TY - CONF A1 - Linden, Anna T1 - AMVAD - Additive manufacturing for ventricular assist devices N2 - Some children are born with a univentricular heart, meaning their heart has only one pumping chamber instead of two. To improve circulation, patients often undergo the Fontan procedure, which reroutes blood flow — but this can put stress on other organs. In some cases, ventricular assist devices, or VADs, are used to support the heart’s pumping function. This involves an artificial pump connected directly to the patient's heart via silicone-based cannulas. Unique anatomical conditions introduce special challenges for cannula geometry. Additive manufacturing offers innovative solutions by enabling the production of personalized medical devices. The aim of the project is to develop the manufacturing workflow for the individualized cannula from digital imaging of the patient and customized design to additive manufacturing. Besides technical feasibility, validating the entire process is crucial for regulatory approval. The selection and testing of suitable additive manufacturing processes and biocompatible materials for individualized silicone cannulas, ensuring compliance with quality standards for high-risk medical products, will be presented. T2 - AMBER Spotlight On: 3D Printing meets Health & Biotech CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.09.2025 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Medical device KW - Liquid silicone rubber PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64101 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bayerlein, Bernd T1 - Transforming Materials Science with Concepts for a Semantically Accessible Data Space N2 - The digital transformation in materials science enables more efficient and sustainable processes. Through technological adaptations and a commitment to the FAIR principles, materials and processes are holistically addressed across entire value chains. The Platform MaterialDigital (PMD) and related initiatives are developing innovative solutions to the challenges of digitalization. The focus is on the interoperable integration of heterogeneous materials and processes data in semantically accessible data spaces. An ontological framework, based on the PMD Core Ontology and application-specific ontologies, promotes semantic interoperability of cross-domain and multi-scale (meta)data. This framework can be extended through natural language processing in a script-supported manner, as demonstrated with the Microscopy Ontology. The presentation further highlights how freely available mechanical and microstructural datasets of various aging stages of an aluminum alloy can be semantically integrated and flexibly searched. Graph-based operations enable links between processing and microstructural properties to be established, facilitating enhanced correlation analysis and pattern recognition. T2 - TMS Specialty Congress 2025 CY - Anaheim, CA, USA DA - 15.06.2025 KW - FAIR Data KW - Semanitc Interoperability KW - Community KW - Reproducibility PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63474 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bayerlein, Bernd T1 - Data-Driven Materials Science Supported by Community, Reproducibility, and Standardization N2 - Reproducible research in materials science demands a strong community and shared semantic standards. The interdisciplinary nature of the field has led to fragmented data practices, hampering collaboration and integration. Digitalisation initatives such as the German MaterialDigital Initiative addresses this by fostering a community-driven approach to FAIR data management, using ontologies to build consensus and semantic interoperability. Through interactive events like the Ontology Playground, a unified data culture that accelerates innovation and ensures reproducibility across materials research is supported. T2 - Seminar of the Person Group CY - Berkeley, CA, USA DA - 23.06.2025 KW - FAIR Data KW - Semantic Interoperability KW - Community KW - Reproducibility PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63475 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Franchin, G. A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Karl, D. A1 - Yun, H. A1 - Tian, X. T1 - Editorial: Advances in additive manufacturing of ceramics N2 - Recently, additive manufacturing of ceramics has achieved the maturity to be transferred from scientific laboratories to industrial applications. At the same time, research is progressing to expand the boundaries of this field into the territory of novel materials and applications. This feature issue addresses current progress in all aspects of additive manufacturing of ceramics, from parts design to feedstock selection, from technological development to characterization of printed components. