Department for Nanostructured Materials K7

Staff	Name / Position	Field of research

	Prof. Spomenka Kobe head of the department programme group leader senior scientist scientific councillor phone: +386 1 4773 251 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: spomenka.kobe@ijs.si	Hard and soft magnetic materials Intermetallic alloys - thin films Magnetocaloric materials Effect of processing on microstructure and physical properties Applications of high-energy permanent magnets in ecology The influence of magnetic field on crystallisation Complex metallic alloys

	Dr. Slavko Bernik senior scientist phone: +386 1 4773 682 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: slavko.bernik@ijs.si	High-temperature reactions Phase equilibria Microstructure development, Zinc Oxide ceramics Varistors Scanning electron microscopy - SEM Electron microprobe analysis-WDS Qualitative, quantitative analysis Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanostructures and nanopowders

	Asst. Prof. Miran Ceh head of the Centre for Electron Microscopy senior scientist phone: +386 1 4773 341 mobile: +386 41 743 265 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: miran.ceh@ijs.si	Synthesis and characterization of electronic ceramics based on the perovskite structure Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and microanalysis (EDS, WDS) Conventional transmission electron microscopy (CTEM) Analytical electron microscopy (AEM)

	Dr. Nina Daneu scientist phone: +386 1 4773 734 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: nina.daneu@ijs.si	Atomic structure of planar defects (HRTEM) Inversion boundaries in ZnO, GaN Twins in minerals (spinel, rutile, pyrite,...) Bioceramics

	Asst. Prof. Goran Drazic senior scientist phone: +386 1 4773 821 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: goran.drazic@ijs.si	Application of various types of electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, AEM), electron diffraction and microanalyses (EDS, WDS) in the study of modern inorganic materials (alloys, ceramics, composites) with special mechanical, thermal, electro, optical and magnetic properties.

	Natasa Drnovsek, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 930 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: natasa.drnovsek@ijs.si	Nanostructural coatings for bone implants Bioactive glass Titania (anatase) Sol-gel synthesis Hydrothermal synthesis

	Sanja Fidler, B.Sc. business secretary phone: +386 1 4773 353 mobile: +386 31 56 23 79 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: sanja.fidler@ijs.si	Marketing as social exchange, ethical and ecological implications Social communication

	Medeja Gec, B.Sc. specialist adviser phone: +386 1 4773 817 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: medeja.gec@ijs.si	A specialist for transmission electron microscope (TEM) specimen preparation techniques & equipment, and metallographic preparation of ceramic materials

	Barbara Horvat, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 931 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: barbara.horvat@ijs.si	Anatase titania, self-assembly of spherical nano particles, self-assembly into more complex structures

	Aljaz Ivekovic, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 931 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: aljaz.ivekovic@ijs.si	Materials for fusion applications Silicon carbide ceramics SiC_f/SiC composites

	Dr. Andraz Kocjan scientist phone: +386 1 4773 947 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: andraz.kocjan@ijs.si	Preparation (by arc melting and high-energy milling) and characterization (DTA-TGA, DSC, MS, optical and electron microscopy, AFM/MFM) of hydrogen-storage materials in the systems (CeLa)-(NiCoCuFe) and Ti-V-Zr-Ni

	Katja Koenig, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 930 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: katja.mejak@ijs.si	Electrophoretic deposition of oxide and non-oxide ceramics Materials for fusion applications

	Dr. Matej Komelj scientist phone: +386 1 4773 308 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: matej.komelj@ijs.si	Ab-initio electronic structure calculations, based on the density functional theory, focused on magnetic properties of solids, namely hyperfine parameters, nonlinear magnetoelastic effects, X-ray magnetic dichroism (XMCD) spectra...

	Alenka Lenart, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 898 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: alenka.lenart@ijs.si	Experimental petrology Hydrothermal crystal growth Growth of synthetic quartz Mineralogy Optical microscopy Scanning electron microscopy (SEM, FEG SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM, ED, HRTEM), Analytical electron microscopy (EDS)

	Dr. Paul McGuiness senior scientist phone: +386 1 4773 818 mobile: +386 41 796 919 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: paul.mcguiness@ijs.si	Processing of rare-earth transition-metal (RETM) permanent magnets (PMs) Gaseous interactions with RETM magnetic materials High-temperature closed-loop magnetic measurements for RETM PMs High-temperature open-loop magnetic measurements Preparation of quasicrystals Hydrogen-storage materials

	Asst. Prof. Sasa Novak Krmpotic senior scientist phone: +386 1 4773 271 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: sasa.novak@ijs.si	Materials for extreme conditions Ceramic-matrix composites Biomaterials Colloidal processing Electrophoretic deposition Tribochemistry

	Darja Pecko, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 930 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: darja.pecko@ijs.si	Electrodeposition of magnetic thin films, nanowires and nanorods. - Fe-Pd and Co-Pt hard magnetic materials - Fe-Pd shape magnetic materials

	Matejka Podlogar, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 734 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: mateja.podlogar@ijs.si	ZnO ceramics Varistors Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanostructures and nanopowders Scanning electron microscopy

	Benjamin Podmiljsak, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 946 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: beno.podmiljsak@ijs.si	Vibrating-sample magnetometry Sample preparation Materials characterisation RE-TM nitrogen-absorption studies Poster design

	Mojca Presecnik, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 734 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: mojca.presecnik@ijs.s	Synthesis of nano and micro ZnO powders and structures ZnO- based ceramics Varistor ceramics Tailoring the characteristics of ZnO by doping Microstructural characterisation Electrical characterisation Scanning electron microscopy

	Katja Rade, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 3946 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: katja.rade@ijs.si	Biomaterials Porous structures for temporary bone scaffolds Bioinspired synthesis of materials

	Dr. Aleksander Recnik senior scientist phone: +386 1 4773 815 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email:aleksander.recnik@ijs.si	Atomic-level studies of polytypic phase transitions, twinning, epitaxy, nucleation of planar faults; atomic structure & chemistry of twin boundaries, inversion boundaries, antiphase boundaries, low-angle tilt grain boundaries; special grain boundaries and their relation to exaggerated and anisotropic crystal growth; microstructure development.

	Dr. Zoran Samardzija senior specialist adviser phone: +386 1 4773 847 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: zoran.samardzija@ijs.si	A specialist for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron-probe microanalysis (EDXS, WDXS)

	Marko Soderznik, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 947 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: marko.soderznik@ijs.si	Processing of rare-earth permanent magnets

	Dr. Saso Sturm scientist phone: +386 1 4773 418 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: saso.sturm@ijs.si	The structure and chemistry of planar faults in non-stoichiometric (SrTiO3) perovskites Conventional transmission electron microscopy (CTEM) High-angle annular-dark-field scanning-transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) Quantitative high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM)

	Tea Toplisek, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 821 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: tea.toplisek@ijs.si	Materials for fusion applications SiC fibers and fabrics Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) TEM sample preparation

	Kristina Zagar, B.Sc. Ph.D. student phone: +386 1 4773 898 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: kristina.zagar@ijs.si	Synthesis and characterization of perovskite nanostructures Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) Synthesis of nanoporous alumina templates Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and microanalysis (EDS) Conventional (CTEM) and analitical (AEM) transmission electron microscopy

	Dr. Kristina Zuzek Rozman scientist phone: +386 1 4773 877 fax: +386 1 4773 221 email: tina.zuzek@ijs.si	Electroplating, magnetic nanowires, nanotubes and thin films Co-Pt hard magnetic materials Fe-Pd hard magentic and magnetic shape memory materials Atomic force microscopy/magnetic force microscopy