Prof. Dr. Michael Zaiser

2026

• Holey H., Detry ALHS., Bonfanti S., Guerra R., Parmar AD., Fiocchi J., Tuissi A., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Fracture toughness and auxeticity in disordered metamaterials
  In: Physical Review Applied 25 (2026), Article No.: 024075
  ISSN: 2331-7019
  DOI: 10.1103/r66g-hyxx

2025

• Durdiev D., Wendler F., Zaiser M., Azuma H., Tsuzuki T., Ogata S., Ogawa T., Kobayashi R., Uranagase M.:
  Parameterization of a phase field model for ferroelectrics from molecular dynamics data
  In: Acta Materialia 283 (2025), Article No.: 120513
  ISSN: 1359-6454
  DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120513
• Shegufta S., Zaiser M.:
  Peridynamics based model of anticrack-type fracture in brittle foams
  In: International Journal of Fracture 249 (2025), Article No.: 40
  ISSN: 1573-2673
  DOI: 10.1007/s10704-025-00860-4
• Wu R., Zaiser M.:
  Dislocations in the elastic fields of randomly distributed defects
  In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 204 (2025), Article No.: 106264
  ISSN: 0022-5096
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106264
• Zhang Y., Wu R., Zaiser M.:
  Continuum dislocation dynamics as a phase field theory with conserved order parameters: formulation and application to dislocation patterning
  In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 33 (2025), Article No.: 035011
  ISSN: 1361-651X
  DOI: 10.1088/1361-651X/adc31f

2024

• Bonfanti S., Hiemer S., Zulkarnain R., Guerra R., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Computational design of mechanical metamaterials
  In: Nature Computational Science 4 (2024), p. 574-583
  ISSN: 2662-8457
  DOI: 10.1038/s43588-024-00672-x
• Durdiev D., Zaiser M., Wendler F., Tsuzuki T., Azuma H., Ogata S., Kobayashi R., Uranagase M.:
  Determining thermal activation parameters for ferroelectric domain nucleation in BaTiO3 from molecular dynamics simulations
  In: Applied Physics Letters 124 (2024), Article No.: 132901
  ISSN: 0003-6951
  DOI: 10.1063/5.0187476
• Greff C., Moretti P., Zaiser M.:
  Tuning load redistribution and damage near heterogeneous interfaces
  In: Scientific Reports 14 (2024), Article No.: 29193
  ISSN: 2045-2322
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-76681-7
• Poornajar M., Moretti P., Hosseini SA., Zaiser M.:
  Creep failure of hierarchical materials
  In: Scientific Reports 14 (2024), Article No.: 4238
  ISSN: 2045-2322
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54908-x
• Ritter J., Zaiser M.:
  Multiscale modeling of dislocations: combining peridynamics with gradient elasticity
  In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials Theory 8 (2024), Article No.: 2
  DOI: 10.1186/s41313-024-00052-y
• Yao Z., Nasiri S., Yang M., Zaiser M.:
  Mechanical Properties of Interfaces between Mg and SiC: An Ab Initio Study
  In: Metals 14 (2024), Article No.: 467
  ISSN: 2075-4701
  DOI: 10.3390/met14040467