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Ceramic PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-549361 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2022.100277 SN - 2666-5395 VL - 10 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-54936 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heuser, Lina T1 - Sintering of silver‑alkali zinc borate glass‑composites N2 - Since decades electric contacts based on silver metallization pastes are key components of photovoltaics and advanced microelectronics. For the metallization of commercial Si solar cells, high conductive silver glass pastes are cost effectively applicated by screen printing. Nevertheless, silver pastes are still one of the most crucial and expensive none Si materials in solar cells. Ever shorter time to market as well as increasing demands on reduced Ag consumption and line width require the targeted development of silver-glass-pastes with increased sinter ability and electrical conductivity. As a main difficulty, however, the liquid phase sintering of silver glass pastes is poorly understood so far. In the present study, the influence of different network modifier in alkali-zinc-borate paste glasses on liquid phase sintering of silver-glass-pastes was investigated. Low melting X2O-ZnO-B2O3 glasses with X = Na, Li and Rb (abbr. LZB, NZB, and RZB) were utilized to prepare silver-glass-composites containing 30 %Vol glass. Shrinkage behavior of the silver-glass-composites compared with that of pure silver and pure glass powder compacts was studied with heating microscopy. The powder compacts were uniaxially pressed and heated at 5 K/min to the glass softening temperature. Glass transformation temperature and viscosity of the glasses were respectively measured with dilatometry and rotational viscometry. The thermal behavior of the pure glasses was analyzed with thermal analysis. Additionally, the contact angle of glass on pure silver foil was determined by means of heating microscopy between room temperature and 830 °C. Thermal analysis of the alkali-zinc-borate-glasses under study has shown transformation temperatures between 450 °C (RZB), 460 °C (LZB) and 465 °C (NZB). For all glasses crystallization was found to start approximately at about 550 °C. However, different peak areas hint on a different degree of crystallization. Conformingly, the sintering behavior, measured in terms of area shrinkage, significantly differed for the silver-pastes under study. For silver-pastes with NZB or LZB-glass, sintering starts at 464 °C for NZB Ag pastes and at 451 °C for LZB Ag pastes and ends at 597 °C for NZB Ag paste and at 594 °C for LZB Ag paste. The sintering of the RZB Ag paste proceeds between 426 °C and 703 °C. The final densification was retarded possibly due to crystallization or swelling. The low sinter onset at 426 °C seems to correlate with the good wetting behavior of the RZB glass. Thus, the lowest apparent contact angle between the just densified powder compact sintered at a silver substrate was found for this glass. Moreover, microstructure analyses of the various composites indicate differences in silver dissolution and reprecipitation. T2 - Technology Crossover Extravaganza, HiTEC/CICMT/APEPS CY - Online meeting DA - 26.04.2021 KW - Silver-glass-metallization-paste KW - Sintering KW - Crystallization KW - Alkali ions KW - Sintering atmosphere PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52872 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, Ralf T1 - Sintering and Foaming of Silicate Glass Powders N2 - The lecture focuses on the mechanisms of non-desired gas bubble formation and foaming during the sintering of glass powder compacts. It is shown that foaming is driven by carbon gases and that carbonates, encapsulated in micropores or mechaniacally dissolved beneath the glass surface, provide the major foaming source. T2 - Sandanski Workshop Sinter crystallization 27th-29th September 2021 PROJECT “THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF SINTER-CYSTALLIZATION” DN 19/7 CY - Online meeting DA - 27.10. 2021 KW - Sintering KW - Non-desired foaming PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53772 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Blaeß, Carsten T1 - 3D printing of crystallizing bioactive glasses N2 - Artificial bone replacement by individual customized three-dimensional resorbable bioactive glass has not yet been widely established in the clinical use. This is mainly due to the antagonism of sintering ability and suitable bioactivity. Competitive crystallization often prevents the generation of dense sintered bodies, especially for additive manufactured 3D structures. Previous studies of the fluoride-containing glass F3 have shown its potential to combine both sintering ability and suitable bioactivity. Furthermore, the occurring sintering blockade by surface crystallization of Na2CaSi2O6 was tunable by glass particle size. In this study the glasses F3, F3-Cu with 1 mol% CuO added at the expense of CaO and the well-known 13-93 were chosen to determine the influence of surface crystallization on 3D printed sinter bodies. For this purpose, grain size fractions in range of smaller 32 µm to 315 µm in fraction size of 6-20 µm were sieved from jaw crushed glass frit as well as glass cubes were cut from casted blocks for all glasses. Sintering behavior of both pressed and printed powder compacts was observed via heating microscopy. Crystallization was determined by DTA and crystallization progress was monitored on fractured sinter bodies and polished cubes via electron and laser scanning microscopy as well as with diffractometry. Depending on grain size the formation of crystalline support framework along former grain boundaries shows the capability to stabilize fully densified sinter bodies before softening. Beside of this, the generation of complex hierarchic porosity was possible as well. T2 - ICG Berlin 2022 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 03.07.2022 KW - Bioactive Glass KW - Crystallization KW - Sintering KW - 3D printing PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55253 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heuser, Lina T1 - Liquid phase sintering of alkali zinc borate glass-bearing silver pastes for applications in photovoltaics and microelectronics N2 - Liquid phase