Bitzek, Erik

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erik Bitzek, Privatdozent

Group Leader Modelling & Simulation (since 01.09.2021 at MPI Düsseldorf)

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Chair of General Materials Properties

Martensstr. 5
91058 Erlangen

Email: erik.bitzek@fau.de
Website: https://www.ww1.tf.fau.de/person/bitzek-erik/

Scientific Career:

Erik Bitzek studied physics at the University Stuttgart where he received his Diploma (Dipl. Phys.) with distinction in 2000. After starting his PhD in the group of Prof. Eduard Arzt at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research (now MPI for Intelligent Systems) in Stuttgart, he moved in 2002 with his advisor, Prof. Peter Gumbsch, to the newly founded Institut für Zuverlässigkeit von Bauteilen und Systemen (now IAM-CMS) at the technical university Karlsruhe (now KIT), from where he obtained his doctorate degree (Dr.-Ing.) with distinction in 2006. During his first Postdoc in the group of Prof. Helena van Swygenhoven at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland he was also visiting scientist at the Ohio State University, USA, in the groups of Prof. Peter Anderson and Prof. Yunzhi Wang. His second Postdoc with Prof. Ju Li brought him to the University of Pennsylvania, USA, to which he stayed connected as visiting professor after being appointed at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in 2009 as assistant professor (“Juniorprofessor”). Since winter 2015 he is full professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute I. Since 2013 he is furthermore Chair of the international Elite Master’s Programme “Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP)”.
Prof. Bitzek is co-initiator and 2. speaker of the research training group GRK2423 “Fracture across Scales” and member of the board of the research training group GRK1896 “In-Situ Microscopy with Electrons, X-rays and Scanning Probes” at FAU. He is PI in the SFB/TR103 Superalloy Single Crystals, SPP1594 Topological Engineering of Ultrastrong Glasses and part of the
SPP2074 Fluidfreie Schmiersysteme mit hoher mechanischer Belastung and the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Project Fracture Across Scales and Materials, Processes and Disciplines (FRAMED).

Erik Bitzek serves the scientific community amongst others as member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials and the Journal of Molecular Modeling, as coordinator of the German part of the International Research Network (GDRI) “Mechanics of Nano-Objects” (MECANO), member of the Executive Committee of the conference series “Dislocations”, and co-initiator of the working group 3D Materials Data Science of the German Materials Research Society (DGM). He is also member of the Consortium of the Nationale Forschungsdaten Infrastruktur Initiative NFDI4MSE, the European Materials Modeling Council (EMMC), the European Materials Characterization Council (EMCC) and expert on “Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AM&N) Modelling, Simulation and Design” for the LEIT programme of the European Commission. He furthermore serves as reviewer for the ERC, various organizations in Germany, Austria, Israel, Canada and the US, and for top-ranked journals in materials science and physics. He also has organized and co-organized more than 15 national and international workshops and symposia.

He is author and co-author of more than 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, of one patent application and has given invited presentation at more than 50 international conferences, workshops and seminars. In 2008 his work was designated as “Outstanding Research by Promising Young Researchers in Mechanics and Materials” by the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers, in 2009 he was awarded the Best Poster Award at the Gordon Research Conference on Physical Metallurgy and obtained in 2013 the starting grant of the Cluster of Excellence Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM).

In 2016 he was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project Microscopic Origins of Fracture Toughness (microKIc).

Research:

Modeling and Simulation related to Mechanical Properties of Materials

Recent and upcoming organised events

DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Dresden, Germany, Co-organizer of the Topical Session on Data-Driven Materials Science and Member of the organizing committee of the Metal and Material Physics division
ISAM4: The fourth International Symposium on Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling of Mechanics and Multiphysics of materials, August 5-8, 2019 at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany (co-organiser)
DGG-USTV: 93rd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Glass Technology in Conjunction with the Annual Meeting of French Union for Science and Glass Technology (USTV), 13th to 15th May 2019 at the Maritim Hotel Nürnberg, Germany (local organisation committee and symposium organisation)

In the media:

