apl. Prof. Dr. Sergii Divinskyi

Current affiliations

Professorship of Materials Physics (Prof. Wilde)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Diffusion phenomena in metals and compounds including multi-principal element alloys and compositionally-complex alloys
short circuit diffusion in metals and alloys
impact of deformation on diffusion processes in materials
thermodynamics of grain boundary segregation
diffusion phenomena in as-cast and deformed bulk metallic glasses
Impact of external fields (magnetic / elastic ) on diffusion; diffusion under plastic deformation

Academic Education
2011	Umhabilitation und Erteilung der Venia Legendi beim Institut für Materialphysik, Münster Universität
2006	Habilitation at Institute of Metal Physics (Kiev, Ukraine).
09/1981 - 06/1990	High education at the Department of Problems in Physics and Engineering, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, Russia) (1987) Diploma thesis "Structural changes in metals introduced by a low-temperature hydrogen-helium plasma irradiation” (1990) PhD thesis "Computer Simulation of Texture Formation in Cubic Metals and Alloys under Rolling” and received doctors degree (Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics)
Work Experience
since 2008	permanent position at Institut für Materialphysik of the University of Münster as a head of isotope laboratory within the Professorship of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wilde.
2000 - 2008	visiting scientist at the Institut für Materialphysik of the University of Münster
1998 - 2000	1998 AvH Fellow (1998-2000) at the Institut für Materialphysik of the University of Münster
1987 - 1998	(1987-1998) Work in the group of Prof. L.N. Larikov at IMPh,Kiev, Ukraine as Senior Research Scientist.
Functions and Memberships
since 2020	Editor-in-Chief, Defect Diffusion Forum

Publications

Ab initio machine-learning unveils strong anharmonicity in non-Arrhenius self-diffusion of tungsten 1. Xi Zhang, Sergiy V. Divinski, Blazej Grabowski (2025) In: Nature Communications, 16 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Sc diffusion in HCP high entropy alloys: Chemical complexity vs. atomic strains Sandipan Sen, Xi Zhang, Lukasz Rogal, Juliana Schell, Gerhard Wilde, Blazej Grabowski, Sergiy V. Divinski (2024) In: Scripta Materialia, 242 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Grain boundary self- and Mn impurity diffusion in equiatomic CoCrFeNi multi-principal element alloy Sandipan Sen, Marcel Glienke, Bhawna Yadav, Mayur Vaidya, K. Gururaj, K.G. Pradeep, Lydia Daum, Bengü Tas, Lukasz Rogal, Gerhard Wilde, Sergiy V. Divinski (2024) In: Acta Materialia, 264 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Coupling of alloy chemistry, diffusion and structure by grain boundary engineering in Ni-Cr-Fe B. Bian, G. Mohan Muralikrishna, S. Taheriniya, Sandipan Sen, Christoph Gammer, Ingo Steinbach, Gerhard Wilde, Sergiy V. Divinski (2024) In: Acta Materialia, 264 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Microstructure stability and self-diffusion in the equiatomic HfScTiZr HCP multi-principal element alloy G. Mohan Muralikrishna, Sandipan Sen, Sai Kumaran Ayyappan, S. Sankaran, K. Guruvidyathri, Juliana Schell, Lukasz Rogal, Xi Zhang, Joachim Mayer, Blazej Grabowski, Gerhard Wilde, and Sergiy V. Divinski (2024) In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 976 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

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Projects

Correlating the atomisitic nature of grain boundary phase transformations to their macroscopic kinetic properties Duration: 01/03/2022 - 28/02/2025 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project
Diffusion-diffusive Phasetransformationen in Alkalifeldspat Duration: 01/02/2020 - 31/01/2024 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Joint Proposal Submission with Austria and Switzerland (D-A-CH) Type of project: Individual project
Diffusion in high entropy alloys Duration: 01/01/2020 - 01/02/2023 \| 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project
Diffusion in high entropy alloys: Development and application of an experiment-ab initio approach (DIFFINITIO) Duration: 01/05/2018 - 30/04/2021 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project
Kopplung der Diffusion und Plastizität bei selektiver Oxidation von Metalllegierungen Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2020 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project

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Prizes

Werner-Köster Preis
Awarded by: DGM
Award given to: Divinski, Sergiy; Hisker, Frank; Kang, Yong-Sun; Lee, Jai-Sung; Herzig, Christian
Date of awarding: 01/01/2002
Type of distinction: Best publication award

Doctorates

Impact of micro-alloying on diffusion and thermodynamic parameters of metallic glasses Candidate: Hubek, René \| Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard; Divinskyi, Sergii Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Atomic Transport in High Entropy Alloys: Diffusion Kinetics in Equiatomic Single and Bi-crystals and in Pseudo-Binary Couples Candidate: Gaertner, Daniel \| Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard; Divinskyi, Sergii Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Korngrenzdiffusion und Mikrostrukturstablilität in stark plastisch deformiertem Nickel unter dem Einfluss variierter Deformationspfade Candidate: Trubel, Simon \| Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard; Divinskiy, Sergii Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Effect of microstructure evolution on diffusion properties of grain boundaries Candidate: Prokoshkina, Daria \| Supervisors: Divinskyy, Sergiy; Wilde, Gerhard Period of time: 01/10/2011 - 15/11/2014 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster