Scheu, C.: Grain growth and dewetting of thin Al films on (0001) Al2O3 substrates. 3 Phase, Interface, Component Systems (PICS), Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), Marseille, France (accepted)
Scheu, C.: In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of Heat-Induced Structural Changes of 3D Nb3O(OH) Networks. Electronic Materials and Applications 2017 (EMA), Orlando, FL, USA (2017)
Scheu, C.: Insights into structural and functional properties of Nb3O7(OH) and TiO2 nanoarrays. European Materials Research Society’s (EMRS) Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (2016)
Scheu, C.: Transmission electron microscopy – a versatile tool to study the microstructure of HT-PEMFC. Materials Science 2016, Atlanta, GA, USA (2016)
Scheu, C.: Insights into structural and functional properties of nano-structured electrodes for energy and fuel generating devices. Talk at Helmholtz‐Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany (2016)
Scheu, C.: Correlative STEM & Atom Probe Tomography (ATP): Insights in the k-carbide/austenite interface. Workshop on “New trends in electron microscopy”, Ringberg Castle, Kreuth am Tegernsee, Germany (2016)
Hengge, K.; Heinzl, C.; Perchthaler, M.; Scheu, C.: Insights into degradation processes in WO3-x based anodes of HT-PEMFCs via electron microscopic techniques. Fuel Cells Science and Technology 2016 , Glasgow, Scotland, UK (2016)
Folger, A.; Wisnet, A.; Scheu, C.: Defects in as-grown vs. annealed rutile titania nanowires and their effect on properties. EMC 2016, 16th European Microscopy Congress, Lyon, France (2016)
Hengge, K.; Heinzl, C.; Perchthaler, M.; Welsch, M. T.; Scheu, C.: Template-free synthesized high surface area 3D networks of Pt on WO3-x – a promising alternative for H2 oxidation in fuel cell application. 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (2016)
Hieke, S. W.; Dehm, G.; Scheu, C.: Investigation of solid state dewetting phenomena of epitaxial Al thin films on sapphire using electron microscopy. The 16th European Microscopy Congress (EMC 2016), Lyon, France (2016)
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.
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.
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.
Enabling a ‘hydrogen economy’ requires developing fuel cells satisfying economic constraints, reasonable operating costs and long-term stability. The fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electricity by recombining water from H2 and O2, allowing to generate environmentally-friendly power for e.g. cars or houses…
A wide range of steels is nowadays used in Additive Manufacturing (AM). The different matrix microstructure components and phases such as austenite, ferrite, and martensite as well as the various precipitation phases such as intermetallic precipitates and carbides generally equip steels with a huge variability in microstructure and properties.
In this project, we work on a generic solution to design advanced high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with enhanced magnetic properties. By overturning the concept of stabilizing solid solutions in HEAs, we propose to render the massive solid solutions metastable and trigger spinodal decomposition. The motivation for starting from the HEA for this approach…