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)
Glensk, A.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Breakdown of the Arrhenius law in describing vacancy formation energies: The importance of local anharmonicity revealed by Ab initio thermodynamics. Physical Review X 4 (1), 011018 (2014)
Neugebauer, J.; Hickel, T.: Density functional theory in materials science. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science 3 (5), pp. 438 - 448 (2013)
Ouyang, Y.; Tong, X.; Li, C.; Chen, H.; Tao, X.; Hickel, T.; Du, Y.: Thermodynamic and physical properties of FeAl and Fe3Al: An atomistic study by EAM simulation. Physica B-Condensed Matter 407 (23), pp. 4350 - 4536 (2012)
Schick, M.; Hallstedt, B.; Glensk, A.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Hampl, M.; Gröbner, J.; Neugebauer, J.; Schmid-Fetzer, R.: Combined ab initio, experimental, and CALPHAD approach for an improved thermodynamic evaluation of the Mg–Si system. Calphad: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry 37, pp. 77 - 86 (2012)
Max Planck team explains dendrite propagation, paving the way for safer and longer-lasting next-generation batteries. They publish their findings in the journal Nature.
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
In this project, we employ atomistic computer simulations to study grain boundaries. Primarily, molecular dynamics simulations are used to explore their energetics and mobility in Cu- and Al-based systems in close collaboration with experimental works in the GB-CORRELATE project.