1.

Atomic-scale aspects of twinning in minerals

In some minerals and nanoparticles (like ZnO) impurity atoms are responsible for the formation of planar defects like twin boundaries, antiphase boundaries, inversion domain boundaries, etc. by concentrating at one atom column thick layer. In the lecture several examples were explained based on detailed TEM and STEM analysis at atomic level.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 28819751

2.

Structural and chemical analysis at atomic level is important also for industry

Within the frame of the project we organised the workshop "New electron microscopy methods for industrial applications" which was held at National Institute of Chemistry on 23. 11. 2016. Attendants (45) were from many Slovenian industrial companies, beside lecture they also visit and had demonstration of Cs corrected STEM microscope. The aim of the workshop was to inform and demonstrate the capabilities of state-of-the-art equipment which is extremely expensive but very important also for research and development work and routine analysis in industry. We discussed the possibilities of formal and informal cooperation with industrial companies.

F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)

COBISS.SI-ID: 6054426

3.

Atomic-scale characterisation of accumulated charged defects at domain walls in BiFeO3

As a result of publications based on project work and development of new analytical methods (published in Nature Materials) there were in total 25 invited lectures (15 based on charged defects accumulated at the domain walls determined with STEM) at international conferences (two plenary).

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 6256410

4.

Study of domain walls in bulk bismuth ferrite at atomic level

Another invited lecture at important international meeting in UK where authors presented ground-breaking works in the field of topological structures in Ferroic materials. We presented the newly intoduced method for determination of kation vacancies (VBi) and charged defects (Fe4+) at domain walls in multiferroic bismuth ferrite.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 30719015

5.

Super-microscope puts Slovenia on the map in materials development

During the entire duration of the project, the project leader actively participated in the popularization of the field with which he is involved (atomically resolved scanning transmission electron microscopy). In several interviews for local and national television, within the contributions of the Slovenian Press Agency and through broadcasts "A bite science" (Ugriznimo znanost - contributions about microscopy and asbestos) and article in Delo -Science (COBISS.SI-ID 30037543), it emphasises the importance of state of the art equipment for cutting-edge science and hight-tech industry.

E.03 Other

COBISS.SI-ID: 6062618