Short bio

Benoit Merle has been an Associate Professor and head of the research group 'Mechanical Behavior of Materials' at the University of Kassel since 2022. Previously, he led the 'Nanomechanics' research group at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). He received his education from École Centrale de Lyon in France (M.Sc. with honors, 2005) and the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany (Ph.D. with honors, 2013). Additionally, he has worked as an engineer at Siemens AG, and as a visiting scholar with Prof. George M. Pharr at Texas A&M University and Prof. Daniel S. Gianola at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

He is currently the Principal Investigator of the EU-funded ERC 'NanoHighSpeed' project, and Chair of the COST 'MecaNano' network.

His current research primarily focuses on nanomechanical testing and nanoindentation, areas in which he has a strong track record.

since 2022Associate Professor & Chair for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, University of Kassel
2022Visiting Scholar with Prof. D. Gianola, UC Santa Barbara, USA
2019 - 2022Senior Faculty & Lab group leader, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2018Visiting Scholar with Prof. G.M. Pharr, Texas A&M University, USA
2013 – 2019Faculty & Lab group leader, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2007 – 2013Research Associate, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2006 – 2007Engineer, Siemens AG, Germany

 

Academic Education

    05/2019

    		Habilitation in Materials Science, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
    06/2013PhD in Materials Science, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
    11/2005M.Sc. in Engineering, École Centrale de Lyon, France

    Prof. Merle has given numerous invited presentations at conferences such as TMS, DPG, MSE, and ESMC, and has organized symposia at major international conferences including ICMCTF, E-MRS, and TMS. He founded the EU MecaNano network, which now boasts over 350 members. The quality of his work has been recognized with several awards, including those from the German Materials Society (DGM) and the Staedtler Foundation. In 2020, he was awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council.

    2022Chair of the European Network for the Mechanics of Matter at the Nano-Scale (EU COST)
    2021Masing Award, German Society for Materials Research (DGM)
    2020ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council
    2020Wolfgang Finkelnburg Habilitation Award
    2019Best lecture award from the Faculty of Engineering (rank 1/57), Erlangen, Germany
    2016Best lecture award from the Faculty of Engineering (rank 3/53), Erlangen, Germany
    2015Best Poster Award at the „Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research & Development V“ Conference, Albufeira, Portugal
    2015Best lecture award from the Faculty of Engineering (rank 1/24), Erlangen, Germany
    2014Young Researcher Award, German Society for Materials Research (DGM)
    2014Best PhD Award, Staedtler Foundation, Germany
    2011Best Poster Award at the „Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research & Development III“ Conference, Lanzarote, Spain
    2009Best Poster Award at the „Nanomechanical Testing“ Conference, Barga, Italy

    2024

    Krapf, A., Merle, B., Gebhart, D. D., Reiter, M., Lassnig, A., Göken, M., Cordill, M. J., & Gammer, C. (2024). Observing High‐Cycle Fatigue Damage in Freestanding Gold Thin Films with Bulge Testing and Intermittent Transmission Electron Microscopy Imaging. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2024, 2400216. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202400216
    Rothermel, F., Thiele, S., Krapf, A., Ilse, S. E., Merle, B., Giessen, H., Herkommer, A. M., & Jung, C. (2024). Fabrication and Characterization of a Magnetic 3D-printed Microactuator. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2024, 2302196. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202302196
    Winczewski, J. P., Zeiler, S., Gabel, S., Maestre, D., Merle, B., Gardeniers, J. G. E., & Susarrey Arce, A. (2024). Additive manufacturing of 3D yttria-stabilized zirconia microarchitectures. Materials & Design, 238, 112701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112701
    Gebhart, D. D., Krapf, A., Schretter, L., Lassnig, A., Merle, B., Cordill,, M. J., & Gammer, C. (2024). Cyclic Failure of a Cr-Au Bilayer on Polyimide: In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observations of Interfacial Dislocation Mechanisms. Advanced Engineering Materials, TBD. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202400251