2023

• Deng Y., Yang M., Zaiser M., Yu S.:
  Enhancing dehydrogenation performance of MgH2/graphene heterojunctions via noble metal intercalation
  In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2023)
  ISSN: 0360-3199
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.01.165
• Hiemer S., Fan H., Zaiser M.:
  Relating plasticity to dislocation properties by data analysis: scaling vs. machine learning approaches
  In: Materials Theory 7 (2023), Article No.: 1
  ISSN: 2509-8012
  DOI: 10.1186/s41313-022-00050-y
• Hosseini SA., Moretti P., Zaiser M.:
  Enhanced fault tolerance in biomimetic hierarchical materials: A simulation study
  In: Physical Review Materials 7 (2023), Article No.: 053612
  ISSN: 2475-9953
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.053612
• Luo X., Zaiser M.:
  A computationally efficient implementation of continuum dislocation dynamics: Formulation and application to ultrafine-grained Mg polycrystals
  In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 172 (2023), Article No.: 105166
  ISSN: 0022-5096
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105166
• Poornajar M., Mäkinen T., Hosseini SA., Moretti P., Alava M., Zaiser M.:
  Failure Precursors and Failure Mechanisms in Hierarchically Patterned Paper Sheets in Tensile and Creep Loading
  In: Physical Review Applied 20 (2023), Article No.: 024008
  ISSN: 2331-7019
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.024008
• Ritter J., Shegufta S., Zaiser M.:
  Effects of disorder on deformation and failure of brittle porous materials
  In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment 2023 (2023), Article No.: 053301
  ISSN: 1742-5468
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/acccdf
• Vaid A., Zaiser M., Bitzek E.:
  Atomistic Simulations of Dislocation-Void Interactions in Concentrated Solid Solution Alloys
  In: Metals 13 (2023), Article No.: 1655
  ISSN: 2075-4701
  DOI: 10.3390/met13101655
• Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Disordered mechanical metamaterials
  In: Nature Reviews Physics 5 (2023), p. 679-688
  ISSN: 2522-5820
  DOI: 10.1038/s42254-023-00639-3
• Zhang X., Zhao J., Kang G., Zaiser M.:
  Geometrically necessary dislocations and related kinematic hardening in gradient grained materials: A nonlocal crystal plasticity study
  In: International Journal of Plasticity 163 (2023), Article No.: 103553
  ISSN: 0749-6419
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2023.103553

2022

• Esfandiary N., Zaiser M., Moretti P.:
  Statistical aspects of interface adhesion and detachment of hierarchically patterned structures
  In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment 2022 (2022)
  ISSN: 1742-5468
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/ac52a4
• Font-Clos F., Zanchi M., Hiemer S., Bonfanti S., Guerra R., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Predicting the failure of two-dimensional silica glasses
  In: Nature Communications 13 (2022)
  ISSN: 2041-1723
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30530-1
• Hiemer S., Moretti P., Zapperi S., Zaiser M.:
  Predicting creep failure by machine learning - which features matter?
  In: Forces in Mechanics 9 (2022), Article No.: 100141
  ISSN: 2666-3597
  DOI: 10.1016/j.finmec.2022.100141
• Li Q., Markcoons D., Xu Z., Hisham S., Nasiri S., Shaffer MS., Zaiser M.:
  NANOPARTICLE REINFORCED LIGHTWEIGHT METAL COMPOSITES
  20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 (Lausanne, CHE, 26 June 2022 - 30 June 2022)
  In: Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos, Veronique Michaud (ed.): ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability 2022
• Lu S., Kan Q., Zaiser M., Li Z., Kang G., Zhang X.:
  Size-dependent yield stress in ultrafine-grained polycrystals: A multiscale discrete dislocation dynamics study
  In: International Journal of Plasticity 149 (2022), Article No.: 103183
  ISSN: 0749-6419
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2021.103183
• Luo X., Zhao K., He X., Bai Y., De Andrade V., Zaiser M., An L., Liu J.:
  Evading strength and ductility trade-off in an inverse nacre structured magnesium matrix nanocomposite
  In: Acta Materialia 228 (2022), Article No.: 117730
  ISSN: 1359-6454
  DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117730
• Nasiri S., Wang K., Yang M., Guénolé J., Li Q., Zaiser M.:
  Atomistic aspects of load transfer and fracture in CNT-reinforced aluminium
  In: Materialia 22 (2022), Article No.: 101376
  ISSN: 2589-1529
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101376
• Nasiri S., Zaiser M.:
  Effects of elasticity and dislocation core structure on the interaction of dislocations with embedded CNTs in aluminium: An atomistic simulation study
  In: Materialia 21 (2022), Article No.: 101347
  ISSN: 2589-1529
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101347
• Poornajar M., Zaiser M., Moretti P.:
  Edge betweenness centrality as a failure predictor in network models of structurally disordered materials
  In: Scientific Reports 12 (2022), Article No.: 11814
  ISSN: 2045-2322
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15842-y
• Ritter J., Shegufta S., Steinmann P., Zaiser M.:
  An energetically consistent surface correction method for bond-based peridynamics
  In: Forces in Mechanics 9 (2022), Article No.: 100132
  ISSN: 2666-3597
  DOI: 10.1016/j.finmec.2022.100132
• Ritter J., Zaiser M.:
  High Strain Rate Compressive Failure of Porous Brittle Snow Microstructures Simulated by Peridynamics
  EGU General Assembly 2022 (Vienna, 23 May 2022 - 27 May 2022)
  In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) (ed.): EGU General Assembly 2022 2022
  DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12376
• Vaid A., Wei D., Bitzek E., Nasiri S., Zaiser M.:
  Pinning of extended dislocations in atomically disordered crystals
  In: Acta Materialia 236 (2022)
  ISSN: 1359-6454
  DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118095
• Wu R., Zaiser M.:
  Thermodynamic considerations on a class of dislocation-based constitutive models
  In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 159 (2022), Article No.: 104735
  ISSN: 0022-5096
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104735
• Zaiser M., Hosseini SA., Moretti P., Mäkinen T., Koivisto J., Poornajar M., Himmler M., Redel M., Schubert DW., Alava M.:
  Hierarchical Slice Patterns Inhibit Crack Propagation in Brittle Sheets
  In: Physical Review Applied 18 (2022), Article No.: 044035
  ISSN: 2331-7019
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.044035
• Zaiser M., Wu R.:
  Pinning of dislocations in disordered alloys: effects of dislocation orientation
  In: Materials Theory 6 (2022), Article No.: 4
  ISSN: 2509-8012
  DOI: 10.1186/s41313-021-00036-2

