Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Dehm, G.; Ghidelli, M.: Toward engineered thin film metallic glasses with large mechanical properties: effect of composition and nanostructure. Seminar at Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM), Paris Nord University, Paris, France (2021)
Brognara, A.; Nasri, I. F. M. A.; Bricchi, B. R.; Li Bassi, A.; Gauchotte, C.; Ghidelli, M.; Lidgi-Guigui, N.: Detection of estradiol by a SERS sensor based on TiO2 covered with gold nanoparticles. Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International Conference – ANNIC 2019, Paris, France (2019)
Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Ghidelli, M.; Dehm, G.: On the mechanical properties and thermal stability of ZrxCu100-x thin film metallic glasses with different compositions. Nanobrücken 2021 - Nanomechanical Testing Conference virtual event, Düsseldorf, Germany (2021)
Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Ghidelli, M.; Dehm, G.: Effect of composition on mechanical properties and thermal stability of ZrCu thin film metallic glasses. European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting 2021, Virtual Conference, Strasbourg, France (2021)
Devulapalli, V.; Frommeyer, L.; Ghidelli, M.; Liebscher, C.; Dehm, G.: From epitaxially grown thin films to grain boundary analysis in Cu and Ti. International Workshop on Advanced and In-situ Microscopies of Functional Nanomaterials and Devices, IAMNano, Düsseldorf, Germany (2019)
Brognara, A.: Design of ZrCu thin film metallic glasses with tailored mechanical properties through control of composition and nanostructure. Dissertation, RUB Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2025)
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…
Funding ended January 2023 This group was concerned with the 3D mapping of hydrogen at near-atomic scale in metallic alloys with the aim to better understand hydrogen storage materials and hydrogen embrittlement.
Hydrogen at crack tips can embrittle steels and lead to catastrophic material failure. In this project we develop a continuum model for the formation of hydride zones in the tensile regions of a crack tip. It changes the fracture properties of static and propagating fractures.
In this project, we directly image and characterize solute hydrogen and hydride by use of atom probe tomography combined with electron microscopy, with the aim to investigate H interaction with different phases and lattice defects (such as grain boundaries, dislocation, etc.) in a set of specimens of commercially pure Ti, model and commercial…
The goal of this project is to develop an environmental chamber for mechanical testing setups, which will enable mechanical metrology of different microarchitectures such as micropillars and microlattices, as a function of temperature, humidity and gaseous environment.
The project HyWay aims to promote the design of advanced materials that maintain outstanding mechanical properties while mitigating the impact of hydrogen by developing flexible, efficient tools for multiscale material modelling and characterization. These efficient material assessment suites integrate data-driven approaches, advanced…
Hydrogen embrittlement is a persistent mode of failure in modern structural materials. The processes related to HE span various time and spatial scales. Thus we are establishing multiscale approaches that are based on the parameters and insights obtained by accurate ab initio calculations in order to simulate HE at the continuum level.
In this project, the electrochemical and corrosion behavior of high entropy alloys (HEAs) have been investigated by combining a micro-electrochemical scanning flow cell (SFC) and an inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) element analysis.