C-MAC Days 2014 in Zagreb

9^th December:

8:50 – 9:00Opening

Chair: A. Bilušić

9:00 – 9:40	S. Paschen Thermoelectric clathrates: From phonons to correlations
9:40 – 10:00	P. Tomeš, M. Ikeda, V. Martelli, P. Popčević, A. Smontara , C. Krellner, M. Baitinger , D. Nguen , Y. Grin and S. Paschen Thermoelectric properties of Ba₈Au_5.25Ge_40.3□_0.45 type-I clathrates
10:00 – 10:25	P.-F. Lory, S. Pailhès, V. Giordano, H. Euchner, Y. Grin, M. Baitinger, D Nguyen, M. R. Johnson, S. Paschen, H. Schober, C. Allio, E. Evteeva, F. Ritter, C. Krellner, Y. Sidis, M. de Boissieu Phonon propagation and thermal conductivity in the Ba₈Ge_40.3Au_5.25 clathrate and approximant-crystal o-Al₁₃Co₄
10:25 – 10:50	P. Gille, T. Maletin, V. Cocivera Crystal growth of FeSb₂ and CoSb₃ by a modified Bridgman technique
10:50 – 11:10	D. Pelc, M. Došlić, H.-J. Grafe, S.-H. Baek, M. Požek Insights into charge stripe order in a co-doped cuprate superconductor from nonlinear response

11:10 – 11:30Coffee break

Chair J. Dolinšek

11:30 – 11:55	M. Feuerbacher High-entropy alloys: growth, microstructure and defects
11:55 – 12:15	P. Koželj, S. Vrtnik, A. Jelen, S. Jazbec, Z. Jagličić, S. Maiti, M. Feuerbacher, W. Steurer, J. Dolinšek Ta₃₄Nb₃₃Hf₈Zr₁₄Ti₁₁ – The First Observation of Superconductivity in High-Entropy Alloys
12:15 – 12:35	Y. Lu, S. Guo, T. Wang, B. Wen, Z. Wang, H. Ruan, T. Li Eutectic High-Entropy Alloys

12:35 – 14:30Lunch break

Chair: N. Barišić

14:30 – 15:10	K. Deguchi Strongly correlated electrons in icosahedral Yb quasicrystals and approximants
15:10 – 15:35	S. Vrtnik Geometrically frustrated magnetism of spins on icosahedral clusters: The Gd₃Au₁₃Sn₄ quasicrystalline approximant
15:35 – 15:55	M. Wencka Kondo lattice – fluctuating valence transition in Ce(Cu_1–xNi_x)₄Al compounds
15:55 – 16:20	I. Živković Complex Magnetic Order – the Skyrmion Lattice

16:20 – 16:45Coffee break

Chair: Y. Prots

16:45 – 17:10	L. Forró Graphene: from synthesis to composites
17:10 – 17:35	M. Petrović, I. Šrut Rakić, P. Pervan, M. Kralj “Chemical” and “mechanical” engineering of epitaxial graphene
17:35 – 18:00	A. Šiber Many-Body Contact Repulsion of Soft Disks
18:00 – 18:20	A. Waske The first-order transition in magnetocaloric LaFe_11.8Si_1.2 probed by in-situ synchrotron XRD
18:20 – 18:40	B. Weise, B. Pulko, K. Skokov, J. Tušek, O. Gutfleisch, A. Waske and J. Eckert Magnetic characterization and 3D-imaging of epoxy-bonded magnetocaloric composites

18:40 – 19:30Dinner

19:30 – 21:00Poster session

Chairs: D. Stanić & K. Velebit

10^th December:

Chair: H. R. Sharma

9:00 – 9:40	M. Armbrüster The Surface Dynamics of Intermetallic Compounds in Catalysis
9:40 – 10:05	R. Widmer Surface science investigations on structures and adsorption sites of single crystal PdGa surfaces
10:05 – 10:25	Al-Mahboob, M. Lowe M. Armbrüster, H. R. Sharma and R. McGrath In-situ microscopic study of surfaces of intermetallic compounds for catalysis
10:25 – 10:45	I. Batistić, M. Sorić, J. Ivkov, P. Popčević, E. Tutiš, M. Hahne, P. Gille and A. Smontara DFT modeling and transport properties of PdGa and PdIn compounds
10:45 – 11:05	M. Armbrüster and D. Ivarsson In situ investigation of bulk ZnPd: different synthesis – new results
11:05 – 11:25	J. Ivkov, N. Radić, K. Salamon, M. Sorić Investigation of thermal stability of Al-Mo films

11:25 – 11:45Coffee break

Chair: V. Fournée

11:45 – 12:10	J. Ledieu, E. Gaudry, L.N. Serkovic Loli, S. Alarcón Villaseca, M.-C. de Weerd, M. Hahne, P. Gille, Y. Grin, J.-M. Dubois, and V. Fournée Chemical bonding networks and their role on the structure of Al₁₃TM₄(TM= Fe, Ru) surfaces
12:10 – 12:30	M. Meier, E. Gaudry, J. Ledieu, M.-C. de Weerd and V. Fournée Influence of the 3-dimensional cluster and preparation conditions on the structure of Al₅Co₂(2ī0) and (100) surfaces
12:30 – 12:50	M. Heidelmann, M. Heggen, C. Dwyer and M. Feuerbacher Comprehensive model of metadislocation motion in o-Al₁₃Co₄

12:50 – 14:40Lunch break

Chair: P. Schmutz

14:40 – 15:20	M.-G. Barthes-Labrousse Surface chemistry of CMAs
15:20 – 15:45	A. Joseph, V. Gauthier-Brunet, A. Joulain, C. Tromas, S. Dubois, J. Bonneville and J-P. Monchoux Mechanical properties of Al/Al-Cu-Fe composites newly elaborated by Spark Plasma Sintering
15:45 – 16:05	D. Sopu, M. Stoica, J. Eckret Molecular dynamics simulations of the deformation behavior of bulk metallic glass composites exhibiting stress-induced martensitic transformation

16:05 – 16:20Coffee break

Chair: M. Mihalkovič

16:20 – 16:45	J. Dshemuchadse, W. Steurer Statistics of intermetallic compounds
16:45 – 17:05	P. Kuczera, W. Steurer Cluster-based growth algorithm for decagonal quasicrystals
17:05 – 17:25	R. Strzałka, I. Buganski, J. Wolny Simple decoration model for icosahedral quasicrystals based on UAC approach
17:25 – 17:45	I. G. Aviziotis, T.Duguet, K.Soussi, S. Mishra, S. Daniele, N. Cheimarios, C. Vahlas, A.G. Boudouvis Investigating Al-CVD using DMEAA: Experiments and modeling of the kinetics and the surface roughness
17:45 – 18:05	D. Pavuna Can We Help Establish Complex Mettallic Systems Center in Zagreb!?

18:05Concluding remarks

19:30C-MAC Days Workshop Dinner

11^th December:

Chair: Marc de Bossieu

9:00 – 10:30 Science Board Meeting

10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 – 12:00 Governing Board and General Assembly Meeting

Scientific programme of C-MAC Days 2014 (List of Participants)