2021

• Bonfanti S., Guerra R., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Digital strategies for structured and architected materials design
  In: APL Materials 9 (2021), Article No.: 020904
  ISSN: 2166-532X
  DOI: 10.1063/5.0026817
• Fan H., Wang Q., El-Awady JA., Raabe D., Zaiser M.:
  Author Correction: Strain rate dependency of dislocation plasticity (Nature Communications, (2021), 12, 1, (1845), 10.1038/s41467-021-21939-1)
  In: Nature Communications 12 (2021), Article No.: 2470
  ISSN: 2041-1723
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22963-x
• Fan H., Wang Q., El-Awady JA., Raabe D., Zaiser M.:
  Strain rate dependency of dislocation plasticity
  In: Nature Communications 12 (2021), Article No.: 1845
  ISSN: 2041-1723
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21939-1
• Hosseini SA., Moretti P., Konstantinidis D., Zaiser M.:
  Beam network model for fracture of materials with hierarchical microstructure
  In: International Journal of Fracture (2021)
  ISSN: 1573-2673
  DOI: 10.1007/s10704-020-00511-w
• Wu R., Zaiser M.:
  Cell structure formation in a two-dimensional density-based dislocation dynamics model
  In: Materials Theory 5 (2021), Article No.: 3
  ISSN: 2509-8012
  DOI: 10.1186/s41313-020-00025-x
• Zhao J., Lu X., Liu J., Bao C., Kang G., Zaiser M., Zhang X.:
  The tension-compression behavior of gradient structured materials: A deformation-mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity model
  In: Mechanics of Materials 159 (2021)
  ISSN: 0167-6636
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2021.103912
• Zhao J., Zaiser M., Lu X., Zhang B., Huang C., Kang G., Zhang X.:
  Size-dependent plasticity of hetero-structured laminates: A constitutive model considering deformation heterogeneities
  In: International Journal of Plasticity 145 (2021), Article No.: 103063
  ISSN: 0749-6419
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2021.103063

