Hickel, T.; Uijttewaal, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio investigation of temperature dependent effects in magnetic shape memory Heusler alloys. SPP 1239 Convention, Duisburg, Germany (2009)
Hickel, T.: Computational Phase Studies: Deriving free energies and phase transitions from first principles. MRS 2009 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (2009)
Marquardt, O.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Modeling of electronic and optical properties of GaN/AlN quantum dots by using the k.p-method. Bremen DFG Forschergruppe: Workshop in Riezlern, Riezlern, Austria (2008)
Dick, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First Principles Predictions of Mechanical Properties of FeMn-Alloys. Workshop des SFB761, Beilngries, Germany (2008)
Aydin, U.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.: Ab initio study of trends in the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of H in 3d transition metals. Computational Materials Science Workshop, Ebernburg Castle, Germany (2008)
Körmann, F.; Dick, A.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: The free energy of bcc iron: Integrated ab initio derivation of vibrational, electronic, and magnetic contributions. Computational Materials Science Workshop, Ebernburg Castle, Germany (2008)
Marquardt, O.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Effect of strain and polarization on the electronic properties of 2-, 1- and 0-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures. Computational Materials Science Workshop, Ebernburg Castle, Germany (2008)
Uijttewaal, M.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Phase transformations of Ni2MnGa shape memory alloy from first principles: The (pre-)martensitic transition by phonons and magnons, Soft mode phase transformation by phonon couplings. Computational Materials Science Workshop, Ebernburg Castle, Germany (2008)
Grabowski, B.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio up to the melting point: An efficient thermodynamic integration scheme. Computational Materials Science Workshop, Ebernburg Castle, Germany (2008)
Hickel, T.; Uijttewaal, M.; Grabowski, B.; Neugebauer, J.: First principles determination of phase transitions in magnetic shape memory alloys. XXI Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Osaka, Japan (2008)
Grabowski, B.; Ismer, L.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio up to the melting point: Influence of vacancies and explicit anharmonicity. International Workshop on Ab initio Description of Iron and Steel (ADIS2008), Ringberg Castle, Germany (2008)
Alper Kasirga wins the Max Planck Apprenticeship Award and the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials is recognised as an excellent training institution