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`[28–29 Nov 2019]`	COIN DESC annual meeting in Delft
	The final annual meeting of the COIN DESC project took place on 28–29 November, 2019, at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE), TU Delft. The purpose of the two day meeting was to present and brainstorm the results obtained during the third project year as well as to discuss the publications that are currently under preparation. At the meeting we also planned the forthcoming publications. The COIN DESC team at the 2019 meeting in Delft.
`[09–13 Sep 2019]`	COIN DESC group participated at EUROCORR 2019 in Sevilla, Spain
	From 9^th to 13^th September 2019 we attended the largest European conference on corrosion protection – EUROCORR 2019, held in Seville, Spain. The motto of the conference "New times, new materials, new corrosion challenges" emphasized the importance of developing new materials that allow for ecological and sustainable corrosion protection. We presented 6 oral presentations, in particular: I. Milošev, Inhibitors for copper in chloride solution with different functional and side groups studied by electrochemical methods and XPS (ID: 209650) A. Kokalj, An integrative modeling and experimental approach toward corrosion inhibition: heterocyclic organic molecules as potential corrosion inhibitors for Cu and Zn (ID: 220694) P. Taheri, Inhibition properties of imidazole-based compounds on brass (ID: 177849) F.U. Renner, Inhibition of copper corrosion by mercapto-benzimidazole derivates on the molecular scale (ID: 200663) Chenyang Xie, Inhibition properties of benzimidazole-based compounds on crystalline and amorphous CuZr alloys (ID: 207593) D. Kozlica, Efficiency of mercapto and phosphonic inhibitors for copper and aluminum as a function of surface preparation (ID: 219363) These contributions were presented at the mini-symposium within the section Mechanisms, Methods & Modeling, chaired by two COIN DESC group members – I. Milošev and A. Kokalj. Some among project members and their colleagues at EUROCORR 2019.
`[27–30 May 2019]`	Plenary and keynote lectures given at 7th RSE-SEE Symposium in Split, Croatia.
	From 27^th to 30^th May 2019 several COIN DESC project members attended the 7^th RSE-SEE Symposium (Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry – South East Europe) that took place in Split, Croatia. More than 150 participants joined the conference thus giving an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues from South-East Europe involved in research in electrochemistry. Arjan Mol, a COIN DESC project member, presented a plenary lecture entitled "In-situ electrochemical, microscopic and spectroscopic studies of local corrosion and buried metal-polymer interfaces", whereas the project PI Anton Kokalj presented a keynote lecture entitled "Molecular modeling of corrosion inhibitors: a search for physically sound descriptors". The last COIN DESC related lecture entitled "The influence of surface preparation on efficiency of mercapto and phosphonic inhibitors adsorbed on aluminium and copper metal" was given by Dževad Kozlica. A few project members and their colleagues at RSE-SEE 2019.
`[19–21 Nov 2018]`	COIN DESC annual meeting in Hasselt
	Annual meeting of the COIN DESC project took place on 19–21 November, 2018, at Universiteit Hasselt in Hasselt. The purpose of the meeting was threefold: (i) to present, review, and discuss the results obtained during the second project year, (ii) to discuss the publications that are currently under preparation and to plan the forthcoming publications, and (iii) to plan the project activities for the following year. The COIN DESC team at the annual 2018 meeting.
`[09–13 Sep 2018]`	COIN DESC group participated at EUROCORR 2018 in Krakow, Poland
	From 9^th to 13^th September 2018 we participated at EUROCORR 2018, which is the largest event in the field of corrosion protection in Europe. We presented four oral presentations, in particular: 1. P. Taheri, O. Bottazzi, I. Milošev, A. Kokalj, J.M.C. Mol: »Corrosion inhibitors of copper, zinc and copper-zinc alloys, using imidazole-based compounds with different functional groups« 2. F. Renner, S. Neupane, P. Losada-Perez: »AFM characterization of Cu-based alloys: Force measurements on inhibitor-modified surfaces« 3. A. Kokalj, M. Lozinšek, B. Kapun, P. Taheri, S. Neupane, P. Losada-Perez, C. Xie, P. Bruna, E. Pineda, S. Stavber, D. Crespo, F.U. Renner, A. J.M.C. Mol, I. Milošev: »A combined experimental and modeling search for corrosion inhibitor descriptors: functionalized azole molecules as potential corrosion inhibitors for Cu and Zn« 4. S. Neupane, P. Lasada-Perez, F. Uwe Renner: »Study of corrosion initiation and inhibition on noble metal alloy surfaces with well-defined nanoscale application of complex thiol films« Some among project members and their colleagues at EUROCORR 2018.
`[20–24 Aug 2018]`	Shova Neupane received the best poster award at "SPM on SPM 2018".
	Shova Neupane, a COIN DESC group member from Hasselt University, received the best conference poster award at SPM on SPM 2018 as well as a poster award from Nanoscale journal for her poster entitled Inhibitor Modification and Surface Morphology Effect on Initial Dealloying on Metallic Alloy Surfaces. The SPM on SPM 2018: 4^th International Conference on Scanning Probe Microscopy on Soft and Polymeric Materials took place in Leuven (Belgium) from 20–24 August, 2018. Shova Neupane in front of her awarded poster.
`[11–13 Jun 2018]`	CorrTalk workshop in Ljubljana
	COIN DESC and COR_ID project teams organized the CorrTalk workshop, dedicated to integrative approaches to corrosion research. Workshop took place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 11 to 13 June 2018. More info about the workshop is available at the workshop web-page: corrtalk2018.ijs.si Participants at the CorrTalk workshop.
`[16–17 Nov 2017]`	COIN DESC annual meeting in Barcelona
	A two day annual meeting of the COIN DESC project took place on 16–17 November, 2017, at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona. The purpose of the meeting was twofold: (i) to present, review, and discuss the results obtained during the first project year, and (ii) to plan the project activities for the following year. The COIN DESC team at the annual meeting.
`[27–28 Oct 2016]`	COIN DESC kick-off meeting in Ljubljana
	A two day kick-off meeting of the COIN DESC project took place on October 27 and 28 at Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Project consortium, coordinated by Dr. Anton Kokalj, links scientist from one research organization and three universities. During the kick-off meeting the representatives of each partner discussed the work plan and set the road map for the utilization of the project goal, which is to deepen the mechanistic understanding of corrosion inhibition and to design corrosion resistant copper-based alloy systems by using corrosion inhibitors. The COIN DESC team.