Participation in Joint PhD Semianr organized by Fraunhofer Institute in Radenburg/Dresden/Germany on 3-4/12/12. Presentation both theoretical and experimental results. Talk about free atom theory, Bathia -Hargrove and molecular dynamics studies for Al-Zn alloy and experimental activity results for AlZnLi alloys, when two constant ratio Al/Zn were used.
Participation in series lectures related to nanotechniques: Nano-scale Materials and Advanced Characterization Techniques on December 5-6 in Dresen/Germany. Very intersting lectures presenting many possibilities of application experimental techniques for study of the mechanical properties in application to elctronic devices.
EMF measurement for two phase electrode BiLi3. Calculation of the mixed thermodynamic functions and thermodynamic modelling for liquid ternary AlZnLi alloy using Muggianu model and mixed Muggianu with ternary coefficient of Guo.

In December I participated in the conference " Joint PhD seminar, Nano-scale Materials and Advanced Characterisation Techniques" organized by Dresden University of Technology.
During the seminar I presented a speech entitled „Electrodeposition of Zn-Mo and Zn-Sn-Mo layers for corrosion protection of steel”. Also I listened to several presentations by other students from Interstudia Project as well as from TU Dresden. During workshop I listened to several lectures concerning advanced characterization techniques of nanomaterials.

I have collected results obtained for a series of aluminum alloy AA3004. Based on the analisys of EBSD/SEM maps I could draw the following conclusions:
- microstructure of AA3004 alloy subjected to severe plastic deformation (ECAP A6x) and then annealed for 1 hour retain homogeneity up to about 250°C and ultra-fine grain structure. The average grain size below 1 micron is kept up to about 270°C. The most unfavorable microstructure has an alloy annealed at 300°C;
- Number of LAGB and HAGB decreases with increasing annealing temperature which is related to the grain growth. For temperature lower than 300°C, in the microstructure are dominating HAGB and above it their amount is kept constant and the difference between HAGB and LAGB is not as significant;
- The nature of the changes of average dezorientation for HAGB and LAGB as a function of annealing temperature is independent of each other.

In November I spent most of time analyzing results obtained from microbial experiments and AFM measurements. Of course, I was also working in the lab, where I had stained samples after Impact R test and subsequently visualized surfaces by CLSM.I prepared a new series of specimens for HUVEC’s growth kinetics observation but unfortunately cells refused adhesion on my PEM coatings. This failure surprised me a little bit but I figured out reason of tricky behavior of endothelial cells. I didn’t give them any sweets (fibronectin) so they knocked on the other door. ;)

In November I spent most of time analyzing results obtained from microbial experiments and AFM measurements. Of course, I was also working in the lab, where I had stained samples after Impact R test and subsequently visualized surfaces by CLSM.I prepared a new series of specimens for HUVEC growth kinetics observation but unfortunately cells refused adhesion on my PEM coatings. This failure surprised me a little bit but I figured out reason of tricky behavior of endothelial cells. I didn’t give them sweets (fibronectin) so they knocked on the other door.