, MA, USA (2014)
Philippi, B.; Kirchlechner, C.; Schießl, A.; Schingale, A.; Dehm, G.: Improving lead-free solders by resolving mechanical properties at the microstructure length scale. Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior 2014, Gordon Research Conference, Waltham, MA, USA (2014)
Jaya, B. N.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Fracture behavior of gradient PtNiAl bond coats at the micron-scale using in-situ microbeam bend studies. 13th European Nanomechanical User Group Meeting, Oxford, UK (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: Deformation behavior of thin Cu/Cr films on polyimide. Small Scale Plasticity School, Cargèse, Corsica, France (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: Adhesion behavior of Cu–Cr thin films on polyimide substrate. ECI Conference "Nano- and Micro-Mechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development IV", Olhão, Portugal (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: Adhesion Behavior of Cu–Cr Thin Films on Polyimide Substrate. TMS 2013: 142nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA (2013)
Marx, V. M.; Kirchlechner, C.; Zizak, I.; Dehm, G.; Cordill, M. J.: In-situ fracture study of thin Cu films on polyimide substrate. GDRi MECANO General Meeting 2012, Ecole de Mines, Paris, France (2012)
Hosseinabadi, R.: Dislocation transmission through coherent and incoherent twin boundaries in copper at the micron scale. Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum (2024)
Jentner, R.: Phase identification and micromechanical characterization of an advanced high-strength low-alloy steel. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2023)
Tian, C.: On the damage initiation in dual phase steels: Quantitative insights from in situ micromechanics. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2021)
Li, J.: Probing dislocation nucleation in grains and at Ʃ3 twin boundaries of Cu alloys by nanoindentation. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2020)
Kirchlechner, C.: Dislocation Slip Transfer Mechanism: Quantitative Insights from in situ Micromechanical Testing. Habilitation, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria (2018)
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.