An, D.; Griffiths, T. A.; Konijnenberg, P. J.; Mandal, S.; Wang, Z.; Zaefferer, S.: Correlating the five parameter grain boundary character distribution and the intergranular corrosion behaviour of a stainless steel using 3D orientation microscopy based on mechanical polishing serial sectioning. Acta Materialia 156, pp. 297 - 309 (2018)
Wang, Z.; Zaefferer, S.: On the accuracy of grain boundary character determination by pseudo-3D EBSD. Materials Characterization 130, pp. 33 - 38 (2017)
Zaefferer, S.; An, D.; Wang, Z.: Experimental investigations on the relationship between crystallographic character of grain boundaries and their functional and mechanical properties in various engineering materials. DPG Frühjahrtagung, Dresden, Germany (2017)
Wang, Z.: Investigation of crystallographic character and molten-salt-corrosion properties of grain boundaries in a stainless steel using EBSD and ab-initio calculations. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2017)
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
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) is one of the most dangerous embrittlement problems in metallic materials and advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) are particularly prone to HE with the presence of only a few parts-per-million of H. However, the HE mechanisms in these materials remain elusive, especially for the lightweight steels where the composition…
Deviations from the ideal, stoichiometric composition of tcp (tetrahedrally close-packed) intermetallic phases as, e.g., Laves phases can be partially compensated by point defects like antisite atoms or vacancies, but also planar defects may offer an opportunity to accommodate excess atoms.
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.