Research report 2013 - Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH

Small but strong – Micromechanics of miniaturized materials

Authors
Kirchlechner, Christoph; Dehm, Gerhard
Departments
Arbeitsgruppe Nano- und Mikromechanik (Christoph Kirchlechner)
Struktur und Nano-/Mikromechanik von Materialien (Gerhard Dehm)
Summary
Materials of any kind have to endure severe mechanical conditions, which ultimately determine their lifetime. How long can materials sustain cyclic (thermo-)mechanical loading? Is their response independent of material dimensions? Are new mechanisms occurring when the material volume decreases into the nanoworld? Finding fundamental answers to these questions and to use the knowledge to design robust materials is the basic research mission of the new group Nano- and Micromechanics at the MPI of Iron Research.

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