“Der Herr der Risse: Zerstoeren fuer die Wissenschaft”, TV report in Franken-Fernsehen
“Realistic simulations reveal atomic-scale details responsible for superalloy properties”, article in MRS Bulletin
“Superlegierungen”, article in Chemie in unserer Zeit
“Simulation am Supercomputer”, article in Maschine und Werkzeug
“Warum Dinge kaputt gehen” in Laborpraxis
“Simulation: Den Superkräften von Superlegierungen auf der Spur”, article in materialsgate.de
“Sinnvolle Zerstörung”, Nürnberger Nachrichten, 17./18. Juni 2017

2025

Ávila Calderón LA., Shakeel Y., Gedsun A., Forti M., Hunke S., Han Y., Hammerschmidt T., Aversa R., Olbricht J., Chmielowski M., Stotzka R., Bitzek E., Hickel T., Skrotzki B.:
Management of reference data in materials science and engineering exemplified for creep data of a single-crystalline Ni-based superalloy
In: Acta Materialia 286 (2025), Article No.: 120735
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120735

2024

Atila A., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic origins of deformation-induced structural anisotropy in metaphosphate glasses and its influence on mechanical properties
In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 627 (2024), Article No.: 122822
ISSN: 0022-3093
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2024.122822

2023

Ganisetti VNS., Atila A., Guénolé J., Prakash A., Horbach J., Wondraczek L., Bitzek E.:
The origin of deformation induced topological anisotropy in silica glass
In: Acta Materialia 257 (2023), Article No.: 119108
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119108
Vaid A., Zaiser M., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic Simulations of Dislocation-Void Interactions in Concentrated Solid Solution Alloys
In: Metals 13 (2023), Article No.: 1655
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met13101655

2022

Gabel S., Merle B., Bitzek E., Göken M.:
A new method for microscale cyclic crack growth characterization from notched microcantilevers and application to single crystalline tungsten and a metallic glass
In: Journal of Materials Research (2022), p. 2061-2072
ISSN: 0884-2914
DOI: 10.1557/s43578-022-00618-x
Hiremath P., Melin S., Bitzek E., Olsson PA.:
Effects of interatomic potential on fracture behaviour in single- and bicrystalline tungsten
In: Computational Materials Science 207 (2022), Article No.: 111283
ISSN: 0927-0256
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111283
Krauß S., Seynstahl A., Tremmel S., Meyer B., Bitzek E., Göken M., Yokosawa T., Zubiri BA., Spiecker E., Merle B.:
Structural reorientation and compaction of porous MoS2 coatings during wear testing
In: Wear 500-501 (2022), Article No.: 204339
ISSN: 0043-1648
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2022.204339
Lakshmipathy T., Steinmann P., Bitzek E.:
LEFM is agnostic to geometrical nonlinearities arising at atomistic crack tips
In: Forces in Mechanics 9 (2022), p. 100127
ISSN: 2666-3597
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmec.2022.100127
Vaid A., Wei D., Bitzek E., Nasiri S., Zaiser M.:
Pinning of extended dislocations in atomically disordered crystals
In: Acta Materialia 236 (2022)
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118095
Webler R., Baranova P., Karewar S., Möller J., Neumeier S., Göken M., Bitzek E.:
On the influence of Al-concentration on the fracture toughness of NiAl: Microcantilever fracture tests and atomistic simulations
In: Acta Materialia 234 (2022), Article No.: 117996
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117996

2021

Gabel S., Giese S., Merle B., Sprenger I., Heilmaier M., Neumeier S., Bitzek E., Göken M.:
Microcantilever Fracture Tests on Eutectic NiAl–Cr(Mo) In Situ Composites
In: Advanced Engineering Materials (2021)
ISSN: 1438-1656
DOI: 10.1002/adem.202001464
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.202001464
Hammerschmidt T., Rogal J., Bitzek E., Drautz R.:
Atomic-scale modeling of superalloys
Elsevier, 2021
ISBN: 9780128193570
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819357-0.00020-2
Konrad J., Meißner RH., Bitzek E., Zahn D.:
A Molecular Simulation Approach to Bond Reorganization in Epoxy Resins: From Curing to Deformation and Fracture
In: ACS Polymers Au (2021), Article No.: acspolymersau.1c00016
ISSN: 2694-2453
DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00016
Seynstahl A., Krauß S., Bitzek E., Meyer B., Merle B., Tremmel S.:
Microstructure, mechanical properties and tribological behavior of magnetron-sputtered mos2 solid lubricant coatings deposited under industrial conditions
In: Coatings 11 (2021), Article No.: 455
ISSN: 2079-6412
DOI: 10.3390/coatings11040455
Xie Z., Chauraud D., Bitzek E., Korte-Kerzel S., Guénolé J.:
Laves phase crystal analysis (LaCA): Atomistic identification of lattice defects in C14 and C15 topologically close-packed phases
In: Journal of Materials Research (2021)
ISSN: 0884-2914
DOI: 10.1557/s43578-021-00237-y