sintering of glass bearing silver pastes used in photovoltaics and microelectronics is poorly understood. In particular, the role of different network modifiers acting in the glass component and the question of the most suitable atmospheric oxygen level during sintering are still under considerable debate. To tackle these issues, low-melting and lead-free X2O-ZnO-B2O3 glasses with X = Li, Na, K and Rb (LZB, NZB, KZB and RZB) were prepared. Infrared spectroscopy showed that the glass structure was similar to each other, while an increase of tetrahedrally coordinated boron with increasing field strength of the alkali was evident. In turn, the glass transition temperature (from differential thermal analysis) increased in the order: RZB (449 °C) < KZB (460 °C) < NZB (465 °C) < LZB (472 °C). Powders of each glass were mixed with organics to receive silver-glass-pastes containing 30 vol% glass and these were subjected to heating microscopy in air. Although similar onset temperatures of sintering were recorded for Ag-NZB and Ag-LZB glass pastes, and for Ag-RZB paste and KZB-Ag-paste, respectively, differences in the crystallization behavior and final densification were observed between the former and the latter group. These were translated in terms of differences in silver dissolution and reprecipitation among the two groups. Further, running the experiments in nitrogen gas showed that sintering of all pastes was considerably hampered. The slow-down of the sinter kinetics was found to be in line with the assumed lower oxidation and dissolution of silver ions into the glass-forming liquid. T2 - 26th International Congress on Glass CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 03.07.2022 KW - Silver metallization paste KW - Sintering KW - Glass KW - Alkali zinc borate glasses KW - Viscosity KW - Structure PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55728 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heuser, Lina T1 - In situ observation of silver precipitation in sodium zinc borate glass-forming melts N2 - Melting of Na2CO3-ZnO-B2O3 batches containing up to 16.8 wt% AgNO3 (5 mol% Ag2O in the target glass composition) was observed in situ by means of hot stage microscopy. In all batches metallic silver precipitation took place as most of the silver nitrate was reduced to metallic silver before Ag+ ions could be dissolved in the evolving borate melts. In turn, only traces of Ag+ (<300 ppmw) were dissolved in the sodium zinc borate glass melts under study. It is assumed that the oxidation to Ag+ was limited due to poor availability of reducible oxygen in the glass melts and presence of Na2O being a stronger base than Ag2O. Thus, the precipitated metallic silver formed droplets of different sizes. The larger droplets (d > 20 µm) were already settled at the bottom of the container and remained constant in size upon dwelling for 1 h at 1050 °C of about one hour and the subsequent cooling (45 K/min) to room temperature, whereas the smaller droplets (d < 20 µm) were mobile in the borate melt due to Marangoni and Stokes motion. For the latter droplets, coalescence was observed in situ. A growth of larger droplets at the expense of smaller ones, i.e., Ostwald ripening was also expected but could not be studied with the used experimental equipment. T2 - 26th International Congress on Glass CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 03.07.2022 KW - Glass melt KW - Silver KW - Sodium zinc borate glass KW - Hot stage microscopy KW - Precipitation PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55732 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Reinsch, Stefan T1 - Surface-Initiated Microstructure Formation in Glass Ceramics N2 - Up to now, oriented surface crystallization phenomena are discussed controversially, and related studies are restricted to few glasses. For silicate glasses we found a good correlation between the calculated surface energy of crystal faces and oriented surface nucleation. Surface energies were estimated assuming that crystal surfaces resemble minimum energy crack paths along the given crystal plane. This concept was successfully applied by Rouxel in calculating fracture surface energies of glasses. Several oriented nucleation phenomena can be herby explained assuming that high energy crystal surfaces tend to be wetted by the melt. This would minimize the total interfacial energy of the nucleus. Furthermore, we will discuss the evolution of the microstructure and its effect on the preferred crystal orientation. T2 - 26th International Congress on Glass CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 03.07.2022 KW - Glass KW - Oriented surface crystallization KW - Surface energy KW - Bond energy KW - Nucleation mode PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56070 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tielemann, Christopher T1 - Oriented Surface Crystallization N2 - Up to now, oriented surface crystallization phenomena are discussed controversially, and related studies are restricted to few glasses. For silicate glasses we found a good correlation between the calculated surface energy of crystal faces and oriented surface nucleation. Surface energies were estimated assuming that crystal surfaces resemble minimum energy crack paths along the given crystal plane. This concept was successfully applied by Rouxel in calculating fracture surface energies of glasses. Several oriented nucleation phenomena can be herby explained assuming that high energy crystal surfaces tend to be wetted by the melt. This would minimize the total interfacial