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Making parts on Mars: Laser processing of iron contaminated by regolith simulant pic
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Making parts on Mars: Laser processing of iron contaminated by regolith simulant

Askar Kvaratskheliya, Aleksandr Filimonov, Bruno Bianchini, Muchammad Izzuddin Jundullah Hanafi, Thorsten M. Gesing, Taisuke T. Sasaki, Piter Gargarella, Lutz Mädler, Ilya Okulov

Materials Today Advances 25 (2025): 100566

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2025.100566

Manufacturing pure metals on…

Effect of intrinsic heat treatment on the precipitate formation of X40CrMoV5–1 tool steel during laser-directed energy deposition: A coupled study of atom probe tomography and in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction pic
© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.
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Effect of intrinsic heat treatment on the precipitate formation of X40CrMoV5–1 tool steel during laser-directed energy deposition: A coupled study of atom probe tomography and in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Antonio Carlos de F. Silveira, Lisa T. Belkacemi, Pedro José de Castro, Marco Schowalter, Rainer Fechte-Heinen, Jérémy Epp

Acta Materialia 283 (2025): 120488

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120488

Additively manufactured components are generally heat treated to remove the undesired…

Plagioclase feldspars (Ca1-xNa x )(Al2-xSi2+x)O8: synthesis and characterizations of mechanical weathering relevant to Martian regolith pic
© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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Plagioclase feldspars (Ca₁₋ₓNaₓ)(Al₂₋ₓSi₂₊ₓ)O₈: synthesis and characterizations of mechanical weathering relevant to Martian regolith

Izzuddin Jundullah Hanafi, Mohammad Mangir Murshed, Lars Robben, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift Für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2024-0117

Plagioclase feldspars draw intensive research attention in planetary sciences because of their abundance in…

Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterization of defect-rich forsterite as a representative phase of Martian regolith pic
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Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterization of defect-rich forsterite as a representative phase of Martian regolith

Muchammad Izzuddin Jundullah Hanafi, Lorenzo Bastonero, Mohammad Mangir Murshed, Lars Robben, Wilke Dononelli, Andrea Kirsch, Nicola Marzari, Thorsten M. Gesing

IUCrJ 11 (2024): 977-990

https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252524009722

Regolith draws intensive research attention because of its importance…

Photo Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Using Sn Doped In2S3 Homologous Series Synthesized in Oxygen Deficient Flame pic
© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
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Photo Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Using Sn Doped In₂S₃ Homologous Series Synthesized in Oxygen Deficient Flame

Suman Pokhrel, Jakob Stahl, Lizhuo Wang, Rui Tang, Haoyue Sun, Malte Schalk, Marco Schowalter, Andreas Rosenauer, Jun Huang, Johannes Kiefer, Johannes Birkenstock, Lutz Mädler

Advanced Functional Materials (2024): 2411521

https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202411521

The innovative development of…

Mechanochemical synthesis of (Mg1−xFe x )2SiO4 olivine phases relevant to Martian regolith: structural and spectroscopic characterizations article picture
© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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Mechanochemical synthesis of (Mg₁₋ₓFeₓ)₂SiO₄ olivine phases relevant to Martian regolith: structural and spectroscopic characterizations

Izzuddin Jundullah Hanafi, M. Mangir Murshed, Lars Robben, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2024-0078

To fabricate metals from the base materials for future Mars exploration, synthesis of representative olivine phases…

[Translate to English:] Synthesis, characterization and structure-property relations in mullite-type Pb2(Pb1−xSn x )O4 solid solution article pic
© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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Synthesis, characterization and structure-property relations in mullite-type Pb₂(Pb₁₋ₓSnₓ)O₄ solid solution

Christopher S. Reuter, M. Mangir Murshed, Michael Fischer, Thorsten. M. Gesing 

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2024-0088

The crystal structures of both Pb2PbO4 (Pb3O4) and Pb2SnO4 at room temperature can be described using mullite-type…

Broadening the Realm of Nanoporous Gold Catalysts: Preparation and Properties When Emanating from AuCu as Parent Alloy article picture
© 2024 The Authors. ChemCatChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
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Broadening the Realm of Nanoporous Gold Catalysts: Preparation and Properties When Emanating from AuCu as Parent Alloy

