Merz, A.; Rohwerder, M.: The protection zone: A long-range corrosion protection mechanism around conducting polymer particles in composite coatings: Part II. PEDOT: PSS. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 166 (12), pp. C314 - C320 (2019)
Merz, A.; Uebel, M.; Rohwerder, M.: The Protection Zone: A Long-Range Corrosion Protection Mechanism around Conducting Polymer Particles in Composite Coatings: Part I. Polyaniline and Polypyrrole. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 166 (12), pp. C304 - C313 (2019)
Merz, A.; Rohwerder, M.: Corrosion protection by composite coatings containing conducting polymer particles: elucidation of the “protection zone”. 232nd ECS Fall Meeting 2017, National Harbour, USA (2017)
Merz, A.; Uebel, M.; Rohwerder, M.: Investigation of the role of protection zone around conducting polymer in composite coatings in inhibiting delamination process. Gordon Research Conferences 2016, New London, NH, USA (2016)
Merz, A.; Uebel, M.; Rohwerder, M.: Investigation of the role of protection zone around conducting polymer in composite coatings in inhibiting delamination process. Gordon Research Seminars 2016, New London, NH, USA (2016)
Merz, A.: Investigation of the “Protection Zone”, a novel mechanism to inhibit delamination of composite organic coatings containing conducting polymer. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2019)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Statistical significance in materials science is a challenge that has been trying to overcome by miniaturization as in micropillar compression. However, this process is still limited to 4-5 tests per parameter variance, i.e. Size, orientation, grain size, composition, etc. as the process of fabricating pillars and testing has to be done one by one.…
Because of their excellent corrosion resistance, high wear resistance and comparable low density, Fe–Al-based alloys are an interesting alternative for replacing stainless steels and possibly even Ni-base superalloys. Recent progress in increasing strength at high temperatures has evoked interest by industries to evaluate possibilities to employ…
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.
This project (B06) is part of the SFB 1394 collaborative research centre (CRC), focused on structural and atomic complexity, defect phases and how they are related to material properties. The project started in January 2020 and has three important work packages: (i) fracture analysis of intermetallic phases, (ii) the relationship of fracture to…