energy of the nucleus. Furthermore, we will discuss the evolution of the microstructure and its effect on the preferred crystal orientation. T2 - 26th International Congress on Glass CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 03.07.2022 KW - Glass KW - Surface energy KW - Crystal orientation PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56074 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waurischk, Tina T1 - Vacuum crack growth in silicate glasses N2 - Although the slow crack growth in glass is dominated by stress-corrosion phenomena, it also should reflect the underlaying intrinsic fracture behavior controlled by glass chemistry and structure. To investigate such underlaying phenomena, crack growth velocity in alkali silicate glasses was measured in vacuum across 10 orders of magnitude with double cantilever beam technique. Measured and literature crack growth data were compared with calculated intrinsic fracture toughness data obtained from Young’s moduli and theoretical fracture surface energy. Data analysis reveals slight correlation with the packing density and significant deviations from the intrinsic brittle fracture behavior. These deviations do not follow simple compositional trends. Two opposing processes may explain this finding: a decrease in the apparent fracture surface energy due to stress-induced chemical changes at the crack tip and its increase due to energy dissipation during fracture. T2 - 26th International Congress on Glass CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 03.07.2022 KW - Oxide glass KW - Fracture toughness KW - Fracture surface PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56485 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kilo, M. T1 - Glass Screening for the systematic development of new glasses N2 - Die technischen Möglichkeiten der robotischen Glasschmelzanlage der BAM werden vorgestellt. T2 - 26th International Conference on Glass CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 04.07.2022 KW - Material Digital PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56280 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waurischk, Tina T1 - Data-driven Workflow for Accelerated Glass Development (GlasDigital) N2 - As part of a joint project involving the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC), the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, the Clausthal University of Technology and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), digital tools are to be created for the development of new types of glass materials. Current processes for the production of glasses with improved properties are usually very cost- and energy-intensive due to the low degree of automation and are subject to long development cycles. The use of robotic synthesis processes in combination with self-learning machines is intended to overcome these problems in the long term. The development of new types of glass can then not only be accelerated considerably, but also be achieved with much less effort. In this talk, data generation via a robotic high-throughput glass melting system is presented, which should be the experimental basis for the ontology developed within the project GlasDigital. T2 - Materials Science and Engineering Congress (MSE 2022) CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 27.09.2022 KW - Oxidglas KW - Robotische Glasschmelzanlage PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56489 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Optical and Spectroscopic Properties of Glasses N2 - Optical glasses have given us the eyes to unveil the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds through microscope and telescope lenses, they have revolutionized the way we communicate through fiber optics and portable device screens, as well as given us new perspectives for sustainable energy harvesting conversion and generation. To meet the demands of ever-growing markets, the compositional design of new glasses requires full characterization of thermal, mechanical, electric, and optical properties. Particularly, the characterization of optical properties is not only relevant for optical/luminescent applications but is also essential for the tailored design of some medical and dental materials such as restorative resins, implants and prothesis. In this seminar we will introduce the fundaments on the optical properties of materials, with particular focus on glasses, and the techniques to characterize them. T2 - 3rd Sao Carlos School on Glasses and Glass-Ceramics CY - Sao Carlos, Brazil DA - 10.03.2025 KW - Optical properties KW - Glasses PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63773 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Structure and photophysics of RE ion doped gallium phosphofluoride glasses containing silver nanostructures: Effects of heat treatment and femtosecond direct laser writing. N2 - Gallium fluoride phosphate glasses are interesting hosts for emissive rare-earth (RE) dopants. Despite featuring low refractive index, they present high energy radiation resistance and a wide optical transmission range (350 to 1700 nm) enabling observation of important RE3+ emissions in the visible to near-infrared spectral range. In a previous, NMR-based structural study of the system xGa(PO3)3–(40-x)GaF3–20BaF2–20ZnF2–20SrF2 (x = 5 - 25 mol%), we verified that the network structure of these glasses is dominated by P-O-Ga linkages with no P-O-P linkages and that Ga is mainly six-coordinated in a mixed fluoride/phosphate environment. For Eu3+ doped samples, the