Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Körmann, F.; Neugebauer, J.: Advancing density functional theory to finite temperatures: Methods and applications in steel design. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 053202 (2012)
Grabowski, B.; Söderlind, P.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Temperature-driven phase transitions from first principles including all relevant excitations: The fcc-to-bcc transition in Ca. Physical Review B 84 (21), pp. 214107-1 - 214107-20 (2011)
Du, Y. J. A.; Ismer, L.; Rogal, J.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.; Drautz, R.: First-principles study on the interaction of H interstitials with grain boundaries in alpha- and gamma-Fe. Physical Review B 84 (14), pp. 144121-1 - 144121-13 (2011)
Dick, A.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio based determination of thermodynamic properties of cementite including vibronic, magnetic and electronic excitations. Physical Review B 84 (12), 125101 (2011)
Marquardt, O.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.; Gambaryan, K. M.; Aroutiounian, V. M.: Growth process, characterization, and modeling of electronic properties of coupled InAsSbP nanostructures. Journal of Applied Physics 110 (4), pp. 043708-1 - 043708-6 (2011)
Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Formation energies of point defects at finite temperatures. Physica Status Solidi B 248 (6), pp. 1295 - 1308 (2011)
Körmann, F.; Dick, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Role of spin quantization in determining the thermodynamic properties of magnetic transition metals. Physical Review B 83 (16), 165114 (2011)
Abbasi, A.; Dick, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles investigation of the effect of carbon on the stacking fault energy of Fe–C alloys. Acta Materialia 59, pp. 3041 - 3048 (2011)
Nazarov, R.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles study of the thermodynamics of hydrogen-vacancy interaction in fcc iron. Physical Review B 82 (22), pp. 224104-1 - 224104-11 (2010)
Körmann, F.; Dick, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Rescaled Monte Carlo approach for magnetic systems: Ab initio thermodynamics of bcc iron. Physical Review B 81 (13), pp. 134425 - 134434 (2010)
Max Planck scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step. Their results are now published in the journal Nature.
Scientists of the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung pioneer new machine learning model for corrosion-resistant alloy design. Their results are now published in the journal Science Advances
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