2020

• Biswas S., Fernandez Castellanos D., Zaiser M.:
  Prediction of creep failure time using machine learning
  In: Scientific Reports 10 (2020), Article No.: 16910
  ISSN: 2045-2322
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72969-6
• Löwe H., Zaiser M., Mösinger S., Schleef S.:
  Snow Mechanics Near the Ductile-Brittle Transition: Compressive Stick-Slip and Snow Microquakes
  In: Geophysical Research Letters 47 (2020), Article No.: e2019GL085491
  ISSN: 0094-8276
  DOI: 10.1029/2019GL085491
• Nasiri S., Greff C., Wang K., Yang M., Li Q., Moretti P., Zaiser M.:
  Multilayer Structures of Graphene and Pt Nanoparticles: A Multiscale Computational Study
  In: Advanced Engineering Materials (2020)
  ISSN: 1438-1656
  DOI: 10.1002/adem.202000207
• Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Exaptation in Physics and Materials Science
  In: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 (ed.): Understanding Innovation Through Exaptation, 2020, p. 35-45
  ISBN: 9783030457839
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45784-6_3

2019

• Biswas S., Zaiser M.:
  Avalanche dynamics in hierarchical fiber bundles
  In: Physical Review E 100 (2019)
  ISSN: 2470-0045
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.100.022133
• Channa IA., Distler A., Zaiser M., Brabec C., Egelhaaf HJ.:
  Thin Film Encapsulation of Organic Solar Cells by Direct Deposition of Polysilazanes from Solution
  In: Advanced Energy Materials 9 (2019)
  ISSN: 1614-6832
  DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201900598
• Fernandez Castellanos D., Zaiser M.:
  Statistical dynamics of early creep stages in disordered materials
  In: European Physical Journal B 92 (2019), Article No.: 139
  ISSN: 1434-6028
  DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2019-100124-0
• Hosseini SA., Moretti P., Zaiser M.:
  A Beam Network Model Approach to Strength Optimization of Disordered Fibrous Materials
  In: Advanced Engineering Materials (2019), Article No.: 1901013
  ISSN: 1438-1656
  DOI: 10.1002/adem.201901013
• Moretti P., Renner J., Safari A., Zaiser M.:
  Graph theoretical approaches for the characterization of damage in hierarchical materials
  In: European Physical Journal B 92 (2019), Article No.: 97
  ISSN: 1434-6028
  DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2019-90730-9
• Moretti P., Zaiser M.:
  Network analysis predicts failure of materials and structures
  In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (2019), p. 16666-16668
  ISSN: 0027-8424
  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1911715116
• Nasiri S., Wang K., Yang M., Li Q., Zaiser M.:
  Nickel coated carbon nanotubes in aluminum matrix composites: a multiscale simulation study
  In: European Physical Journal B 92 (2019), Article No.: 186
  ISSN: 1434-6028
  DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2019-100243-6
• Wei DA., Zaiser M., Feng Z., Kang G., Fan H., Zhang X.:
  Effects of twin boundary orientation on plasticity of bicrystalline copper micropillars: A discrete dislocation dynamics simulation study
  In: Acta Materialia 176 (2019), p. 289-296
  ISSN: 1359-6454
  DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2019.07.007
• Wu R., Zaiser M.:
  Cyclic-loading microstructure-property relations from a mesoscale perspective: An example of single crystal Nickel-based superalloys
  In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds 770 (2019), p. 964-971
  ISSN: 0925-8388
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.08.168
• Zaiser M., Lu S., Zhang B., Li X., Zhao J., Zaiser M., Fan H., Zhang X.:
  Grain boundary effect on nanoindentation: A multiscale discrete dislocation dynamics model
  In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 126 (2019), p. 117-135
  ISSN: 0022-5096
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2019.02.003
• Zaiser M., Moretti P., Chu H.:
  Stochastic Crystal Plasticity Models with Internal Variables: Application to Slip Channel Formation in Irradiated Metals
  In: Advanced Engineering Materials (2019)
  ISSN: 1438-1656
  DOI: 10.1002/adem.201901208
• Zhai J., Zaiser M.:
  Properties of dislocation lines in crystals with strong atomic-scale disorder
  In: Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing (2019), p. 285-294
  ISSN: 0921-5093
  DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2018.10.010
• Zhang X., Xiong J., Fan H., Zaiser M.:
  Microplasticity and yielding in crystals with heterogeneous dislocation distribution
  In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 27 (2019)
  ISSN: 0965-0393
  DOI: 10.1088/1361-651X/ab2851

