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Sloof, W.G. (author), Pei, R. (author), McDonald, S.A. (author), Fife, J.L. (author), Shen, L. (author), Boatemaa, L. (author), Farle, A.S. (author), Yan, K. (author), Zhang, X. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Lee, P.D. (author), Withers, P.J. (author)MAX phase materials are emerging as attractive engineering materials in applications where the material is exposed to severe thermal and mechanical conditions in an oxidative environment. The Ti2AlC MAX phase possesses attractive thermomechanical properties even beyond a temperature of 1000 K. An attractive feature of this material is its...journal article 2016
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Khanbareh, H. (author), Schelen, J.B.J. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Groen, W.A. (author)Pyroelectric properties of materials can be accurately determined by applying a new digital signal processing method on the discrete sampled data obtained with a temperature oscillation technique. The pyroelectric coefficient is calculated from the component of the generated current 90? out of phase with respect to the sinusoidal temperature...journal article 2015
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Zhang, S. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author), Kuzmina, M. (author), Herbig, M. (author), Raabe, D. (author), Brück, E. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author)The autonomous repair mechanism of creep cavitation during high-temperature deformation has been investigated in Fe-Au and Fe-Au-B-N alloys. Combined electron-microscopy techniques and atom probe tomography reveal how the improved creep properties result from Au precipitation within the creep cavities, preferentially formed on grain boundaries...journal article 2015
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Farahani, H. (author), Xu, W. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)In this research, the effects of Mn and Si concentration and that of the isothermal intercritical holding temperature on the austenite-to-ferrite (? ? ?) and the martensite-to-austenite (?? ? ?) phase transformations are studied for a series of Fe-C-Mn-Si steels with up to 7 wt pct Mn. The model is based on the local equilibrium (LE) concept....journal article 2015
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- De Jong, M. (author), Chen, W. (author), Angsten, T. (author), Jain, A. (author), Notestine, R. (author), Gamst, A. (author), Sluiter, M.H.F. (author), Krishna Ande, C. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Plata, J.J. (author), Toher, C. (author), Curtarolo, S. (author), Ceder, G. (author), Persson, K.A. (author), Asta, M. (author) journal article 2015
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Dilner, D. (author), Lu, Q. (author), Mao, H. (author), Xu, W. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Selleby, M. (author)This paper demonstrates the use of a new model consisting of a genetic algorithm in combination with thermodynamic calculations and analytical process models to minimize the processing time during a vacuum degassing treatment of liquid steel. The model sets multiple simultaneous targets for final S, N, O, Si and Al levels and uses the total slag...journal article 2014
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Blondé, R.J.P. (author), Jimenez-Melero, E. (author), Huizenga, R.M. (author), Zhao, L. (author), Wright, J. (author), Brück, E.H. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author)The martensitic transformation behaviour of the metastable austenite phase in low-alloyed transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels has been studied in situ using high-energy X-ray diffraction during deformation. The austenite stability during tensile deformation has been evaluated at different length scales. A powder diffraction analysis...journal article 2014
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Blondé, R.J.P. (author), Jimenez-Melero, E. (author), Anusuya Ponnusami, S. (author), Zhao, L. (author), Schell, N. (author), Brück, E.H. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author)While earlier studies on transformation-induced-plasticity (TRIP) steels focused on the determination of the austenite-to-martensite decomposition in uniform deformation or thermal fields, the current research focuses on the determination of the local retained austenite-to-martensite transformation behaviour in an inhomogeneous yet carefully...journal article 2014
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Zhang, S. (author), Schut, H. (author), Brück, E. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author)The role of deformation-induced defects and carbon addition on the copper precipitation during aging at 550 oC is investigated in high-purity Fe-Cu-B-N-C alloy samples by Coincidence Doppler Broadening. In samples with 0% and 8% cold pre-strain, the influence of tensile pre-deformation on the precipitation kinetics of copper is studied. The...journal article 2013
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Van den Ende, D.A. (author), Fischer, H.R. (author), Groen, W.A. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)The meso-scale surface roughness of piezoelectric fiber composites can be manipulated by applying an electric field to a piezocomposite with a polished surface. In the absence of an applied voltage, the tips of the embedded piezoelectric ceramic fibers are below the surface of the piezocomposite and a silicon wafer counter surface rests solely...journal article 2013
