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1 Warsaw, October 17, 2013 Report on the participation in the 6 th Kurt Schwabe Symposium, September, 2013 in Kraków, Poland within the framework of the 'Nanotechnology, Biomaterials and Alternative ' (NOBLESSE) Project The 6 th Kurt Schwabe Symposium was organized in Krakow, Poland on 16 through 19 September, as continuation of the Kurt Schwabe Symposia organized previously in different towns of Europe. These symposia bring together researchers from all over the world who focus their scientific interests on new materials and new electrochemical techniques in electrochemical technologies, corrosion science, and corrosion engineering. The Kurt Schwabe Symposia are organized in honor of the eminent German scientist, Professor Kurt Schwabe. Among a wide range of scientific interests of Prof. K. Schwabe, electrochemistry and corrosion took an important place. The 6 th Kurt Schwabe Symposium was attended by 74 participants from 11 countries, including Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. There were 6 plenary lectures and 9 invited lectures delivered. Moreover, 38 communications and 22 posters were presented. Topics discussed at the Symposium included the following issues of electrochemistry: - Electrochemical methods in corrosion science and material engineering - Corrosion, passivity and breakdown processes - Corrosion and electrochemical processes in aggressive environments - Corrosion resistant alloys 1

2 Three researchers of the European Project NOBLESSE, Work Package WP3 Chemo- and Biosensors- molecular imprinting, of the Corrosion and Hydrogen Group actively participated in the Meeting. They delivered the following presentations (names of the presenting authors are underlined): 1. T. Zakroczymski, Stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement (invited lecture; Session 8 Hydrogen in metals) 2. A. Gajek, I. Flis-Kabulska, T. Zakroczymski, Cheng-Hsien Yang, Jeng-Kuei Chang, Wen-Ta Tsai, Diffusion of hydrogen in magnesium studied by the electrochemical permeation metod (Lecture; Session 8 Hydrogen in metals) 3. I. Flis-Kabulska, J. Flis, T. Zakroczymski, Hydrogen permeation measurements for evaluation of absorbed hydrogen and of surface changes on iron cathodes during alkaline water electrolysis (Lecture; Session 8 Hydrogen in metals) 2

3 4. I. Flis-Kabulska, J. Flis, Y. Sun, T. Zakroczymski, Measurement of ph at the electrode surface for better understanding the corrosion behaviour of low-temperature plasma nitrided stainless steel (Lecture; Session 10 Corrosion resistant alloys) Organizing of small international conferences, which bring together less than about 100 participants, gives the unique opportunity to meet world renowned researchers in the area of our interest, to listen to their lectures and to discuss with them. It was very fruitful for us (Prof. T. Zakroczymski, Dr. I. Flis-Kabulska, Dr. A. Gajek) to attend the plenary lectures given by: - D. D. Macdonald ( The Holy Grail: Toward a Single, Comprehensive Theoretical Basis for all Forms of Corrosion ); - Ph. Marcus ( Passive Films on Metals and Alloys: Growth, Nanostructure, Local Electronic Properties and Localized Breakdown ); - F. Schulz ( The Interaction of OH Radicals with Metal Surfaces and with Molecular Layers on Metals ); - G.T. Burstein ( The Role of Temperature in Electrochemical and Corrosion Reactions: Cyclic Thermammetry ); - R. A. Hilman, K. S. Ryder, C. J. Zaleski, V. C. Ferreira ( Electrodeposition of metals from deep eutectic solvents: insights from combined gravimetric and optical measurements ); - P.J. Kulesza ( Hybrid Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage ). Topics discussed during the Ssymposium belong to our area of interests. Two parallel sessions were running and both were of interest for us. The topics concerning new materials, hydrogen generation, storage, and transport problems as well as corrosion processes are interesting and important for our Corrosion and Hydrogen Group. Participation in these sessions gave us the possibility to get acquainted with the recent research, results and with new look at these results. 3

4 Moreover, presenting results of our research to a wide group of eminent scientists was very instructive for us. Discussions with the Symposium participants after the lectures of T. Zakroczymski, A. Gajek and I. Flis-Kabulska were vivid, useful and inspiring. The advantages for the participants within WP3 were, as follows. Tadeusz Zakroczymski Prof. T. Zakroczymski served as a chairman of the Session Corrosion, passivity and breakdown processes. For Prof. T. Zakroczymski, the discussions with the following researchers were of high importance: - Prof. Digby D. Macdonald (Professor Emeritus; The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA), whose scientific interests focus, among others, on corrosion processes. - Prof. Philippe Marcus (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, Paris, France). Prof. Marcus s field of research is surface chemistry, surface electrochemistry, and corrosion science, with emphasis on the understanding of the structure and properties of the metal and alloy surfaces. - Prof. G. Tim Burstein (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and Editor-in-Chief of Corrosion Science); his research concerns corrosion and protection against corrosion of metals, development of novel, low-cost fuel-cell systems, and surface electrochemistry and electrochemical processing of metals. - Dr. Andrzej Królikowski (Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland); his scientific interests include electrochemistry, materials engineering, and corrosion. - Prof. Henryk Bala (Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland), his research focuses on electrochemical corrosion, hydrometallurgy, materials based on rare earth metals, hydrogen absorbing materials, and corrosion inhibitors. - Dr. Lech Kwiatkowski (Institute of Precision Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland), whose main interests include corrosion processes, and new materials for corrosion protection. The discussions were related to the problems of hydrogen in metals, hydrogen storage, aas well as hydrogen embrittlement and surface effects. Participation in the following Sessions was of special interest for T. Zakroczymski: - Electrochemical methods in corrosion science and material engineering - Corrosion, passivity and breakdown processes 4

5 - Corrosion resistant alloys Arkadiusz Gajek For Dr A. Gajek, particularly valuable were discussions focused on the problems of hydrogen in metals as well as hydrogen storage, hydrogen embrittlement and surface effects. The most helpful comments to his presentation were given by: - Prof. Digby D. Macdonald (Professor Emeritus of the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA); - Prof. Waldfried Plieth (Professor Emeritus on Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany), whose scientific interests focus, among others, on surface science, corrosion and corrosion protection, photoelectrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry; - Prof. G. Tim Burstein (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK and Editor-in-Chief of Corrosion Science); - Prof. Henryk Bala (Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland). Participation in the following Sessions was of particular interest for A. Gajek: - Corrosion, passivity and breakdown processes Iwona Flis-Kabulska Dr. I. Flis-Kabulska served as the chairperson of the Session Corrosion resistant alloys, surface modification. Especially interesting and inspiring for Dr. I. Flis-Kabulska were discussions on the problems of - water electrolysis (with Prof. G. Tim Burstein of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and Editor-in-Chief of Corrosion Science); - hydrogen evolution (with Prof. Henryk Bala of the Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland); - surface products and phenomena (with Prof. Digby D. Macdonald - Professor Emeritus of the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA and Prof. Philippe Marcus of the Centre 5

6 National de la Recherche Scientifique and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, Paris, France) Participation in the following Sessions was of special interest for I. Flis-Kabulska: - Electrochemical methods in corrosion science and material engineering Active participation of the researchers of IPC PAS in the 6 th Kurt Schwabe Symposium, a successful scientific meeting, enabled them fruitful debates with world renowned scientists on topics closely related to their research interests. 6