Publications 2025

Evolution of the Electrochemically Active Interface Between a Li-Metal Anode and a Single-Crystal LLZO under Mechanical Loads
Avadanii, D.; Ganschow, S.; Mück, S.; Stypa, M.; Kramer, D.; Kirchlechner, C.; Mӧnig R.
2025, September 26. doi:10.35097/rw9xx484k78jmm90

Crystal plasticity parameter identification via statistical relevant micropillar compression
Fehlemann, N. C.; Medina, A.; Lee, S.; Kirchlechner, C.; Münstermann, S.
2025. Acta Materialia, 297, 121321. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121321

Mechanical Stress Reveals Asymmetry of Sodiation and Desodiation of Hard Carbon
Mück, S.; Kramer, D.; Palanisamy, K.; Kranz, C.; Mönig, R.
2025. ChemSusChem, 18 (19), Art.-Nr.: 202501272. doi:10.1002/cssc.202501272

Understanding twinning mechanism and measuring twinning stress of the Cantor high entropy alloy applying micromechanical testing. PhD dissertation
Aguiar Teixeira, C.
2025, September 10. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000184461

Numerical Prediction of Fracture Toughness of a Reactor Pressure Vessel Steel Based on Experiments Using Sub-Sized Specimens. PhD dissertation
Metzler, T.
2025, September 2. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000184317

Hydrogen response to high-density dislocations in bulk perovskite oxide SrTiO3
Fang, X.; Dörrer, L.; Korneychuk, S.; Vrellou, M.; Welle, A.; Wagner, S.; Pundt, A.; Schmidt, H.; Kirchlechner, C.
2025. arxiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2506.12354

Coupled electromigration–nanoindentation study on dislocation nucleation in SrTiO
Okafor, C.; Sayyadi-Shahraki, A.; Bruns, S.; Frömling, T.; Hirel, P.; Carrez, P.; Durst, K.; Fang, X.
2025. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108 (10), Art.-Nr.: e70015. doi:10.1111/jace.70015

Die Druckverfestigung der Erde in der Wurzelplatte
Mattheck, C.; Bethge, K.
2025. Poster im Internet

Die Entfestigung der Erde durch Wurzelfäulen
Mattheck, C.; Bethge, K.
2025. Poster im Internet

Formation, Growth, and Shrinkage of Voids in Lithium Metal in Contact With an LLZO Electrolyte - Data
Lang, S.; Hennerici, L.; Kramer, D.; Avadanii, D.; Mück, S.; Linz, M.; Kita, J.; Moos, R.; Mönig, R.
2025, August 5. doi:10.35097/rstvnz9qqtgdb794

Feldstudie zur Bohrwiderstandsmessung mit dem IML-RESI PowerDrill®
Mattheck, C.; Bethge, K.; Bauhuis, A.
2025, February 27. Instrumenta Mechanik Labor (IML)

Dislocations and plasticity of KTaO₃ perovskite modeled with an interatomic potential
Hirel, P.; Kakdeu Yewou, F. J.; Zhang, J.; Lu, W.; Fang, X.; Carrez, P.
2025. Physical Review Materials, 9 (5), 053605. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.9.053605

Modern strategies in classical fields of nanoindentation: Semiconductors, ceramics, and thin films
Fang, X.; Clausner, A.; Hodge, A. M.; Sebastiani, M.
2025. MRS Bulletin, 50 (6), 726–734. doi:10.1557/s43577-025-00923-w

Borkenmuster und Faserverlauf
Mattheck, C.; Bethge, K.
2025. Poster im Internet

Mauerrisse infolge von Kräften in der Mauerebene richtig deuten!
Mattheck, C.; Bethge, K.
2025. Poster im Internet

Die Absacker: Scheinfäulen am Stammfuß
Mattheck, C.; Bethge, K.
2025. Poster im Internet

Massariabefall: Diagnose und Versuch der Prävention
Mattheck, C.; Bethge, K.
2025. Poster im Internet

In-situ S/TEM investigations of deformation and damage mechanisms in neutron-irradiated EUROFER97
Yuan, Q.; Chauhan, A.; Chauhan, L.; Litvinov, D.; Gaganidze, E.; Schneider, H.-C.; Aktaa, J.
2025. Philosophical Magazine Letters, 105 (1), Article no: 2512307. doi:10.1080/09500839.2025.2512307

Investigation of Oxide Dispersion Strengthening-Effect (ODS) on the Strength of Diffusion Bonded AISI304-Parts
Gietzelt, T.; Walter, M.; Toth, V.; Messerschmidt, F.; Blem, M.
2025. doi:10.5445/IR/1000183175

Data-efficient 4D-STEM in SEM: Beyond 2D Materials to Metallic Materials
Bansal, U.; Sharma, A.; Putz, B.; Kirchlechner, C.; Lee, S.
2025. Ultramicroscopy, 276, 114203. doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2025.114203

Enhanced crack stability in micro scale fracture testing via optimized bridge notches | Version v1
Okotete, E.; Muslija, A.; Hohmann, J.; Kohl, M.; Brinckmann, S.; Lee, S.; Kirchlechner, C.
2025, June 3. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15581944

