Our work on the emergence of a new class of aluminium alloys -- the crossover alloys -- has been highlighted in the Acta Materialia's most downloaded articles! A throughout article led and written by Dr. Lukas Stemper showing how chemical complexity and synergy between different alloying elements is now defying almost 100 years of accumulated … Continue reading Defying reductionism in aluminium alloys
A great work from my friend, Florian Schimd, exploring a new alloy design concept in aluminium alloys class 7xxx. Comprehensive experimental work comprising a plethora of experimental techniques! I am very honoured to have had a small contribution on the STEM characterisation. Online now at Materialia: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100997
As part of an excellent PhD work (under completion) of my friend Lukas Stemper, a novel class of aluminium alloys is currently under development at Montanuniversitaet Leoben. This is an exciting field of research on advanced aluminium alloys with several potential applications in modern human technology. Check our most recent papers on the topic. A. … Continue reading A Novel Class of Aluminium Alloys
With great pleasure I am sharing to all of you the first paper performed in collaboration with the research group of Professor Hercílio de Melo in the field of corrosion of Al alloys 2xxx series. In this paper we report that Ce-containing nanoparticles -- when stuck to the inherent porous walls of anodized layers -- … Continue reading Ce nanoparticles as a corrosion inhibitor in Al 2xxx series alloys!
Under the supervision of Professor Stefan Pogatscher and in collaboration with a strong scientific network, I am delighted to share our two "most fresh" papers pushing up the frontiers of Aluminium Metallurgy. The first "Age-hardening response of AlMgZn alloys with Cu and Ag additions" is a comprehensive assessment on the heat-treatment response and mechanical properties … Continue reading Cutting edge Aluminium metallurgy!
SIZE DEPENDENT AGE-HARDENING DISCOVERED! The Montanuniversitaet Leoben has a small breakthrough to report. The age-hardening of metals was discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century. 110 years later, Phillip Dumitraschkewitz was able to show in his doctoral thesis under supervision of Professor Pogatscher from the Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy, that the effect depends on the material … Continue reading A giant leap on the fundamental phenomenon of age-hardening in aluminium alloys!
Materials at Extremes 