Merle, Benoit

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), S. 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), Art.Nr.: 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), Art.Nr.: 455
  ISSN: 2079-6412
  DOI: 10.3390/coatings11040455
  URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11/4/455/pdf
• 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), S. 938-942
  ISSN: 1431-9276
  DOI: 10.1017/S1431927621003603
• 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), Art.Nr.: 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), S. 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), Art.Nr.: 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), Art.Nr.: 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), S. 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), Art.Nr.: 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), Art.Nr.: 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 71-79
  ISSN: 0264-1275
  DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.05.008
• Khansur NH., Eckstein U., Benker L., Deisinger U., Merle B., Webber K.:
  Room temperature deposition of functional ceramic films on low-cost metal substrate
  In: Ceramics International 44 (2018), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 526-529
  ISSN: 0161-0457
  DOI: 10.1002/sca.21151

2013

• Göken M., Merle B., Boccaccini AR., Aifantis K., Tallawi M., Rai R., R-Gleixner M., Roerick O., Weyand M., Roether J., Schubert DW., Kozlowska A., El Fray M.:
  Poly(glycerol sebacate)\poly(butylene succinate-dilinoleate) blends as candidate materials for cardiac tissue engineering
  In: Macromolecular Symposia 334 (2013), S. 57-67
  ISSN: 1521-3900
  DOI: 10.1002/masy.201300114
  URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/masy.201300114
• 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), S. 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
• Tallawi M., Rai R., Ramsperger-Gleixner M., Roerick O., Weyand M., Roether J., Schubert DW., Kozlowska A., El Fray M., Merle B., Göken M., Aifantis K., Boccaccini AR.:
  Poly(glycerol sebacate)\Poly(butylene succinate-dilinoleate) Blends as Candidate Materials for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
  DOI: 10.1002/masy.201300114
  URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/masy.201300114
• Tallawi M., Rai R., Ramsperger-Gleixner M., Roerick O., Weyand M., Roether J., Schubert DW., Kozlowska A., El Fray M., Merle B., Göken M., Aifantis K., Boccaccini AR.:
  Poly(glycerol sebacate)\Poly(butylene succinate-dilinoleate) Blends as Candidate Materials for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
  In: Macromolecular Symposia 334 (2013), S. 57–67
  ISSN: 1022-1360
  DOI: 10.1002/masy.201300114

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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 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), S. 190-196
  ISSN: 1753-3546