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Jan Frenzel is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and contributes extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. The researcher's work spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The primary research topics that Frenzel focuses on include:

  • Shape Memory Alloy Transformations
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Frenzel include:

  • Chemical complexity, microstructure and martensitic transformation in high entropy shape memory alloys, 2020, Intermetallics
  • On the Importance of Structural and Functional Fatigue in Shape Memory Technology, 2020, Shape Memory and Superelasticity
  • On the rhenium segregation at the low angle grain boundary in a single crystal Ni-base superalloy, 2020, Scripta Materialia
  • Effect of off-stoichiometric compositions on microstructures and phase transformation behavior in Ni-Cu-Pd-Ti-Zr-Hf high entropy shape memory alloys, 2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Plasticity induced by nanoindentation in a CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy studied by accurate electron channeling contrast imaging revealing dislocation-low angle grain boundary interactions, 2021, Materials Science and Engineering A

Frenzel frequently publishes in specialized scientific journals, with notable recurring venues including:

  • Shape Memory and Superelasticity
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Surface and Coatings Technology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scripta Materialia

The researcher collaborates regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Gunther Eggeler
  • F. Scholz
  • P. Thomé
  • Aslan Ahadi
  • Indrani Sen

This combination of research topics and collaborations situates Jan Frenzel as an active contributor in materials science, with a focus on shape memory alloys and high entropy alloy systems. The breadth of their work engages both fundamental materials chemistry and applied mechanical engineering aspects, as well as advanced characterization techniques.

Best Publications

  • Influence of Ni on martensitic phase transformations in NiTi shape memory alloys

    J. Frenzel;Easo P George;Easo P George;A. Dlouhy;Ch. Somsen

  • Generalized Fabrication of Nanoporous Metals (Au, Pd, Pt, Ag, and Cu) through Chemical Dealloying

    Zhonghua Zhang;Yan Wang;Zhen Qi;Wenhua Zhang

  • On the effect of alloy composition on martensite start temperatures and latent heats in Ni–Ti-based shape memory alloys

    J. Frenzel;A. Wieczorek;I. Opahle;B. Maaß

  • Identification of Quaternary Shape Memory Alloys with Near‐Zero Thermal Hysteresis and Unprecedented Functional Stability

    Robert Zarnetta;Ryota Takahashi;Ryota Takahashi;Marcus L. Young;Alan Savan

  • On the development of high quality NiTi shape memory and pseudoelastic parts by additive manufacturing

    Christoph Haberland;Mohammad Elahinia;Jason M Walker;Horst Meier

  • High quality vacuum induction melting of small quantities of NiTi shape memory alloys in graphite crucibles

    Jan Frenzel;Zhonghua Zhang;Klaus Neuking;Gunther Eggeler

  • The biocompatibility of dense and porous Nickel–Titanium produced by selective laser melting

    T. Habijan;C. Haberland;H. Meier;J. Frenzel

  • High-temperature and low-stress creep anisotropy of single-crystal superalloys

    L. Agudo Jácome;P. Nörtershäuser;J.-K. Heyer;A. Lahni

  • Impurity levels and fatigue lives of pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys

    M. Rahim;J. Frenzel;M. Frotscher;J. Pfetzing-Micklich

  • Fracture mechanics and microstructure in NiTi shape memory alloys

    S. Gollerthan;M. L. Young;A. Baruj;J. Frenzel

  • Three-Dimensional Cu Foam-Supported Single Crystalline Mesoporous Cu2O Nanothorn Arrays for Ultra-Highly Sensitive and Efficient Nonenzymatic Detection of Glucose

    Chaoqun Dong;Hua Zhong;Tianyi Kou;Jan Frenzel

  • Phase volume fractions and strain measurements in an ultrafine-grained NiTi shape-memory alloy during tensile loading

    M. L. Young;M. F. X. Wagner;J. Frenzel;Wolfgang W. Schmahl

  • Effect of temperature and texture on the reorientation of martensite variants in NiTi shape memory alloys

    G. Laplanche;T. Birk;S. Schneider;J. Frenzel

  • NiTi‐Based Elastocaloric Cooling on the Macroscale: From Basic Concepts to Realization

    Susanne-Marie Kirsch;Felix Welsch;Nicolas Michaelis;Marvin Schmidt

  • Elementary Transformation and Deformation Processes and the Cyclic Stability of NiTi and NiTiCu Shape Memory Spring Actuators

    Ch. Grossmann;J. Frenzel;V. Sampath;T. Depka

  • On the reaction between NiTi melts and crucible graphite during vacuum induction melting of NiTi shape memory alloys

    Zhonghua Zhang;Jan Frenzel;Klaus Neuking;Gunther Eggeler

  • Composition-dependent crystal structure and martensitic transformation in Heusler Ni–Mn–Sn alloys

    Hongxing Zheng;Wu Wang;Sichuang Xue;Qijie Zhai

  • Powder metallurgical processing of NiTi shape memory alloys with elevated transformation temperatures

    Juliane Mentz;Jan Frenzel;Martin F.-X. Wagner;Klaus Neuking

  • Effect of low-temperature precipitation on the transformation characteristics of Ni-rich NiTi shape memory alloys during thermal cycling

    M.F.-X. Wagner;M.F.-X. Wagner;S.R. Dey;S.R. Dey;H. Gugel;J. Frenzel

  • Multi-component nanoporous platinum–ruthenium–copper–osmium–iridium alloy with enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction

    Xiaoting Chen;Conghui Si;Yulai Gao;Jan Frenzel

  • Electrolytic processing of NiTi shape memory alloys

    M. Pohl;C. Heßing;J. Frenzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunther Eggeler
Gunther Eggeler Ruhr University Bochum
Christoph Somsen
Christoph Somsen Ruhr University Bochum
Zhonghua Zhang
Zhonghua Zhang Shandong University
Alfred Ludwig
Alfred Ludwig Ruhr University Bochum
Wolfgang W. Schmahl
Wolfgang W. Schmahl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stefan Seelecke
Stefan Seelecke Saarland University
Hans Jürgen Maier
Hans Jürgen Maier University of Hannover
Thomas Niendorf
Thomas Niendorf University of Kassel
Ruslan Z. Valiev
Ruslan Z. Valiev Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Baptiste Gault
Baptiste Gault Max Planck Institute for Iron Research

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