Smith, A. J.; Milenkovic, S.; Hassel, A. W.: Directionally Solidfied Nanostructured Materials: Properties and Applications. International Bunsen Discussion Meeting: Modern electrochemistry of new materials, Rathen, Germany (2006)
Smith, A. J.; Milenkovic, S.; Hassel, A. W.: Metallic Nanoarrays for application in Nanoelectronics and Nanosensor Technology. 4th Spring meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Singapur, Singapur (2006)
Hassel, A. W.; Bello Rodriguez, B.; Milenkovic, S.; Schneider, A.: Directionally solidified eutectics as a route for the formation of self organised nanostructures. 56rd Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Busan, South Korea (2005)
Bello Rodriguez, B.; Milenkovic, S.; Hassel, A. W.; Schneider, A.: Formation of self-organised nanostructures from directionally solidified eutectic alloys. 12th International Symposium on Metastable and nano Materials (ISMANAM), Paris, France (2005)
Hassel, A. W.; Milenkovic, S.; Schneider, A.: Preparation of One-Dimensionally Structured Electrode Materials by Directional Solidification. 207th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Québec City, Canada (2005)
Milenkovic, S.; Frankel, D.; Smith, A. J.; Hassel, A. W.: Selective Phase Dissolution of NiAl-Mo Directionally Solidified Eutectic Alloys. 7th International Symposium on Electrochemical Micro- and Nanosystems, Ein-Gedi, Israel (2008)
Milenkovic, S.; Frommeyer, G.; Schneider, A.: Mechanical Behaviour of the NiAl-W Eutectic Alloys. EUROMAT 2007, European Congress and Exhibition an Advanced Materials and Processes, Nürnberg, Germany (2007)
Milenkovic, S.; Hassel, A. W.: A combined method for the production of self-organised metallic nano-structures. 6th International Symposium on Electrochemical Micro & Nanosystem Technologies, Bonn, Germany (2006)
Milenković, S.; Palm, M.; Frommeyer, G.; Schneider, A.: Microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe–Al–Nb eutectic alloys. 3rd Discussion Meeting on the Development of Innovative Iron Aluminium Alloys, Mettmann, Germany (2006)
The mission of our group is to uncover the fundamental mechanisms of deformation and degradation in battery systems and to leverage mechanical principles to design damage-resilient energy storage systems.
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.
The group aims at unraveling the inner workings of ion batteries, with a focus on probing the microstructural and interfacial character of electrodes and electrolytes that control ionic transport and insertion into the electrode.
The full potential of energy materials can only be exploited if the interplay between mechanics and chemistry at the interfaces is well known. This leads to more sustainable and efficient energy solutions.