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Merle, Benoit

Prof. Dr. Benoit Merle

Benoit Merle
Former Group Leader Nanomechanics (since 01.05.2022 at Universität Kassel)

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Chair of General Materials Properties

  • Email: benoit.merle@fau.de
  • Website: https://www.ww1.tf.fau.de/person/merle-benoit/

Scientific Career

Benoit Merle is an expert in nanomechanical testing. He graduated with distinction from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France in 2005. After spending a few years as an engineer with Siemens AG, he joined the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg to pursue a PhD on the mechanical behavior of thin films. He obtained his doctorate degree (Dr.-Ing.) with distinction in 2013 (advisor: Prof. M. Göken) and went on to establish the nanomechanics group which he currently leads. He spent the summer 2018 at Texas A&M university on an extended research stay with Prof. George Pharr. Back in Erlangen, he completed his habilitation (Dr.-Ing. habil.) in the field of materials science in May 2019.

In May 2022, Benoit Merle was appointed professor to the University of Kassel and is now heading the lab for Mechanical Behavior of Materials.

Academic Education

05/2019 Habilitation in Materials Science, FAU, Erlangen
06/2013 PhD in Materials Science, FAU, Erlangen
11/2005 M.Sc. in Engineering, École Centrale de Lyon, France

Positions

since 2019 Privatdozent, Faculty (Akademischer Oberrat a.Z.), Group Leader
2018 Visiting Scholar, Texas A&M University, USA
2013 – 2019 Faculty (Akademischer Rat a.Z.), Group Leader
2007 – 2013 Research Associate
2006 – 2007 Engineer, Siemens AG

Distinctions

He is the author or co-author of >50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals – as listed below – and has also given numerous invited presentations (TMS, DPG, ESMC…) and organized 6 symposia at major international conferences (ICMCTF, E-MRS, TMS). He is the lead guest editor of a 2021 special issue of the Journal of Materials Research and a 2022 special issue of the JOM Journal. The quality of his work has been acknowledged by the 4 researcher awards that he has received, incl. from the German materials society (DGM) and the Staedtler Foundation. He has also received 3 teaching awards for his lectures at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and has been a member of the graduate program committee of the nanotechnology curriculum since 2015. In 2020, he was awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant by the European research Council. Since 2022, he is the chair of the European Network for the Mechanics of Matter at the Nano-Scale (COST Action CA21121).

2021 Masing Award, German Society for Materials Research (DGM)
2020 ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council
2020 Wolfgang Finkelnburg Habilitation Award, Erlangen
2019 Best lecture award from the Faculty of Engineering (rank 1/57), Erlangen
2016 Best lecture award from the Faculty of Engineering (rank 3/53), Erlangen
2015 Best Poster Award at the „Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research & Development V“ Conference, Albufeira, Portugal
2015 Best lecture award from the Faculty of Engineering (rank 1/24), Erlangen
2014 Young Researcher Award, German Society for Materials Research (DGM), Darmstadt
2014 Best PhD Award, Staedtler Foundation, Nürnberg
2011 Best Poster Award at the „Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research & Development III“ Conference, Lanzarote, Spain
2009 Best Poster Award at the „Nanomechanical Testing“ Conference, Barga, Italy

Research Focus

Benoit Merle has a strong research focus on the mechanical characterization of materials in small dimensions by nanoindentation, micromechanical testing and in-situ testing in the electron and atomic force microscopes. He is an expert at developing novel testing methods and applying them to various material systems. He also has a strong background in the fabrication and characterization of thin films and coatings. His current projects are mostly connected to small-scale fatigue, nanotribology and nanoindentation at high strain rates.