2020

Guénolé J., Nöhring WG., Vaid A., Houlle F., Xie Z., Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
Assessment and optimization of the fast inertial relaxation engine (FIRE) for energy minimization in atomistic simulations and its implementation in LAMMPS
In: Computational Materials Science 175 (2020), Article No.: 109584
ISSN: 0927-0256
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109584
Kirchmayer A., Lyu H., Pröbstle M., Houlle F., Förner A., Huenert D., Göken M., Felfer P., Bitzek E., Neumeier S.:
Combining Experiments and Atom Probe Tomography-Informed Simulations on γ′ Precipitation Strengthening in the Polycrystalline Ni-Base Superalloy A718Plus
In: Advanced Engineering Materials (2020)
ISSN: 1438-1656
DOI: 10.1002/adem.202000149
Lee S., Vaid A., Im J., Kim B., Prakash A., Guenole J., Kiener D., Bitzek E., Oh SH.:
In-situ observation of the initiation of plasticity by nucleation of prismatic dislocation loops
In: Nature Communications 11 (2020), Article No.: 2367
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15775-y
Schrenker N., Xie Z., Schweizer P., Moninger M., Werner F., Karpstein N., Mackovic M., Spyropoulos G., Göbelt M., Christiansen SH., Brabec C., Bitzek E., Spiecker E.:
Microscopic Deformation Modes and Impact of Network Anisotropy on the Mechanical and Electrical Performance of Five-fold Twinned Silver Nanowire Electrodes
In: ACS nano (2020), Article No.: acsnano.0c06480
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06480
Xie Z., Shin J., Renner J., Prakash A., Gianola DS., Bitzek E.:
Origins of strengthening and failure in twinned Au nanowires: Insights from in−situ experiments and atomistic simulations
In: Acta Materialia 187 (2020), p. 166-175
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.01.038

2019

Preiß E., Lyu H., Liebig JP., Richter G., Gannott F., Gruber PA., Göken M., Bitzek E., Merle B.:
Microstructural dependence of the fracture toughness of metallic thin films: A bulge test and atomistic simulation study on single-crystalline and polycrystalline silver films
In: Journal of Materials Research 34 (2019), p. 3483-3494
ISSN: 0884-2914
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2019.262
URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-materials-research/article/microstructural-dependence-of-the-fracture-toughness-of-metallic-thin-films-a-bulge-test-and-atomistic-simulation-study-on-singlecrystalline-and-polycrystalline-silver-films/73FEF9FD56EFF314E1366003EFFE8C5B#
Vaid A., Guenole J., Prakash A., Korte-Kerzel S., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic simulations of basal dislocations in Mg interacting with Mg17Al12 precipitates
In: Materialia 7 (2019), Article No.: 100355
ISSN: 2589-1529
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2019.100355
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589152919301516?via=ihub

2018

Houlle F., Walsh F., Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic Simulations of Compression Tests on gamma-Precipitate Containing Ni3Al Nanocubes
In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 49A (2018), p. 4158-4166
ISSN: 1073-5623
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-018-4706-0
Möller J., Bitzek E.:
Atomic-scale modeling of elementary processes during the fatigue of metallic materials: from crack initiation to crack-microstructure interactions
In: Christ, Hans-Jürgen (ed.): Fatigue of Materials at Very High Numbers of Loading Cycles - Experimental Techniques, Mechanisms, Modeling and Fatigue Life Assessment, Wiesbaden: Springer Spektrum, 2018
ISBN: 978-3-658-24531-3
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-24531-3_2
URL: https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658245306
Möller J., Bitzek E., Janisch R., ul Hassan H., Hartmaier A.:
Fracture ab initio: A force-based scaling law for atomistically informed continuum models
In: Journal of Materials Research 33 (2018), p. 3750-3761
ISSN: 0884-2914
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2018.384
URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-materials-research/article/fracture-ab-initio-a-forcebased-scaling-law-for-atomistically-informed-continuum-models/077AFC469E3C82F3D1A537EA83AEF5F6#
Möller J., Mrovec M., Bleskov I., Neugebauer J., Hammerschmidt T., Drautz R., Elsaesser C., Hickel T., Bitzek E.:
{110} planar faults in strained bcc metals: Origins and implications of a commonly observed artifact of classical potentials
In: Physical Review Materials 2 (2018)
ISSN: 2475-9953
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.093606