    2023

    Haušild, P., Cech, J., Karlík, M., Legros, M., Nohava, J., & Merle, B. (2023). Indentation Size Effect in Electrodeposited Nickel with Different Grain Size and Crystal Orientation. Crystals, 13(9), 1385. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13091385
    Gebhart, D. D., Krapf, A., Merle, B., Gammer, C., & Cordill, M. J. (2023). Describing mechanical damage evolution through in situ electrical resistance measurements. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 41(2), 023408. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002362
    Morales, L. A., Bezold, A., Foerner, A., Holz, H., Merle, B., Neumeier, S., Koerner, C., & Zenk, C. H. (2023). Influence of Cu Addition and Microstructural Configuration on the Creep Resistance and Mechanical Properties of an Fe-Based α/α′/α″ Superalloy. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(9), 202201652. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201652
    Yang, Z., Huber, F., Krapf, A., Merle, B., Markl, M., Schmidt, M., & Körner, C. (2023). Revealing bulk metallic glass crystallization kinetics during laser powder bed fusion by a combination of experimental and numerical methods. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 619, 122532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122532
    Winczewski, J. P., Zeiler, S., Gabel, S., Susarrey-Arce, A., Gardeniers, J. G. E., & Merle, B. (2023). Exploring the mechanical properties of additively manufactured carbon-rich zirconia 3D microarchitectures. Materials & Design, 232, 112142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112142
    Krapf, A., Gebhart, D. D., Gammer, C., Cordill,, M. J., & Merle, B. (2023). Creep-dominated fatigue of freestanding gold thin films studied by bulge testing. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 887, 145759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2023.145759
    Holz, H., & Merle, B. (2023). Novel nanoindentation strain rate sweep method for continuously investigating the strain rate sensitivity of materials at the nanoscale. Materials & Design, 236, 112471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112471
    Sommer, N., Bauer, A., Kahlmeyer, M., Wegener, T., Degener, S., Liehr, A., Bolender, A., Vollmer, M., Holz, H., Zeiler, S., Merle, B., Niendorf, T., & Böhm, S. (2023). High-Throughput Alloy Development Using Advanced Characterization Techniques During Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(15), 2300030. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202300030
    Marian, M., Zambrano, D. F., Rothammer, B., Waltenberger, V., Boidi, G., Krapf, A., Merle, B., Stampfl, J., Rosenkranz, A., Gachot, C., & Grützmacher, P. G. (2023). Combining multi-scale surface texturing and DLC coatings for improved tribological performance of 3D printed polymers. Surface and Coatings Technology, 466, 129682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129682
    Rothammer, B., Schwendner, M., Bartz, M., Wartzack, S., Boehm, T., Krauss, S., Merle, B., Schroeder, S., Uhler, M., Kretzer, J. P., Weihnacht, V., & Marian, M. (2023). Wear Mechanism of Superhard Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon (ta-C) Coatings for Biomedical Applications. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(7), 2202370. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202202370