Third-party Funding

ERC Starting Grant “High-speed deformation and failure of materials at the nanometer scale”
Funded by the European research Council (ERC), 2021-2026
Research Grant “Metallic thin film fatigue dominated by interface character”
Cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences
DFG funded, 2020-2023
Research Training Programme “In situ Microscopy with Electrons, X-rays and Scanning Probes”
Cooperation with the Electron Microscopy and Physics departments
DFG funded, 2018-2022
Priority Programme “Fluidless Lubricationsystems with high mechanical Load”
Cooperation with the Mechanical Engineering department
DFG funded, 2018-2021

Projekte [DE]

  • Mikroskopische Ursachen für Risswachstum
  • Grenzflächen-dominiertes Ermüdungsverhalten dünner Schichten
  • Mikromechanische Verschleißmechanismenanalyse des Feststoffschmiermediums MoS2
  • Mechanische Eigenschaften verformungsinduzierter Grenzflächen in Medium- und Hochentropischen Legierungssystemen

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Publications in Web of Science

2024

  • Winczewski JP., Zeiler S., Gabel S., Maestre D., Merle B., Gardeniers JG., Susarrey Arce A.:
    Additive manufacturing of 3D yttria-stabilized zirconia microarchitectures
    In: Materials and Design 238 (2024), Article No.: 112701
    ISSN: 0261-3069
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112701

2023

  • Holz H., Merle B.:
    Novel nanoindentation strain rate sweep method for continuously investigating the strain rate sensitivity of materials at the nanoscale
    In: Materials & Design 236 (2023), Article No.: 112471
    ISSN: 0264-1275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112471
  • Krapf A., Gebhart DD., Gammer C., Cordill MJ., Merle B.:
    Creep-dominated fatigue of freestanding gold thin films studied by bulge testing
    In: Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 887 (2023), Article No.: 145759
    ISSN: 0921-5093
    DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2023.145759
  • Morales LA., Bezold A., Förner A., Holz H., Merle B., Neumeier S., Körner C., Zenk C.:
    Influence of Cu Addition and Microstructural Configuration on the Creep Resistance and Mechanical Properties of an Fe-Based alpha/alpha '/alpha '' Superalloy
    In: Advanced Engineering Materials (2023)
    ISSN: 1438-1656
    DOI: 10.1002/adem.202201652
  • Winczewski JP., Zeiler S., Gabel S., Susarrey-Arce A., Gardeniers JG., Merle B.:
    Exploring the mechanical properties of additively manufactured carbon-rich zirconia 3D microarchitectures
    In: Materials & Design 232 (2023), Article No.: 112142
    ISSN: 0264-1275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112142
  • Yang Z., Huber F., Krapf A., Merle B., Markl M., Schmidt M., Körner C.:
    Revealing bulk metallic glass crystallization kinetics during laser powder bed fusion by a combination of experimental and numerical methods
    In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 619 (2023), Article No.: 122532
    ISSN: 0022-3093
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122532

