Hickel, T.; McEniry, E.; Nazarov, R.; Dey, P.: Ab initio basierte Simulation zur Wasserstoffversprödung in hoch-Mn Stählen. Seminar der Staatlichen Materialprüfungsanstalt Darmstadt, Institut für Werkstoffkunde, Darmstadt, Germany (2020)
Hickel, T.; Aydin, U.; Sözen, H. I.; Dutta, B.; Pei, Z.; Neugebauer, J.: Innovative concepts in materials design to boost renewable energies. Seminar of Institute for Innovative Technologies, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany (2020)
Janßen, J.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Automated ab-initio Determination of Materials Properties at finite Temperatures with pyiron. CNLS Seminar, Los Alamos, NM, USA (2019)
Neugebauer, J.; Huber, L.; Körmann, F.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.: Ab initio input for multiphysics models: Accuracy, performance and challenges. ISAM4: The fourth International Symposium on Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling of Mechanics and Multiphysics, Erlangen, Germany (2019)
Tehranchi, A.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Atomistic simulations of hydrogen-defect interactions in metals. Workshop "Hydrogen in Metals - current understanding and future needs", St Anne's College, Oxford, UK (2019)
Neugebauer, J.; Todorova, M.; Grabowski, B.; Hickel, T.: Modelling structural materials in realistic environments by ab initio thermodynamics. Hume-Rothery Award Symposium, TMS2019 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA (2019)
Hickel, T.: Application of Density Functional Theory in the Context of Phase Diagram Modelling. MSIT Winter School on Materials Chemistry, Castle Ringberg, Tegernsee (2019)
Hickel, T.; Zendegani, A.; Körmann, F.; Neugebauer, J.: Energetics of non-stoichiometric stacking faults in Fe–Nb alloys: An ab initio study. TMS 2019 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA (2019)
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…