Sözen, H. I.; Ener, S.; Maccari, F.; Fayyazi, B.; Gutfleisch, O.; Neugebauer, J.; Hickel, T.: Combined ab initio and experimental screening of phase stabilities in the Ce–Fe–Ti–X system (X=3d and 4d metals). Physical Review Materials 7 (1), 014410 (2023)
Pierce, D.T.; Benzing, J. T.; Jiménez, J. A.; Hickel, T.; Bleskov, I.; Keum, J. K.; Raabe, D.; Wittig, J., J. E.: The influence of temperature on the strain-hardening behavior of Fe–22/25/28Mn–3Al–3Si TRIP/TWIP steels. Materialia 22, 101425 (2022)
Mendive-Tapia, E.; Neugebauer, J.; Hickel, T.: Ab initio calculation of the magnetic Gibbs free energy of materials using magnetically constrained supercells. Physical Review B 105 (16), 064425 (2022)
Sreekala, L.; Dey, P.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Unveiling nonmonotonic chemical trends in the solubility of H in complex Fe–Cr–Mn carbides by means of ab initio based approaches. Physical Review Materials 6 (1), 014403 (2022)
Schneider, A.; Fu, C.-C.; Waseda, O.; Barreteau, C.; Hickel, T.: Ab initio based models for temperature-dependent magnetochemical interplay in bcc Fe–Mn alloys. Physical Review B 103 (2), 024421 (2021)
Lochner, F.; Eremin, I. M.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio study of the structural response to magnetic disorder and van der Waals interactions in FeSe. Physical Review B 103 (5), 054506 (2021)
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.
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