    2022

    Yang, Z., Wang, H., Krauß, S., Huber, F., Merle, B., Schmidt, M., Markl, M., & Körner, C. (2022). Evolution of an industrial-grade Zr-based bulk metallic glass during multiple laser beam melting. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 589(8), 121649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.121649
    Wallis, D., Harris, J., Böhm, C. F., Di, W., Zavattieri, P., Feldner, P., Merle, B., Pipich, V., Hurle, K., Leupold, S., Hansen, L., Marin, F., & Wolf, S. E. (2022). Correction: Progressive changes in crystallographic textures of biominerals generate functionally graded ceramics. Materials Advances, 3(5), 2598. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA90020C
    Winczewski, J., Herrera, M., Cabriel, C., Izeddin, I., Gabel, S., Merle, B., Susarrey Arce, A., & Gardeniers, H. (2022). Additive Manufacturing of 3D Luminescent ZrO 2 :Eu 3+ Architectures. Advanced Optical Materials, 10(12), 2102758. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202102758
    Maier-Kiener, V., Lawrence, S., & Merle, B. (2022). 30 Years of Oliver–Pharr: Then, Now and the Future of Nanoindentation. Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 74(6), 2177–2178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05305-0
    Bykova, E., Ovsyannikov, S., Bykov, M., Yin, Y., Fedotenko, T., Holz, H., Gabel, S., Merle, B., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, B. V., Dubrovinskaia, N., Goncharov, F. A., & Dubrovinsky, L. (2022). Synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of stoichiometric hard tungsten tetraboride, WB4. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 37(10), 20111–20120. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA02268K
    Gabel, S., Merle, B., Bitzek, E., & Göken, M. (2022). A new method for microscale cyclic crack growth characterization from notched microcantilevers and application to single crystalline tungsten and a metallic glass. Journal of Materials Research, 37(12), 2061–2072. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00618-x
    Krauß, S., Seynstahl, A., Tremmel, S., Meyer, B., Bitzek, E., Göken, M., Yokosawa, T., Apeleo-Zubiri, B., Spiecker, E., & Merle, B. (2022). Structural reorientation and compaction of porous MoS2 coatings during wear testing. Wear, 500-501, 204339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2022.204339
    Lubauer, J., Ast, J., Göken, M., Merle, B., Lohbauer, U., & Belli, R. (2022). Resistance-curve envelopes for dental lithium disilicate glass-ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42(5), 2516–2522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.01.013
    Bykova, E., Johansson, E., Bykov, M., Chariton, S., Fei, H., Ovsyannikov, S., Aslandukova, A., Gabel, S., Holz, H., Merle, B., Alling, B., Abrikosov, I., Smith, J., Prakapenka, V., Katsura, T., Dubrovinskaia, N., Goncharov, A., & Dubrovinsky, L. (2022). Novel Class of Rhenium Borides Based on Hexagonal Boron Networks Interconnected by Short B2 Dumbbells. Chemistry of Materials, 34(18), 8138–8152. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00520
    Luo, N., Galgon, F., Krauß, S., Morales, L., Merle, B., Zenk, C., & Körner, C. (2022). Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties in Zr–Cu–Al–Nb bulk metallic glass composites prepared by laser metal deposition. Intermetallics, 140, 107393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2021.107393
    Gebhart, D., Krapf, A., Gammer, C., Merle, B., & Cordill, M. (2022). Linking through-thickness cracks in metallic thin films to in-situ electrical resistance peak broadening. Scripta Materialia, 212, 114550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114550
    Akhlaghi, M., Hock, R., Dallmann, J., Krapf, A., Merle, B., Hofsäss, H., Körner, C., & Leineweber, A. (2022). Gaseous nitriding of Co-10 at% and -15 at% Cr alloys at 400 °C and 450 °C. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 907, 164535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164535
    Wallis, D., Wang, D., Harris, J., Böhm, C. F., Zavattieri, P., Feldner, P., Merle, B., Pipich, V., Hurle, K., Leupold, S., Hansen, L. H., Marin, F., & Wolf, S. E. (2022). Progressive changes in crystallographic textures of biominerals generate functionally graded ceramics. Materials Advances, 3(3), 1527–1538. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma01031j

    2021

    Merle, B., Maier-Kiener, V., Rupert, T., & Pharr, G. (2021). Current trends in nanomechanical testing research. Journal of Materials Research, 36(11), 2133–2136. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00280-9
    Wang, J., Schwenger, J., Ströbel, A., Feldner, P., Herre, P., Romeis, S., Peukert, W., Merle, B., & Vogel, N. (2021). Mechanics of colloidal supraparticles under compression. Science Advances, 7(42), eabj0954. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj0954
    Rothammer, B., Marian, M., Neusser, K., Bartz, M., Böhm, T., Krauß, S., Schroeder, S., Uhler, M., Thiele, S., Merle, B., Kretzer, J. P., & Wartzack, S. (2021). Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Total Knee Replacements—Part II: Tribological Behavior. Polymers, 13(11), 1880. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111880
    Gabel, S., Giese, S., Merle, B., Sprenger, I., Heilmaier, M., Neumeier, S., Bitzek, E., & Göken, M. (2021). Microcantilever Fracture Tests on Eutectic NiAl-Cr(Mo) In Situ Composites. Advanced Engineering Materials, 23(6), 2001464. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202001464
    Weikert, T., Wartzack, S., Baloglu, M. V., Willner, K., Gabel, S., Merle, B., Pineda, F., Walczak, M., Rosenkranz, A., & Tremmel, S. (2021). Evaluation of the surface fatigue behavior of amorphous carbon coatings through cyclic nanoindentation. Surface and Coatings Technology, 407, 126769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126769
    Rothammer, B., Neusser, K., Marian, M., Bartz, M., Krauß, S., Böhm, T., Thiele, S., Merle, B., Detsch, R., & Wartzack, S. (2021). Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Total Knee Replacements-Part I: Deposition, Cytocompatibility, Chemical and Mechanical Properties. Polymers, 13(12), 1952. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13121952
    Sommerschuh, M., Wirth, J., Englisch, S., Przybilla, T., Zubiri, B. A., Pistor, J., Merle, B., Körner, C., Göken, M., & Spiecker, E. (2021). 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. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(S1), 938–942. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927621003603
    Feldner, P., Merle, B., & Göken, M. (2021). Breakdown of the superplastic deformation behavior of heterogeneous nanomaterials at small length scales. Materials Research Letters, 9(1), 41–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2020.1818323
    Preiß, E. I., Merle, B., Xiao, Y., Gannott, F., Liebig, J. P., Wheeler, J. M., & Göken, M. (2021). Applicability of focused Ion beam (FIB) milling with gallium, neon, and xenon to the fracture toughness characterization of gold thin films. Journal of Materials Research, 36(12), 2505–2514. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-020-00045-w
    Marian, M., Feile, K., Rothammer, B., Bartz, M., Wartzack, S., Seynstahl, A., Tremmel, S., Krauß, S., Merle, B., Böhm, T., Wang, B., Wyatt, B., Anasori, B., & Rosenkranz, A. (2021). Ti3C2Tx solid lubricant coatings in rolling bearings with remarkable performance beyond state-of-the-art materials. Applied Materials Today, 25, 101202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101202
    Liebig, J. P., Mačković, M., Spiecker, E., Göken, M., & Merle, B. (2021). Grain boundary mediated plasticity: A blessing for the ductility of metallic thin films? Acta Materialia, 215, 117079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117079
    Seynstahl, A., Krauß, S., Bitzek, E., Meyer, B., Merle, B., & Tremmel, S. (2021). Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Tribological Behavior of Magnetron-Sputtered MoS2 Solid Lubricant Coatings Deposited under Industrial Conditions. Coatings, 11(4), 455. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11040455
    Wang, J., Kang, E., Sultan, U., Merle, B., Inayat, A., Graczykowski, B., Fytas, G., & Vogel, N. (2021). Influence of Surfactant-Mediated Interparticle Contacts on the Mechanical Stability of Supraparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125(42), 23445–23456. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06839

