Sachs, C.; Nikolov, S.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Investigation and Modeling of the Elastic Properties of Lobster Cuticle Depending on its Grade of Mineralization. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2008)
Al-Sawalmih, A.; Romano, P.; Sachs, C.; Raabe, D.: Structure and texture analysis of chitin-bio-nanocomposites using synchrotron radiation. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2005)
Romano, P.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Sachs, C.; Raabe, D.; Brokmeier, H. G.: Mesostructure, microstructure and anisotropy of the lobster cuticle. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2005)
Romano, P.; Raabe, D.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Sachs, C.; Servos, G.; Hartwig, H. G.: Influence of sample preparation and anisotropy on lobster claw studied by LOM, SEM and TEM. Focus on Microscopy, Jena, Germany (2005)
Sachs, C.: Microstructure and mechanical properties of the exoskeleton of the lobster Homarus americanus as an example of a biological composite material. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (2008)
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.