Jorge Adrian Tapia Burgos, Christoph Mahr, Alex Ricardo Silva Olaya, Lars Robben, Marco Schowalter, Thorsten Gesing, Andreas Rosenauer, Gunther Wittstock, Arne Wittstock, Marcus Bäumer

ChemCatChem (2024): e202400280

https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400280

Nanoporous gold (npAu) attracted…

[Translate to English:] Synthesis of a stable crystalline nitrene article pic
© 2024 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Synthesis of a stable crystalline nitrene

Marvin Janssen, Thomas Frederichs, Marian Olaru, Enno Lork, Emanuel Hupf, Jens Beckmann 

Science 385(6706) (2024): 318-321

DOI: 10.1126/science.adp4963

Nitrenes are a highly reactive, yet fundamental, compound class. They possess a monovalent nitrogen atom and usually a short life span, typically…

The Picture of Synthesis and characterization of (Pb1−xSr x )MnBO4: a structural and spectroscopic study (2024)
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Synthesis and characterization of (Pb₁₋ₓ Srₓ )MnBO₄: a structural and spectroscopic study

Carla M, Uribe-Rincon, M Mangir Murshed, Thorsten M. Gesing

Journal of Crystallography - Crystalline Materials 239 (2024): 3-4

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2023-0056

The presence of  ns 2  stereo-chemical active lone electron pairs (LEPs) causes asymmetric atomic environments around a given  p…

Growth, catalysis, and faceting of α-Ga2O3 and α-(InxGa1−x)2O3 on m-plane α-Al2O3 by molecular beam epitaxy pic
© 2024, Author(s). This article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
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Growth, catalysis, and faceting of α-Ga₂O₃ and α-(InₓGa₁₋ₓ)₂O₃ on m-plane α-Al₂O₃ by molecular beam epitaxy

Martin S. Williams, Manuel Alonso-Orts, Marco Schowalter, Alexander Karg, Sushma Raghuvansy, Jon P. McCandless, Debdeep Jena, Andreas Rosenauer, Martin Eickhoff, Patrick Vogt 

APL Materials 12 (2024): 011120

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0180041

The growth of α-Ga2O3 and α-(InxGa1−x)2O3 on m-plane…

Halide-sodalites: thermal expansion, decomposition and the Lindemann criterion pics
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Halide-sodalites: thermal behavior at low temperatures and local deviations from the average structure

Marius Wolpmann, Martin Etter, Andrea Kirsch, Filippo Balzaretti, Wilke Dononelli, Lars Robben, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 238 (2023): 27 - 38

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2022-0037

Sodalites of the general type |Na8X2|[T1T2O4]6 with X = Cl−, Br−,…

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© © 2022 The Authors. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
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On red tin (II) oxide: temperature-dependent structural, spectroscopic, and thermogravimetric properties

Sarah Wittmann,  M. Mangir Murshed,  Thorsten M. Gesing

Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 648 (2022): e20220031

https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202200311

Polycrystalline red tin(II)oxide (RSO) has been synthesized by a fast reflux method. X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) data Rietveld refinement confirms the…

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Effects of iron substitution and anti-site disorder on crystal structures, vibrational, optical and magnetic properties of double perovskites Sr₂(Fe₁₋ₓNiₓ)TeO₆

Asmaa Zaraq, Duncan H. Gregory, Brahim Orayech, Josu M. Igartua, Abdeslam El Bouari, James D. Eales, Paul A. Bingham and Thorsten M. Gesing

Dalton Transactions 45 (2022): 4086

https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT02447K

The double-perovskite series, Sr2(Fe1−xNix)TeO6 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1) has…

The İmage of Nano-crystalline precursor formation, stability, and transformation to mullite-type visible-light photocatalysts (2022)
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Nano-crystalline precursor formation, stability, and transformation to mullite-type visible-light photocatalysts