    2020

    Krauß, S., Schieß, T., Göken, M., & Merle, B. (2020). Revealing the local fatigue behavior of bimodal copper laminates by micropillar fatigue tests. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 788, 139502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139502
    Marian, M., Song, G. C., Wang, B., Fuenzalida, V. M., Krauß, S., Merle, B., Tremmel, S., Wartzack, S., Yu, J., & Rosenkranz, A. (2020). Effective usage of 2D MXene nanosheets as solid lubricant - Influence of contact pressure and relative humidity. Applied Surface Science, 531, 147311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147311
    Kabir, A., Espineira-Cachaza, M., Fiordaliso, E. M., Ke, D., Grasso, S., Merle, B., & Esposito, V. (2020). Effect of cold sintering process (CSP) on the electro-chemo-mechanical properties of Gd-doped ceria (GDC). Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(15), 5612–5618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.06.010
    Merle, B., Higgins, W. H., & Pharr, G. M. (2020). Extending the range of constant strain rate nanoindentation testing. Journal of Materials Research, 35(4), 343–352. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.408
    Merle, B., & Gabel, S. (2020). Small-scale high-cycle fatigue testing by dynamic microcantilever bending. MRS Communications, 10(2), 332–337. https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2020.31
    Kabir, A., Han, J. K., Merle, B., & Esposito, V. (2020). The role of oxygen defects on the electro-chemo-mechanical properties of highly defective gadolinium doped ceria. Materials Letters, 266, 127490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127490

    2019

    Tinoco, H. A., Hutař, P., Merle, B., Göken, M., & Tomáš, K. (2019). Fracture Toughness Evaluation of a Cracked Au Thin Film by Applying a Finite Element Analysis and Bulge Test. Key Engineering Materials, 827, 196–202. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.827.196
    Preiß, E. I., Lyu, H., Liebig, J. P., Richter, G., Gannott, F., Gruber, P. A., Göken, M., Bitzek, E., & Merle, B. (2019). Microstructural dependence of the fracture toughness of metallic thin films: A bulge test and atomistic simulation study on single-crystalline and polycrystalline silver films. Journal of Materials Research, 34(20), 3483–3494. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.262
    Merle, B., Higgins, W. H., & Pharr, G. M. (2019). Critical issues in conducting constant strain rate nanoindentation tests at higher strain rates. Journal of Materials Research, 34(20), 3495–3503. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.292
    Fischer, C., Merle, B., & Drummer, D. (2019). Achieving homogeneous properties for thin-walled components through dynamic temperature controls. Zeitschrift Kunststofftechnik, 15(5), 353–369. https://doi.org/10.3139/o999.02052019
    Böhm, C. F., Feldner, P., Merle, B., & Wolf, S. E. (2019). Conical Nanoindentation Allows Azimuthally Independent Hardness Determination in Geological and Biogenic Minerals. Materials, 12(10), 1630. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12101630
    Merle, B. (2019). Creep behavior of gold thin films investigated by bulge testing at room and elevated temperature. Journal of Materials Research, 34(1), 69–77. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.287
    Hou, X., Krauß, S., & Merle, B. (2019). Additional grain boundary strengthening in length-scale architectured copper with ultrafine and coarse domains. Scripta Materialia, 165, 55–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.02.019
    Bykov, M., Chariton, S., Fei, H., Fedotenko, T., Aprilis, G., Ponomareva, A. V., Tasnádi, F., Abrikosov, I. A., Merle, B., Feldner, P., Vogel, S., Schnick, W., Prakapenka, V. B., Greenberg, E., Hanfland, M., Pakhomova, A., Liermann, H.-P., Katsura, T., Dubrovinskaia, N., & Dubrovinsky, L. (2019). High-pressure synthesis of ultraincompressible hard rhenium nitride pernitride Re-2(N-2)(N)(2) stable at ambient conditions. Nature Communications, 10, 2994. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10995-3

