Christina Birkel

Some selected articles include:

MAX/MXene:

• Structure determination and magnetic properties of the Mn-doped MAX phase Cr2GaC, J.P. Siebert, S. Mallett, M. Juelsholt, H. Pazniak, U. Wiedwald,  K. Page, C.S. Birkel, Materials Chemistry Frontiers.  2021 16.
• Experimental and theoretical investigation of the chemical exfoliation of Cr-based MAX phase particles, M.H. Tran, A.M. Malik,  M. Durrschnabel, A. Regoutz, P. Thakur, T-L Lee, D. Perera, L. Molina-Luna, K. Albe, J. Rohrer, C.S. Birkel, Dalton Transactions.  2020 49 (35) 12215-12221.
• Synthesis of a Smart Hybrid MXene with Switchable Conductivity for Temperature Sensing, M.H. Tran, R. Brilmayer, L. Liu, H. Zhuang, C. Hess, A. Andrieu-Brunsen, C.S. Birkel, ACS Applied Nano Materials.  2020 3 (5) 4069-4076
• Sol-gel based synthesis and enhanced processability of MAX phase Cr2GaC, J.P. Siebert, L. Bischoff, M. Lepple, A. Zintler, L. Molina-Luna, U. Wiedwald, C.S. Birkel, Journal of Materials Chemistry C.  2019 7 (20) 6034-6040
• Adding a new member to the MXene family: Synthesis, structure and electrocatalytic activity for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of V4C3Tx, M. H. Tran, T. Schäfer, A. Shahraei, M. Dürrschnabel, L. Molina-Luna, U. I. Kramm, C. S. Birkel, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 3908
• Structural, magnetic and electrical transport properties of non-conventionally prepared MAX phases V2AlC and (V/Mn)2AlC, C. M. Hamm, M. Dürrschnabel, L. Molina-Luna, R. Salikhov, D. Spoddig, M. Farle, U. Wiedwald, C. S. Birkel, Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2, 483
• Non-conventional synthesis and magnetic properties of MAX phases (Cr/Mn)2AlC and (Cr/Fe)2AlC, C. M. Hamm, J. D. Bocarsly, G. Seward, U. I. Kramm, C. S. Birkel, J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, 5, 5700
• Non-conventional Synthesis of the 413 MAX Phase V4AlC3, C. M. Hamm, T. Schäfer, H. Zhang, C. S. Birkel, Zeitschrift fur Anorg. und Allg. Chemie 2016, 642, 1397

Half-Heusler thermoelectrics:

• Microwave heating and spark plasma sintering as non-conventional synthesis methods to access thermoelectric and magnetic materials, J. P. Siebert, C. M. Hamm, C. S. Birkel, Applied Physics Reviews.  2019, 6
• Phase stability and property evolution of biphasic Ti–Ni–Sn alloys for use in thermoelectric applications, J. E. Douglas, C. S. Birkel, N. Verma, V. M. Miller, M.-S. Miao, G. D. Stucky, T. M. Pollock, R. Seshadri, J. Appl. Phys. 2014, 115, 43720
• Improving the thermoelectric properties of half-Heusler TiNiSn through inclusion of a second full-Heusler phase: microwave preparation and spark plasma sintering of TiNi1+xSn, C. S. Birkel, J. E. Douglas, B. R. Lettiere, G. Seward, N. Verma, Y. Zhang, T. M. Pollock, R. Seshadri, G. D. Stucky, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 6990
• Influence of Ni nanoparticle addition and spark plasma sintering on the TiNiSn–Ni system: Structure, microstructure, and thermoelectric properties, C. S. Birkel, J. E. Douglas, B. R. Lettiere, G. Seward, Y. Zhang, T. M. Pollock, R. Seshadri, G. D. Stucky, Solid State Sci. 2013, 26, 16
• Rapid Microwave Preparation of Thermoelectric TiNiSn and TiCoSb Half-Heusler Compounds, C. S. Birkel, W. G. Zeier, J. E. Douglas, B. R. Lettiere, C. E. Mills, G. Seward, A. Birkel, M. L. Snedaker, Y. Zhang, G. J. Snyder, T. M. Pollock, R. Seshadri, G. D. Stucky, Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 2558

Inorganic nanoparticles:

• Spectroscopic Signature of the Superparamagnetic Transition and Surface Spin Disorder in CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles, Q. Sun, C. S. Birkel, J. Cao, W. Tremel, J. L. Musfeldt, ACS Nano 2012, 6, 4876
• Solution synthesis of nanoparticular binary transition metal antimonides., G. Kieslich, C. S. Birkel, A. Stewart, U. Kolb, W. Tremel, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 6938
• Wet Chemical Synthesis and a Combined X-ray and Moessbauer Study of the Formation of FeSb2 Nanoparticles, C. S. Birkel, G. Kieslich, D. Bessas, T. Claudio, R. Branscheid, U. Kolb, M. Panthöfer, P. Hermann, W. Tremel, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 11807
• Solution synthesis of a new thermoelectric Zn(1+x)Sb nanophase and its structure determination using automated electron diffraction tomography., C. S. Birkel, E. Mugnaioli, T. Gorelik, U. Kolb, M. Panthöfer, W. Tremel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9881
• Preparation and characterization of Pd2Sn nanoparticles, K. Page, C. S. Schade, J. Zhang, P. J. Chupas, K. W. Chapman, T. Proffen, A. K. Cheetham, R. Seshadri, Mater. Res. Bull. 2007, 42, 1969