Gomell, L.: Advancing the understanding of the microstructure-property relationship in non-toxic and cost-effective thermoelectric Heusler compounds. Dissertation, Fakultät für Georessourcen und Materialtechnik der RWTH Aachen, Germany (2022)
Yilmaz, C.: Influence of Processing Parameters, Crystallography and Chemistry of Defects on the Microstructure and Texture Evolution in Grain-Oriented Electrical Steels. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, Germany (2022)
Prithiv, T. S.: Grain boundary segregation of boron and carbon and their local chemical effects on the phase transformations in steels. Dissertation, Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering of the RWTH Aachen, Germany (2021)
Mayweg, D.: Microstructural characterization of white etching cracks in 100Cr6 bearing steel with emphasis on the role of carbon. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University (2021)
Schweinar, K.: Advancements in the understanding of Ir-based water splitting catalysts at the near-atomic scale. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2021)
Varanasi, R. S.: Mechanisms of refinement and deformation of novel ultrafine-grained medium manganese steels with improved mechanical properties. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2021)
Keuter, P.: Design of materials with anomalous thermophysical properties and desorption-assisted phase formation of intermetallic thin films. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University (2020)
Pei, R.: Microstructural Relationships of Strength and Ductility in a Newly Developed Mg–Al–Zn Alloy for Potential Automotive Applications. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University (2020)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
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.
This project aims to investigate the dynamic hardness of B2-iron aluminides at high strain rates using an in situ nanomechanical tester capable of indentation up to constant strain rates of up to 100000 s−1 and study the microstructure evolution across strain rate range.
The thorough, mechanism-based, quantitative understanding of dislocation-grain boundary interactions is a central aim of the Nano- and Micromechanics group of the MPIE [1-8]. For this purpose, we isolate a single defined grain boundary in micron-sized sample. Subsequently, we measure and compare the uniaxial compression properties with respect to…
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.