“…The last decade has thus seen substantial activity in the research fields of high-strength aluminum alloys and aluminum-based composite materials.For twelve years, backed by solid funding from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), scientists of the Collaborative Research Center, "High-strength aluminum-based light-weight materials for safety components" (SFB 692) at TU Chemnitz, Germany, have contributed to this research area. …”