photophysical properties strongly suggest changes in the ion´s ligand distribution toward a fluoride-dominated environment at low P/F, which translates into improved radiative emissions. To extend the studies to other RE doped glasses, and glasses containing Ag nanostructures (and their influence on RE emission), we selected the composition 25Ga(PO3)3 – 20ZnF2 – 30BaF2 - (25 – x - y)SrF2 – xAgNO3 - yNdF3, where x = 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 mol% and y = 0 or 1 mol%. The glasses were synthesized through the conventional melt-quenching technique and fully characterized from the thermal, structural, and microstructural viewpoints. By appropriate heat-treatment, the presence of both Ag nanoclusters (Ag-NCs, < 10 nm) and larger nanoparticles was confirmed by TEM in agreement with the observation of broad emission bands in the visible spectrum. Excited state lifetime measurements evidence the presence of non-radiative energy transfer processes between the Ag species to Nd3+ ions but there is no direct evidence of plasmon enhancement effects. In samples singly doped with silver, direct laser writing experiments using a femtosecond laser were also performed which induced localized growth of Ag-NCs associated to a variation in the refractive index. Preliminary results indicate the potential of the DLW technique for tailoring optical glass properties. T2 - 27th International Congress on Glass 2025 CY - Kolkata, India DA - 20.01.2025 KW - Gallium phosphofluoride glass KW - Structure-property correlation KW - Femtosecond direct laser writting KW - Neodymium PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63774 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heuser, Lina T1 - Composition-structure-property relationships of ternary borate glasses N2 - Since the pioneer work of Krogh-Moe [1] in the 1960’s the structure clarification of borate glasses is of interest for many generations. In the present contribution the composition–structure–property relationships of Me2O–ZnO–B2O3, Me = Li (LZB), Na (NZB), K (KZB), Rb (RZB), CaO–ZnO–B2O3 (CaZB), and Li2O–PbO–B2O3 (LPbB) glasses are investigated. Non-toxic, highly polarizable zinc oxide potentially substitutes harmful lead oxide in glasses for applications e.g., in photovoltaics and microelectronics. Glass structure was analyzed using Raman and infrared spectroscopy, and the glass properties were measured using dilatometry (Tg, viscosity data, coefficient of thermal expansion) and rotational viscometry (high-temperature viscosity) [2,3]. The spectroscopic results show that alkali and calcium ions largely balance out the negative charges of BO4-units, while zinc and lead ions mainly stabilize the non-bridging oxygen atoms (NBO). The type of network modifier ion directs formation of the BO4-containing groups and the number of BO4-units (N4). Thus, i.) BO4-containing pentaborate was assigned in LZB, NZB and CaZB glasses, and ii.) diborate in KZB and RZB glasses. Simultaneous presence of pentaborate and diborate was only detected in LPbB. The combination of modifier’s properties, i.e., lower Lewis’s basicity (Rb+ > Li+), higher field strength (Rb+ < Li+), lower polarizability (Rb+ > Li+), and steric effects with increasing size (Rb+ > Li+) [4], leads to slightly increasing N4 in the series RZB (0.36) ≈ KZB < NZB (0.37) < LZB ≈ CaZB (0.39). This increase in N4 results in an increase in the atomic packing density 0.519 (RZB) – 0.584 (LZB) and thus in the Young’s Modulus 38.1 GPa (RZB) – 92.5 GPa (LZB) and in the glass transition temperature (Tg) 444 °C (RZB) – 467 °C (LZB) in the alkali series. In reverse order the coefficient of thermal expansion decreases from 12·10-6 K-1 (RZB) – 8.54·10-6 K-1 (LZB) with increasing N4. Ca2+ in CaZB enhances the viscosity (Tg: 580 °C) compared to Li+ in isocompositional LZB due to higher coordination. On the other hand, Pb2+ in LPbB decreases the viscosity (Tg: 399 °C) compared to Zn2+ in LZB with similar molar fractions. T2 - 98th Glass-Technology Conference of the German Society of Glass Technology (DGG) CY - Goslar, Germany DA - 26.05.2025 KW - Borate glasses KW - Structure-property relationship PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63771 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ruehle, Bastian T1 - Workflow generation, management, and semantic description for Self-Driving Labs N2 - The software backend that controls the robotic hardware and runs the synthesis workflows is a very important component of any Self-Driving Lab (SDL). On the one hand, it has to deal with orchestrating and managing complex and task-specific hardware through low-level communication protocols and plan and use the available resources as efficiently as possible while executing (parallelized) workflows, on the other hand, it is the interface the users use to communicate with this highly complex platform, and as such, it needs to be as helpful and user-friendly as possible. This includes the AI-aided experimental design in which the system helps the user to decide which experiment to run next, providing automated data analysis from characterization measurements, and offering easy to understand tools and graphical user interfaces for generating the workflows that are executed on the platform. Lastly, the specificity of the workflows and their dependence on the hardware and software of the SDLs necessitates a common description or ontology for making them easily interchangeable and interoperable between different platforms and labs. In this contribution, we present several key aspects of “Minerva-OS”, the central