Ahmad, S.; Brink, T.; Liebscher, C.; Dehm, G.: Influence of variation in grain boundary parameters on the evolution of atomic structure and properties of [111] tilt boundaries in aluminum. Acta Materialia 268, 119732 (2024)
Garcia-Suarez, J.; Brink, T.; Molinari, J.-F.: Breakdown of Reye’s theory in nanoscale wear. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 173, 105236 (2023)
Brink, T.; Langenohl, L.; Ahmad, S.; Liebscher, C.; Dehm, G.: Atomistic Modeling of the Thermodynamics of Grain Boundaries in fcc Metals. 19th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids, Crete, Greece (2023)
Brink, T.; Bhat, M. K.; Best, J. P.; Dehm, G.: Grain-boundary segregation effects on bicrystal Cu pillar compression. DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany (2023)
Brink, T.: Atomistic simulations of grain boundary phases: From thermodynamics to mechanics. Seminar Materials Science and Technology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
, Bochum, Germany (2023)
Pemma, S.; Janisch, R.; Dehm, G.; Brink, T.: Disconnection activation in complexions of a Cu grain boundary under shear. 19th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (DSL-2023), Heraklion, Greece (2023)
Pemma, S.; Janisch, R.; Dehm, G.; Brink, T.: Deformation mechanism of complexions in a Cu grain boundary under shear. FEMS EUROMAT 2023, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2023)
Pemma, S.; Brink, T.; Janisch, R.; Dehm, G.: Stress driven grain boundary migration for different complexions of a Cu tilt grain boundary. Materials Science and Engineering Congress 2022, Darmstadt, Germany (2022)
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