Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Dehm, G.; Ghidelli, M.: Effect of composition and nanolayering on mechanical properties of Zr100-xCux thin film metallic glasses. Talk at Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (2022)
Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Dehm, G.; Ghidelli, M.: Toward engineered thin film metallic glasses with large mechanical properties: effect of composition and nanostructure. Seminar at Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM), Paris Nord University, Paris, France (2021)
Brognara, A.; Nasri, I. F. M. A.; Bricchi, B. R.; Li Bassi, A.; Gauchotte, C.; Ghidelli, M.; Lidgi-Guigui, N.: Detection of estradiol by a SERS sensor based on TiO2 covered with gold nanoparticles. Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International Conference – ANNIC 2019, Paris, France (2019)
Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Ghidelli, M.; Dehm, G.: On the mechanical properties and thermal stability of ZrxCu100-x thin film metallic glasses with different compositions. Nanobrücken 2021 - Nanomechanical Testing Conference virtual event, Düsseldorf, Germany (2021)
Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Ghidelli, M.; Dehm, G.: Effect of composition on mechanical properties and thermal stability of ZrCu thin film metallic glasses. European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting 2021, Virtual Conference, Strasbourg, France (2021)
Devulapalli, V.; Frommeyer, L.; Ghidelli, M.; Liebscher, C.; Dehm, G.: From epitaxially grown thin films to grain boundary analysis in Cu and Ti. International Workshop on Advanced and In-situ Microscopies of Functional Nanomaterials and Devices, IAMNano, Düsseldorf, Germany (2019)
Brognara, A.: Design of ZrCu thin film metallic glasses with tailored mechanical properties through control of composition and nanostructure. Dissertation, RUB Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2025)
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.