backend that orchestrates the syntheses workflows of our SDL for Nano- and Advanced Materials Syntheses [1]. One key feature is the resource management or “traffic control” for scheduling and executing parallel reactions in a multi-threaded environment. Another is the interface with data analysis algorithms from in-line, at-line, and off-line measurements. Here, we will give examples of how automatic image segmentation of electron microscopy images with the help of AI [2] can be used for reducing the “data analysis bottleneck” from an off-line measurement. We will also discuss, compare, and show benchmarks of various machine learning (ML) algorithms that are currently implemented in the backend and can be used for ML-guided, closed-loop material optimization in our SDL. Lastly, we will show our recent efforts [3] in making the workflow generation on SDLs more user-friendly by using large language models to generate executable workflows automatically from synthesis procedures given in natural language and user-friendly graphical user interfaces based on node editors that also allow for knowledge graph extraction from the workflows. In this context, we are currently also working on an ontology for representing the process steps of the workflows, which will greatly facilitate the semantic description and interoperability of workflows between different SDL hardware and software platforms. T2 - Accelerate 2025 CY - Toronto, Canada DA - 11.08.2025 KW - Nanomaterials KW - Advanced Materials KW - Workflows KW - Machine Learning KW - SDL PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63936 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lehmusto, Juho T1 - Initial oxidation of the refractory high-entropy superalloy AlMo0.5NbTa0.5TiZr N2 - In contrast to traditional alloys, which are typically based on a single dominant element, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) consist of five or more principal elements in roughly equal proportions. These complex alloys often exhibit superior characteristics compared to conventional alloys, including enhanced strength and hardness, exceptional wear resistance, high structural stability, and strong resistance to oxidation. Despite these promising characteristics, the vast compositional space of HEAs means that only a limited number have been thoroughly investigated for their mechanical and chemical behavior. One notable example is the refractory high-entropy superalloy AlMo0.5NbTa0.5TiZr, which represents a newly emerging class of materials. This alloy features a nanoscale microstructure composed of B2 and bcc phases, resulting in compressive strength at elevated temperatures that surpasses that of conventional Ni-based superalloys. Such performance offers potential benefits for improving turbine efficiency in aerospace and energy generation applications. However, the alloy’s microstructure is known to be sensitive to annealing. Specifically, its mechanical properties deteriorate when intragranular hexagonal Al-Zr-based intermetallic compounds form, likely due to issues with phase stability. On the other hand, the inclusion of Al has been shown to enhance oxidation resistance. Nevertheless, HEAs are also known to develop pronounced internal aging zones caused by diffusion during oxidation processes. These findings indicate a need for further investigation into the thermodynamic stability of this alloy. In addition, its oxidation behavior—both at the surface and within the material—remains incompletely understood. This ongoing research explores the oxidation behavior of the AlMo0.5NbTa0.5TiZr alloy at temperatures ranging from 800 °C to 1000 °C. The influence of water vapor on the oxidation process is also examined. Ultimately, the goal is to integrate insights into the alloy’s structural, mechanical, and chemical characteristics at high temperatures. T2 - Gordon Research Conference - High Temperature Corrosion CY - New London, United States DA - 16.07.2023 KW - High-Entropy superalloy KW - Phase stability KW - Microstructural evolution KW - Oxidation behavior KW - High-Temperature Performance PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-63851 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Damage Tolerant Approach in Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials N2 - Damage tolerance counts as one of the most widespread approach to fatigue assessment and surely as one of the most promising in understanding the process-structure-property-performance relationships in additively manufactured metallic materials. Manufacturing defects, surface roughness, microstructural features, short and long crack fatigue propagation, residual stresses and applied loads can be taken into consideration in a fracture mechanics-based fatigue assessment. Many aspects are crucial to the reliable component life prediction. Among those a prominent role is played by an accurate measurement and modelling of the short crack fatigue behavior, and reliable statistical characterization of defects and residual stresses. This work aims at addressing the issues related to both experimental testing, fatigue and fatigue crack propagation, and fracture mechanics-based modelling of fatigue lives. Examples will be provided on an additively manufactured AISI 316 L. T2 - TMS2021 VIRTUAL CY - Online meeting DA - 15.03.2021 KW - AISI 316L KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Damage Tolerance KW - Microstructure KW - Defects KW - Residual Stress PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52293 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -