Stein, F.; Li, X.; Palm, M.; Scherf, A.; Janda, D.; Heilmaier, M.: Fe–Al Alloys with Fine-Scaled, Lamellar Microstructure: A New Candidate for Replacing Steels in High-Temperature Structural Applications? 60th Anniversary Metal Research Colloquium organized by the Department for Metal Research and Materials Testing of the University Leoben, Lech am Arlberg, Austria (2014)
Stein, F.: Stability, Structure and Mechanical Properties of Transition-Metal-Based Laves Phases. Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux, CNRS-Université Paris Est, Paris, France (2013)
Stein, F.: Experiments on the Peritectoid Decomposition Kinetics of the Intermetallic Phase Nb2Co7. 4th Sino-German Symposium on Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics and Its Application to Materials Processing, Bochum, Germany (2013)
Stein, F.; Vogel, S. C.: Structure and Stability of the γ Brass-Type High-Temperature Phases in Al-Rich Fe–Al(–Mo) Alloys. Intermetallics 2013, Bad Staffelstein, Germany (2013)
Vogel, S. C.; Brown, D. W.; Okuniewski, M.; Stebner, A.; Stein, F.: Characterization of Intermetallics with the HIPPO & SMARTS Neutron Beam-Lines at LANSCE. Intermetallics 2013, Educational Center Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein, Germany (2013)
He, C.; Stein, F.: Thermodynamic Assessment of the Fe–Nb and Fe–Al–Nb Systems. HTMC XIV, 14th International IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials, Beijing, China (2012)
Stein, F.; He, C.: Experimental Investigations of the Fe–Al–Nb System: Solidification and Liquidus Surface. HTMC XIV, 14th International IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials, Beijing, China (2012)
Stein, F.; Voß, S.; Palm, M.: Mechanical properties of transition-metal laves phases. Plasticity 2012, Symp. on Plasticity and Its Current Applications, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2012)
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
Oxides find broad applications as catalysts or in electronic components, however are generally brittle materials where dislocations are difficult to activate in the covalent rigid lattice. Here, the link between plasticity and fracture is critical for wide-scale application of functional oxide materials.
The project Hydrogen Embrittlement Protection Coating (HEPCO) addresses the critical aspects of hydrogen permeation and embrittlement by developing novel strategies for coating and characterizing hydrogen permeation barrier layers for valves and pumps used for hydrogen storage and transport applications.