von Pezold, J.; Lymperakis, L.; Neugebauer, J.: Hydrogen-enhanced plasticity at dilute bulk H concentrations: The role of H-H interactions and the formation of local hydrides. Acta Materialia 59, pp. 2969 - 2980 (2011)
Lymperakis, L.; Neugebauer, J.: Large anisotropic adatom kinetics on nonpolar GaN surfaces: Consequences for surface morphologies and nanowire growth. Physical Review B 79, pp. 241308-1 - 241308-4 (2009)
Nickel-based alloys are a particularly interesting class of materials due to their specific properties such as high-temperature strength, low-temperature ductility and toughness, oxidation resistance, hot-corrosion resistance, and weldability, becoming potential candidates for high-performance components that require corrosion resistance and good…
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.