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)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Oxides find broad applications as catalysts or in electronic components, however are generally brittle materials where dislocations are difficult to activate in the covalent rigid lattice. Here, the link between plasticity and fracture is critical for wide-scale application of functional oxide materials.
This project aims to correlate the localised electrical properties of ceramic materials and the defects present within their microstructure. A systematic approach has been developed to create crack-free deformation in oxides through nanoindentation, while the localised defects are probed in-situ SEM to study the electronic properties. A coupling…