2018

• Castellanos DF., Zaiser M.:
  Avalanche Behavior in Creep Failure of Disordered Materials
  In: Physical Review Letters 121 (2018), Article No.: 125501
  ISSN: 0031-9007
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.125501
• Liebenstein S., Sandfeld S., Zaiser M.:
  Size and disorder effects in elasticity of cellular structures: From discrete models to continuum representations
  In: International Journal of Solids and Structures 146 (2018), p. 97-116
  ISSN: 0020-7683
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.03.023
• Liebenstein S., Zaiser M.:
  Determining Cosserat Constants for 2D cellular solids from beam models,
  In: Materials Theory 2 (2018), Article No.: 2
  ISSN: 2509-8012
  DOI: 10.1186/s41313-017-0009-x
• Monavari M., Zaiser M.:
  Annihilation and sources in continuum dislocation dynamics
  In: Materials Theory 2 (2018), Article No.: 3
  ISSN: 2509-8012
  DOI: 10.1186/s41313-018-0010-z
• Moretti P., Dietemann B., Esfandiary N., Zaiser M.:
  Avalanche precursors of failure in hierarchical fuse networks
  In: Scientific Reports 8 (2018), Article No.: 12090
  ISSN: 2045-2322
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30539-x
• Wu R., Tuzes D., Ispanovity PD., Groma I., Hochrainer T., Zaiser M.:
  Instability of dislocation fluxes in a single slip: Deterministic and stochastic models of dislocation patterning
  In: Physical Review B 98 (2018), Article No.: ARTN 054110
  ISSN: 2469-9950
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.054110

2017

• Budrikis Z., Castellanos DF., Sandfeld S., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Universal features of amorphous plasticity
  In: Nature Communications 8 (2017), Article No.: ARTN 15928
  ISSN: 2041-1723
  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15928
• Ispanovity PD., Tuezes D., Szabo P., Zaiser M., Groma I.:
  Role of weakest links and system-size scaling in multiscale modeling of stochastic plasticity
  In: Physical Review B 95 (2017), Article No.: ARTN 054108
  ISSN: 2469-9950
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.054108
• Li Q., Nasiri S., Zaiser M.:
  Magnesium composites reinforced by metal coated carbon nanotubes
  21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2017
  URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053142106∨igin=inward
• Tuzes D., Ispanovity PD., Zaiser M.:
  Disorder is good for you: the influence of local disorder on strain localization and ductility of strain softening materials
  In: International Journal of Fracture 205 (2017), p. 139-150
  ISSN: 0376-9429
  DOI: 10.1007/s10704-017-0187-1
• Wu R., Zaiser M., Sandfeld S.:
  A continuum approach to combined γ/γ′ evolution and dislocation plasticity in Nickel-based superalloys
  In: International Journal of Plasticity 95 (2017), p. 142-162
  ISSN: 0749-6419
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2017.04.005

2016

• Barraclough T., Blackford J., Liebenstein S., Sandfeld S., Stratford T., Weinlaender G., Zaiser M.:
  Propagating compaction bands in confined compression of snow
  In: Nature Physics (2016)
  ISSN: 1745-2473
  DOI: 10.1038/nphys3966
• Groma I., Zaiser M., Ispanovity PD.:
  Dislocation patterning in a two-dimensional continuum theory of dislocations
  In: Physical Review B 93 (2016)
  ISSN: 2469-9950
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.214110
• Monavari M., Sandfeld S., Zaiser M.:
  Continuum representation of systems of dislocation lines: A general method for deriving closed-form evolution equations
  In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 95 (2016), p. 575-601
  ISSN: 0022-5096
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2016.05.009
• Nasiri S., Zaiser M.:
  Rupture of graphene sheets with randomly distributed defects
  In: AIMS Materials Science 3 (2016), p. 1340-1349
  ISSN: 2372-0468
  DOI: 10.3934/matersci.2016.4.1340

