Lai, M.; Li, T.; Yan, F.; Li, J.; Raabe, D.: Revisiting o phase embrittlement in metastable b titanium alloys: Role of elemental partitioning. Scripta Materialia 193, pp. 38 - 42 (2021)
Lai, M.; Li, Y.; Lillpopp, L.; Ponge, D.; Will, S.; Raabe, D.: On the origin of the improvement of shape memory effect by precipitating VC in Fe–Mn–Si-based shape memory alloys. Acta Materialia 155, pp. 222 - 235 (2018)
Lai, M.; Li, T.; Raabe, D.: ω phase acts as a switch between dislocation channeling and joint twinning- and transformation-induced plasticity in a metastable β titanium alloy. Acta Materialia 151, pp. 67 - 77 (2018)
Zhang, J.; Tasan, C. C.; Lai, M.; Yan, D.; Raabe, D.: Partial recrystallization of gum metal to achieve enhanced strength and ductility. Acta Materialia 135, pp. 400 - 410 (2017)
Zhang, J.; Tasan, C. C.; Lai, M.; Zhang, J.; Raabe, D.: Damage resistance in gum metal through cold work-induced microstructural heterogeneity. Journal of Materials Science 50 (17), pp. 5694 - 5708 (2015)
Zhang, J.; Tasan, C. C.; Lai, M.; Zhang, J.; Raabe, D.: Damage Resistance through Hierarchical Microstructure Development on GUM Metal. Materials Science and Engineering (MSE2014), Darmstadt, Germany (2014)
Zhang, J.; Tasan, C. C.; Lai, M.; Springer, H.; Raabe, D.: Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Cold Work Effects in GUM Metal. 9th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Cardiff, UK (2013)
Zhang, J.; Raabe, D.; Lai, M.; Yan, D.; Tasan, C. C.: Site-preferential recrystallization and nano-precipitation to achieve improved mechanical properties. MRS Fall Meeting 2016, Boston, MA, USA (2016)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
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.
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.