Beese-Vasbender, P. F.; Nayak, S.; Erbe, A.; Stratmann, M.; Mayrhofer, K. J. J.: Electrochemical characterization of direct electron uptake in electrical microbially influenced corrosion of iron by the lithoautotrophic SRB Desulfopila corrodens strain IS4. Electrochimica Acta 167, pp. 321 - 329 (2015)
Ettl, C.; Stratmann, M.: Editorial: Chemistry and the Max Planck Society: A Stable Bond Resonating into the Future. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (20), pp. 5798 - 5799 (2015)
Ettl, C.; Stratmann, M.: Editorial: Die Chemie in der Max‐Planck‐Gesellschaft – Vergangenheit und Zukunft einer erfolgreichen Verbindung. Angewandte Chemie 127 (20), pp. 5892 - 5893 (2015)
Iqbal, D.; Sarfraz, A.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: Solvent-starved conditions in confinement cause chemical oscillations excited by passage of a cathodic delamination front. Chemical Communications 51 (89), pp. 16041 - 16044 (2015)
Nayak, S.; Biedermann, P. U.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: In situ infrared spectroscopic investigation of intermediates in the electrochemical oxygen reduction on n-Ge(100) in alkaline perchlorate and chloride electrolyte. Electrochimica Acta 106, pp. 472 - 482 (2013)
Nayak, S.; Biedermann, P. U.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: A mechanistic study of the electrochemical oxygen reduction on the model semiconductor n-Ge(100) by ATR-IR and DFT. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (16), pp. 5771 - 5781 (2013)
Posner, R.; Jubb, A. M.; Frankel, G. S.; Stratmann, M.; Allen, H. C.: Simultaneous in-situ Kelvin Probe and Raman spectroscopy analysis of electrode potentials and molecular structures at polymer covered salt layers on steel. Electrochimica Acta 83, pp. 327 - 334 (2012)
Enning, D.; Venzlaff, H.; Garrelfs, J.; Dinh, H. T.; Meyer, V.; Mayrhofer, K. J. J.; Hassel, A. W.; Stratmann, M.; Widdel, F.: Marine sulfate-reducing bacteria cause serious corrosion of iron under electroconductive biogenic mineral crust. Environmental Microbiology 14 (7), pp. 1772 - 1787 (2012)
Senöz, C.; Borodin, S.; Stratmann, M.; Rohwerder, M.: In-situ detection of differences in the electrochemical activity of Al2Cu IMPs and investigation of their effect on FFC by scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy. Corrosion Science 58, pp. 307 - 314 (2012)
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 aim to realize an optimal balance among the strength, ductility and soft magnetic properties in soft-magnetic high-entropy alloys. To this end, we introduce a high-volume fraction of coherent and ordered nanoprecipitates into the high-entropy alloy matrix. The good combination of strength and ductility derives from massive solid…
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.