Pizzutilo, E.: Towards On-Site Production of Hydrogen Peroxide with Gold-Palladium catalysts in Electrocatalysis and Heterogeneous Catalysis. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2017)
Philippi, B.: Micromechanical characterization of lead-free solder and its individual microstructure elements. Dissertation, Fakultät für Maschnenbau, RUB, Bochum, Germany (2016)
Marx, V. M.: The mechanical behavior of thin metallic films on flexible polymer substrate. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2016)
Imrich, P. J.; Dehm, G.; Clemens, H. J.: TEM Investigations on Interactions of Dislocations with Boundaries. Dissertation, Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Strasse 18, 8700 Leoben, Austria, Leoben, Austria (2015)
Völker, B.: Investigation of interface properties of barrier metals on dielectric substrates. Dissertation, Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Strasse 18, 8700, Leoben, Austria (2014)
Wimmer, A. C.: Plasticity and fatigue of miniaturized Cu structures. Dissertation, Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Strasse 18, 8700, Leoben, Austria (2014)
Wetegrove, M.; Duarte, M. J.; Taube, K.; Rohloff, M.; Gopalan, H.; Scheu, C.; Dehm, G.; Kruth, A.: Preventing Hydrogen Embrittlement: The Role of Barrier Coatings for the Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen 4 (2 Ed.), pp. 307 - 322 (2023)
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
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.
A wide range of steels is nowadays used in Additive Manufacturing (AM). The different matrix microstructure components and phases such as austenite, ferrite, and martensite as well as the various precipitation phases such as intermetallic precipitates and carbides generally equip steels with a huge variability in microstructure and properties.
Enabling a ‘hydrogen economy’ requires developing fuel cells satisfying economic constraints, reasonable operating costs and long-term stability. The fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electricity by recombining water from H2 and O2, allowing to generate environmentally-friendly power for e.g. cars or houses…
The project Hydrogen Embrittlement Protection Coating (HEPCO) addresses the critical aspects of hydrogen permeation and embrittlement by developing novel strategies for coating and characterizing hydrogen permeation barrier layers for valves and pumps used for hydrogen storage and transport applications.
We have studied a nanocrystalline AlCrCuFeNiZn high-entropy alloy synthesized by ball milling followed by hot compaction at 600°C for 15 min at 650 MPa. X-ray diffraction reveals that the mechanically alloyed powder consists of a solid-solution body-centered cubic (bcc) matrix containing 12 vol.% face-centered cubic (fcc) phase. After hot compaction, it consists of 60 vol.% bcc and 40 vol.% fcc. Composition analysis by atom probe tomography shows that the material is not a homogeneous fcc–bcc solid solution