2022

  • Akhlaghi M., Hock R., Dallmann J., Krapf A., Merle B., Hofsäss H., Körner C., Leineweber A.:
    Gaseous nitriding of Co-10 at% and -15 at% Cr alloys at 400 °C and 450 °C
    In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds 907 (2022)
    ISSN: 0925-8388
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164535
  • Bykova E., Johansson E., Bykov M., Chariton S., Fei H., Ovsyannikov SV., Aslandukova A., Gabel S., Holz H., Merle B., Alling B., Abrikosov IA., Smith JS., Prakapenka VB., Katsura T., Dubrovinskaia N., Goncharov AF., Dubrovinsky L.:
    Novel Class of Rhenium Borides Based on Hexagonal Boron Networks Interconnected by Short B2Dumbbells
    In: Chemistry of Materials 34 (2022), p. 8138-8152
    ISSN: 0897-4756
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00520
  • 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
  • Gebhart DD., Krapf A., Gammer C., Merle B., Cordill MJ.:
    Linking through-thickness cracks in metallic thin films to in-situ electrical resistance peak broadening
    In: Scripta Materialia 212 (2022), Article No.: 114550
    ISSN: 1359-6462
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114550
  • 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
  • Lubauer J., Ast J., Göken M., Merle B., Lohbauer U., Belli R.:
    Resistance-curve envelopes for dental lithium disilicate glass-ceramics
    In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2022)
    ISSN: 0955-2219
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.01.013
  • Luo N., Galgon F., Krauß S., Morales LA., Merle B., Zenk C., Körner C.:
    Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties in Zr–Cu–Al–Nb bulk metallic glass composites prepared by laser metal deposition
    In: Intermetallics 140 (2022), Article No.: 107393
    ISSN: 0966-9795
    DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2021.107393
  • Maier-Kiener V., Lawrence SK., Merle B.:
    30 Years of Oliver-Pharr: Then, Now and the Future of Nanoindentation
    In: JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (2022)
    ISSN: 1047-4838
    DOI: 10.1007/s11837-022-05305-0
  • Wallis D., Harris J., Böhm C., Wang D., Zavattieri P., Feldner P., Merle B., Pipich V., Hurle K., Leupold S., Hansen LN., Marin F., Wolf S.:
    Erratum: Progressive changes in crystallographic textures of biominerals generate functionally graded ceramics (Mater. Adv. (2022) DOI: 10.1039/d1ma01031j)
    In: Materials Advances 3 (2022), p. 2598-
    ISSN: 2633-5409
    DOI: 10.1039/d2ma90020c
  • Winczewski J., Herrera M., Cabriel C., Izeddin I., Gabel S., Merle B., Susarrey Arce A., Gardeniers H.:
    Additive Manufacturing of 3D Luminescent ZrO2:Eu3+ Architectures
    In: Advanced Optical Materials (2022)
    ISSN: 2195-1071
    DOI: 10.1002/adom.202102758
  • Yang Z., Wang H., Krauß S., Huber F., Merle B., Schmidt M., Markl M., Körner C.:
    Evolution of an industrial-grade Zr-based bulk metallic glass during multiple laser beam melting
    In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 589 (2022), Article No.: 121649
    ISSN: 0022-3093
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.121649