2015

• Kapetanou O., Weygand D., Zaiser M.:
  Stress and strain fluctuations in plastic deformation of crystals with disordered microstructure
  In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment (2015)
  ISSN: 1742-5468
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2015/08/P08009
• Sandfeld S., Zaiser M.:
  Pattern formation in a minimal model of continuum dislocation plasticity
  In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 23 (2015)
  ISSN: 0965-0393
  DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/23/6/065005
• Zaiser M.:
  Local density approximation for the energy functional of three-dimensional dislocation systems
  In: Physical Review B 92 (2015)
  ISSN: 1098-0121
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.174120
• Zaiser M., Lennartz-Sassinek S., Moretti P.:
  Crack phantoms: localized damage correlations and failure in network models of disordered materials
  In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment (2015)
  ISSN: 1742-5468
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2015/08/P08029

2014

• Hochrainer T., Sandfeld S., Zaiser M., Gumbsch P.:
  Continuum dislocation dynamics: Towards a physical theory of crystal plasticity
  In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 63 (2014), p. 167-178
  ISSN: 0022-5096
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.09.012
• Ispanovity PD., Laurson L., Zaiser M., Groma I., Zapperi S., Alava M.:
  Avalanches in 2D dislocation systems: Plastic yielding is not depinning
  In: Physical Review Letters 112 (2014), Article No.: 235501
  ISSN: 0031-9007
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.235501
• Kapetanou O., Zaiser M.:
  Plasticity of crystals with disordered microstructure: Scale-dependent fluctuations of stress and strain
  2013 MRS Fall Meeting (Boston, MA)
  DOI: 10.1557/opl.2014.27
• Lennartz-Sassinek S., Main I., Zaiser M., Graham C.:
  Acceleration and localization of subcritical crack growth in a natural composite material
  In: Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 90 (2014), Article No.: 052401
  ISSN: 1550-2376
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.052401
• Li Q., Zaiser M., Blackford J., Jeffree C., He Y., Koutsos V.:
  Mechanical properties and microstructure of single-wall carbon nanotube/elastomeric epoxy composites with block copolymers
  In: Materials Letters 125 (2014), p. 116-119
  ISSN: 0167-577X
  DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.03.096
• Monavari M., Zaiser M., Sandfeld S.:
  Comparison of closure approximations for continuous dislocation dynamics
  2013 MRS Fall Meeting (Boston, MA)
  DOI: 10.1557/opl.2014.62
• Sandfeld S., Zaiser M.:
  Deformation patterns and surface morphology in a minimal model of amorphous plasticity
  In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment (2014)
  ISSN: 1742-5468
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2014/03/P03014
• Zaiser M., Sandfeld S.:
  Scaling properties of dislocation simulations in the similitude regime
  In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 22 (2014)
  ISSN: 0965-0393
  DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/22/6/065012
• Zhang X., Aifantis KE., Senger J., Weygand D., Zaiser M.:
  Internal length scale and grain boundary yield strength in gradient models of polycrystal plasticity: How do they relate to the dislocation microstructure?
  In: Journal of Materials Research 29 (2014), p. 2116-2128
  ISSN: 0884-2914
  DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.234

