Huang, S.; Tegg, L.; Yamini, S. A.; Tuli, V.; Burr, P.; McCarroll, I.; Yang, L.; Moore, K. L.; Cairney, J. M.: Atom probe study of second-phase particles in Zircaloy-4. Journal of Nuclear Materials 616, 156049 (2025)
Huang, S.; Tegg, L.; Yamini, S. A.; Chen, L.; Burr, P.; Qu, J.; Yang, L.; Mccarroll, I.; Cairney, J. M.: Atomic distribution of alloying elements and second phase particles (SPPs) identification in Optimised ZIRLO. Acta Materialia 297, 121365 (2025)
Kubásek, J.; Torkornoo, S.; Nečas, D.; McCarroll, I.; Hybášek, V.; Gault, B.; Jablonská, E.; Donik, Č.; Paulin, I.; Gogola, P.et al.; Kusý, M.; Míchal, Z.; Fojt, J.; Čavojský, M.; Duchoň, J.; Jarošová, M.; Čapek, J.: Towards increased strength and retained ductility of Zn-Mg-(Ag) materials for medical devices by adopting powder metallurgy processing routes. Journal of Materials Research and Technology 37, pp. 4345 - 4361 (2025)
Schwarz, T.; Birbilis, N.; Gault, B.; McCarroll, I.: Understanding the Al diffusion pathway during atmospheric corrosion of a Mg-Al alloy using atom probe tomography. Corrosion Science 252, 112951 (2025)
Yang, L.; Chen, E. Y.-S.; Qu, J.; Garbrecht, M.; McCarroll, I.; Mosiman, D. S.; Saha, B.; Cairney, J. M.: Improved atom probe specimen preparation by focused ion beam with the aid of multi-dimensional specimen control. Microstructures 5 (1), 2025007 (2025)
Torkornoo, S.; Bohner, M.; McCarroll, I.; Gault, B.: Optimization of Parameters for Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of β-Tricalcium Phosphates. Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (6), pp. 1074 - 1082 (2024)
Schwarz, T.; Yu, W.; Zhan, H.; Gault, B.; Gourlay, C.; McCarroll, I.: Uncovering Ce-rich clusters and their role in precipitation strengthening of an AE44 alloy. Scripta Materialia 232, 115498 (2023)
Water electrolysis has the potential to become the major technology for the production of the high amount of green hydrogen that is necessary for its widespread application in a decarbonized economy. The bottleneck of this electrochemical reaction is the anodic partial reaction, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which is sluggish and hence…
This project targets to exploit or develop new methodologies to not only visualize the 3D morphology but also measure chemical distribution of as-synthesized nanostructures using atom probe tomography.
The mission of our group is to uncover the fundamental mechanisms of deformation and degradation in battery systems and to leverage mechanical principles to design damage-resilient energy storage systems.
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.
The group aims at unraveling the inner workings of ion batteries, with a focus on probing the microstructural and interfacial character of electrodes and electrolytes that control ionic transport and insertion into the electrode.
The full potential of energy materials can only be exploited if the interplay between mechanics and chemistry at the interfaces is well known. This leads to more sustainable and efficient energy solutions.