Staff

• Material processing:
  • Solid state synthesis of functional ceramics
  • Hydrothermal synthesis of nanomaterials
• Advanced TEM characterization and method developments:
  • Structural and chemical characterization of materials and correlation to properties at high spatial resolution
  • Quantitative atomic-scale studies of crystal structure, chemistry and bonding of interfaces and nanostructures
  • Quantitative atomic resolution HRTEM and HAADF/ABF/BF STEM image analysis
  • Quantitative EELS analysis
• In situ transmission electron microscopy:
  • In situ heating and cooling TEM experiments
  • In situ studies of structural phase transitions

• Dental materials
• Prosthodontics
• Metal-ceramic bond
• Additive manufacturing

• Functional ceramics with perovskite structure, thermoelectrics
• 1-D oxide nanostructures
• Solar cells
• Photocatalytic (micro)reactors
• Electron microscopy (SEM, EPMA, STEM/TEM, AEM, HR HAADF-STEM)

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• Theranostic formulations
• Photothermal therapy
• Biomimetic nanostructures

Field of research:

• Non-crystalline alloys and compounds: metallic glasses, intermetallics and complex metallic alloys, quasicrystals.
• Crystal structure and local order; formation and stability of complex compounds; properties of complex metallic compounds and quasicrystals: electronic structure, heat transport, solid-solid adhesion,
  wetting, friction; applications of quasicrystals & complex intermetallics.

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• Projects & Finances

Field of research:

• Additive manufacturing of metals and ceramics
• Materials for fusion applications
• Silicon carbide ceramics
• SiCf/SiC composites
• W-based materials

• Martensitic creep-resistant steels
• High-entropy alloys (HEA)
• Compositionaly complex alloys (CCA)
• Electron microscopy (SEM/EDS/EBSD)
• Automatic image analysis

Field of research:

• Hard magnetic materials
• Intermetallic alloys – thin films and nanostructures
• Magnetocaloric materials
• Effect of processing on microstructure and physical properties
• Applications of high-energy permanent magnets in ecology
• The influence of magnetic field on crystallisation
• Complex metallic alloys

Field of research:

• Engineering and bioceramic materials
• Colloidal processing and shaping
• Zirconia, (mesoporous) alumina
• Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)

• Electrocemical sensors for chemical species in food and enviroment based on metalic nanostructures

• Electrochemical study and deposition of magnetic thin films, nanowires and nanotubes based on Fe-Pd and Co-Pt system
• Multifunctional nanomaterials based on magnetic (FePt, Fe3O4) and optically active components (Au) for bioapplications such as magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic hyperthermia, photo-thermal and sensing
• Formation of »smart nanocarriers« made of SiO2, biopolymers (chitosan, gelatine, etc.) and thermo-responsive liposomes

• Photocatalysis
• Photoelectrocatalysis
• Photocatalytic reactors
• Supported photocatalysts
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Field of research:

• Biomaterials
• Materials for fusion applications
• Composites
• Colloidal processing
• Electrophoretic deposition
• Nanotoxicology
• Promotion of science

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Field of research:

• ZnO ceramics
• Varistors
• Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanostructures and nanopowders
• Scanning electron microscopy

• Slip casting ceramics process

• Atomic-level studies of polytypic phase transitions, twinning, epitaxy, nucleation of planar faults; atomic structure & chemistry of twin boundaries, inversion boundaries, antiphase boundaries, low-angle tilt grain boundaries; special grain boundaries and their relation to exaggerated and anisotropic crystal growth; microstructure development.

• A specialist for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron-probe microanalysis (EDXS, WDXS)

• Advanced electron microscopy techniques: TEM, HRTEM, HAADF/ABF STEM image analysis, EDS and EELS analysis
• In-situ TEM: heating and electrochemical liquid state TEM
• Studying the chemistry-structure-property relationship in materials
• Electrochemical systems and lithium ion batteries
• Cement and cementitious materials

• Topic: Structural and spectroscopic investigations of epitaxy and tropochemical twin boundaries in cassiterite (SnO₂)
• Methods: X-ray diffractometry, electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, EDS, HRTEM, STEM), image simulations (multislice, Bloch-wave), structure modelling and refinement (DFT, MD)
• Experimental: reproduction of twinning in SnO₂, solvothermal synthesis, flux growth, solid-state synthesis.

• Electrochemical sensors for chemical species in food and enviroment based on metallic nanowires, nanotubes and nanoparticles

• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, dynamic systems
• Renewable energy, smart mobility, systems integration
• Research strategy and management

Field of research:

• Electroplating, magnetic nanowires,
  nanotubes and thin films
• Co-Pt hard magnetic materials
• Fe-Pd hard magentic and magnetic
  shape memory materials
• Atomic force microscopy/magnetic force microscopy