Thorsten M. Gesing, M. Mangir Murshed, Selina Schuh, Oliver Thüringer, Konrad Krämer, Tim Neudecker, Cecilia B. Mendive & Lars Robben 

Journal of Materials Science 57 (2022): 19280-19299

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07854-w

A new precursor for the formation of mullite-type visible-light…

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Revisiting the Growth of Large (Mg,Zr):SrGa₁₂O₁₉ Single Crystals: Core Formation and Its Impact on Structural Homogeneity Revealed by Correlative X-ray Imaging

Christo Guguschev, Carsten Richter, Mario Brützam, Kaspars Dadzis, Christian Hirschle, Thorsten M. Gesing, Michael Schulze, Albert Kwasniewski, Jürgen Schreuer, Darrell G. Schlom

Crystal Growth and Design 22 (2022): 2557–2568

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00030

We demonstrate the growth of…

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Halide-sodalites: thermal expansion, decomposition and the Lindemann criterion

Marius Wolpmann, Lars Robben, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 237 (2022): 1-3

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2022-0004

Twelve cubic sodalites |Na8X2|[T1T2O4]6 (T1 = Al3+, Ga3+; T2 = Si4+, Ge4+; X = Cl−, Br−, I−) were examined using high-temperature (HT)…

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Thermal anomalies and phase transitions in Pb₂Sc₂Si₂O₉ and Pb₂In₂Si₂O₉

Mathias Gogolin, M. Mangir Murshed, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal, Detlef Klimm, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 236 (2021): 283-292

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2021-2046

Pb2Sc2Si2O9 and Pb2In2Si2O9, respectively, the scandium and indium containing structural…

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KLi₂RE(BO₃)₂ (RE = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Y): Structural, Spectroscopic, And Thermogravimetric Studies on a Series of Mixed-Alkali Rare-Earth Orthoborates

Pengyun Chen, M. Mangir Murshed, Michael Fischer, Thomas Frederichs, Thorsten M. Gesing

Inorg. Chem 59 (2020): 18214–18224

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02684

We report a detailed structural, spectroscopic, and thermogravimetric investigation of a new series of mixed-alkali rare-earth…

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Crystal structure and temperature-dependent properties of Na₂H₄Ga₂GeO₈ – a novel gallogermanate

Irma Peschke, Lars Robben, Christof Köhler, Thomas Frauenheim, Josef-Christian Buhl, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B 75 (2020): 9-10

https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-2020-0159

Synthesis, crystal structure and temperature-dependent behavior of Na2H4Ga2GeO8 are reported. This novel…

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On the nature of the phase transitions of aluminosilicate perrhenate sodalite

Hilke Petersen, Lars Robben, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 235 (2020): 6-7

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2020-0027

The temperature-dependent structure-property relationships of the aluminosilicate perrhenate sodalite |Na8(ReO4)2|[AlSiO4]6 (ReO4-SOD)…

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© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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Low-temperature anharmonicity and symmetry breaking in the sodalite |Na₈I₂|[AlSiO₄]₆

Lars Robben, Isaac Abrahams, Michael Fischer, Stephen Hull, Martin T. Dove und Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials (2018) 234, Heft 4

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2018-2122

The aluminosilicate iodide sodalite |Na8I2|[AlSiO4]6 was examined by…

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© 2018 American Chemical Society
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Temperature-dependent Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of (Bi₁₋ₓFeₓ)FeO₃

Andrea Kirsch, M. Mangir Murshed, Melanie J. Kirkham, Ashfia Huq, F. Jochen Litterst and Thorsten M. Gesing

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2018) 122 (49), 28280–28291

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05740

We report on temperature-dependent structural and spectroscopic features of (Bi1–xF…

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© 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Structural and spectroscopic comparison between polycrystalline, nanocrystalline and quantum dot visible light photo-catalyst Bi₂WO₆

Michael Teck, M. Mangir Murshed, Marco Schowalter, Niels Lefeld, Henrike K. Grossmann, Tim Grieb, Thomas Hartmann, Lars Robben, Andreas Rosenauer, Lutz Mädler, Thorsten M.Gesing

Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2017) 254, 82-89 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2017.07.013

The structural and…

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