Sachs, C.; Nikolov, S.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Investigation and Modeling of the Elastic Properties of Lobster Cuticle Depending on its Grade of Mineralization. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2008)
Al-Sawalmih, A.; Romano, P.; Sachs, C.; Raabe, D.: Structure and texture analysis of chitin-bio-nanocomposites using synchrotron radiation. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2005)
Romano, P.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Sachs, C.; Raabe, D.; Brokmeier, H. G.: Mesostructure, microstructure and anisotropy of the lobster cuticle. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2005)
Romano, P.; Raabe, D.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Sachs, C.; Servos, G.; Hartwig, H. G.: Influence of sample preparation and anisotropy on lobster claw studied by LOM, SEM and TEM. Focus on Microscopy, Jena, Germany (2005)
Sachs, C.: Microstructure and mechanical properties of the exoskeleton of the lobster Homarus americanus as an example of a biological composite material. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (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.