Tillack, N.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and ab initio studies of nano-precipitation in ferritic steels. Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes Workshop, Imst, Austria (2010)
Tillack, N.; Yates, J. R.; Roberts, S. G.; Hickel, T.; Drautz, R.; Neugebauer, J.: First-Principles Investigations of ODS Steels. Ab initio Description of Iron and Steel: Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Tegernsee, Germany (2012)
Tillack, N.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio study of nano-precipitate nucleation and growth in ferritic steels. Psi-k/CECAM/CCP9 Biennial Graduate School in Electronic-Structure Methods, Oxford, UK (2011)
Tillack, N.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio study of nano-precipitate nucleation and growth in ferritic steels. Materials Discovery by Scale-Bridging High-Throughput Experimentation and Modelling, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2010)
Tillack, N.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio and kinetic Monte-Carlo study of nano-precipitate nucleation and growth in ferritic steels. Materials Discovery by Scale-Bridging High-Throughput Experimentation and Modelling, Bochum, Germany (2010)
Tillack, N.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Kinetic Monte Carlo and ab initio study of nano-precipitates and growth in ferritic steels. Ab Initio Description of Iron and Steel: Mechanical Properties, Tegernsee, Germany (2010)
Tillack, N.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Combined ab initio studies and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of nano-precipitation in ferritic steels. Summer School: Computational Materials Science, San Sebastian, Spain (2010)
Tillack, N.: Chemical Trends in the Yttrium-Oxide Precipitates in Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels: A First-Principles Investigation. Master, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2012)
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.