Publications Materials Physics

Long-range structural and magnetic coherence in embedded mesospin metamaterials

Vantaraki, Christina; Bikondoa, Oier; Grassi, Matías Pablo; Ojha, Brindaban et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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Improved oxidation resistance of B-overstoichiometric Hf_0.33-xAl_xB_0.67+y compared to Ti_0.33-xAl_xB_0.67+y thin films: The role of point defects on grain boundary composition

Salman, Sameer Aman; Kummerl, Pauline; Lellig, Sebastian; Kashani, Amir Hossein Navidi et al.

Part of Materials & design, 2026

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Temperature-driven self-lubrication in TiB_2±x coatings via boron oxide formation

Pölzlberger, Daniel; Farran, Norma Salvadores; Wojcik, Tomasz; Kutrowatz, Philip et al.

Part of Materials & design, 2026

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Synergistic effects of Ta and Si alloying on the long-term oxidation resistance of Ti1-xAlxN coatings

Hirle, A.; Hahn, R.; Wojcik, T.; Kutrowatz, P. et al.

Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2026

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A Fourier-optical approach for segmentation of ion microprobe images into tissue and non-tissue covered areas

Whitlow, Harry J.; Norarat, Rattanaporn; Frost, Robert J. W.; Ghosh, Aishee et al.

Part of Ultramicroscopy, 2026

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Designing Defect Structure and Interfacial Strain in an Epitaxial VN Bilayer Film by Tailoring N Concentration

Hans, Marcus; Holzapfel, Damian M.; Chen, Zhuo; Aghda, Soheil Karimi et al.

Part of Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2026

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Dual functionality of Zn-implanted PEO coatings on Ti6Al4V: Antibacterial activity and wear resistance

de Castro, Victor Velho; Coutinho, Daniel Augusto Krieger; dos Santos, Victor Rosa; Hatwig, Heitor et al.

Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2026

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Electronic effects of localized strain in graphene

Zarkua, Zviadi; Smeyers, Robin; Seliverstov, Aleksandr; Villarreal, Renan et al.

Part of Carbon, 2026

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AlCoCrFeNi_2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy: defect analysis, microstructural stability and ion irradiation resilience

Malinker, Yuval Hodaya; Salhov, Shai; Pinkas, Malki; Ezersky, Vladimir et al.

Part of Acta Materialia, 2026

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Kinetics of the photochromic effect in oxygen-containing yttrium hydrides

Moldarev, Dmitrii; Tran, Tuan; Wolff, Max; Primetzhofer, Daniel

Part of AIP Advances, 2026

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Exponential dependence of interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/MgO(001) superlattices on temperature

Strandqvist, Nanny; Warnatz, Tobias; Thorarinsdottir, Kristbjorg Anna; Vorobiev, Alexei et al.

Part of Physical Review Materials, 2026

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Assessing electronic stopping cross sections of light ions at low ion energies: The impact of crystallinity and surface orientation

Wolf, Philipp M.; Bauer, Peter; Pitthan, Eduardo; Primetzhofer, Daniel

Part of Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2026

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Neon retention in tungsten, boron and mixed thin-films under the effects of thermal annealing studied by isotopic tracing

Gautam, Daniel; Primetzhofer, Daniel; Rubel, Marek; Pitthan, Eduardo

Part of Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2026

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Investigation of nano-bubbles formation as a function of helium implantation rate in molybdenum

Gordon, Eli; Cohen, Shlomi; Tamir, Yael; Hillel, Guy et al.

Part of Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2026

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Recent progress in grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering

Kohler, Sebastian; Arnold, Thomas; Birch, Jens; Cardenas, Marite et al.

Part of Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2026

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Mechanical properties and thermal stability of refractory metal-alloyed (Al V)N-based high-entropy nitrides and oxynitrides

Hajas, Balint Istvan; Kretschmer, Andreas; Schmid, Barbara; Primetzhofer, Daniel et al.

Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2026

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Pea protein isolates adsorption on phospholipid bilayer interfaces: a quartz crystal microbalance and neutron reflectometry study

Atil, Gökhan Uğur; Machingauta, Marshall R.; Luchini, Alessandra; Vorobiev, Alexei et al.

