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M. K. Bhat, A. Ma, M. Punke, P. Schweizer, H. Ding, W. Mohammed, J. P. Best, D. Raabe, T. Brink, M. Salvalaglio, G. Dehm,
Inclination asymmetry enables plasticity-mediated grain boundary migration in metals,
Research Square
(2026)
H. Holz, L. K. Bhaskar, T. Brink, D. Sonawane, G. Dehm, J. P. Best, R. Ramachandramoorthy,
Defect dependent dynamic nanoindentation hardness of copper up to 25 000 s⁻¹,
arXiv:2603.01845 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
(2026)
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S. Pemma, L. Langenohl, S. Saood, Y. Choi, R. Janisch, C. H. Liebscher, G. Dehm, T. Brink,
Role of defects in the thermodynamic stability of grain boundary phases at asymmetric tilt boundaries in copper,
arXiv:2601.16611 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
(2026)
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T. Brink, S. Saood, P. Schweizer, J. Neugebauer, G. Dehm,
Triple Junctions as Dislocation-Like Defects: The Role of Grain Boundary Crystallography Revealed by Experiment and Atomistic Simulation,
arXiv:2602.04530 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
(2026)
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Peer reviewed
2025
Y. Choi (최윤지), T. Brink,
Faceting transition in aluminum as a grain boundary phase transition,
Phys. Rev. Mater. 9,
083607 (2025), editors’ suggestion
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B. Bellón, L. K. Bhaskar, T. Brink, R. Aymerich-Armengol, D. Sonawane, D. Chatain, G. Dehm, R. Ramachandramoorthy,
High strain rate compressive deformation behavior of nickel microparticles,
Mater. Today 87,
90–102 (2025)
2024
V. Devulapalli, E. Chen, T. Brink, T. Frolov, C. H. Liebscher,
Topological grain boundary segregation transitions,
Science 386,
420–424 (2024)
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S. V. Sevlikar, G. M. Muralikrishna, D. Gaertner, S. Starikov, T. Brink, D. Scheiber, D. Smirnova, D. Irmer, B. Tas, V. A. Esin, V. I. Razumovskiy, C. H. Liebscher, G. Wilde, S. Divinski,
Grain boundary diffusion and segregation of Cr in Ni Σ11 (1̅13) [110] bicrystals: Decoding the role of grain boundary defects,
Acta Mater. 278,
120229 (2024)
T. Brink, L. Langenohl, S. Pemma, C. H. Liebscher, G. Dehm,
Stable nanofacets in [111] tilt grain boundaries of face-centered cubic metals,
Phys. Rev. Mater. 8,
063606 (2024)
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S. Pemma, R. Janisch, G. Dehm, T. Brink,
Effect of the atomic structure of complexions on the active disconnection mode during shear-coupled grain boundary motion,
Phys. Rev. Mater. 8,
063602 (2024)
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S. Saood, T. Brink, C. H. Liebscher, G. Dehm,
Influence of variation in grain boundary parameters on the evolution of atomic structure and properties of [111] tilt boundaries in aluminum,
Acta Mater. 268,
119732 (2024)
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J. Garcia-Suarez, T. Brink, J.-F. Molinari,
Roughness Evolution Induced by Third-Body Wear,
Tribol. Lett. 72,
37 (2024)
2023
L. Langenohl, T. Brink, G. Richter, G. Dehm, C. H. Liebscher,
Atomic-resolution observations of silver segregation in a [111] tilt grain boundary in copper,
Phys. Rev. B 107,
134112 (2023)
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T. Brink, L. Langenohl, H. Bishara, G. Dehm,
Universality of grain boundary phases in fcc metals: Case study on high-angle [111] symmetric tilt grain boundaries,
Phys. Rev. B 107,
054103 (2023), editors’ suggestion
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J. Garcia-Suarez, T. Brink, J.-F. Molinari,
Breakdown of Reye’s theory in nanoscale wear,
J. Mech. Phys. Solids 173,
105236 (2023)
S. Saood, T. Brink, C. H. Liebscher, G. Dehm,
Microstates and defects of incoherent Σ3 [111] twin boundaries in aluminum,
Acta Mater. 243,
118499 (2023)
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2022
L. Langenohl, T. Brink, R. Freitas, T. Frolov, G. Dehm, C. H. Liebscher,
Dual phase patterning during a congruent grain boundary phase transition in elemental copper,
Nat. Commun. 13,
