Scientific Publications

since 2021
D. Zöllner, P.R. Rios
Who are the survivors? An investigation of long-time grain growth
Computational Materials Science 248 (2025) 113578
J. Guo, C. Zhang, D. Zöllner, X. Li, G. Wu, T. Huang, W. Pantleon, X. Huang, D. Juul Jensen
Competition between microstructural factors affecting growth of abnormally large grains in thin Cu foils
Acta Materialia 281 (2024) 120339
D. Zöllner
Growth paths in polycrystalline thin films
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 32 (2024) 035023
D. Zöllner, W. Pantleon
Effect of boundary grooving on grain growth by Potts model simulations
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2635 (2023) 012033
D. Zöllner
Non-self-similar grain growth by zero-temperature Potts model
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 31 (2023) 035002
D. Zöllner, W. Pantleon
Grain growth in thin film under strong temperature gradients
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1249 (2022) 012010
D. Zöllner
Impact of a strong temperature gradient on grain growth in films
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 30 (2022) 025010
D. Zöllner
Correlations Between Organizing Committee and Invited Speaker Diversity, In: M.J. Cordill. Recommendations to Mitigate and Reduce Perceived Implicit Bias at TMS
JOM, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11837-021-04827-3.pdf
D. Zöllner
Topological evolution of thin films during grain growth
Computational Materials Science 200 (2021) 110803
M. Beliaev, D. Zöllner, A. Pacureanu, P. Zaslansky, I. Zlotnikov
Dynamics of Topological Defects and Structural Synchronization in a Forming Periodic Tissue
Nature Physics 17 (2021) 410-415
D. Zöllner
Triple junction controlled grain growth in thin films
Computational Materials Science 187 (2021) 110104

2016-2020
D.R. Almeida Jr., P.R. Rios, D. Zöllner, H.R.Z. Sandim
Abnormal grain growth in thin wires of commercially pure iron with anisotropic microstructure
Journal of Materials Research and Technology 9 (2020) 11099-11110
M. Beliaev, D. Zöllner, A. Pacureanu, P. Zaslansky, L. Bertinetti, I. Zlotnikov
Quantification of sheet nacre morphogenesis using X-ray nanotomography and deep learning
Journal of Structural Biology 209 (2020) 107432
D. Zöllner, I. Zlotnikov
Texture Controlled Grain Growth in Thin Films Studied by 3D Potts Model
Advanced Theory and Simulations 2 (2019) 1900064
D. Zöllner, P.R. Rios, I. Zlotnikov
Topological transitions: A topological random walk or pure geometric necessity?
Computational Materials Science 166 (2019) p. 42-56
D. Zöllner, I. Zlotnikov
Biomineralized tissue formation as an archetype of ideal grain growth
Materials Horizons 6 (2019) 751-757
P. Chekhonin, D. Zöllner, E. Zimmer, J. Scharnweber, J. Romberg, W. Skrotzki
Microstructure of accumulative roll bonded high purity aluminium laminates
Materialia 5 (2019) 100236
E. Reich, V. Schoeppler, R. Lemanis, E. Lakin, E. Zolotoyabko, D. Zöllner, I. Zlotnikov
Morphological and textural evolution of the prismatic ultrastructure in mollusc shells: A comparative study of Pinnidae species
Acta Biomaterialia 85 (2019) 272-281
D. Zöllner, I. Zlotnikov
Modelling texture dependent grain growth by 2D Potts model simulations: A detailed analysis
Computational Materials Science 155 (2018) 180-196
D. Zöllner, P.R. Rios
Corrigendum: "Topological changes in coarsening networks"
Acta Materialia 158 (2018) 466-467
D. Zöllner, P.R. Rios
On the topology and size advantage of potentially abnormal grains
Computational Materials Science 153 (2018) 382-391
P.R. Rios, D. Zöllner
Grain Growth - Unresolved Issues
Materials Science and Technology 34 (2018) 629-638
K. Adam, D. Zöllner, D.P. Field
3D microstructural evolution of primary recrystallization and grain growth in cold rolled single-phase aluminum alloys
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and engineering 26 (2018) 035011
L. Lienshöft, P. Chekhonin, D. Zöllner, J. Scharnweber, T. Marr, T. Krauter, H.W. Höppel, W. Skrotzki
Static recrystallization and grain growth of accumulative roll bonded aluminium laminates
Journal of Materials Research 32 (2017) 4503-4513
D. Zöllner
Influence of the local topology on the von Neumann-Mullins-relation
Computational Materials Science 137 (2017) 67-74
D. Zöllner, E. Reich, I. Zlotnikov
Morphogenesis of biomineralized calcitic prismatic tissue in Mollusca fully described by classical hierarchical grain boundary motion
Crystal Growth & Design 17 (2017) 5023-5027
D. Zöllner, W. Skrotzki
Influence of subgrain boundaries on coarsening of grain structures
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 194 (2017) 012049
D. Zöllner, P.R. Rios
Topological changes in coarsening networks
Acta Materialia 130 (2017) 147-154
D. Zöllner
Treating grain growth in thin films in three dimensions: A simulation study
Computational Materials Science 125 (2016) 51-60
D. Zöllner
Grain Growth
In: Saleem Hashmi (editor-in-chief), Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Oxford: Elsevier (2016) 1-29
P. Streitenberger, D. Zöllner
Coarsening kinetics and the envelope theorem
Acta Materialia 111 (2016) 210-219
D. Zöllner
Grain microstructural evolution in 2D and 3D polycrystals under triple junction energy and mobility control
Computational Materials Science 118 (2016) 325-337
D. Zöllner, P. Streitenberger, P.R. Rios
Shedding some light on the early grain growth regime: About the effect of the initial microstructure on normal grain growth
Computational Materials Science 113 (2016) 11-20