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Kunnamkuzhakkal James, N. (author), Van den Ende, D. (author), Lafont, U. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Groen, W.A. (author)Structured lead zirconium titanate (PZT)–epoxy composites are prepared by dielectrophoresis. The piezoelectric and dielectric properties of the composites as a function of PZT volume fraction are investigated and compared with the corresponding unstructured composites. The effect of poling voltage on piezoelectric properties of the composites is...journal article 2013
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Van den Ende, D.A. (author), Maier, R.A. (author), Van Neer, P.L.M.J. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Randall, C.A. (author), Groen, W.A. (author)In this work, the piezoelectric properties at high electric fields of dielectrophoretically aligned PZT—polymer composites containing high aspect ratio particles (such as short fibers) are presented. Polarization and strain as a function of electric field are evaluated. The properties of the composites are compared to those of PZT-polymer...journal article 2013
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Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Brinkman, E. (author), Van Hees, R.P.J. (author)Er zijn momenteel heel veel ontwikkelingen gaande in het materialenveld voor de bouw: materialen met lage energy footprint, materialen van biologische oorsprong, responsieve materialen, materialen met additionele functionaliteit en al deze nieuwe materialen komen elders in deze editie aan de orde. Naast deze zichtbare en in de nog te bouwen...journal article 2012
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Van den Ende, D.A. (author), Van Kempen, S.E. (author), Wu, X. (author), Groen, W.A. (author), Randall, C.A. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)Piezoelectric composites were prepared by dielectrophoretic alignment of high aspect ratio piezoelectric particles in a thermosetting polymer matrix. A high level of alignment was achieved in the cured composite from a resin containing randomly oriented high aspect ratio particles. Upon application of an electric field during curing of the resin...journal article 2012
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Khanbareh, H. (author), Wu, X. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)Quantitative analysis of the grain boundaries in partially recrystallized microstructures of heat-treated 7050 aluminum alloys has been performed. Fractal dimensions of the extracted grain boundaries were calculated by boxcounting method. Five different types of tear-tested materials rolled in different processes each at two orientations of 0º...journal article 2012
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- Li, C. (author), Chen, J.H. (author), Wu, X. (author), Wang, W. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author) journal article 2012
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Van den Ende, D.A. (author), Van de Wiel, H.J. (author), Groen, W.A. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)Direct piezoelectric strain energy harvesting can be used to power wireless autonomous sensors in environments where low frequency, high strains are present, such as in automobile tires during operation. However, these high strains place stringent demands on the materials with respect to mechanical failure or depolarization, especially at...journal article 2011
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He, S.M. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author), Paladugu, M. (author), Schut, H. (author), Kohlbrecher, J. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)We performed in situ time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements on high-purity Fe-Cu and Fe-Cu-B-N alloys during isothermal aging at 550 °C in order to study the potential self-healing of deformation-induced defects by nanosized Cu precipitation. Three different samples with 0%, 8%, and 24% prestrain were used to study the...journal article 2010
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Chen, H. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)The soft impingement effect at the later stage of partitioning phase transformations has been modeled both for the diffusion-controlled growth model and for the mixed-mode model. Instead of the linear and exponential approximations for the concentration gradient in front of the interface used in the past, a general polynomial method of dealing...journal article 2010
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He, S.M. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author), Schut, H. (author), Peekstok, E.R. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author)We have investigated the influence of deformation-induced defects on the isothermal precipitation at 550?°C in as-quenched (solute-supersaturated) and annealed (solute-depleted) Fe-Cu and Fe-Cu-B-N alloys by positron annihilation spectroscopy and hardness tests. Using the coincidence Doppler broadening technique, the evolution of local...journal article 2010