In March, after many months, I finally got a review
of my paper "Analysis of experimental grain boundary distributions based on boundary-space metrics",
and it will be published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.
I added a couple of features to my program, e.g., one can
obtain a map with symmetry elements of grain
boundary distributions for fixed misorientations.

This month I was writing my PhD thesis. I was mainly focused on the 'Results' chapter. It took a lot of effort to prepare all the necessary graphs, pictures, plots and to write what is the meaning of all of them. I was also processing experimental results obtained in the previous month.

I took a new theme of quantum wires. According to literature data, it is possible to obtain such a nanostructures by chemical treatment. This means that the quantum wires do not have to be carried out only by lithography methods. Processing involves the metal particles deposition, which are reaction catalyst (Pd) or a mask (Ag). The etching is carried out in a limited reactive solutions based on HF and hydrogen peroxide. The first wires already created, now should be examined.

I'm still writing my PhD thesis. Among otherst, this month I'm working on the following chapters:
- Electrodeposition of Zn from aqueous baths
- Electrodeposition of Mo from aqueous bath
- Combination of zinc with molybdenum
- Zn-Mo phase diagram
- Electrodeposition of Mo with Zn

Sample preparation for study of structural properties of liquid binary alloys using aerodynamic livitation method. The X-ray scattering data will be obtained with the new high temperature setup based on aerodynamic levitation and laser heating. Static measurements on liquid has been also performed with high resolution in both direct and reciprocal spaces.

Developement of MEAM potential parameters to describe the thermo-physical properties of liquid binaries contain zinc.