Renner, F. U.: From corrosion to batteries: Studies on electrochemical interfaces. Seminar talk at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA (2012)
Duarte, M. J.; Renner, F. U.; Klemm, J.: Corrosion analysis and corrosion breakdown of Fe-based amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys. 220th ECS Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit, Boston MA, USA (2011)
Renner, F. U.: Oberflächen auf der atomaren Skala: Entlegierung als ein Beispiel aus der Korrosion. Colloquium, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany (2011)
Renner, F. U.: Corrosion behaviour of Fe-Al(-X) alloys in steam. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde - DGM, Technical Committee Meeting, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (2011)
Renner, F. U.; Vogel, D.; Vogel, A.; Palm, M.: Main Scale formation of Fe-Al based model alloys in steam. International Symposium on High-temperature Oxidation and Corrosion, Zushi, Japan (2010)
In this project, we employ a metastability-engineering strategy to design bulk high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with multiple compositionally equivalent high-entropy phases.
Low dimensional electronic systems, featuring charge density waves and collective excitations, are highly interesting from a fundamental point of view. These systems support novel types of interfaces, such as phase boundaries between metals and charge density waves.
In this project, links are being established between local chemical variation and the mechanical response of laser-processed metallic alloys and advanced materials.
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…
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