Nazarov, R.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio study of H-vacancy interactions in fcc metals: Implications for the formation of superabundant vacancies. Physical Review B 89 (14), 144108 (2014)
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)
Hickel, T.; McEniry, E.; Nazarov, R.; Dey, P.: Ab initio basierte Simulation zur Wasserstoffversprödung in hoch-Mn Stählen. Seminar der Staatlichen Materialprüfungsanstalt Darmstadt, Institut für Werkstoffkunde, Darmstadt, Germany (2020)
Dey, P.; Nazarov, R.; Yao, M.; Friák, M.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Adaptive C content in coherently strained kappa-carbides - An ab initio explanation of atom probe tomography data. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop on "Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes", Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Hickel, T.; Nazarov, R.; McEniry, E.; Dey, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio insights into the interaction of hydrogen with precipitates in steels. Workshop on Hydrogen Embrittlement and Sour Gas Corrosion 2015, Düsseldorf, Germany (2015)
Hickel, T.; Nazarov, R.; McEniry, E.; Dey, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of light elements on interface properties in steels. CECAM workshop “Modeling Metal Failure Across Multiple Scales”, Lausanne, Switzerland (2014)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
The goal of this project is the investigation of interplay between the atomic-scale chemistry and the strain rate in affecting the deformation response of Zr-based BMGs. Of special interest are the shear transformation zone nucleation in the elastic regime and the shear band propagation in the plastic regime of BMGs.
Oxides find broad applications as catalysts or in electronic components, however are generally brittle materials where dislocations are difficult to activate in the covalent rigid lattice. Here, the link between plasticity and fracture is critical for wide-scale application of functional oxide materials.
The fracture toughness of AuXSnY intermetallic compounds is measured as it is crucial for the reliability of electronic chips in industrial applications.
Within this project we investigate chemical fluctuations at the nanometre scale in polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and CuInS2 thin-flims used as absorber material in solar cells.