2011-2015
D. Zöllner, P. Streitenberger
Studying the influence of triple junction energy and mobility on annealing processes
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 89 (2015) 012061
P. Streitenberger, D. Zöllner
Von Neumann-Mullins-type evolution equations for triple and quadruple junction controlled grain growth
Scripta Materialia,109 (2015) 52-55
D. Zöllner, P. Streitenberger
Serial sectioning of grain microstructures under junction control: An old problem in a new guise
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering,82 (2015) 012080
P. Streitenberger, D. Zöllner
The envelope of size distributions in Ostwald ripening and grain growth
Acta Materialia 88 (2015) 334-345
P. Streitenberger, D. Zöllner
Triple junction controlled grain growth in two-dimensional polycrystals and thin films: Self-similar growth laws and grain size distributions
Acta Materialia 78 (2014) 114-124
D. Zöllner
A phenomenological approach to investigate nanocrystalline grain growth
Computational Materials Science 92 (2014) 114-119
D. Zöllner, P.R. Rios
Investigating the von Neumann-Mullins-relation under triple junction dragging
Acta Materialia 70 (2014) 290-297
D. Zöllner
Topology of grain microstructures in two dimensions: A comparison of grain boundary and triple junction controlled grain growth
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 22 (2014) 025028 (15pp)
D. Zöllner
A new point of view to determine the simulation temperature for the Potts model simulation of grain growth
Computational Materials Science 86 (2014) 99-107
D. Zöllner
On the Aboav-Weaire-law for junction limited grain growth in two dimensions
Computational Materials Science 79 (2013) 759-762
D. Zöllner, P. Streitenberger
Self-Similarity as a Feature of Nanocrystalline Grain Growth
Materials Science Forum 753 (2013) 349-352
D. Zöllner, P. Streitenberger, I. Fielden
The Kinetics of Individual Grains in Polycrystalline Materials / Einzelkornkinetik von Polykristallinen Materialien
Praktische Metallographie 49 (2012) 428-445
D. Zöllner
Grain microstructure evolution in two-dimensional polycrystals under limited junction mobility
Scripta Materialia 67 (2012) 41-44
D. Zöllner
A Potts model for junction limited grain growth
Computational Materials Science 50 (2011) 2712-2719
P. Streitenberger, D. Zöllner
Evolution Equations and Size Distributions in Nanocrystalline Grain Growth
Acta Materialia 59 (2011) 4235-4243

up to 2010
D. Zöllner, P. Streitenberger
Grain size distributions in normal grain growth
Praktische Metallographie 47 (2010) 618-639
P. Streitenberger, D. Zöllner
Effective growth law from three-dimensional grain growth simulations and new analytical grain size distribution
Scripta Materialia 55 (2006) 461-464
D. Zöllner, P. Streitenberger
Three Dimensional Normal Grain Growth: Monte Carlo Potts Model Simulation and Analytical Mean Field Theory
Scripta Materialia 54 (2006) 1697-1702
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