Uijttewaal, M.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Phase transformation of Ni_2MnGa shape memory alloy from first principles: The pre-martensitic transition. PAW workshop 2007, Goslar, Germany (2007)
Uijttewaal, M.; Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Neugebauer, J.: First ab initio determination of the phase transformation of Ni_{2}MnGa: The pre-martensitic transition. e-MRS 2007 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (2007)
Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: From ab initio to materials properties: Accuracy and error bars of DFT thermodynamics. Euromat 2007, European Congress on Advanced Materials and Processes, Nürnberg, Germany (2007)
Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Uijttewaal, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio prediction of structural and thermodynamic properties of magnetic shape memory alloys. Euromat 2007, European Congress on Advanced Materials and Processes, Nürnberg, Germany (2007)
Uijttewaal, M.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio investigation of temperature dependent effects in Ni_{2}MnGa: The pre-martensitic transition. Convention of the SPP 1239, Castle Eichholz in Wesseling, Germany (2007)
Hickel, T.: Research at the department of Computational Materials Design. Visit of the Steering Committee of IISI project “India 2020”, MPIE Duesseldorf, Germany (2007)
Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Uijttewaal, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Determination of symmetry-reduced structures by a soft-phonon analysis in magnetic shape memory alloys. Physics Seminar of Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK (2007)
Marquardt, O.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Application of the 8-band k.p-formalism to semiconductor nanostructures. Forschergruppentreffen Uni Bremen, Bremen, Germany (2007)
Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Neugebauer, J.; Marquardt, O.: Department of Computational Materials Design: Present activities and future research. Guided tour in the MPIE of IMPRS-SurMat, Duesseldorf, Germany (2007)
Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio calculation of free energies and thermodynamic properties of fcc metals. Spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Regensburg, Germany (2007)
Marquardt, O.; Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Boeck, S.; Neugebauer, J.: Implementation and application of the k.p-formalism to electronic structure and Coulomb matrix elements. Spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Regensburg, Germany (2007)
Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Uijttewaal, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio determination of symmetry-reduced structures by a soft-phonon analysis in Ni_{2}MnGa. Spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Regensburg, Germany (2007)
Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Uijttewaal, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio prediction of structural and thermodynamic properties of magnetic shape memory alloys. Focus meeting of the SPP 1239: Fundamentals of the Magnetic Shape Memory Effect: Materials properties & simulations, Schloss Ringberg, Germany (2007)
Marquardt, O.; Wahn, M.; Lymperakis, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Implementation and application of a multi-scale approach to electronic properties of group III-nitride based semiconductor nanostructures. Workshop on Nitride Based Nanostructures, Berlin, Germany (2007)
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.