    2018

    Feldner, P., Merle, B., & Göken, M. (2018). Superplastic deformation behavior of Zn-22% Al alloy investigated by nanoindentation at elevated temperatures. Materials & Design, 153, 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.05.008
    Preiß, E. I., Gannott, F., Göken, M., & Merle, B. (2018). Scaling of the fracture toughness of freestanding metallic thin films with the yield strength. Materials Research Letters, 6(10), 607–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2018.1520749
    Khansur, N. H., Eckstein, U., Benker, L., Deisinger, U., Merle, B., & Webber, K. G. (2018). Room temperature deposition of functional ceramic films on low-cost metal substrate. Ceramics International, 44(14), 16295–16301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.06.027
    Merle, B., & Höppel, H. W. (2018). Microscale High-Cycle Fatigue Testing by Dynamic Micropillar Compression Using Continuous Stiffness Measurement. Experimental Mechanics, 58(3), 465–474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-017-0362-3
    Liebig, J. P., Krauß, S., Göken, M., & Merle, B. (2018). Influence of stacking fault energy and dislocation character on slip transfer at coherent twin boundaries studied by micropillar compression. Acta Materialia, 154, 261–272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.05.037
    Merle, B., Kraus, X., Tallawi, M., Scharfe, B., El Fray, M., Aifantis, K., Boccaccini, A. R., & Göken, M. (2018). Dynamic mechanical characterization of poly(glycerol sebacate)/poly (butylene succinate-butylene dilinoleate) blends for cardiac tissue engineering by flat punch nanoindentation. Materials Letters, 221, 115–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.03.051

    2017

    Mikschl, F., Merle, B., Baum, M., Haberle, J., Göken, M., & Schmidt, M. (2017). Micromechanical characterization of laser consolidated nanoparticle ITO layers. Thin Solid Films, 642, 214–218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2017.09.046
    Fischer, C., Seefried, A., Merle, B., Göken, M., & Drummer, D. (2017). Influencing Hardness and Wear During the Dynamic Tempered Microinjection Molding Process by Considering Isothermal Holding Time. Polymer Engineering and Science, 57(2), 121–128. https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.24394
    Merle, B., Maier-Kiener, V., & Pharr, G. M. (2017). Influence of modulus-to-hardness ratio and harmonic parameters on continuous stiffness measurement during nanoindentation. Acta Materialia, 134, 167–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.05.036
    Ghanem, M., Göken, M., & Merle, B. (2017). Plane-strain bulge testing of thin films under compressive residual stresses. Surface and Coatings Technology, 327, 167–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.08.004
    Shrestha, S., Fischer, R., Matt, G. J., Feldner, P., Michel, T., Osvet, A., Levchuck, I., Merle, B., Golkar, S., Chen, H., Tedde, S. F., Schmidt, O., Hock, R., Rühring, M., Göken, M., Heiß, W., Anton, G., & Brabec, C. J. (2017). High-performance direct conversion X-ray detectors based on sintered hybrid lead triiodide perovskite wafers. Nature Photonics, 11(7), 436–440. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2017.94
    Feldner, P., Merle, B., & Göken, M. (2017). Determination of the strain-rate sensitivity of ultrafine-grained materials by spherical nanoindentation. Journal of Materials Research, 32(8), 1466–1473. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.69
    Preiß, E. I., Merle, B., & Göken, M. (2017). Understanding the extremely low fracture toughness of freestanding gold thin films by in-situ bulge testing in an AFM. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 691, 218–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2017.03.037
    Vierneusel, B., Benker, L., Tremmel, S., Göken, M., & Merle, B. (2017). Isolating the effect of residual stresses on coating wear by a mechanical stress relaxation technique. Thin Solid Films, 638, 159–166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2017.06.016