2017

Baranova P., Bitzek E.:
Influence of Atomic-scale Heterogeneties on Fracture Behavior of B2 NiAl
In: 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF 14) 2017
Bitzek E., Baranova P., Möller J.:
3D Aspects of Fracture and Effects due to Crack Front Curvature
In: 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF 14) 2017
Guenole J., Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic simulations of focused ion beam machining of strained silicon
In: Applied Surface Science 416 (2017), p. 86-95
ISSN: 0169-4332
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.04.027
Mousavi M., Guenole J., Baranova P., Bitzek E., Korsunsky AM.:
Atomistic Simulation of Cracks versus Generalized Continua
In: 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF 14) 2017
Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
Idealized vs. Realistic Microstructures: An Atomistic Simulation Case Study on γ/γ′ Microstructures
In: Materials 10 (2017)
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma10010088
Prakash A., Weygand D., Bitzek E.:
Influence of grain boundary structure and topology on the plastic deformation of nanocrystalline aluminum as studied by atomistic simulations
In: International Journal of Plasticity 97 (2017), p. 107-125
ISSN: 0749-6419
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2017.05.11

2016

Bach J., Möller J., Göken M., Bitzek E., Höppel HW.:
On the transition from plastic deformation to crack initiation in the high- and very high-cycle fatigue regimes in plain carbon steels
In: International Journal of Fatigue (2016)
ISSN: 0142-1123
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2016.04.003
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142112316300512
Guenole J., Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
Influence of intrinsic strain on irradiation induced damage: the role of threshold displacement and surface binding energies
In: Materials and Design 111 (2016), p. 405-413
ISSN: 0261-3069
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.08.077
Korsunsky A., Guenole J., Salvati E., Sui T., Mousavi M., Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
Quantifying eigenstrain distributions induced by focused ion beam damage in silicon
In: Materials Letters 185 (2016), p. 47-49
ISSN: 0167-577X
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2016.08.111
Luo J., Wang J., Bitzek E., Huang JY., Zheng H., Tong L., Yang Q., Li J., Mao SX.:
Size-Dependent Brittle-to-Ductile Transition in Silica Glass Nanofibers
In: Nano Letters 16 (2016), p. 105-113
ISSN: 1530-6984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03070
Mackovic M., Niekiel F., Wondraczek L., Bitzek E., Spiecker E.:
In situ mechanical quenching of nanoscale silica spheres in the transmission electron microscope
In: Scripta Materialia 121 (2016), p. 70-74
ISSN: 1359-6462
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.04.019
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646216301397
Möller J., Bitzek E.:
BDA: A novel method for identifying defects in body-centered cubic crystals
In: MethodsX 3 (2016), p. 279-288
ISSN: 2215-0161
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2016.03.013
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016116300036
Möller J., Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
Multiscale Materials Modeling: Approaches to Full Multiscaling
De Gruyter, Berlin, 2016
Nöhring WG., Möller J., Xie Z., Bitzek E.:
Wedge-shaped twins and pseudoelasticity in fcc metallic nanowires under bending
In: Extreme Mechanics Letters 8 (2016)
ISSN: 2352-4316
DOI: 10.1016/j.eml.2016.03.001
Prakash A., Hummel M., Schmauder S., Bitzek E.:
Nanosculpt: A methodology for generating complex realistic configurations for atomistic simulations
In: MethodsX 3 (2016), p. 219-230
ISSN: 2215-0161
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2016.03.002
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016116000157

