Fabritius, H.; Karsten, E. S.; Balasundaram, K.; Hild, S.; Huemer, K.; Raabe, D.: Correlation of structure, composition and local mechanical properties in the dorsal carapace of the edible crab Cancer pagurus. 11, pp. 766 - 776 (2012)
Balasundaram, K.; Cao, Y. P.; Raabe, D.: Investigating the Applicability of the Oliver & Pharr Method to the Nano-Mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter. Gerberich Symposium, 1st International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Halkidiki, Greece (2008)
Balasundaram, K.; Cao, Y. P.; Raabe, D.: Nanomechanics characterization of softmatter using nanoindentation. 11th GLADD Meeting, TU Gent, Belgium (2008)
Balasundaram, K.; Grundmeier, G.; Raabe, D.: Nanomechanics of thin glassy polymer films. 3rd International Indentation Workshop, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK (2007)
Fabritius, H.; Karsten, E. S.; Balasundaram, K.; Hild, S.; Huemer, K.; Raabe, D.: Influence of Structural Organization and Mineral Distribution on the Local Mechanical Properties of Mineralized Cuticle from the Crab Cancer pagurus. Materials Science and Engineering MSE 2010, Darmstadt, Germany (2010)
Balasundaram, K.; Cao, Y. P.; Raabe, D.: Nano-mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter. Materials science Day, Mechanical Engineering Department at Ruhr-University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2008)
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
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…
Developing and providing accurate simulation techniques to explore and predict structural properties and chemical reactions at electrified surfaces and interfaces is critical to surmount materials-related challenges in the context of sustainability, energy conversion and storage. The groups of C. Freysoldt, M. Todorova and S. Wippermann develop…
Statistical significance in materials science is a challenge that has been trying to overcome by miniaturization. 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. With this project, we aim to…
This work led so far to several high impact publications: for the first time nanobeam diffraction (NBD) orientation mapping was used on atom probe tips, thereby enabling the high throughput characterization of grain boundary segregation as well as the crystallographic identification of phases.
Understanding hydrogen-microstructure interactions in metallic alloys and composites is a key issue in the development of low-carbon-emission energy by e.g. fuel cells, or the prevention of detrimental phenomena such as hydrogen embrittlement. We develop and test infrastructure, through in-situ nanoindentation and related techniques, to study…