Research Topics

Energy materials & Nanomaterials

• In-situ magnetometry of nanoporous metals during dealloying and charging (FWF)
• Application potentials of nanoporous metals in biocatalysis (Lead project)
• Nanoscale and porous materials with electrochemically controlled properties
• Battery materials: Structure and charging processes

Defects  & Transformations of Materials

• Atomic defects in metals and metal oxides

Methods

• Positron-electron annihilation spectroscopy
• Dilatometry (Linseis L75 VD LT, Linseis L75V Platinum Series)
• X-ray diffraction
• Electrochemical characterization
• Synthesis of nanoscaled materials (e.g., dealloying, microwave plasma technique)
   

Popular scientific reports in “Research TU Graz”

• “From Measuring Open Spaces to Novel Materials (2014-1, Nr. 11, p. 11)”
• “Atomic Defects – Small in Size but Big in Effect (2010-2, Nr. 4, p. 19)”

Closed funded projects

• Defects and structural anisotropy in ultrafine-crystalline metals (FWF)
• Free Volume in Bulk Metallic Glasses - A Kinetic Study by Time-Dependent Dilatometry (FWF)
• Free volumes in nanocrystalline bulk metals (FWF)
• Nanocrystalline metals and alloys: Cluster synthesis and tunable properties controlled by interfacial charging (FWF/NFN)
• Defects and free volumes in nanocrystalline materials (FWF)
• Microwave plasma synthesis of oxide nanocomposites (FWF)