Luo, W.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.; Stein, F.: A New Method to Study the Composition Dependence of Mechanical Properties of Laves Phases. Intermetallics 2015, Educational Center Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein, Germany (2015)
Luo, W.: Mechanical properties of the cubic and hexagonal NbCo2 Laves phases studied by micromechanical testing. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2019)
International research team shows how hydrogen affects Nickel-base superalloys at elevated temperatures. Latest results published in journal Nature Materials.
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.