Gedsun, A.; Stein, F.; Palm, M.: Phase Equilibria in the Fe-Al-Nb(-B) System at 700 degrees C. Journal of Phase Equilibra and Diffusion 43 (4), pp. 409 - 418 (2022)
Distl, B.; Hauschildt, K.; Rashkova, B.; Pyczak, F.; Stein, F.: Phase Equilibria in the Ti-Rich Part of the Ti–Al–Nb System-Part I: Low-Temperature Phase Equilibria Between 700 and 900 °C. Journal of Phase Equilibra and Diffusion 43, pp. 355 - 381 (2022)
Distl, B.; Hauschildt, K.; Pyczak, F.; Stein, F.: Phase Equilibria in the Ti-Rich Part of the Ti–Al–Nb System-Part II: High-Temperature Phase Equilibria Between 1000 and 1300 °C. Journal of Phase Equilibra and Diffusion 43, pp. 554 - 575 (2022)
Gedsun, A.; Stein, F.; Palm, M.: Development of new Fe–Al–Nb(–B) alloys for structural applications at high temperatures. MRS Advances 6, pp. 176 - 182 (2021)
Stein, F.; Leineweber, A.: Laves phases: a review of their functional and structural applications and an improved fundamental understanding of stability and properties. Journal of Materials Science 56, pp. 5321 - 5427 (2021)
Distl, B.; Dehm, G.; Stein, F.: Effect of Oxygen on High‐temperature Phase Equilibria in Ternary Ti‐Al‐Nb Alloys. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 646 (14), pp. 1151 - 1156 (2020)
Luo, W.; Kirchlechner, C.; Li, J.; Dehm, G.; Stein, F.: Composition dependence of hardness and elastic modulus of the cubic and hexagonal NbCo2 Laves phase polytypes studied by nanoindentation. Journal of Materials Research 35 (2), pp. 185 - 195 (2020)
Stein, F.; Merali, M.; Watermeyer, P.: The Co–Ti system revisited: About the cubic-to-hexagonal Laves phase transformation and other controversial features of the phase diagram. Calphad 67, 101681 (2019)
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…