Goran Drazic
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Research associate at Ceramics Department, "J.Stefan" Institute, Ljubljana , Slovenia

Contact information:

Office:
Address: "Jozef Stefan" Institute, Ceramics Department,Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 61 1773 271 or +386 61 1773 900
Fax: +386 61 126 3 126 or +386 61 219 385

Home:
Address: Stihova ulica 17, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 61 316 321

Email: goran.drazic@ijs.si

Biographical sketch:

• born: June 09, 1957, Jesenice, Slovenia more... (C.V.)

• Degrees:

• B.Sc.: in Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia,1980
• M.Sc.: in Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia,1985
• Ph.D.: in Chemistry, University of,. Ljubljana,Slovenia, 1990

• Positions:

• research assistant, J.Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,Slovenia, 1980-1991
• visiting scientist, KFA - Jülich, Germany, Aug. 1990 -Feb. 1991 more...
• postdoc associate, J.Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,Slovenia, 1991-1995
• research associate, J.Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,Slovenia, since 1995

Areas of research:

• functional ceramics R &D

  • Thermoluminiscence dosimeters (TLD)
  • Protonic humidity sensors
  • Ceramic foams
  • Pb-based relaxor materials
  • Hot corrosion of SiC materials

  Application of electron microscopy & microbeam analysis in the study of microstructure of various ceramic materials

  Methods used:

  • Scanning electron microscopy combined with EDXS or/and WDXS
  • Transmission electron microscopy
  • Analytical electron microscopy (TEM/EDXS)

  Materials studied:

  • Ferroelectric (sol-gel derived) thin films (PT, PZT, PLZT)
  • Relaxor materials (PFN, PFW, PZN, PZT/PNN, PMN)
  • PZT based ceramics
  • Si3N4 - Yb2O3
  • Nd-Fe-B based materials
  • Thick film materials (resistors, conductors, dielectrics)
  • Fullerenes
  • TiO2/RuO2 (solid solution) system
  • TiO2 (anatase - rutile phase transformation)
  • Metal or/and metal oxide thin films (PVD) and sandwich structures
  • Asbestos (determination of asbestos in waters & air)

Current interests:

• Crystallisation of perovskite & pyrochlore phase in sol-gel derived P(L)ZT thin films on various substrates
• Phase composition & ferroelectric domain boundary structure in doped (Fe, Nb, La) PZT ceramics
• Evolution of a microstructure during a HDDR (Hydrogenation, Disproportionation, Desorption, Recombination) process in Nd-Dy-B-Fe and Sm-Fe-Ta based magnetic materials
• Quantitative EDXS analysis of very thin (nm) grain-boundary phases using conventional TEMs

Some works (papers, abstracts, lectures) available as hyper text (html) documents:

• Poster presented (and awarded) at EMAS '99 Conference, Konstanz, Germany, 1999
• Poster presented at 14 ICEM, Cancun, Mexico, 1998
• Poster presented at EMAS '98 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1998
• Poster presented at EMAS '97 Conference, Torquay, UK, 1997
• Invited lecture at 24th International Conference on Microelectronics, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 1996
• Poster presented at 2nd Regional Workshop on Electron Probe Microanalysis of Materials Today, 19 - 22 May 1996, Balatonfüred, Hungary
• Invited lecture at Multinational Congress on Electron Microscopy, Slovakia 1995.
• Analytical Electron Microscopy of Modern Ceramic Materials (in Slovene language).
• Analytical Electron Microscopy of the Grain Boundaries in Si₃N₄-Yb₂O₃ Ceramics.
• A TEM-EDXS Study of Zirconia doped Nd-Dy-Fe-B Magnets Fabricated from the HDDR Processed high Coercivity Powders.

Projects:

Principal investigator in projects:

• Study of ceramic microstructure
  (Postdoc project), 3 years: 1992 - 1994
• Analytical microscopy of ceramic materials
  3 years: 1994 - 1996
• Analytical microscopy of ceramic materials - II
  3 years: 1997 - 1999

Investigator in projects:

• COST 514, Ferroelectric Thin Films, (International project).(1994 - 1997)
• COST 503 (FTR), Powder Metallurgy: Low Temperature Synthesis and Microstructural Investigation of Piezoelectric Ceramics, (International project).(1993 - 1996)
• Electronic ceramics, materials & technologies(1996 - 1998)
• New materials - microstructural and surface analysis(1996 - 1998)

See the list of national projects financed by Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Slovenia

Publications & meetings:

Complete bibliography

Attendance at international meetings (Conferences, Congresses, Schools)

Member of:

• Slovene Chemical Society
• Slovene Electron Microscopy Society
• Professional Society for Microelectronics, Electronic Devices and Materials (MIDEM)
• European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS)
• US Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS)
• International Union of Crystallograhy
• AOAC International, Technical Division for Laboratory Management
• New York Academy of Sciences

Languages & Other knowledge & Skills

List of Microscopy and Microanalysis WWW sites

(borrowed from different sites all over the world)

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