Publication activity: 

• 14 Publications in scientific journals
• 3 Patents
• 1 Book chapter
• 1 National (Persian) book (Nanocomposite; Science and Technology, Publisher: Semnan University, ISBN: 978-600-5940-49-7)
• 20 Contributed lectures at conferences

Patents:

• Vakhshouri M., Najafzadeh A., Talimian A., Galusek D., A method for producing eutectic ceramics composites based on the pseudo-ternary system, Data number: 1000048537, Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, 30 January 2024.
• Najafzadehkhoee A.A, Pourshahsavari H., Parsa H., Patent 85/A 012832, State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Real Estates, Industry Property Office, Iran (12.11.2007).
• Najafzadehkhoee A.A., Najafzadehkhoee M.J., Patent 82/A 011204, State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Real Estates, Industry Property Office, Iran (22.08.2007).

The most significant publications

2024

• M. Vakhshouri, A. Najafzadeh, A. Talimian, C. López-Pernia, R. Poyato, Á. Gallardo-López, F. Gutiérrez-Mora, A. Prnova, D. Galusek, Al₂O₃/Y₃Al₅O₁₂ (YAG)/ZrO₂ composites by single-step powder synthesis and spark plasma sintering, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2024.05.004.
• A. Najafzadeh, M. Vakhshouri, P. Hvizdoš, D. Galusek, High-Temperature W/ZrC Composite Coatings, Book Chapter, Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40809-0

2023

• A. Najafzadeh, A. Talimian, V. Girman, R. Sedlák, P. Hvizdoš, K. Maca, D. Galusek, Liquid Phase Sintering of Yttrium Oxide: the Effect of Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ Additives, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2023, ISSN 0955-2219, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.08.055
• M. K. Akbari, N. S. Lopa, M. Shahriari, A. Najafzadeh, D. Galusek, S. Zhuiykov, Functional Two-Dimensional Materials for Bioelectronic Neural Interfacing, J. Funct. Biomater. 2023, 14(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb14010035

2022

• Putenpurayil Govindan, A. Najafzadeh, A. Talimian, V. Pouchly, M. Michálková, P. Švančárek, R. Klement, D. Galusek, Sintering of Ce3+-doped yttria nanoparticles prepared by precipitation method, Open Ceramics, 2022, 100315, ISSN 2666-5395, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2022.100315.
• A. Najafzadeh, A. Talimian, J. Sedláček, M. Lisnichuk, P. Hvizdoš, D. Galusek, Translucent yttrium oxide ceramics from low-density green bodies shaped by uniaxial pressing, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42, 2022, 4623-4630, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.04.036.

2021

• Najafzadehkhoee A.A., Habibolahzadeh A., Qods F., Vakhshouri M., Polkowski W., Hvizdos P., Galusek D., “Effect of ZrC nanopowder addition in WC preforms on microstructure and properties of W–ZrC composites prepared by the displacive compensation of porosity (DCP) method”, Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, 2021.

2020

• Najafzadehkhoee A.A., Habibolahzadeh A., Qods F., Hvizdos P., “A Taguchi approach to the influence of infiltration parameters on microstructure and properties of W–ZrC composites prepared by the displacive compensation of porosity (DCP) method”, Composites Communications, 20, 2020.
• Najafzadehkhoee A.A., Habibolahzadeh A., Qods F., Vakhshouri M., Hvizdos P. Polkowski W., “Application of the statistical Taguchi method to optimize the properties of WC preforms to produce W-ZrC composites using reactive infiltration by molten Zr₂Cu”, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2020.

2019

•  Askari S.R., Khakzadi M., Shahpasandi A., Najafzadehkhoee A.A., “Fabrication of W-ZrC Nanocomposite Through Reaction Sintering Using Relatively Low-toxic Methacrylamide-based System”, Composites Communications, 13, 2019, 156-161.

2015

•  Najafzadeh Khoee A.A., Habibolahzadeh A., Qods F., Baharvandi H.R., “Microstructure and Properties of DCP Derived W-ZrC Composite Using Nontoxic Sodium Alginate to Fabricate WC Preform”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 24, 2015, 1641-8.

2014

• Najafzadeh Khoee A.A., Habibolahzadeh A., Qods F., Baharvandi H.R., “Fabrication of Tungsten Carbide Foam through Gel-casting Process Using Nontoxic Sodium Alginate”, Int. Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 43, 2014, 115–120.
• Najafzadeh Khoee A.A., Habibolahzadeh A., Qods F., Baharvandi H.R., “Study on Rheological Behavior of WC Slurry in Gel-casting Process and Reactive Infiltration of Produced Foam by Molten Zr₂Cu Alloy”, Int. Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 46, 2014, 30–34.

2012

•  Ghasemi B., Najafzadeh Khoee A.A, “Investigation of the Effect of Milling Time on the Mechanochemical Synthesis of Fe₃Al / Al₂O₃ Nanocomposite”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering 6, 2012, 361-4.

• Doctoral studies:

1. Fundamentals of colloidal chemistry, since 2023.
2. Collodial systems: characterization and utilization, since 2023.

Education:

• 2015: PhD: Semnan University, Semnan, Iran, Materials Science and Engineering. PhD thesis: Investigation of microstructure and mechanical properties of W-ZrC nanocomposite through Displacive Compensation of Porosity (DCP) method.
• 2009: MSc: MUT, Tehran, Iran, Composite Materials Engineering. MSc thesis: Designing and analyzing of carbon-epoxy composite lattice body under internal pressure and axial force using finite element method.

Awards, scholarships and research stays:

• JECS TRUST programme, European Ceramics Society (ECerS), Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria, September- December 2023
• Short-term training, Dept. de Física de la Materia Condensada, ICMS, CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, February- May 2022
• Research Fellow, Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia, 2019-2020
• National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Republic- SAIA n.o., 2019
• Top Ph.D. student, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Semnan University, Iran, 2015

Other activities:

• European Ceramic Society, member
• American Ceramic Society, member
• Slovak Silicate Society, member
• Slovak Glass Society, member