Part of Food Hydrocolloids, 2026

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Lattice site location in metal hydride thin films: Ion channeling and phononic properties

Komander, Kristina; Droulias, Sotirios A.; Wolff, Max; Primetzhofer, Daniel

Part of Journal of Physics, 2026

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Introducing ethical sustainability dilemmas in nuclear engineering education

Gustavsson, Cecilia; Al-Adili, Ali; Frost, Robert J. W.; Solders, Andreas

2025

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Inverse Spillover and Dimensionality Effects on Interstitial Hydrogen

Komander, Kristina; Pálsson, Gunnar K.; Droulias, Sotirios A.; Tsakiris, Theofanis et al.

Part of Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2025

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Prediction and identification of point defect fingerprints in X-ray photoelectron spectra of TiN_x with 1.18 ≤ x ≤ 1.37

Ondracka, Pavel; Kümmerl, Pauline; Hans, Marcus; Mráz, Stanislav et al.

Part of Materials & design, 2025

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Process Development and Formation Chemistry of BaZrS3 Thin Films via a Two-Stage PVD Process

Aggarwal, Garima; Comparotto, Corrado; Riva, Stefania; Chawla, Sushobhita et al.

Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 12512-12523, 2025

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Reprogramming magnetic anisotropy: Field-assisted annealing of Fe-based bulk metallic glass ribbons

Saha, Priyanka; Löfstrand, Julia; Maccari, Fernando; Scheibel, Franziska et al.

Part of Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025

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Determining drivers of chemical diffusion of hydrogen in the thin transition metallic glass V₈₀⁢Zr₂₀

Spode, Lennart; Hartmann, Ola; Pálsson, Gunnar K.

Part of Physical Review B, 2025

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Simultaneous formation of Zn and Ti oxides on nanostructured coatings produced via Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) on Ti6Al4V

Coutinho, Daniel Augusto Krieger; De Castro, Victor Velho; Dos Santos, Victor Rosa; Hatwig, Heitor et al.

Part of Ceramics International, p. 65120-65136, 2025

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Powder-based precipitation simulation of a MgZnCa alloy

Alonso Rancurel, Belén; Shtender, Vitalii; Primetzhofer, Daniel; D'Elia, Francesco et al.

2025

Mobility of Single Vacancies and Adatoms in Graphene at Room Temperature

Tran, Tuan; Persson, Per O. Å.; Pham, Ngan Hoang; Holeňák, Radek et al.

Part of Small, 2025

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PortGISANS: nested mirror optics for a portable GISANS adapter

Mehler, Filip; Jaksch, Sebastian; Cardenas, Marite; Nickel, Bert et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2025

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Out-of-sync co-evaporation in atom probe tomography: Shifting perspectives on compositional biases in TiC and TiN coatings

Schiester, Maximilian; Hans, Marcus; Primetzhofer, Daniel; Köttgen, Jan et al.

Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2025

• DOI for Out-of-sync co-evaporation in atom probe tomography: Shifting perspectives on compositional biases in TiC and TiN coatings
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Machine learning for in-situ composition mapping in a self-driving magnetron sputtering system

Jarl, Sanna; Sjölund, Jens; Frost, Robert J. W.; Holst, Anders et al.

Part of Materials & design, p. 115087-115087, 2025

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Crystal-Symmetry-Driven Build Orientation and its Impact on the {110}<100> Goss Texture Formation and Mechanical Properties of Laser Powder Bed Fused AISI 316L

Rainer, Daniel; James Marattukalam, Jithin; Karlsson, Dennis; Beran, Premysl et al.

Part of Advanced Engineering Materials, 2025

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Deuterium retention in sputter-deposited W-B layers: in-situ implantation and ion beam analysis during annealing

Gautam, Daniel; Tran, Tuan; Fellinger, M.; Aumayr, F. et al.

Part of Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2025

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Measuring the degree of ionization of the metal flux in reactive ionized physical vapor deposition

Fischer, J.; Honnali, Sanath Kumar; Boyd, R.; Ström, Petter et al.

Part of Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A. Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 2025

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Influence of redeposited tungsten and EUROFER97 layers on deuterium retention in plasma-facing materials

Fellinger, Martina; Pitthan, Eduardo; Gautam, Daniel; Primetzhofer, Daniel et al.