2015

Bitzek E., Kermode JR., Gumbsch P.:
Atomistic aspects of fracture
In: International Journal of Fatigue 191 (2015), p. 13-30
ISSN: 0142-1123
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-015-9988-2
Klöffel T., Bitzek E., Meyer B.:
Impact of twin boundaries on bulk elastic constants: Density-functional theory data for Young's modulus of Ag
In: Data in Brief 3 (2015), p. 209-215
ISSN: 2352-3409
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.03.005
Kobler A., Beuth T., Klöffel T., Prang R., Moosmann M., Seherer T., Walheim S., Hahn H., Kuebel C., Meyer B., Schimmel T., Bitzek E.:
Nanotwinned silver nanowires: Structure and mechanical properties
In: Acta Materialia 92 (2015), p. 299-308
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.02.041
Möller J., Bitzek E.:
On the influence of crack front curvature on the fracture behavior of nanoscale cracks
In: Engineering Fracture Mechanics 150 (2015), p. 197-208
ISSN: 0013-7944
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2015.03.028
Niekiel F., Spiecker E., Bitzek E.:
Influence of anisotropic elasticity on the mechanical properties of fivefold twinned nanowires
In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 84 (2015), p. 358-379
ISSN: 0022-5096
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2015.08.004
Prakash A., Guenole J., Wang J., Müller J., Spiecker E., Mills MJ., Povstugar I., Choi P., Raabe D., Bitzek E.:
Atom probe informed simulations of dislocation-precipitate interactions reveal the importance of local interface curvature
In: Acta Materialia 92 (2015), p. 33-45
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.03.050
Prakash A., Nöhring WG., Lebensohn RA., Höppel HW., Bitzek E.:
A multiscale simulation framework of the accumulative roll bonding process accounting for texture evolution
In: Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 631 (2015), p. 104-119
ISSN: 0921-5093
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2015.02.005
Schweiger M., Schaudig M., Gannott F., Killian M., Bitzek E., Schmuki P., Zaumseil J.:
Controlling the diameter of aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on quartz via catalyst reduction time
In: Carbon 95 (2015), p. 452-459
ISSN: 0008-6223
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.058

2014

Amodeo J., Begau C., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic Simulations of Compression Tests on Ni3Al Nanocubes
In: Materials Research Letters 2 (2014), p. 140-145
ISSN: 2166-3831
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2013.878884
Lee S., Im J., Yoo Y., Bitzek E., Kiener D., Richter G., Kim B., Oh SH.:
Reversible cyclic deformation mechanism of gold nanowires by twinning-detwinning transition evidenced from in situ TEM
In: Nature Communications 5 (2014), Article No.: 3033
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4033
Möller J., Bitzek E.:
Comparative study of embedded atom potentials for atomistic simulations of fracture in α-iron
In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 22 (2014), Article No.: 045002
ISSN: 0965-0393
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/22/4/045002
Möller J., Bitzek E.:
Fracture toughness and bond trapping of grain boundary cracks
In: Acta Materialia 73 (2014), p. 1-11
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2014.03.035
Niekiel F., Bitzek E., Spiecker E.:
Combining atomistic simulation and x-ray diffraction for the characterization of nanostructures: A case study on fivefold twinned nanowires
In: Acs Nano 8 (2014), p. 1629-1638
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: 10.1021/nn405941m
Umeno Y., Nöhring WG., Iskandarov A., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic model analysis of local and global instabilities in crystals at finite temperature
In: Key Engineering Materials 592-593 (2014), p. 39-42
ISSN: 1013-9826
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.592-593.39
Zahn D., Bitzek E.:
Shearing in a biomimetic apatite-protein composite: Molecular dynamics of slip zone formation, plastic flow and backcreep mechanisms
In: PLoS ONE 9 (2014), Article No.: e93309
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093309

