Du, Y. J. A.; Ismer, L.; Rogal, J.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.; Drautz, R.: First-principles study on the interaction of H interstitials with grain boundaries in alpha- and gamma-Fe. Physical Review B 84 (14), pp. 144121-1 - 144121-13 (2011)
Ismer, L.; Ireta, J.; Neugebauer, J.: A density functional theory based estimation of the anharmonic contributions to the free energy of a polypeptide helix. Journal of Chemical Physics 135 (8), pp. 084122-1 - 084122-7 (2011)
Ismer, L.; Ireta, J.; Neugebauer, J.: First principles free energy analysis of helix stability: The origin of the low entropy in pi-helices. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112, pp. 4109 - 4112 (2008)
Grabowski, B.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio concepts for an efficient and accurate determination of thermodynamic properties up to the melting point. Calphad XXXIX, Jeju Island, South Korea (2010)
Aydin, U.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Chemical trends of the solution enthalpy of hydrogen in 3d transition metals in dilute limit, derived from first principles. DPG Frühjahrstagung 2010, Regensburg, Germany (2010)
Grabowski, B.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Computing Ab Initio Free Energy Contributions of Point Defects. 139th Annual Meeting of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Seattle, WA, USA (2010)
Aydin, U.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Chemical trends for the solution enthalpy of hydrogen in 3d transition metals. Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes Workshop, Imst, Austria (2010)
Grabowski, B.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio up to the melting point: Efficient sampling strategies of anharmonic free energies. Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes Workshop, Imst, Austria (2010)
Friák, M.; Sob, M.; Kim, O.; Ismer, L.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio calculation of phase boundaries in iron along the bcc-fcc transformation path and magnetism of iron overlayers. Seminar at the Department of Materials Physics at Montan Universität Leoben, Leoben, Austria (2009)
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