Iqbal, D.; Sarfraz, A.; Erbe, A.: Gradient in defect density of ZnO nanorods grown by cathodic delamination, a corrosion process, leads to end-specific luminescence. Nanoscale Horizons 3 (1), pp. 58 - 65 (2018)
Mondragón Ochooa, J. S.; Altin, A.; Rechmann, J.; Erbe, A.: Delamination Kinetics of Thin Film Poly(acrylate) Model Coatings Prepared by Surface Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization on Iron. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 165 (16), pp. C991 - C998 (2018)
Niu, F.; Rabe, M.; Nayak, S.; Erbe, A.: Vibrational spectroscopic study of pH dependent solvation at a Ge(100)-water interface during an electrode potential triggered surface termination transition. The Journal of Chemical Physics 148, 222824 (2018)
Mondragon Ochoa, J. S.; Altin, A.; Erbe, A.: Comparison of cathodic delamination of poly(n-alkyl methacrylates) on iron. Materials and Corrosion - Werkstoffe und Korrosion 68, pp. 1326 - 1332 (2017)
Genchev, G.; Bosch, C.; Wanzenberg, E.; Erbe, A.: Role of molybdenum in corrosion of iron-based alloys in contact with hydrogen sulfide containing solution. Materials and Corrosion - Werkstoffe und Korrosion 68 (6), pp. 595 - 603 (2017)
Krzywiecki, M.; Grządziel, L.; Sarfraz, A.; Erbe, A.: Charge transfer quantification in a SnOx/CuPc semiconductor heterostructure: investigation of buried interface energy structure by photoelectron spectroscopies. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (19), pp. 11816 - 11824 (2017)
Folger, A.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Erbe, A.; Scheu, C.: Role of Vacancy Condensation in the Formation of Voids in Rutile TiO2 Nanowires. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9 (15), pp. 13471 - 13479 (2017)
Altin, A.; Rohwerder, M.; Erbe, A.: Cyclodextrins as carriers for organic corrosion inhibitors in organic coatings. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 164 (4), pp. C128 - C134 (2017)
Grządziel, L.; Krzywiecki, M.; Genchev, G.; Erbe, A.: Effect of order and disorder on degradation processes of copper phthalocyanine nanolayers. Synthetic Metals 223, pp. 199 - 204 (2017)
Genchev, G.; Erbe, A.: Raman Spectroscopy of Mackinawite FeS in Anodic Iron Sulfide Corrosion Products. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 163 (6), pp. C333 - C338 (2016)
Nayak, S.; Erbe, A.: Mechanism of the potential-triggered surface transformation of germanium in acidic medium studied by ATR-IR spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, pp. 25100 - 25109 (2016)
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