Hickel, T.: New Insights into H trapping and Diffusion in Metallic Microstructures Obtained from Atomistic Simulations. 2016 International Hydrogen Conference, Jackson Lake Lodge, Moran, WY, USA (2016)
Dutta, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Intermartensitic Phase Boundaries in Ni–Mn–Ga Alloys: A Viewpoint from Ab initio Thermodynamics. 5th International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys, Sendai, Japan (2016)
Zendegani, A.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Hallstedt, B.; Neugebauer, J.: Thermodynamic properties of the quaternary Q phase in Al–Cu–Mg–Si: a combined ab-initio, phonon and compound energy formalism approach. International Conference on Advanced Materials Modelling (ICAMM), Rennes, France (2016)
Dutta, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Phase diagrams in magnetic shape memory alloys: Insights obtained from ab initio thermodynamics. The forty-fifth International Conference on Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry, Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan (2016)
Dutta, B.; Debashish, D.; Ghosh, S.; Sanyal, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Intricacies of phonon line shapes in random alloys: A first-principles study. DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Regensburg, Germany (2016)
Dutta, B.; Begum, V.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of point defects on the phase stability in Heusler alloys: A first-principles study. DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Regensburg, Germany (2016)
Körmann, F.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Lattice excitations in magnetic alloys: Recent advances in ab initio modeling of coupled spin and atomic fluctuations. TMS Annual Meeting 2016, Nashville, TN, USA (2016)
Körmann, F.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Temperature-dependent coupling of atomic and magnetic degree of freedom from first-principles. Electronic Structure Theory for the Accelerated Design of Structural Materials, Moscow, Russia (2015)
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