    2016

    Ast, J., Merle, B., Durst, K., & Göken, M. (2016). Fracture toughness evaluation of NiAl single crystals by microcantilevers-a new continuous J-integral method. Journal of Materials Research, 31(23), 3786–3794. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2016.393
    Liebig, J. P., Göken, M., Richter, G., Mačković, M., Przybilla, T., Spiecker, E., Pierron, O. N., & Merle, B. (2016). A flexible method for the preparation of thin film samples for in situ TEM characterization combining shadow-FIB milling and electron beam-assisted etching. Ultramicroscopy, 171, 82–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.09.004
    Merle, B., Nicholson, K. S., Herbert, E. G., & Göken, M. (2016). An improved method for point deflection measurements on rectangular membranes. Materials & Design, 109, 485–491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.07.054
    Javed, H., Merle, B., Preiß, E. I., Hivet, R., Benedetto, A., & Göken, M. (2016). Mechanical characterization of metallic thin films by bulge and scratch testing. Surface and Coatings Technology, 289, 69–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.01.051

    2015

    Merle, B., Cassel, D., & Göken, M. (2015). Time-dependent deformation behavior of freestanding and SiNx-supported gold thin films investigated by bulge tests. Journal of Materials Research, 30(14), 2161–2169. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.184

    2014

    Merle, B., Maier-Kiener, V., & Durst, K. (2014). Experimental and Theoretical Confirmation of the Scaling Exponent 2 in Pyramidal Load Displacement Data for Depth Sensing Indentation. Scanning, 36(5), 526–529. https://doi.org/10.1002/sca.21151
    Merle, B., & Göken, M. (2014). Bulge fatigue testing of freestanding and supported gold films. Journal of Materials Research, 29(2), 267–276. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2013.373

    2013

    Maier-Kiener, V., Merle, B., Göken, M., & Durst, K. (2013). An improved long-term nanoindentation creep testing approach for studying the local deformation processes in nanocrystalline metals at room and elevated temperatures. Journal of Materials Research, 28(9), 1177–1188. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2013.39
    Tallawi, M., Rai, R., Gleixner, M. R., Rörick, O., Weyand, M., Röther, J. A., Schubert, D. W., Kozlowska, A., El Fray, M., Merle, B., Göken, M., Aifantis, K., & Boccaccini, A. R. (2013). Poly(glycerol sebacate)\Poly(butylene succinate-dilinoleate) Blends as Candidate Materials for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Macromolecular Symposia, 334(1), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.201300114

    2012

    Meszaros, R., Merle, B., Wild, M., Durst, K., Göken, M., & Wondraczek, L. (2012). Effect of thermal annealing on the mechanical properties of low-emissivity physical vapor deposited multilayer-coatings for architectural applications. Thin Solid Films, 520(24), 7130–7135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.07.086
    Merle, B., Schweitzer, E. W., & Göken, M. (2012). Thickness and grain size dependence of the strength of copper thin films as investigated with bulge tests and nanoindentations. Philosophical Magazine, 92(25-27), 3172–3187. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2012.685773
    Durst, K., Rehman, H. U., & Merle, B. (2012). Comment to paper “Penetration depth and tip radius dependence on the correction factor in nanoindentation measurements” by JM Meza et al. Journal of Materials Research, 27(8), 1205–1207. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2012.41
    Merle, B., Maier-Kiener, V., Göken, M., & Durst, K. (2012). Experimental determination of the effective indenter shape and epsilon-factor for nanoindentation by continuously measuring the unloading stiffness. Journal of Materials Research, 27(1), 214–221. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2011.245

    2011

    Meszaros, R., Wild, M., Merle, B., & Wondraczek, L. (2011). Flexural strength of PVD coated float glass for architectural applications. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A, 52(6), 190–196.
    Merle, B., & Göken, M. (2011). Fracture toughness of silicon nitride thin films of different thicknesses as measured by bulge tests. Acta Materialia, 59(4), 1772–1779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2010.11.043
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