2021

  • Feldner P., Merle B., Göken M.:
    Breakdown of the superplastic deformation behavior of heterogeneous nanomaterials at small length scales
    In: Materials Research Letters 9 (2021), p. 41-49
    ISSN: 2166-3831
    DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2020.1818323
    URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21663831.2020.1818323
  • 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
  • Liebig JP., Mackovic M., Spiecker E., Göken M., Merle B.:
    Grain boundary mediated plasticity: A blessing for the ductility of metallic thin films?
    In: Acta Materialia 215 (2021), Article No.: 117079
    ISSN: 1359-6454
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117079
    URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645421004596/pdfft?isDTMRedir=true&download=true
  • Marian M., Feile K., Rothammer B., Bartz M., Wartzack S., Seynstahl A., Tremmel S., Krauß S., Merle B., Boehm T., Wang B., Wyatt BC., Anasori B., Rosenkranz A.:
    Ti3C2Tx Solid Lubricant Coatings in Rolling Bearings with Remarkable Performance beyond State-of-the-Art Materials
    In: Applied Materials Today 25 (2021), p. 1-9
    ISSN: 2352-9407
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101202
    URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352940721002663?dgcid=coauthor
  • Merle B., Maier-Kiener V., Rupert TJ., Pharr GM.:
    Current trends in nanomechanical testing research
    In: Journal of Materials Research (2021)
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/s43578-021-00280-9
    URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1557/s43578-021-00280-9.pdf
  • Preiß E., Merle B., Xiao Y., Gannott F., Liebig JP., Wheeler JM., Göken M.:
    Applicability of focused Ion beam (FIB) milling with gallium, neon, and xenon to the fracture toughness characterization of gold thin films
    In: Journal of Materials Research (2021)
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/s43578-020-00045-w
    URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1557/s43578-020-00045-w.pdf
  • Rothammer B., Marian M., Neusser K., Bartz M., Böhm T., Krauß S., Schroeder S., Uhler M., Thiele S., Merle B., Kretzer JP., Wartzack S.:
    Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Total Knee Replacements—Part II: Tribological Behavior
    In: Polymers 13 (2021), p. 1 - 25
    ISSN: 2073-4360
    DOI: 10.3390/polym13111880
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_60bb59ba4432e
  • Rothammer B., Neusser K., Marian M., Bartz M., Krauß S., Böhm T., Thiele S., Merle B., Detsch R., Wartzack S.:
    Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Total Knee Replacements—Part I: Deposition, Cytocompatibility, Chemical and Mechanical Properties
    In: Polymers 13 (2021), p. 1 - 23
    ISSN: 2073-4360
    DOI: 10.3390/polym13121952
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_60c364643981f
  • 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
  • Sommerschuh M., Wirth J., Englisch S., Przybilla T., Apeleo Zubiri B., Pistor J., Merle B., Körner C., Göken M., Spiecker E.:
    A scale-bridging study of the influence of TCP phases on the mechanical properties of an additive manufactured Ni-base superalloy combining microcompression testing, X-ray nanotomography and TEM
    In: Microscopy and Microanalysis 27 (2021), p. 938-942
    ISSN: 1431-9276
    DOI: 10.1017/S1431927621003603
  • Wallis D., Harris J., Böhm C., Wang D., Zavattieri P., Feldner P., Merle B., Pipich V., Hurle K., Leupold S., Hansen LN., Marin F., Wolf S.:
    Progressive changes in crystallographic textures of biominerals generate functionally graded ceramics
    In: Materials Advances (2021)
    ISSN: 2633-5409
    DOI: 10.1039/d1ma01031j
  • Wang J., Kang E., Sultan U., Merle B., Inayat A., Graczykowski B., Fytas G., Vogel N.:
    Influence of Surfactant-Mediated Interparticle Contacts on the Mechanical Stability of Supraparticles
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2021)
    ISSN: 1932-7447
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06839
  • Wang J., Schwenger J., Feldner P., Ströbel A., Herre P., Romeis S., Peukert W., Merle B., Vogel N.:
    Mechanics of colloidal supraparticles under compression
    In: Science Advances 7 (2021), Article No.: eabj0954
    ISSN: 2375-2548
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj0954
  • Weikert T., Wartzack S., Baloglu MV., Willner K., Gabel S., Merle B., Pineda F., Walczak M., Marian M., Rosenkranz A., Tremmel S.:
    Evaluation of the surface fatigue behavior of amorphous carbon coatings through cyclic nanoindentation
    In: Surface & Coatings Technology 407 (2021), Article No.: 126769
    ISSN: 0257-8972
    DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126769
    URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0257897220314390

2020

  • Gabel S., Merle B.:
    Small-scale high-cycle fatigue testing by dynamic microcantilever bending
    In: MRS Communications (2020)
    ISSN: 2159-6859
    DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2020.31
    URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1557/mrc.2020.31.pdf
  • Kabir A., Espineira-Cachaza M., Fiordaliso EM., Ke D., Grasso S., Merle B., Esposito V.:
    Effect of cold sintering process (CSP) on the electro-chemo-mechanical properties of Gd-doped ceria (GDC)
    In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society 40 (2020), p. 5612-5618
    ISSN: 0955-2219
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.06.010
  • Kabir A., Kyu Han J., Merle B., Esposito V.:
    The role of oxygen defects on the electro-chemo-mechanical properties of highly defective gadolinium doped ceria
    In: Materials Letters 266 (2020), Article No.: 127490
    ISSN: 0167-577X
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127490
  • Krauß S., Schieß T., Göken M., Merle B.:
    Revealing the local fatigue behavior of bimodal copper laminates by micropillar fatigue tests
    In: Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 788 (2020), Article No.: 139502
    ISSN: 0921-5093
    DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2020.139502
  • Marian M., Song GC., Wang B., Fuenzalida VM., Krauß S., Merle B., Tremmel S., Wartzack S., Yu J., Rosenkranz A.:
    Effective usage of 2D MXene nanosheets as solid lubricant – Influence of contact pressure and relative humidity
    In: Applied Surface Science 531 (2020), p. 1-10
    ISSN: 0169-4332
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147311
    URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433220320687?dgcid=coauthor
  • Merle B., Higgins WH., Pharr GM.:
    Extending the range of constant strain rate nanoindentation testing
    In: Journal of Materials Research (2020)
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2019.408
    URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1557/jmr.2019.408.pdf
  • Tinoco HA., Hutař P., Merle B., Göken M., Kruml T.:
    Fracture toughness evaluation of a cracked au thin film by applying a finite element analysis and bulge test
    18th International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics, FDM 2019 (Rhodes, 16. September 2019 - 18. September 2019)
    In: Key Engineering Materials 2020
    DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.827.196

