Publications 2025

Impact of anisotropic grain microstructure on the fracture-mechanical properties of ITER grade tungsten plate
Gaganidze, E.; Meena, N.; Chauhan, L.; Yuan, Q.; Aktaa, J.
2025. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 615, 155945. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155945

Exploring the Inhomogeneous Nature of Li Intercalation and Li Plating on Graphite Anodes – an Experimental Study Combining Inert Gas High-Resolution Light Microscopy with Colorimetric and Machine Learning-Based Image Analysis
Bolsinger, M.; Weisenberger, C.; Waldmann, T.; Kamlah, M.; Knoblauch, V.
2025. Elsevier B.V. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4870447

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. 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. 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, Februar 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, Juni 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. Dissertation
Basu, S.
2025, Juni 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, 25. April 2025

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

Mechanical Investigations of Composite Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries. Dissertation
Janzen, M.
2025, Juni 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, Mai 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. Dissertation
Naumann, J.
2025, Mai 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. Dissertation
Gaisina, E.
2025, März 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, Februar 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, Januar 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