Fink, N.; Klimow, G.; Stromberg, C.; Grundmeier, G.: Combination of Surface Gradient Chemistry and Kelvin Probe Studies of Thin Amorphous Conversion Films on Metals. 57th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Edinburgh, UK (2006)
Fink, N.; Wilson, B.; Stromberg, C.; Grundmeier, G.: Fundamental Investigations of Different Film Formation Kinetics of Amorphous Conversion Layers on Zinc Coated Steel due to Grain Orientation. 208th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2005)
Stromberg, C.; Dornbusch, M.; Grundmeier, G.: A combined spectroscopic and electrochemical study of zirconium based conversion layers on zinc coated steel. 207th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Québec, Canada (2005)
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.