Huemer, K.; Karsten, S.; Balusundaram, K.; Raabe, D.; Hild, S.; Fabritius, H.: Structural organization and mineral distribution in load-bearing exoskeleton parts of the edible crab Cancer pagurus. DPG Frühjahrstagung 2010, Regensburg, Germany (2010)
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)
Fabritius, H.; Hild, S.; Raabe, D.: Leg joints of the lobster Homarus americanus as an example of cuticle modification for specific functions: Variations in structure, composition and properties. MRS Fall Meeting 2008, Boston, MA, USA (2008)
Struss, J.; Znidarsic, N.; Ziegler, A.; Hild, S.: Microscopic anatomy and mineral composition of cuticle in amphibious isopods Ligia italica and Titanethes albus (Crustacea:Isopoda). European Microscopy Congeress EMC 2008, Aachen, Germany (2008)
Ziegler, A.; Hild, S.: Distribution and function of amorphous CaCO3 and Calcite within the tergite cuticle of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea). European Microscopy Congeress EMC 2008, Aachen, Germany (2008)
Hild, S.; Ziegler, A.: The isopod cuticle: A model to study formation and function of amorphous calcium carbonate in calcified tissues. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (2008)
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…
Biological materials in nature have a lot to teach us when in comes to creating tough bio-inspired designs. This project aims to explore the unknown impact mitigation mechanisms of the muskox head (ovibus moschatus) at several length scales and use this gained knowledge to develop a novel mesoscale (10 µm to 1000 µm) metamaterial that can mimic the…
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of iron by marine sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is studied electrochemically and surfaces of corroded samples have been investigated in a long-term project.
In this project we investigate the hydrogen distribution and desorption behavior in an electrochemically hydrogen-charged binary Ni-Nb model alloy. The aim is to study the role of the delta phase in hydrogen embrittlement of the Ni-base alloy 718.
We plan to investigate the rate-dependent tensile properties of 2D materials such as metal thin films and PbMoO4 (PMO) films by using a combination of a novel plan-view FIB based sample lift out method and a MEMS based in situ tensile testing platform inside a TEM.
This project aims to investigate the influence of grain boundaries on mechanical behavior at ultra-high strain rates and low temperatures. For this micropillar compressions on copper bi-crystals containing different grain boundaries will be performed.
Oxidation and corrosion of noble metals is a fundamental problem of crucial importance in the advancement of the long-term renewable energy concept strategy. In our group we use state-of-the-art electrochemical scanning flow cell (SFC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) setup to address the problem.
For understanding the underlying hydrogen embrittlement mechanism in transformation-induced plasticity steels, the process of damage evolution in a model austenite/martensite dual-phase microstructure following hydrogenation was investigated through multi-scale electron channelling contrast imaging and in situ optical microscopy.