Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien GmbH

Nanoparticles are used to increase the strength of #metals . This electron #microscopy image shows a nanoparticle in the interior of a #metal that has been printed using #additivemanufacturing . The nanoparticle contains a titanium oxide core surrounded by a hard titanium nitride shell.   Thanks to Vivek Devulapalli for this interesting image 😊 #materialsscience #mpisusmat #research

We’re proud to share that our micromechanics team won six awards at the Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development Conference in Messina, Italy, showcasing MPI-SusMat’s contributions to nanomechanics. Lalith Bhaskar was voted in first place for his oral presentation on a custom-built system designed to test materials at very high strain rates. Hendrik Holz received two awards: first place for his poster on copper grain boundaries and second place for his concise 40-second pitch. Shreehard Sahu and Rao Jing were also award first place for their posters on high-temperature in-situ mechanics of hematite and hydrogen embrittlement in FeCr alloys, respectively. To conclude the conference, group leader James P. Best showcased his expertise in nanomechanics and the history of the Engineering Conferences International during a lively quiz winning a jar of Sicilian pesto. Read the full news here: https://lnkd.in/eEVYPHMk #Nanomechanics #MaterialsScience #MPISusMat

Congratulations to Tim Schwarz on receiving the Walter Benjamin Grant! 🎉 Tim is exploring the potential of #magnesium #alloys for bioresorbable #implants. Leveraging atom probe tomography, his work aims to better understand and control the corrosion behaviour of magnesium: how do surrounding liquids, like blood or electrolytes, interact with and affect the solid implant or battery electrode materials? Which corrosion products form and how do different elements segregate and influence the properties? Read more about Tim's research: https://lnkd.in/dDcin8fz #materials #materialsscience #dfg

Join Dirk Ponge's group at #mpisusmat and do your #phd on #hydrogen resistant #steels . Waiting for your application: https://lnkd.in/d8KTvxvh Please like and share 😀 #phdposition #materialsscience #engineering #jobinresearch

Congratulations to Chuanlai Liu and Franz Roters from #mpisusmat and their colleagues for winning the International Magnesium Science and Technology Award for their Excellent Paper of the Year 2024. Their paper highlights new insights into the plastic deformation mechanism of #magnesium alloys. Using 3D electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and advanced micromechanical #modelling , they revealed that traditional 2D analyses may underestimate magnesium's twinning activity by up to 50%. These findings exhibit a statistical view of twinning and bring new insights into twinning mechanisms from the aspects of grain orientation, grain neighbourhood and resolved shear stress. These results could lead to strong and ductile magnesium alloys for #lightweight applications. Get the awarded #openaccess paper: https://lnkd.in/dACyWFhq #materials #materialsscience

Great News! Anurag Bajpai won a research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and is now head of the group "Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science" at MPI-SusMat. His goal is to develop a fully integrated #AI system that can autonomously refine material compositions and streamline data analysis, enabling researchers to focus more on innovation and decision-making where human intuition and expertise is inevitable. In this direction, Anurag’s team has already made significant progress: They developed AI models to automate the discovery of new materials, drastically reducing the trial-and-error process in finding optimal alloy compositions. The group furthermore used AI to analyze vast amounts of experimental #data, achieving over 98% accuracy in identifying crystal structures from atom probe tomography data. Read more about their research here: https://lnkd.in/evaGCVZu #artificialintelligence #mpisusmat #materialsscience #materials

Congratulations to Shiv Shankar for winning the Best Poster Award at the Materials Science and Engineering Congress! His poster “Hydrogen-based Direct Reduction of Multicomponent Metal Oxide Mixtures” highlights a sustainable approach to producing porous multicomponent alloys using #hydrogen instead of fossil fuels. Shankar’s research, part of the EU-funded HAIMan project, explores new alloy compositions with superior properties, while reducing the environmental impact of traditional metal production. Read more about his research here: https://lnkd.in/eWj3unGd #sustainability #materialsscience #mpisusmat

Image of the month: A metallic push-to-pull microarchitecture, which contains nano-liters of liquid in its gauge section, created using micro-additive manufacturing. Upon compressing this structure at cryogenic temperature, the outer metal of the gauge section breaks, allowing us to view the encapsulated ice within. This method of encapsulating liquids can be used for temperature sensing, damage sensing, drug delivery, etc. Props to Sung-Gyu Kang for this amazing image 😊 #materialsscience #mpisusmat #research

Congratulations to Waleed Mohammed, who won the RWTH Aachen University Springorum Commemorative Coin for his excellent academic performance during his metallurgical #engineering master’s. Mohammed’s thesis focused on understanding the impurity tolerance of aluminum-silicon alloys made from scrap, specifically addressing degradation caused by iron impurities. "Completing my master’s at RWTH Aachen was an incredibly rewarding experience, and I am delighted that my work has been recognized with this award," says Mohammed. Read more about his research: https://lnkd.in/eGRfBsad #mpisusmat #materialsscience

Art and #science are more connected than they may seem. For Yeeun B., art fuels her creativity, showing how science can benefit from imaginative thinking. On a personal note, the writings of Virginia Woolf offer valuable perspectives, especially for #womeninstem. Yeeun works on the sustainable production of green #hydrogen using innovative catalysts. Curious about how Yeeun bridges the gap between art and science? Read our interview: https://lnkd.in/dd7qJQid   #materialsscience #womenintech #mpisusmat