Neugebauer, J.; Yang, J.; Todorova, M.; Hickel, T.: Constructing Defect Phase Diagrams from Ab Initio Calculations and CALPHAD Concepts. TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, USA (2023)
Neugebauer, J.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.: Ab Initio Descriptors to Guide Materials Design in High-dimensional Chemical and Structural Configuration Spaces. TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, USA (2022)
Neugebauer, J.; Zendegani, A.; Hickel, T.: Construction and Application of Defect Phase Diagrams. TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, USA (2022)
Neugebauer, J.; Zendegani, A.; Hickel, T.: Defect phase diagrams as novel tool to understand and design tailored defect structures in advanced steels. Thermec2021, Virtual Meeting, Vienna, Austria (2021)
Hickel, T.: Application of Density Functional Theory in the Context of Phase Diagram Modelling. MSIT Winter School on Materials Chemistry, Virtual Event (2021)
Janßen, J.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: pyiron – an integrated development environment for ab initio thermodynamics. Potential Workshop, ICAMS, virtual, Bochum, Germany (2021)
Freysoldt, C.; Hickel, T.; Janßen, J.; Wang, N.; Zendegani, A.: High-throughput optimization of finite temperature phase stabilities: Concepts and application. Coffee with Max Planck, virtual seminar organized by the MPIE, Düsseldorf, Germany (2021)
Hickel, T.; Freysoldt, C.; Janßen, J.; Wang, N.; Zendegani, A.: High-throughput optimization of finite temperature phase stabilities: Concepts and application. Coffee with Max Planck, virtual seminar organized by the MPIE, Düsseldorf, Germany (2021)
Janßen, J.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: pyiron – an integrated development environment for ab initio thermodynamics. AMS Seminar, virtual, Bochum, Germany (2020)
Neugebauer, J.; Lymperakis, L.; Janßen, J.; Huber, L.; Hickel, T.: Modeling crystal growth and materials design in high dimensional chemical and structural configuration spaces. German Conference on Crystal Growth DKT 2020, München/Garching, Germany (2020)
Hickel, T.: Application of Density Functional Theory in the Context of Phase Diagram Modelling. MSIT Winter School on Materials Chemistry, Virtual Event, Castle Ringberg, Tegernsee (2020)
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.
Oxides find broad applications as catalysts or in electronic components, however are generally brittle materials where dislocations are difficult to activate in the covalent rigid lattice. Here, the link between plasticity and fracture is critical for wide-scale application of functional oxide materials.
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
Enabling a ‘hydrogen economy’ requires developing fuel cells satisfying economic constraints, reasonable operating costs and long-term stability. The fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electricity by recombining water from H2 and O2, allowing to generate environmentally-friendly power for e.g. cars or houses…
The project Hydrogen Embrittlement Protection Coating (HEPCO) addresses the critical aspects of hydrogen permeation and embrittlement by developing novel strategies for coating and characterizing hydrogen permeation barrier layers for valves and pumps used for hydrogen storage and transport applications.