Mattlat, D. A.; Li, J.; Bahrami, A.; Zhang, S.; Scheu, C.: Understanding the mechanisms behind Zn-diffusion in Zn4Sb3 thermoelectric materials for long term material stability. Global Conference of Innovation materials (GCIM) 2026, Seogwipo, South Korea (2026)
Isotta, E.; Zhang, S.; Ghosh, S.; de Boor, J.; Balogun, O.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.: Thermal conductivity imaging to advance microstructure engineering in thermoelectrics. European Conference on Thermoelectrics 2025, Nancy, France (2025)
Joo, M.; Xiu, H.; Cheng, N.; Somsen, C.; Baha, S.; Ludwig, A.; Li, Y.; Kostka, A.; Scheu, C.: Investigation of planar defect evolution in Au–Pd–Pt–Ru-based compositionally complex solid solution thin films using analytical transmission electron microscopy. The 2025 Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), Warsaw, Poland (2025)
Scheu, C.: Unlocking the Stability of Ceramics in (Photo)Electro-Chemical Application and the Role of Defects. Gordon Research Conference on Solid State Studies in Ceramics at the Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA (2024)
Zhang, S.; Yu, Y.; Jung, C.; Mattlat, D. A.; Abdellaoui, L.; Scheu, C.: In situ STEM observation of thermoelectric materials under heating and biasing conditions. The 6th joint Sino-German workshop on advanced & correlative electron microscopy of catalysts, quantum phenomena & soft matter, Bad Honnef, Germany (2024)
Scheu, C.: Insight in defects of energy materials: Aberration corrected STEM imaging coupled with 3D atom probe tomography. Colloquium Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany (2024)
Zhang, S.; Yu, Y.; Jung, C.; Wang, Z.; Mattlat, D. A.; Abdellaoui, L.; Scheu, C.: In situ microstructural observation and electrical transport measurements of PbTe thermoelectrics by transmission electron microscopy. International Conference on Thermoelectrics ICT, Krakow, Poland (2024)
Scheu, C.: Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy in a Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope: A versatile tool to study bonding characteristics in materials. Atom Probe Tomography: A local probe of chemical bonds in solids?, Aachen, Germany (2024)
Scheu, C.; Zhang, S.: Hematite for light induced water splitting – improving efficiency by tuning distribution of Sn dopants at the atomic scale. The International Symposium on Advanced Coatings for Energy – ISC4E 2023, Ben Guerir, Morocco (2023)
Vega-Paredes, M.; Aymerich Armengol, R.; Scheu, C.: Determining the degradation mechanisms and active species of electrocatalysts by identical location electron microscopy. NRF-DFG meeting “Electrodes for direct sea-water splitting and microstructure based stability analyses”, Korean Institute for Energy Research, Jeju, South Korea (2023)
Zhang, S.; Kim, S.-H.; Mingers, A. M.; Gault, B.; Scheu, C.: Operando Study on the activation of hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts. NRF-DFG meeting “Electrodes for direct sea-water splitting and microstructure based stability analyses”, Korean Institute for Energy Research, Daejeon, South Korea (2023)
International research team shows how hydrogen affects Nickel-base superalloys at elevated temperatures. Latest results published in journal Nature Materials.
Max Planck team explains dendrite propagation, paving the way for safer and longer-lasting next-generation batteries. They publish their findings in the journal Nature.
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…