Micromechanical characterization of the fracture behavior of nanostructured layers (A07*)

• Subject Area: Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials and their Microstructural Origins
• Term: from 2018 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 138690629

In order to tailor nitride and oxynitride coatings for application, this project focusses on two research topics: by means of micromechanical testing, the relationships between chemistry and microstructure of the coatings and their resulting mechanical properties will be determined. Based on this, a mechanical model will be established across projects which will couple directly and across scales the physical measurements and the atomistic and continuum mechanical approaches in order to accelerate future process and material design.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 87: Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructural Functional Layers
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Professorin Sandra Korte-Kerzel, Ph.D.