2013

• Lennartz-Sassinek S., Danku Z., Kun F., Main I., Zaiser M.:
  Damage growth in fibre bundle models with localized load sharing and environmentally-assisted ageing
  In: Journal of Physics : Conference Series 410 (2013), Article No.: 012064
  ISSN: 1742-6588
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/410/1/012064
• Lennartz-Sassinek S., Zaiser M., Main I., Manzato C., Zapperi S.:
  Emergent patterns of localized damage as a precursor to catastrophic failure in a random fuse network
  In: Physical Review E 87 (2013)
  ISSN: 1539-3755
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042811
• Sandfeld S., Monavari M., Zaiser M.:
  From systems of discrete dislocations to a continuous field description: stresses and averaging aspects
  In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 21 (2013)
  ISSN: 0965-0393
  DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/21/8/085006
• Zaiser M.:
  The energetics and interactions of random dislocation walls
  In: Philosophical Magazine Letters 93 (2013), p. 387-394
  ISSN: 0950-0839
  DOI: 10.1080/09500839.2013.789143
• Zaiser M., Mill F., Aifantis K., Konstantinidiis A.:
  Strain localization and strain propagation in collapsible solid foams
  In: Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 567 (2013), p. 38-45
  ISSN: 0921-5093
  DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2012.12.038
• Zhang X., Aifantis KE., Zaiser M.:
  Material vs discretization length scales in plasticity imulations of solid foams
  In: Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 35 (2013), p. 39-47
  ISSN: 1606-5131

2012

• Aifantis KE., Weygand D., Motz C., Nikitas N., Zaiser M.:
  Modeling microbending of thin films through discrete dislocation dynamics, continuum dislocation theory, and gradient plasticity
  In: Journal of Materials Research 27 (2012), p. 612-618
  ISSN: 0884-2914
  DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.390

2011

• Sandfeld S., Hochrainer T., Zaiser M., Gumbsch P.:
  Continuum modeling of dislocation plasticity: Theory, numerical implementation, and validation by discrete dislocation simulations
  In: Journal of Materials Research 26 (2011), p. 623-632
  ISSN: 0884-2914
  DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.92
• Sandfeld S., Zaiser M.:
  Preface of the symposium on Discrete and continuum modeling of dislocation systems
  International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics: Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, ICNAAM 2011 (Halkidiki)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.3637915
• Zaiser M.:
  Size scaling of strength in thin film delamination
  In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment 2011 (2011), Article No.: P02024
  ISSN: 1742-5468
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2011/02/P02024
• Zaiser M.:
  Size scaling of strength in thin film delamination
  In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment (2011), Article No.: ARTN P02024
  ISSN: 1742-5468
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2011/02/P02024
• Zaiser M., Groma I.:
  Some limitations of dislocation walls as models for plasticity boundary layers
  International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics: Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, ICNAAM 2011 (Halkidiki)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.3637921
• Zaiser M., Nikitas N., Aifantis KE.:
  Modelling thin film microbending: A comparative study of three different approaches
  International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics: Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, ICNAAM 2011 (Halkidiki)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.3637916

2010

• Schwerdtfeger J., Nadgorny E., Koutsos V., Blackford JR., Zaiser M.:
  Statistical heterogeneity of plastic deformation: An investigation based on surface profilometry
  In: Acta Materialia 58 (2010), p. 4859-4870
  ISSN: 1359-6454
  DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.05.024

2009

• Beato V., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  The Connection between Size Effects and Strain Bursts in Microscale Plasticity
  International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009 (Rhetymno, 18 September 2009 - 22 September 2009)
  In: AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1168 2009
  DOI: 10.1063/1.3241255
• Konstantindidis A., Zaiser M., Aifantis E.:
  Interfacial Shear Cracks in Thin Films on Disordered Substrates
  International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009 (Rhetymno, 18 September 2009 - 22 September 2009)
  In: AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1168 2009
  DOI: 10.1063/1.3241259

2008

• Heierli J., Zaiser M.:
  Failure initiation in snow stratifications containing weak layers: Nucleation of whumpfs and slab avalanches
  In: Cold Regions Science and Technology 52 (2008), p. 385-400
  ISSN: 0165-232X
• Heierli J., Zaiser M., Gumbsch P.:
  Anticrack nucleation as triggering mechanism for snow slab avalanches
  In: Science 321 (2008), p. 240-243
  ISSN: 0036-8075
  DOI: 10.1126/science.1153948

