Education
Dr. sc., École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Materials Science & Engineering; 2010
Dipl.-Ing., Universität Karlsruhe, Mechanical Engineering; 2006
Dipl.-Ing. (BA), Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) Mannheim, Mechanical Engineering; 2001
Research area
“The Mechanics of Microstructures”
| Simulation methods: | Molecular dynamics, ab-initio simulation, Monte Carlo, mesoscale & continuum approaches, high performance computing (HPC) |
| Materials: | Nanoscale materials (nanocrystalline, nanolayered, nanoparticle, nanowire), metals & alloys, metallic composites |
| Aspects: | Strength, ductility and failure of materials Defect structure and dynamics Solid-state reactions Materials design through functional defects |
Background
| Since 2016 | KIT Young Investigator Group Leader “Computational Nanomechanics of Materials” |
| Since 2013 | Scientist at the Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 2013 - 2015 | Visting Scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 2010 - 2013 | PostDoc in the Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 2006 - 2010 | Ph.D. student at the Paul Scherrer Institute |
Selected Publications
- C. Ensslen, C. Brandl, G. Richter, R. Schwaiger, O. Kraft, Notch insensitive strength and ductility in gold nanowires, Acta Mater. 108 (2016) 317–324. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2016.02.015.
- A. Kobler, C. Brandl, H. Hahn, C. Kübel, In situ observation of deformation processes in nanocrystalline face-centered cubic metals, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 7 (2016) 572–580. doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.50.
- S.J. Fensin, J.P. Escobedo-Diaz, C. Brandl, E.K. Cerreta, G.T. Gray, T.C. Germann, et al., Effect of loading direction on grain boundary failure under shock loading, Acta Mater. 64 (2014) 113–122. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2013.11.026.
- C. Brandl, T.C. Germann, A. Misra, Structure and shear deformation of metallic crystalline-amorphous interfaces, Acta Mater. 61 (2013) 3600–3611. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2013.02.047.
- C. Brandl, T.C. Germann, A.G. Perez-Bergquist, E.K. Cerreta, Grain Boundary Motion under Dynamic Loading: Mechanism and Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Mater. Res. Lett. 1 (2013) 220–227. doi:10.1080/21663831.2013.830993.
- S.J. Fensin, C. Brandl, E.K. Cerreta, G.T. Gray, T.C. Germann, S.M. Valone, Nanoscale Plasticity at Grain Boundaries in Face-centered Cubic Copper Under Shock Loading, JOM. 65 (2013) 410–418. doi:10.1007/s11837-012-0546-3.
- E.K. Cerreta, J.P. Escobedo, A. Perez-Bergquist, D.D. Koller, C.P. Trujillo, G.T. Gray III, et al., Early stage dynamic damage and the role of grain boundary type, Scr. Mater. 66 (2012) 638–641. doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.01.051.
- A.G. Perez-Bergquist, E.K. Cerreta, C.P. Trujillo, G.T. Gray, C. Brandl, T.C. Germann, Transmission electron microscopy study of the role of interface structure at 100/111 boundaries in a shocked copper multicrystal, Scr. Mater. 67 (2012) 412–415. doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.05.035.
- B. Arman, C. Brandl, S.N. Luo, T.C. Germann, A. Misra, T. Cagin, Plasticity in Cu(111)/Cu46Zr54 glass nanolaminates under uniaxial compression, J. Appl. Phys. 110 (2011) 043539. doi:10.1063/1.3627163.
- C. Brandl, P.M. Derlet, H. Van Swygenhoven, Dislocation mediated plasticity in nanocrystalline Al: the strongest size, Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 19 (2011) 074005. doi:10.1088/0965-0393/19/7/074005.
- M. Velasco, H. Van Swygenhoven, C. Brandl, Coupled grain boundary motion in a nanocrystalline grain boundary network, Scr. Mater. 65 (2011) 151–154. doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.03.039.
- C. Brandl, S. Tiwari, P.M. Derlet, H. Van Swygenhoven, Athermal critical stresses for dislocation propagation in nanocrystalline aluminium, Philos. Mag. 90 (2010) 977–989. doi:10.1080/14786430903124444.
- E. Bitzek, C. Brandl, D. Weygand, P.M. Derlet, H. Van Swygenhoven, Atomistic simulation of a dislocation shear loop interacting with grain boundaries in nanocrystalline aluminium, Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 17 (2009) 055008. doi:10.1088/0965-0393/17/5/055008.
- C. Brandl, P.M. Derlet, H. Van Swygenhoven, Strain rates in molecular dynamics simulations of nanocrystalline metals, Philos. Mag. 89 (2009) 3465–3475. doi:10.1080/14786430903313690.
- E. Bitzek, C. Brandl, P. Derlet, H. Van Swygenhoven, Dislocation Cross-Slip in Nanocrystalline fcc Metals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 235501. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.235501.
- C. Brandl, P.M. Derlet, H. Van Swygenhoven, General-stacking-fault energies in highly strained metallic environments: Ab initio calculations, Phys. Rev. B. 76 (2007) 054124. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.054124.
- C. Brandl, E. Bitzek, P.M. Derlet, H. Van Swygenhoven, Slip transfer through a general high angle grain boundary in nanocrystalline aluminum, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 (2007) 111914. doi:10.1063/1.2784939.