Sarfraz, A.; Posner, R.; Lange, M. M.; Lill, K. A.; Erbe, A.: Role of intermetallics and copper in the deposition of ZrO2-based conversion coatings on AA6014. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 161 (12), pp. C509 - C516 (2014)
Iqbal, D.; Moirangthem, R. S.; Bashir, A.; Erbe, A.: Study of polymer coating delamination kinetics on zinc modified with zinc oxide in different morphologies. Materials and Corrosion - Werkstoffe und Korrosion 65 (4), pp. 370 - 375 (2014)
Auinger, M.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Blümich, A.; Erbe, A.: Effect of surface roughness on optical heating of metals. Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications 9, pp. 14004-1 - 14004-13 (2014)
Sun, Z.; Xie, K.; Li, Z. A.; Sinev, I.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Erbe, A.; Farle, M.; Schuhmann, W.; Muhler, M.; Ventosa, E.: Hollow and Yolk-Shell Iron Oxide Nanostructures on Few-Layer Graphene in Li-Ion Batteries. Chemistry  A European Journal 20, pp. 2022 - 2030 (2014)
Hans, M.; Erbe, A.; Mathews, S.; Chen, Y.; Solioz, M.; Mücklich, F.: Role of copper oxides in contact killing of bacteria. Langmuir 29 (52), pp. 16160 - 16166 (2013)
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)
Chen, Y.; Schneider, P.; Liu, B. J.; Borodin, S.; Ren, B.; Erbe, A.: Electronic structure and morphology of dark oxide on zinc generated by electrochemical treatment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (24), pp. 9812 - 9822 (2013)
Zuo, J.; Chen, Y.; Lin, C.-J.; Erbe, A.: An Investigation of Thin Films Formed on Zinc by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. Journal of Electrochemistry 19 (5), pp. 409 - 417 (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)
Chen, Y.; Fernandes, A. A.; Erbe, A.: Control of shape and surface crystallography of gold nanocrystals for electrochemical applications. Electrochimica Acta 113, pp. 810 - 816 (2013)
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 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.
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.
This project is a joint project of the De Magnete group and the Atom Probe Tomography group, and was initiated by MPIE’s participation in the CRC TR 270 HOMMAGE. We also benefit from additional collaborations with the “Machine-learning based data extraction from APT” project and the Defect Chemistry and Spectroscopy group.