Practicing pseudo-binary diffusion couple method in ternary and multicomponent systems
Sadhu, S.; Dash, A.; Esakkiraja, N.; Bansal, U.; Mondal, A.; Chakraborty, A.; Dutta, M.; Ravi, R.; Makineni, S.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Divinski, S.; Paul, A.
2025. Acta Materialia, 294, 121127. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121127

3D chemo-mechanical modeling of microstructure evolution and anisotropic deformation in NaV(PO) cathode particles for sodium-ion batteries
Zhang, T.; Sotoudeh, M.; Yao, X.; Groß, A.; Kamlah, M.
2025. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 320, Art.-Nr.:113525. doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113525

Understanding the BCC refractory multi-principal elements alloys using thermodynamics and nanoindentation. PhD dissertation
Basu, S.
2025, June 26. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000182518

Key validation needs of EU DEMO HCPB Breeding blanket and its mockup BLUMER in IFMIF-DONES
Zhou, G.; Aktaa, J.; Alonso, D.; Boccaccini, L. V.; Cristescu, I.; Garnier, C.; Hernández, F. A.; Kiss, B.; Koehly, C.; Maqueda, L.; Moreno, C.; Palermo, I.; Park, J. H.; Pasler, V.; Retheesh, A.; Yáñez, Á.
2025. Seminar talk at ASIPP (2025), Hefei, China, April 25, 2025

Influence of Conductivity Additives on the Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries. PhD dissertation
Chauhan, A.
2025, June 2. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000182053

Mechanical Investigations of Composite Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries. PhD dissertation
Janzen, M.
2025, June 2. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000182052

Design of the WCLL BB in view of the conceptual design phase
Arena, P.; Del Nevo, A.; Aktaa, J.; Bongiovì, G.; Bühler, L.; Catanzaro, I.; Cesaroni, S.; Caruso, G.; Chelihi, B.; Ciurluini, C.; Collaku, A.; Colliva, F.; Garnier, C.; Giannetti, F.; Haghdoust, P.; Imbriani, V.; Lucca, F.; Maccari, P.; Maqueda, L.; Melchiorri, L.; Mistrangelo, C.; Mongiardini, G.; Moro, F.; Moulignier, T.; Mozzillo, R.; Noce, S.; Pagani, I.; Pontier, J. B.; Pomella Lobo, T.; Principato, M.; Ruiz, P.; Savoldi, L.; Siriano, S.; Tassone, A.; Urgorri, F. R.; Viganò, F.; Yañez, Á.
2025. Fusion Engineering and Design, 218, 115205. doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2025.115205

Enhanced crack stability in micro scale fracture testing via optimized bridge notches
Okotete, E.; Muslija, A.; Hohmann, J. K.; Kohl, M.; Brinckmann, S.; Lee, S.; Kirchlechner, C.
2025. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 939, Art.-Nr.: 148479. doi:10.1016/j.msea.2025.148479

Investigation of microstructural evolution of irradiation-induced defects in tungsten: an experimental–numerical approach
Mohamed, S.; Yuan, Q.; Litvinov, D.; Gao, J.; Gaganidze, E.; Terentyev, D.; Schneider, H.-C.; Aktaa, J.
2025. Nuclear Fusion, 65 (6), 066007. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/add027

Disconnected Lithium Metal Damages Solid-State Electrolytes-Data Repository
Avadanii, D.; Ganschow, S.; Stypa, M.; Müller, S.; Lang, S.; Kramer, D.; Kirchlechner, C.; Mӧnig R.
2025, May 8. doi:10.35097/5ft24g0sxwxgnxp4

Room‐temperature dislocation plasticity in ceramics: Methods, materials, and mechanisms
Frisch, A.; Okafor, C.; Preuß, O.; Zhang, J.; Matsunaga, K.; Nakamura, A.; Lu, W.; Fang, X.
2025. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108 (9), Art.-Nr.: e20575. doi:10.1111/jace.20575

Toughening nitride hard coatings by deflecting cracks along grain boundaries
Zhang, Y.; Bartosik, M.; Brinckmann, S.; Lee, S.; Kirchlechner, C.
2025. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 935, 148392. doi:10.1016/j.msea.2025.148392

Electrochemical Cell Modeling of Hierarchically Structured Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries. PhD dissertation
Naumann, J.
2025, May 20. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000181285

Disconnected Lithium Metal Damages Solid-State Electrolytes
Avadanii, D.; Ganschow, S.; Stypa, M.; Müller, S.; Lang, S.; Kramer, D.; Kirchlechner, C.; Mönig, R.
2025. ACS Energy Letters, 10 (4), 2061 – 2067. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00101

Photoplastic anisotropy in nanoindentation of wurtzite ZnO single crystals
Oguri, H.; Li, Y.; Fang, X.; Nakamura, A.
2025. Applied Physics Letters, 126 (11), Art.-Nr.: 114101. doi:10.1063/5.0248543

