Pan, Y.; Dong, A.; Zhou, Y.; Antonov, S.; Chen, Z.; Du, D.; Sun, B.: Synergistic enhancement of high temperature strength and ductility with a novel g/e dual-phase hetero-nanostructure in NiCoCr-based alloys. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 877, 145142 (2023)
Zhu, Y.; Heo, T. W.; Rodriguez, J. N.; Weber, P. K.; Shi, R.; Baer, B. J.; Morgado, F. F.; Antonov, S.; Kweon, K. E.; Watkins, E. B.et al.; Savage, D. J.; Chapman, J. E.; Keilbart, N. D.; Song, Y.; Zhen, Q.; Gault, B.; Vogel, S. C.; Sen-Britain, S. T.; Shalloo, M. G.; Orme, C.; Bagge-Hansen, M.; Hahn, C.; Pham, T. A.; Macdonald, D. D.; Qiu, R. S.; Wood, B. C.: Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 26, 101020 (2022)
Zhang, C.; Yu, H.; Antonov, S.; Li, W.; He, J.; Zhi, H.; Su, Y.: Alleviating the strength-ductility trade-off dilemma in high manganese steels after hydrogen charging by adjusting the gradient distribution of twins. Corrosion Science 207, 110579 (2022)
Tan, Q.; Yan, Z.; Li, R.; Ren, Y.; Wang, Y.; Gault, B.; Antonov, S.: In-situ synchrotron-based high energy X-ray diffraction study of the deformation mechanism of δ-hydrides in a commercially pure titanium. Scripta Materialia 213, 114608 (2022)
Tan, Q.; Yan, Z.; Wang, H.; Dye, D.; Antonov, S.; Gault, B.: The role of β pockets resulting from Fe impurities in hydride formation in titanium. Scripta Materialia 213, 114640 (2022)
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Low dimensional electronic systems, featuring charge density waves and collective excitations, are highly interesting from a fundamental point of view. These systems support novel types of interfaces, such as phase boundaries between metals and charge density waves.
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.
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.
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