Hickel, T.; Grabowski, B.; Körmann, F.; Neugebauer, J.: Advancing density functional theory to finite temperatures: Methods and applications in steel design. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 053202 (2012)
Grabowski, B.; Söderlind, P.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Temperature-driven phase transitions from first principles including all relevant excitations: The fcc-to-bcc transition in Ca. Physical Review B 84 (21), pp. 214107-1 - 214107-20 (2011)
Du, Y. J. A.; Ismer, L.; Rogal, J.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.; Drautz, R.: First-principles study on the interaction of H interstitials with grain boundaries in alpha- and gamma-Fe. Physical Review B 84 (14), pp. 144121-1 - 144121-13 (2011)
Dick, A.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio based determination of thermodynamic properties of cementite including vibronic, magnetic and electronic excitations. Physical Review B 84 (12), 125101 (2011)
Marquardt, O.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.; Gambaryan, K. M.; Aroutiounian, V. M.: Growth process, characterization, and modeling of electronic properties of coupled InAsSbP nanostructures. Journal of Applied Physics 110 (4), pp. 043708-1 - 043708-6 (2011)
Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Formation energies of point defects at finite temperatures. Physica Status Solidi B 248 (6), pp. 1295 - 1308 (2011)
Körmann, F.; Dick, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Role of spin quantization in determining the thermodynamic properties of magnetic transition metals. Physical Review B 83 (16), 165114 (2011)
Abbasi, A.; Dick, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles investigation of the effect of carbon on the stacking fault energy of Fe–C alloys. Acta Materialia 59, pp. 3041 - 3048 (2011)
Nazarov, R.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles study of the thermodynamics of hydrogen-vacancy interaction in fcc iron. Physical Review B 82 (22), pp. 224104-1 - 224104-11 (2010)
Körmann, F.; Dick, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Rescaled Monte Carlo approach for magnetic systems: Ab initio thermodynamics of bcc iron. Physical Review B 81 (13), pp. 134425 - 134434 (2010)
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…
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.
We will investigate the electrothermomechanical response of individual metallic nanowires as a function of microstructural interfaces from the growth processes. This will be accomplished using in situ SEM 4-point probe-based electrical resistivity measurements and 2-point probe-based impedance measurements, as a function of mechanical strain and…
Hydrogen induced embrittlement of metals is one of the long standing unresolved problems in Materials Science. A hierarchical multiscale approach is used to investigate the underlying atomistic mechanisms.
Hydrogen embrittlement affects high-strength ferrite/martensite dual-phase (DP) steels. The associated micromechanisms which lead to failure have not been fully clarified yet. Here we present a quantitative micromechanical analysis of the microstructural damage phenomena in a model DP steel in the presence of hydrogen.
This project will aim at developing MEMS based nanoforce sensors with capacitive sensing capabilities. The nanoforce sensors will be further incorporated with in situ SEM and TEM small scale testing systems, for allowing simultaneous visualization of the deformation process during mechanical tests
The project aims to study corrosion, a detrimental process with an enormous impact on global economy, by combining denstiy-functional theory calculations with thermodynamic concepts.