Schneider, P.; Sigel, R.; Lange, M. M.; Beier, F.; Renner, F. U.; Erbe, A.: Activation and fluoride-assisted phosphating of aluminium silicon coated steel. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 5 (10), pp. 4224 - 4232 (2013)
Kawano, T.; Renner, F. U.: Studies on Wetting Behaviour of Hot-dip Galvanizing Process by use of Model Specimens with Tailored Surface Oxides. Surf. Int. Anal. 44 (8), pp. 1009 - 1012 (2012)
Kawano, T.; Renner, F. U.: Tailoring Model Surface and Wetting Experiment for a Fundamental Understanding of Hot-dip Galvanizing. ISIJ International 51, 10, pp. 1703 - 1709 (2011)
Valtiner, M.; Ankah, G. N.; Bashir, A.; Renner, F. U.: Atomic force microscope imaging and force measurements at electrified and actively corroding interfaces: Challenges and novel cell design. Review of Scientific Instruments 82 (2), pp. 023703-1 - 023703-8 (2011)
Naraparaju, R.; Christ, H.-J.; Renner, F. U.; Kostka, A.: Effect of shot-peening on the oxidation behaviour of boiler steels. Oxidation of Metals 76 (3-4), pp. 233 - 245 (2011)
Borissov, D.; Pareek, A.; Renner, F. U.; Rohwerder, M.: Electrodeposition of Zn and Au–Zn alloys at low temperature in an ionic liquid. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12 (9), pp. 2059 - 2062 (2010)
Gründer, Y.; Renner, F. U.; Lee,, T. L.: The electrodeposition of copper onto UHV-prepared GaAs(001) surfaces. Surface Science 603 (17), pp. L105 - L108 (2009)
Naraparaju, R.; Christ, H.-J.; Renner, F. U.; Kostka, A.: Dislocation Engineering and its effect on the oxidation behaviour. Materials at High Temperatures 29, pp. 116 - 122 (2012)
Duarte, M. J.; Brinckmann, S.; Renner, F. U.; Dehm, G.: Nanomechanical testing under environmental conditins of Fe-based metallic glasses. 22st International Symposium on Metastable Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials, ISMANAM 2015, Paris, France (2015)
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.