2019

  • Bykov M., Chariton S., Fei H., Fedotenko T., Aprilis G., Ponomareva AV., Tasnádi F., Abrikosov IA., Merle B., Feldner P., Vogel S., Schnick W., Prakapenka VB., Greenberg E., Hanfland M., Pakhomova A., Liermann HP., Katsura T., Dubrovinskaia N., Dubrovinsky L.:
    High-pressure synthesis of ultraincompressible hard rhenium nitride pernitride Re2(N2)(N)2 stable at ambient conditions
    In: Nature Communications 10 (2019), Article No.: 2994
    ISSN: 2041-1723
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10995-3
  • Böhm C., Feldner P., Merle B., Wolf S.:
    Conical nanoindentation allows azimuthally independent hardness determination in geological and biogenic minerals
    In: Materials 12 (2019), Article No.: 1630
    ISSN: 1996-1944
    DOI: 10.3390/ma12101630
  • Hou X., Krauß S., Merle B.:
    Additional grain boundary strengthening in length-scale architectured copper with ultrafine and coarse domains
    In: Scripta Materialia 165 (2019), p. 55-59
    ISSN: 1359-6462
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.02.019
  • Merle B.:
    Creep behavior of gold thin films investigated by bulge testing at room and elevated temperature
    In: Journal of Materials Research 34 (2019), p. 69-77
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2018.287
  • Merle B., Higgins WH., Pharr GM.:
    Critical issues in conducting constant strain rate nanoindentation tests at higher strain rates
    In: Journal of Materials Research (2019)
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2019.292
  • 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#

2018

  • Feldner P., Merle B., Göken M.:
    Superplastic deformation behavior of Zn-22% Al alloy investigated by nanoindentation at elevated temperatures
    In: Materials & Design 153 (2018), p. 71-79
    ISSN: 0264-1275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.05.008
  • Khansur NH., Eckstein U., Benker L., Deisinger U., Merle B., Webber KG.:
    Room temperature deposition of functional ceramic films on low-cost metal substrate
    In: Ceramics International 44 (2018), p. 16295-16301
    ISSN: 0272-8842
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.06.027
  • Liebig JP., Krauß S., Göken M., Merle B.:
    Influence of stacking fault energy and dislocation character on slip transfer at coherent twin boundaries studied by micropillar compression
    In: Acta Materialia 154 (2018), p. 261-272
    ISSN: 1359-6454
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.05.037
  • Merle B., Höppel HW.:
    Microscale High-Cycle Fatigue Testing by Dynamic Micropillar Compression Using Continuous Stiffness Measurement
    In: Experimental Mechanics 58 (2018), p. 465-474
    ISSN: 0014-4851
    DOI: 10.1007/s11340-017-0362-3
  • Merle B., Kraus X., Tallawi M., Scharfe B., El Fray M., Aifantis KE., Boccaccini AR., Göken M.:
    Dynamic mechanical characterization of poly(glycerol sebacate)/poly (butylene succinate-butylene dilinoleate) blends for cardiac tissue engineering by flat punch nanoindentation
    In: Materials Letters 221 (2018), p. 115-118
    ISSN: 0167-577X
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.03.051
  • Preiß E., Gannott F., Göken M., Merle B.:
    Scaling of the fracture toughness of freestanding metallic thin films with the yield strength
    In: Materials Research Letters 6 (2018), p. 607-612
    ISSN: 2166-3831
    DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2018.1520749