2007

• Csikor F., Motz C., Weygand D., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Dislocation avalanches, strain bursts, and the problem of plastic forming at the micrometer scale
  In: Science 318 (2007), p. 251-254
  ISSN: 0036-8075
  DOI: 10.1126/science.1143719

2006

• Zaiser M., Aifantis E.:
  Randomness and slip avalanches in gradient plasticity
  In: International Journal of Plasticity 22 (2006), p. 1432-1455
  ISSN: 0749-6419
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2005.07.010

2004

• Moretti P., Miguel MC., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.:
  Depinning transition of dislocation assemblies: Pileups and low-angle grain boundaries
  In: Physical Review B 69 (2004), Article No.: 214103
  ISSN: 0163-1829
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.214103

2003

• Zaiser M., El Azab A.:
  Statistical dislocation dynamics - Multiplication and long range interactions
  Multiscale Phenomena in Materials - Experiments and Modeling Related to Mechanical Behavior (San Francisco, CA)
  URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0344552371&origin=inward

2001

• Zaiser M., Marras S., Nadgorny E., Strunk HP., Aifantis E.:
  Fractal Dislocation Patterning in Plastically Deformed NaCl Polycrystals
  In: physica status solidi (a) 185 (2001)
  ISSN: 1862-6300
  DOI: 10.1002/1521-396X(200106)185:23.0.CO;2-I
• Zaiser M., Marras S., Nadgorny E., Strunk HP., Aifantis E.:
  Fractal Dislocation Patterning in Plastically Deformed NaCl Polycrystals
  In: physica status solidi (a) 185 (2001)
  ISSN: 1862-6300
  DOI: 10.1002/1521-396X(200106)185:23.0.CO;2-I

1997

• Zaiser M.:
  Statistical theory of slip channels in neutron-irradiated metals
  In: Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing 64 (1997), p. 607-613
  ISSN: 0947-8396
  URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0031164050&origin=inward
• Zaiser M.:
  The influence of strain-rate fluctuations on the stability of low-temperature plastic deformation
  In: Acta Materialia 45 (1997), p. 1695-1704
  ISSN: 1359-6454
  DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(96)00278-9
• Zaiser M., Banhart F.:
  Radiation-Induced Transformation of Graphite to Diamond
  In: Physical Review Letters 79 (1997), p. 3680-3683
  ISSN: 0031-9007
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3680

1996

• Zaiser M., Hähner P.:
  A theory of the formation of slip channels in cold-worked bcc metals
  In: Philosophical Magazine A 74 (1996), p. 287-298
  ISSN: 0141-8610
  DOI: 10.1080/01418619608239703
• Zaiser M., Hähner P.:
  Random aspects of macroscopic plastic deformation
  In: Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 73 (1996), p. 369-376
  ISSN: 0956-716X
  DOI: 10.1080/095008396180641

1995

• Zaiser M.:
  Stability criteria for plastic deformation at low temperatures
  In: Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 32 (1995), p. 1261-1268
  ISSN: 0956-716X
  DOI: 10.1016/0956-716X(94)00013-8

1994

• Zaiser M., Hähner P.:
  A model of the formation of strain bursts during cyclic deformation
  In: Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 31 (1994), p. 1587-1592
  ISSN: 0956-716X
  DOI: 10.1016/0956-716X(94)90079-5

1993

• Hähner P., Zaiser M.:
  Propagative modes of plastic deformation
  Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes. Part 3 (of 3) (Paris, Fr)
  URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0027702575&origin=inward
• Kotomin E., Zaiser M.:
  A mesoscopic approach to point-defect clustering in solids during irradiation
  In: Applied Physics A: Solids and Surfaces 57 (1993), p. 117-121
  ISSN: 0721-7250
  DOI: 10.1007/BF00331432
• Zaiser M.:
  Spatio-temporal aspects of low-temperature thermomechanical instabilities: A model based on dislocation dynamics
  In: Applied Physics A: Solids and Surfaces 57 (1993), p. 143-151
  ISSN: 0721-7250
  DOI: 10.1007/BF00331435