Mr Felix Theska

Mr Felix Theska

Postdoctoral Fellow
Science
School of Materials Science & Engineering
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, UNSW Sydney, Australia (2019 – present)
  • PhD, Material Science & Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Australia (2016 – 2019)
  • MSc, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Technology Ilmenau, Germany (2013 – 2015)
  • BSc, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Technology Ilmenau, Germany (2010 – 2013)
Location
Hilmer Building E10
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Primig S; Theska F; Haghdadi N, 2021, 'Electron Microscopy Methods', in Encyclopedia of Materials: Metals and Alloys, pp. 203 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819726-4.00031-4
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Buerstmayr R; Theska F; Kozeschnik E; Webster RF; Lison-Pick M; Street S; Primig S, 2023, 'Investigation and Simulation of the Effects of nm-Scale γ′ Precipitates on the Recrystallization of Ni-based Superalloys', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 54, pp. 2259 - 2276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-023-07008-w
    Journal articles | 2023
    Theska F; Tse WF; Schulz B; Buerstmayr R; Street SR; Lison-Pick M; Primig S, 2023, 'Review of Microstructure–Mechanical Property Relationships in Cast and Wrought Ni-Based Superalloys with Boron, Carbon, and Zirconium Microalloying Additions', Advanced Engineering Materials, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201514
    Journal articles | 2022
    Breen AJ; Day AC; Theska F; Lim B; Davids W; Primig S; Ringer SP, 2022, 'Expanding the Limits of Atom Probe Crystallographic Analysis', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28, pp. 756 - 758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927622003464
    Journal articles | 2022
    Breen AJ; Theska F; Lim B; Primig S; Ringer SP, 2022, 'Advanced quantification of the site-occupancy in ordered multi-component intermetallics using atom probe tomography', Intermetallics, 145, pp. 107538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2022.107538
    Journal articles | 2022
    Nie S; Chin RL; Soufiani AM; Mehl T; Theska F; Haghdadi N; Primig S; Chan C; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2022, 'Temperature sensitivity maps of silicon wafers from photoluminescence imaging: The effect of gettering and hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 30, pp. 1298 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3579
    Journal articles | 2022
    Rielli VV; Theska F; Primig S, 2022, 'Correlative Approach for Atom Probe Sample Preparation of Interfaces Using Plasma Focused Ion Beam Without Lift-Out', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28, pp. 998 - 1008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1431927621000349
    Journal articles | 2022
    Rielli VV; Theska F; Yao Y; Best JP; Primig S; Vieira Rielli V, 2022, 'Local composition and nanoindentation response of δ-phase and adjacent γ′′-free zone in a Ni-based superalloy', Materials Research Letters, 10, pp. 301 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2022.2047817
    Journal articles | 2022
    Theska F; Buerstmayr R; Liu H; Lison-Pick M; Street SR; Primig S, 2022, 'Influence of grain boundary precipitation and segregation on cracking of cast and wrought superalloys containing B and Zr', Materials Characterization, 187, pp. 111881, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111881
    Journal articles | 2022
    Theska F; Yang Y; Sisco KD; Plotkowski A; Primig S, 2022, 'On the high-temperature stability of the Al8Cu3Ce intermetallic in an additively manufactured Al-Cu-Ce-Zr alloy', Materials Characterization, 191, pp. 112109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.112109
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bahl S; Sisco K; Yang Y; Theska F; Primig S; Allard LF; Michi RA; Fancher C; Stump B; Dehoff R; Shyam A; Plotkowski A, 2021, 'Al-Cu-Ce(-Zr) alloys with an exceptional combination of additive processability and mechanical properties', Additive Manufacturing, 48, pp. 102404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102404
    Journal articles | 2021
    Buerstmayr R; Theska F; Webster R; Lison-Pick M; Primig S, 2021, 'Correlative analysis of grain boundary precipitates in Ni-based superalloy René 41', Materials Characterization, 178, pp. 111250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2021.111250
    Journal articles | 2021
    Rielli VV; Theska F; Godor F; Stanojevic A; Oberwinkler B; Primig S; Vieira Rielli V, 2021, 'Evolution of nanoscale precipitates during common Alloy 718 ageing treatments', Materials and Design, 205, pp. 109762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109762
    Journal articles | 2020
    Theska F; Nomoto K; Godor F; Oberwinkler B; Stanojevic A; Ringer SP; Primig S, 2020, 'On the early stages of precipitation during direct ageing of Alloy 718', Acta Materialia, 188, pp. 492 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.02.034
    Journal articles | 2020
    Theska F; Stanojevic A; Oberwinkler B; Primig S, 2020, 'Microstructure-property relationships in directly aged Alloy 718 turbine disks', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.138967
    Journal articles | 2019
    Theska F; Ceguerra AV; Turk C; Breen AJ; Ringer SP; Primig S, 2019, 'Correlative study of lattice imperfections in long-range ordered, nano-scale domains in a Fe-Co-Mo alloy', Ultramicroscopy, 204, pp. 91 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2019.05.005
    Journal articles | 2019
    Theska F; Ringer SP; Primig S, 2019, 'Atom Probe Microscopy of Strengthening Effects in Alloy 718', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25, pp. 470 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1431927618015611
    Journal articles | 2018
    Herz A; Theska F; Rossberg D; Kups T; Wang D; Schaaf P, 2018, 'Solid-state dewetting of Au–Ni bi-layer films mediated through individual layer thickness and stacking sequence', Applied Surface Science, 444, pp. 505 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.03.096
    Journal articles | 2018
    Theska F; Stanojevic A; Oberwinkler B; Ringer SP; Primig S, 2018, 'On conventional versus direct ageing of Alloy 718', Acta Materialia, 156, pp. 116 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.06.034
    Journal articles | 2016
    Grieseler R; Theska F; Stürzel T; Hähnlein B; Stubenrauch M; Hopfeld M; Kups T; Pezoldt J; Schaaf P, 2016, 'Elastic properties of nanolaminar Cr2AlC films and beams determined by in-situ scanning electron microscope bending tests', Thin Solid Films, 604, pp. 85 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2016.03.026
    Journal articles | 2016
    Herz A; Franz A; Theska F; Hentschel M; Kups T; Wang D; Schaaf P, 2016, 'Solid-state dewetting of single- and bilayer Au-W thin films: Unraveling the role of individual layer thickness, stacking sequence and oxidation on morphology evolution', AIP Advances, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4944348
    Journal articles | 2015
    Herz A; Friák M; Rossberg D; Hentschel M; Theska F; Wang D; Holec D; Šob M; Schneeweiss O; Schaaf P, 2015, 'Facet-controlled phase separation in supersaturated Au-Ni nanoparticles upon shape equilibration', Applied Physics Letters, 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928627
  • Preprints | 2021
    Theska F; Nomoto K; Godor F; Oberwinkler B; Stanojevic A; Ringer SP; Primig S, 2021, On the early stages of precipitation during direct ageing of Alloy 718, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2103.02763
    Preprints |
    Breen A; Theska F; Lim B; Primig S; Ringer SP, Advanced Quantification of the Site-Occupancy in Ordered Multi-Component Intermetallics Using Atom Probe Tomography, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3979337

  • High-resolution characterisation of high-temperature engineering materials
  • Phase transformations & grain boundary engineering in nano-structured metals & alloys
  • Ni-based superalloys, maraging steels, metallic thin solid films

  • Materials Australia
  • DGM (German Materials Society)
  • VDI (The Association of German Engineers)
  • TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)
  • IFES (International Field Emission Society)