Chen, Y.; Erbe, A.: Probing interfacial layer thickness and electronic properties of electrochemical interfaces: The example of oxide on zinc. 112th Bunsentagung (Annual German Conference on Physical Chemistry), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany (2013)
Chen, Y.; Schneider, P.; Erbe, A.: Investigation of electrochemical oxide growth on zinc by spectroscopic ellipsometry: An example of in operando spectroscopy. EMNT 2012 - 9th International Symposium on Electrochemical Micro & Nanosystem Technologies, Linz, Austria (2012)
Chen, Y.; Schneider, P.; Erbe, A.: In-situ ellipsometric monitoring of electrochemical preparation of ZnO nanoplates. 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Niigata, Japan (2011)
Chen, Y.; Milenkovic, S.; Hassel, A. W.: Fabrication of Iso-oriented Gold Nanobelt Arrays from an Fe–Au Eutectoid. 9th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Rio de Janerio, Brazil (2008)
Hassel, A. W.; Milenkovic, S.; Chen, Y.: Metal nanowire growth by directional solidification of eutectics. ICON 2007 ( International Conference on One dimensional Nanostructures), Malmö, Sweden (2007)
Chen, Y.; Milenkovic, S.; Hassel, A. W.: Gold Nanostructures through directional Eutectoid Transformation. EUROMAT 2007, European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes, Nürnberg, Germany (2007)
Vasan, G.; Chen, Y.; Erbe, A.: Finite element analysis of surface enhancement in surface enhanced attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. ENFI 2011, Linz, Austria (2011)
Chen, Y.; Zuo, J.; Schneider, P.; Erbe, A.: Real-time investigation of ZnO growth on Zn by spectroscopic ellipsometry. 3rd NanoCharm Workshop on Non-Destructive Real Time Process Control, Berlin, Germany (2010)
Chen, Y.; Hassel, A. W.: Electrochemical Release of High Aspect Ratio Gold Nanobelts from an Fe-Au eutectoid. Bunsentagung 2008, Saarbrücken, Deutschland (2008)
Chen, Y.: Gold Nanostructures born from the Fe–Au Eutectoid: Electrochemical and Physical Investigations. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2009)
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…
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.
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.