Brink, T.; Milanese, E.; Frérot, L.; Molinari, J.-F.: Simulation of adhesive wear mechanisms at the nanoscale and an approach towards mesoscale models. MSE Congress, Darmstadt, Germany (2022)
Frommeyer, L.; Brink, T.; Dehm, G.; Liebscher, C.: Atomic scale observations of Ag segregation in a high angle grain boundary in Cu. PICO 2022, Kasteel Vaalsbroek, The Netherlands (2022)
Frommeyer, L.; Brink, T.; Freitas, R.; Frolov, T.; Dehm, G.; Liebscher, C.: Characterization of the atomic structure of grain boundary phases in pure Cu. Sixth Conference on Frontiers of Aberration Corrected Electron Microscopy PICO 2021, vitual, Kasteel Vaalsbroek, The Netherlands (2021)
Brink, T.: Thermodynamics. Lecture: Lecture on Thermodynamics, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung (demnächst Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials), 4 lectures à 2 h, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 14, 2024 - June 11, 2024
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
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.