Neugebauer, J.: Ab Initio Thermodynamics: A Novel Route to Design Structural Materials with Superior Mechanical Properties. TMS-MEMA Conference, Doha, Katar (2015)
Neugebauer, J.: Design and discovery of structural materials on the computer: Prospects and challenges. Colloquium at Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany (2015)
Vatti, A. K.; Todorova, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Formation Energy of ions in water: An ab initio molecular dynamics study. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop on "Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes", Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Zendegani, A.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles study of thermodynamic properties of the Q-phase in Al–Cu–Mg–Si. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop, Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Zhang, X.; Hickel, T.; Rogal, J.; Drautz, R.; Neugebauer, J.: Atomistic origin of structural modulations in Fe ultrathin films on Cu(001). 2nd German-Austrian Workshop, Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Neugebauer, J.: Efficient coarse graining of stochastic high-dimensional configuration spaces as fundament for a fully ab initio based materials design. Colloquium WIAS, Berlin, Germany (2014)
Hickel, T.; Nazarov, R.; McEniry, E.; Dey, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of light elements on interface properties in steels. CECAM workshop “Modeling Metal Failure Across Multiple Scales”, Lausanne, Switzerland (2014)
Hickel, T.; Körmann, F.; Bleskov, I.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab Initio Based Modelling of Stacking Fault Energies in High-Strength Steels. International Seminar on Process Chain Simulation and Related Topics, Karlsruhe, Germany (2014)
Bleskov, I.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of Local Magnetism on Stacking Fault Energies: A First Principles Investigation for fcc Iron. Condensed Matter - Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (2014)
Bleskov, I.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of Local Magnetism on Stacking Fault Energies: A First Principles Investigation for fcc Iron. TMS 2014, San Diego, CA, USA (2014)
International research team shows how hydrogen affects Nickel-base superalloys at elevated temperatures. Latest results published in journal Nature Materials.
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.