Nikolov, S.; Petrov, M.; Lymperakis, L.; Friák, M.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.: Extremal stiffness of crustacean cuticle through hierarchical optimization: Theory, modeling, and experiment. 3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues, multiscale modeling of tissue mechanical properties, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA (2009)
Nikolov, S.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.; Petrov, M.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Modeling of the mechanical properties of lobster cuticle from ab initio to macroscale: How nature designs multifunctional composites with optimal properties. International Plasticity Conference 2009, Virgin Islands, USA (2009)
Raabe, D.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Romano, P.; Raue, L.; Klein, H.; Al-Sawalmih, A.: Crystallographic Textures from the Exoskeleton of the Lobster Homarus Americanus and Calculation of the Mechanical Properties of the Calcite Phase. 15th International Conference on the Textures of Materials (ICOTOM 15), Carnegie Mellon University Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2008)
Sachs, C.; Romano, P.; Raue, L.; Fabritius, H.; Klein, H.; Paris, O.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Fratzl, P.; Wu, X.; Raabe, D.: Crystallographic and topological textures of biological materials and the resulting anisotropy of the mechanical properties. 15th International Conference on the Texture of Materials (ICOTOM 15), Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2008)
Sachs, C.; Yi, S. B.; Raabe, D.: Investigation of the Lattice Strain Evolution in Tension and Compression of Different Phases in the Mineralized Lobster Cuticle. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2008)
Nikolov, S.; Raabe, D.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.: Hierarchical modeling of the mechanical properties of hard biological tissues: Bone and lobster cuticle. MSU conference, MPIE Düsseldorf, Germany (2008)
Fabritius, H.; Sachs, C.; Nikolov, S.; Romano, P.; Hild, S.; Raabe, D.: Wie beeinflussen Struktur und chemische Zusammensetzung auf unterschiedlichen Längenskalen die mechanischen Eigenschaften von biologischen Materialien ? Institute Colloquium, Department of Polymer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Linz, Austria (2008)
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.
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.