Microstructure of CuCrZrV and ODS(Y2O3)-Cu Alloys After Neutron Irradiation at 150, 350, and 450 °C to 2.5 dpa
Klimenkov, M.; Bonnekoh, C.; Jaentsch, U.; Rieth, M.; Schneider, H.-C.; Terentyev, D.; Iroc, K.; Van Renterghem, W.
2025. Materials, 18 (7), Article no: 1401. doi:10.3390/ma18071401

Prediction of fracture toughness of a reactor pressure vessel steel in the ductile-to-brittle transition region based on a probabilistic cohesive zone model approach
Metzler, T.; Gaganidze, E.; Aktaa, J.
2025. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 605, Art.-Nr.: 155556. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155556

Effect of ceramic breeder environment on low-cycle fatigue of EUROFER97. PhD dissertation
Gaisina, E.
2025, March 19. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000180140

Phase Equilibria in the V-Rich Region of the V-Si-B System at 1400 °C
Yang, W.; Hasemann, G.; Carrion Saldaña, M.; Gorr, B.; Schwaiger, R.; Krüger, M.
2025. Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, 46 (1), 151–169. doi:10.1007/s11669-025-01177-4

Corrosion and tribological behavior of Cr–Y–N multilayers grown by HIPIMS as a function of progressive changes in the coating architecture
Apolinario, R. C.; Rêgo, G. C.; Rodrigues, A. M.; David da Silva, D.; Ospina Ramirez, C. A.; Zhou, Q.; Greiner, C.; Moreto, J. A.; Pinto, H. C.
2025. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 335, 130496. doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.130496

Structure-properties relations in single phase fcc and bcc high entropy alloys under a tribological load : Final report
Dollmann, A.; Greiner, C.; Heilmaier, M.
2025. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). doi:10.5445/IR/1000179180

Raw data and codes to manuscript "Forecasting Friction Behavior Despite its Chaotic Nature"
Li, Y.
2025, February 14. doi:10.35097/75seawp9105yjv6j

Nanoindentation Crack Suppression and Hardness Increase in SrTiO by Dislocation Engineering
Zhang, J.; Preuß, O.; Fang, X.; Lu, W.
2025. JOM, 77 (5), 3503–3512. doi:10.1007/s11837-025-07148-x

Local plastic deformation in the vicinity of topologically close-packed phases in a Ni-based single crystal superalloy
Lee, S.; Do, J.; Choi, B. G.; Bansal, U.; Kirchlechner, C.; Choi, P.-P.; Lee, S.
2025. Materials & Design, 113600. doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113600

In-situ micropillar compression test dataset
Lee, S.; Do, J.; Choi, B. G.; Bansal, U.; Kirchlechner, C.; Choi, P.-P.; Lee, S.
2025, January 13. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14641384

„Wie lässt sich die Recycling-Rate beim Stahl erhöhen?“- Das Institut für Angewandte Materialien des KIT beteiligt sich am EU-Projekt NANO-S-MART - Campus-Report am 31.12.2024
Fuchs, S.; Kirchlechner, C.
2025. doi:10.5445/IR/1000177713

Evaluating neon ions as an alternative to gallium in micro cantilevers fracture testing
Okotete, E.; Mück, S.; Lee, S.; Kirchlechner, C.
2025. Scripta Materialia, 258, 116509. doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2024.116509

Harvesting room-temperature plasticity in ceramics by mechanically seeded dislocations
Fang, X.; Lu, W.; Zhang, J.; Minnert, C.; Hou, J.; Bruns, S.; Kunz, U.; Nakamura, A.; Durst, K.; Rödel, J.
2025. Materials Today, 82, 81–91. doi:10.1016/j.mattod.2024.11.014

Dealing with Missing Angular Sections in NanoCT Reconstructions of Low Contrast Polymeric Samples Employing a Mechanical In Situ Loading Stage
Debastiani, R.; Kurpiers, C. M.; Lemma, E. D.; Breitung, B.; Bastmeyer, M.; Schwaiger, R.; Gumbsch, P.
2025. Microscopy Research and Technique, 88 (3), 832–838. doi:10.1002/jemt.24746

Dislocation‐induced local symmetry reduction in single‐crystal KNbO₃ observed by Raman spectroscopy
Drechsler, F.; Himcinschi, C.; Preuß, O.; Fang, X.; Kortus, J.
2025. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108 (6), Art.-Nr. e20221. doi:10.1111/jace.20221

Damage-tolerant oxides by imprint of an ultra-high dislocation density
Preuß, O.; Bruder, E.; Zhang, J.; Lu, W.; Rödel, J.; Fang, X.
2025. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 45 (2), Art.-Nr.: 116969. doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2024.116969

Ultrahigh‐Pressure Structural Modification in BiCuSeO Ceramics: Dense Dislocations and Exceptional Thermoelectric Performance
Yin, Z.; Zhang, H.; Wang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Xing, Y.; Wang, X.; Fang, X.; Yu, Y.; Guo, X.
2025. Advanced Energy Materials, 15 (8). doi:10.1002/aenm.202403174

On the preparation and mechanical testing of nano to micron-scale specimens
Borasi, L.; Slagter, A.; Mortensen, A.; Kirchlechner, C.
2025. Acta Materialia, 283, 120394. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120394