Stein, F.; Leineweber, A.: Laves phases: a review of their functional and structural applications and an improved fundamental understanding of stability and properties. Journal of Materials Science 56, pp. 5321 - 5427 (2021)
Distl, B.; Dehm, G.; Stein, F.: Effect of Oxygen on High‐temperature Phase Equilibria in Ternary Ti‐Al‐Nb Alloys. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 646 (14), pp. 1151 - 1156 (2020)
Luo, W.; Kirchlechner, C.; Li, J.; Dehm, G.; Stein, F.: Composition dependence of hardness and elastic modulus of the cubic and hexagonal NbCo2 Laves phase polytypes studied by nanoindentation. Journal of Materials Research 35 (2), pp. 185 - 195 (2020)
Stein, F.; Merali, M.; Watermeyer, P.: The Co–Ti system revisited: About the cubic-to-hexagonal Laves phase transformation and other controversial features of the phase diagram. Calphad 67, 101681 (2019)
Luo, W.; Kirchlechner, C.; Fang, X.; Brinckmann, S.; Dehm, G.; Stein, F.: Influence of composition and crystal structure on the fracture toughness of NbCo2 Laves phase studied by micro-cantilever bending tests. Materials and Design 145, pp. 116 - 121 (2018)
Li, X.; Schmitt, A.; Heilmaier, M.; Stein, F.: The Effect of the Ternary Elements B, Ti, Cr, Cu, and Mo on Fully Lamellar FeAl + FeAl2 Alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 722, pp. 219 - 228 (2017)
He, C.; Qin, Y.; Stein, F.: Thermodynamic Assessment of the Fe–Al–Nb System with Updated Fe–Nb Description. Journal of Phase Equilibra and Diffusion 38 (5), pp. 771 - 787 (2017)
Li, X.; Scherf, A.; Heilmaier, M.; Stein, F.: The Al-Rich Part of the Fe–Al Phase Diagram. Journal of Phase Equilibra and Diffusion 37 (2), pp. 162 - 173 (2016)
If manganese nodules can be mined in an environmentally friendly way, the critical metals needed for the energy transition could be produced with low CO2 emissions
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials have developed a carbon-free, energy-saving method to extract nickel for batteries, magnets and stainless steel.
Max Planck scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step. Their results are now published in the journal Nature.