2013

Bach J., Göken M., Bitzek E., Höppel HW.:
Influence of specimen geometry on temperature increase during ultrasonic fatigue testing
In: Ultrasonics 53 (2013), p. 1412-1416
ISSN: 1874-9968
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.04.021
Bach J., Höppel HW., Bitzek E., Göken M.:
Influence of specimen geometry on temperature increase during ultrasonic fatigue testing
In: Ultrasonics 53 (2013), p. 1412-1416
ISSN: 0041-624X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.04.021
Bach J., Höppel HW., Bitzek E., Göken M.:
Influence of specimen geometry on temperature increase during ultrasonic fatigue testing
In: Ultrasonics 53 (2013), p. 1412-1416
ISSN: 0041-624X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.04.021
Bitzek E., Gumbsch P.:
Mechanisms of dislocation multiplication at crack tips
In: Acta Materialia 61 (2013), p. 1394-1403
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.11.016
Möller J., Prakash A., Bitzek E.:
FE2AT - Finite element informed atomistic simulations
In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 21 (2013)
ISSN: 0965-0393
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/21/5/055011
Umeno Y., Nöhring WG., Iskandarov A., Bitzek E.:
Atomistic Model Analysis of Local and Global Instabilities in Crystals at Finite Temperature
In: Key Engineering Materials 592-593 (2013), p. 39-42
ISSN: 1013-9826
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.592-593.39
URL: https://www.scientific.net/KEM.592-593.39

2012

Bitzek E.:
Atomistic Study of Twinning in Gold Nanowhiskers
In: Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering 6 (2012), p. 99-105
ISSN: 1880-9871
DOI: 10.1299/jmmp.6.99
Sarkar S., Li J., Cox WT., Bitzek E., Lenosky TJ., Wang Y.:
Finding activation pathway of coupled displacive-diffusional defect processes in atomistics: Dislocation climb in fcc copper
In: Physical Review B 86 (2012)
ISSN: 0163-1829
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.014115
Sedlmayr A., Bitzek E., Gianola DS., Richter G., Moenig R., Kraft O.:
Existence of two twinning-mediated plastic deformation modes in Au nanowhiskers
In: Acta Materialia 60 (2012), p. 3985-3993
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.03.018

2011

Li J., Sarkar S., Cox WT., Lenosky TJ., Bitzek E., Wang Y.:
Diffusive molecular dynamics and its application to nanoindentation and sintering
In: Physical Review B 84 (2011)
ISSN: 0163-1829
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.054103

2010

Cheng Y., Bitzek E., Weygand D., Gumbsch P.:
Atomistic simulation of dislocation-void interactions under cyclic loading
In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 18 (2010)
ISSN: 0965-0393
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/18/2/025006

Notable publications:

A. Prakash, J. Guénolé, J. Wang, J. Müller, E. Spiecker, M.J. Mills, I. Povstugar, P. Choi, D. Raabe, E. Bitzek [2015], “Atom probe informed simulations of dislocation–precipitate interactions reveal the importance of local interface curvature”, Acta Materialia 92 33 Link to article
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Book chapters:

J. J. Möller, E. Bitzek, “Atomic-scale modeling of elementary processes during the fatigue of metallic materials: from crack initiation to crack-microstructure interactions”, in Fatigue of Materials at Very High Numbers of Loading Cycles – Experimental Techniques, Mechanisms, Modeling and Fatigue Life Assessment Ed. HJ Christ, Springer, 2018
J. J. Möller, A. Prakash, E. Bitzek, “FE2AT-finite element informed atomistic simulations”, chapter 9 in Multiscale Materials Modeling: Approaches to Full Multiscaling Eds. S. Schmauder, I. Schaefer, de Gruyter, Berlin, 2016

Conference proceedings:

M. Mousavi, J. Guénolé, P. Baranova,
E.Bitzek, A. M. Korsunsky, “ATOMISTIC SIMULATION OF CRACKS VERSUS GENERALIZED CONTINUA”, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF14), Rhodes, Greece, June 18-23, 2017, Ed. E.E. Gdoutos.
P.N. Baranova, E. Bitzek, “INFLUENCE OF ATOMIC-SCALE HETEROGENEITIES ON FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR OF B2 NIAL”, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF14), Rhodes, Greece, June 18-23, 2017, Ed. E.E. Gdoutos.
E. Bitzek, P. Baranova, J.J. Möller, “3D ASPECTS OF FRACTURE AND EFFECTS DUE TO CRACK FRONT CURVATURE”, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF14), Rhodes, Greece, June 18-23, 2017, Ed. E.E. Gdoutos.

Patents:

M. Moseler, P. Gumbsch, E. Bitzek, P. Koskinen, “Method for calculating a local extremum,
preferably a local minimum, of a multidimensional function E(x1, x2, …, xn)”,
United States Patent Application 20070239809