Part of Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2025

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Interaction of light ions with plasma-facing materials: Improved experimental accuracy and its impact on sputter yield simulations

Pitthan, Eduardo; Fellinger, M.; Domazet, B. Burazor; Wolf, Philipp M. et al.

Part of Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2025

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Contactless Tracking of Decomposition in Self-Reporting Ceramic Cr-Al-B Coatings

Pöllmann, Peter J.; Lellig, Sebastian; Bogdanovski, Dimitri; Navidi Kashani, Amir Hossein et al.

Part of Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2025

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Telecom Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Nanoconfined Self-Assembled Silicon-Based Color Centers

Salomon, Andreas; Aberl, Johannes; Navarrete, Enrique Prado; Karaman, Merve et al.

Part of ACS Photonics, p. 2364-2371, 2025

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Projected external doses from an accidental release of ESS spallation-target products: time-dependence and radionuclide contribution

Rääf, Christopher; Frost, Robert J. W.; Bernhardsson, Christian; Pedehontaa-Hiaa, Guillaume

Part of Radiation Protection Dosimetry, p. 860-867, 2025

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Charge Transport and Defects in Sulfur-Deficient Chalcogenide Perovskite BaZrS₃

Aggarwal, Garima; Mirza, Adeem Saeed; Riva, Stefania; Comparotto, Corrado et al.

Part of PRX Energy, 2025

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Influence of Al incorporation on the thermal stability, mechanical properties and oxidation behavior of (Ti,V,Zr,Nb,Hf,Ta)_1-xAl_xN thin films (x = 0, 0.1)

Neuss, Deborah; Hans, Marcus; Fidanboy, Gönenc; Lasfargues, Héloïse et al.

Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2025

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Unprecedented B solubility in cubic (Hf,Ta,Ti,V,Zr)B-C-N coatings

Kretschmer, A.; Kirnbauer, A.; Frost, Robert J. W.; Primetzhofer, Daniel et al.

Part of Acta Materialia, 2025

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Major and Trace Element Composition Differences Revealed in Porcine Intestine by Dynamic Analysis and MeV Ion Microscopy

Whitlow, Harry J.; Nagy, Gyula; Kuznetsov, Andrej; Frost, Robert J. W. et al.

Part of Physica Status Solidi (A), 2025

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Anion vacancy-induced photochromism and lattice relaxation in yttrium oxyhydride

Arslan, Halil; Kuzmin, Alexei; Kumar Kasi, Vinoth; Aulika, Ilze et al.

Part of Communications Materials, 2025

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Investigation of nanocomposite formation in TiSiN coatings using atom probe tomography

Naghdali, Saeideh; Schiester, Maximilian; Terziyska, Velislava; Hans, Marcus et al.

Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2025

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Role of alloying and defects in light ion energy dissipation in iron

Ponomareva, Evgeniia; Pitthan, Eduardo; Moro, Marcos V.; Bruckner, Barbara et al.

Part of Physical Review B, 2025

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Nanomechanical property and microstructural changes of tungsten Langmuir probes retrieved from JET with metal walls

Fortuna-Zalesna, E.; Spychalski, M.; Petersson, P.; Rubel, Marek et al.

Part of Fusion engineering and design, 2025

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Solar wind erosion of lunar regolith is suppressed by surface morphology and regolith properties

Brötzner, Johannes; Biber, Herbert; Szabo, Paul Stefan; Jäggi, Noah et al.

Part of Communications Earth & Environment, 2025

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A note on extracting electronic stopping powers of solid matter for heavy ions from energy loss spectra recorded in transmission geometry

Vomschee, Kevin; Holeňák, Radek; Sivagnanalingam, Thanush; Ntemou, Eleni et al.

Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2025

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Assessing the near-surface diffusion of Xe and Kr in Zirconia by time-of-flight elastic recoil detection analysis

Wikström, N.; Giamouridou, M.; Charatsidou, E.; Olsson, P. et al.

Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2025

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Improving the elemental and imaging accuracy in atom probe tomography of (Ti,Si)N single and multilayer coatings using isotopic substitution of N

Naghdali, Saeideh; Schiester, Maximilian; Waldl, Helene; Terziyska, Velislava et al.

Part of Ultramicroscopy, 2025

• DOI for Improving the elemental and imaging accuracy in atom probe tomography of (Ti,Si)N single and multilayer coatings using isotopic substitution of N
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