2017

  • Feldner P., Merle B., Göken M.:
    Determination of the strain-rate sensitivity of ultrafine-grained materials by spherical nanoindentation
    In: Journal of Materials Research 32 (2017), p. 1466-1473
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2017.69
  • Fischer C., Seefried A., Merle B., Göken M., Drummer D.:
    Influencing Hardness and Wear During the Dynamic Tempered Microinjection Molding Process by Considering Isothermal Holding Time
    In: Polymer Engineering and Science 57 (2017), p. 121-128
    ISSN: 0032-3888
    DOI: 10.1002/pen.24394
  • Ghanem M., Göken M., Merle B.:
    Plane-strain bulge testing of thin films under compressive residual stresses
    In: Surface & Coatings Technology 327 (2017), p. 167-173
    ISSN: 0257-8972
    DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.08.004
  • Merle B., Maier-Kiener V., Pharr GM.:
    Influence of modulus-to-hardness ratio and harmonic parameters on continuous stiffness measurement during nanoindentation
    In: Acta Materialia 134 (2017), p. 167-176
    ISSN: 1359-6454
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.05.036
  • Mikschl F., Merle B., Baum M., Heberle J., Göken M., Schmidt M.:
    Micromechanical characterization of laser consolidated nanoparticle ITO layers
    In: Thin Solid Films 642 (2017), p. 214-218
    ISSN: 0040-6090
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2017.09.046
  • Preiß E., Merle B., Göken M.:
    Understanding the Extremely Low Fracture Toughness of Freestanding Gold Thin Films by In-situ Bulge Testing in an AFM
    In: Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 691 (2017), p. 218-225
    ISSN: 0921-5093
    DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2017.03.037
    URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921509317303271
  • Shrestha S., Fischer R., Matt G., Feldner P., Michel T., Osvet A., Levchuk I., Merle B., Golkar S., Chen H., Tedde SF., Schmidt O., Hock R., Ruehrig M., Göken M., Heiß W., Anton G., Brabec C.:
    High-performance direct conversion X-ray detectors based on sintered hybrid lead triiodide perovskite wafers
    In: Nature Photonics 11 (2017), p. 436-+
    ISSN: 1749-4885
    DOI: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2017.94
  • Vierneusel B., Benker L., Tremmel S., Göken M., Merle B.:
    Isolating the effect of residual stresses on coating wear by a mechanical stress relaxation technique
    In: Thin Solid Films 638 (2017), p. 159 - 166
    ISSN: 0040-6090
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2017.06.016
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5a6af86239b18

2016

  • Ast J., Merle B., Durst K., Göken M.:
    Fracture toughness evaluation of NiAl single crystals by microcantilevers-a new continuous J-integral method
    In: Journal of Materials Research 31 (2016), p. 3786-3794
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2016.393
    URL: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fau/files/8989/Ast_fracture_toughness.pdf
  • Javed H., Merle B., Preiß E., Hivet R., Benedetto A., Göken M.:
    Mechanical characterization of metallic thin films by bulge and scratch testing
    In: Surface & Coatings Technology 289 (2016), p. 69-74
    ISSN: 0257-8972
    DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.01.051
  • Liebig JP., Göken M., Richter G., Mackovic M., Przybilla T., Spiecker E., Pierron ON., Merle B.:
    A flexible method for the preparation of thin film samples for in situ TEM characterization combining shadow-FIB milling and electron beam-assisted etching
    In: Ultramicroscopy 171 (2016), p. 82-88
    ISSN: 0304-3991
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.09.004
  • Merle B., Nicholson KS., Herbert EG., Göken M.:
    An improved method for point deflection measurements on rectangular membranes
    In: Materials & Design 109 (2016), p. 485-491
    ISSN: 0264-1275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.07.054

