Hieke, S. W.; Dehm, G.; Scheu, C.: Temperature induced faceted hole formation in epitaxial Al thin films on sapphire. 8th International Conference on High Temperature Capillarity (HTC-2015), Bad Herrenalb, Germany (2015)
Folger, A.; Wisnet, A.; Scheu, C.: Transmission electron microscopic characterization of TiO2/NbxOy core-shell nanowires. Autumn School on Microstructural Characterization and Modelling of Thin-Film Solar Cells, Werder, Germany (2014)
Frank, A.; Wochnik, A. S.; Betzler, S. B.; Scheu, C.: Copper indium disulfide films synthesized with L-cysteine. Autumn School on Microstructural Characterization and Modelling of Thin-Film Solar Cells, Werder, Potsdam, Germany (2014)
Hieke, S. W.; Dehm, G.; Scheu, C.: Solid state dewetting phenomena of epitaxial Al thin films on sapphire (α-Al2O3). 2nd International Multidisplinary Microscopy Congress (InterM 2014), Oludeniz, Fethiye, Turkey (2014)
Gleich, S.; Heinzl, C.; Ossiander, T.; Perchthaler, M.; Scheu, C.: Investigation of high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells by electron microscopy methods. CENS Workshop “Nanosciences: Great Adventures on Small Scales”, Venice, Italy (2013)
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…
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.
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.
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.