The annual conference of the European C-MetAC Center (European Integrated Center for the Development of New Metallic Alloys and Compounds), ECMetAC Days 2025, took place at EMPA in Dübendorf, Switzerland, from 24 to 27 November. The meeting provided a strong platform for presenting and discussing the latest advances in newly discovered metallic alloys and compounds. Seven researchers from Croatia participated in this year’s event. ECMetAC Days 2026 will be hosted by the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland.
Oral presentations:
- “Valence band structure of high entropy alloys from photoemission and theory”
Vesna Mikšić Trontl, Institute of Physics, Zagreb
- “Spin-Valve vs. Orbital Blocking: Intercalation-Driven Phenomena in NbS2”
Petar Popčević, Institute of Physics, Zagreb
- “Electronic structure of Mn2P studied by soft x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy”
Yuki Utsumi Boucher, Institute of Physics, Zagreb
- “Influence of refractory metals on properties of Ti-Zr-Nb-Cu-Ni high entropy glassy alloys”
Emil Babić, University of Zagreb
- “Europium-based topological semimetals and magnetic semiconductors”
Mario Novak, University of Zagreb
Poster presentations:
- “Electronic structure property relationships in glassy Ti-Zr-Nb-(Cu, Ni, Co) alloys: a novel perspective”
Mario Basletić, University of Zagreb
- “Thermal conductivity in the catalyst layer of hydrogen fuel cells”
Ante Bilušić, University of Split