2015

  • Merle B., Cassel D., Göken M.:
    Time-dependent deformation behavior of freestanding and SiNx-supported gold thin films investigated by bulge tests
    In: Journal of Materials Research 30 (2015), p. 2161-2169
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.184
    URL: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fau/files/7997/Merle_time-dependent.pdf

2014

  • Merle B., Göken M.:
    Bulge fatigue testing of freestanding and supported gold films
    In: Journal of Materials Research 29 (2014), p. 267-276
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.373
    URL: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fau/files/6426/merle_bulge.pdf
  • Merle B., Maier V., Durst K.:
    Experimental and theoretical confirmation of the scaling exponent 2 in pyramidal load displacement data for depth sensing indentation
    In: Scanning 36 (2014), p. 526-529
    ISSN: 0161-0457
    DOI: 10.1002/sca.21151

2013

  • Maier V., Merle B., Göken M., Durst K.:
    An improved long-term nanoindentation creep testing approach for studying the local deformation processes in nanocrystalline metals at room and elevated temperatures
    In: Journal of Materials Research 28 (2013), p. 1177-1188
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.39
    URL: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fau/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/5014/file/Maier_Improved.pdf

2012

  • Durst K., Rehman HU., Merle B.:
    Comment to paper "penetration depth and tip radius dependence on the correction factor in nanoindentation measurements" by J.M. Meza et al. [J. Mater. Res. 23(3), 725 (2008)]
    In: Journal of Materials Research 27 (2012), p. 1205-1207
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.41
  • Merle B., Durst K., Hamad-Ur-Rehman .:
    Comment to paper "Penetration depth and tip radius dependence on the correction factor in nanoindentation measurements" by JM Meza et al. [J. Mater. Res. 23(3), 725 (2008)]
    In: Journal of Materials Research 27 (2012), p. 1205-1207
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.41
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  • Merle B., Maier V., Göken M., Durst K.:
    Experimental determination of the effective indenter shape and epsilon-factor for nanoindentation by continuously measuring the unloading stiffness
    In: Journal of Materials Research 27 (2012), p. 214-221
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.245
    URL: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fau/files/2988/merle_experimental_4245.pdf
  • Merle B., Maier V., Göken M., Durst K.:
    Experimental determination of the effective indenter shape and ε-factor for nanoindentation by continuously measuring the unloading stiffness
    In: Journal of Materials Research 27 (2012), p. 214-221
    ISSN: 0884-2914
    DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.245
    URL: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fau/files/2988/merle_experimental_4245.pdf
  • Merle B., Schweitzer E., Göken M.:
    Thickness and grain size dependence of the strength of copper thin films as investigated with bulge tests and nanoindentations
    In: Philosophical Magazine 92 (2012), p. 3172-3187
    ISSN: 0031-8086
    DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2012.685773
  • Meszaros R., Merle B., Wild M., Durst K., Göken M., Wondraczek L.:
    Effect of thermal annealing on the mechanical properties of low-emissivity physical vapor deposited multilayer-coatings for architectural applications
    In: Thin Solid Films 520 (2012), p. 7130-7135
    ISSN: 0040-6090
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.07.086

2011

  • Merle B., Göken M.:
    Fracture toughness of silicon nitride thin films of different thicknesses as measured by bulge tests
    In: Acta Materialia 59 (2011), p. 1772-1779
    ISSN: 1359-6454
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.11.043
  • Meszaros R., Wild M., Merle B., Wondraczek L.:
    Flexural strength of PVD coated float glass for architectural applications
    In: Glass Technology-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A 52 (2011), p. 190-196
    ISSN: 1753-3546

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