3331 (2022)
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T. Brink, E. Milanese, J.-F. Molinari,
Effect of wear particles and roughness on nanoscale friction,
Phys. Rev. Mater. 6,
013606 (2022)
2021
H. Bishara, S. Lee, T. Brink, M. Ghidelli, G. Dehm,
Understanding Grain Boundary Electrical Resistivity in Cu: The Effect of Boundary Structure,
ACS Nano 15,
16607–16615 (2021)
G. Costagliola, T. Brink, J. Richard, C. Leppin, A. Despois, J.-F. Molinari,
A Simple Mechanistic Model for Friction of Rough Partially Lubricated Surfaces,
Tribol. Lett. 69,
93 (2021)
T. Brink, L. Frérot, J.-F. Molinari,
A parameter-free mechanistic model of the adhesive wear process of rough surfaces in sliding contact,
J. Mech. Phys. Solids 147,
104238 (2021)
2020
E. Milanese, T. Brink, R. Aghababaei, J.-F. Molinari,
Role of interfacial adhesion on minimum wear particle size and roughness evolution,
Phys. Rev. E 102,
043001 (2020)
S. Pham-Ba, T. Brink, J.-F. Molinari,
Adhesive wear and interaction of tangentially loaded micro-contacts,
Int. J. Solids Struct. 188–189,
261–268 (2020)
2019
C. Kalcher, T. Brink, J. Rohrer, A. Stukowski, K. Albe,
Elastostatic loading of metallic glass-crystal nanocomposites: Relationship of creep rate and interface energy,
Phys. Rev. Mater. 3,
093605 (2019)
T. Brink, J.-F. Molinari,
Adhesive wear mechanisms in the presence of weak interfaces: Insights from an amorphous model system,
Phys. Rev. Mater. 3,
053604 (2019), editors’ suggestion
E. Milanese, T. Brink, R. Aghababaei, J.-F. Molinari,
Emergence of self-affine surfaces during adhesive wear,
Nat. Commun. 10,
1116 (2019)
2018
J.-F. Molinari, R. Aghababaei, T. Brink, L. Frérot, E. Milanese,
Adhesive wear mechanisms uncovered by atomistic simulations,
Friction 6,
245–259 (2018)
T. Brink, K. Albe,
From metallic glasses to nanocrystals: Molecular dynamics simulations on the crossover from glass-like to grain-boundary-mediated deformation behaviour,
Acta Mater. 156,
205–214 (2018)
R. Aghababaei, T. Brink, J.-F. Molinari,
Asperity-level origins of transition from mild to severe wear,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120,
186105 (2018)
2017
C. Kalcher, T. Brink, J. Rohrer, A. Stukowski, K. Albe,
Interface-controlled creep in metallic glass composites,
Acta Mater. 141,
251–260 (2017)
L. Koch, F. Granberg, T. Brink, D. Utt, K. Albe, F. Djurabekova, K. Nordlund,
Local segregation versus irradiation effects in high-entropy alloys: Steady-state conditions in a driven system,
J. Appl. Phys. 122,
105106 (2017)
2016
T. Brink, L. Koch, K. Albe,
Structural origins of the boson peak in metals: From high-entropy alloys to metallic glasses,
Phys. Rev. B 94,
224203 (2016), editors’ suggestion
T. Brink, M. Peterlechner, H. Rösner, K. Albe, G. Wilde,
Influence of crystalline nanoprecipitates on shear-band propagation in Cu-Zr-based metallic glasses,
Phys. Rev. Appl. 5,
054005 (2016)
2015
T. Brink, D. Șopu, K. Albe,
Solid-state amorphization of Cu nanolayers embedded in a Cu₆₄Zr₃₆ glass,
Phys. Rev. B 91,
184103 (2015)
2014
J. Bünz, T. Brink, K. Tsuchiya, F. Meng, G. Wilde, K. Albe,
Low temperature heat capacity of a severely deformed metallic glass,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112,
135501 (2014)
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Theses
T. Brink,
Heterogeneities in Metallic Glasses: Atomistic Computer Simulations on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Copper–Zirconium Alloys and Composites,
PhD thesis, Technische Universität Darmstadt,
Darmstadt, Germany,
January 2017.
T. Brink,
Atomistic computer simulations of amorphous silicon oxycarbide,
diploma thesis, Technische Universität Darmstadt,
Darmstadt, Germany,
November 2012.
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Other
T. Brink,
Lecture on Thermodynamics,
material for a lecture held at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Zenodo (2024)
T. Brink, O. Adjaoud, K. Albe,
Nanostructured metallic glasses: Tailoring the mechanical properties of amorphous metals,
Proceedings of the NIC Symposium 2016, NIC Series 48,
191–198 (2016)
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