Oskar Löf

Oskar completed his MSc in materials science degree at Uppsala university in 2025 and thereafter started his PhD-studies at KTH, working on two projects in a joint collaboration between KTH and Baosteel. The research for these two projects focuses on the phase transformation mechanisms of low carbon steels during heat-treatments to achieve complex microstructures for precise mechanical properties within the automotive industry. The phase transformations mechanisms will be understood by thermodynamical and kinetic modelling, based on findings from microscopy techniques such as SEM and TEM, together with synchrotron X-ray based techniques in-situ during heat-treatments. These  studies will deepen the understanding of carbon diffusion within steels and its intermediary phases.

Research Interests

• Phase transformation mechanisms during non-equilibrium conditions in low-alloy steels.

• Microscopy, including LOM, SEM, TEM, etc.

• In-situ synchrotron X-ray based techniques at large research infrastructures.

• Application of computational thermodynamics and kinetics.