DonSTU is one of the world leaders in the field of Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Materials Science and Hydrogen Treatment of Materials.

DonSTU - twenty five years experience of collaboration with the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE, Post Office Box 248266, Coral Gables, Florida 33124, U.S.A.). President of IAHE - Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu.

Physics Department of DonSTU is a head-quarter of the Permanent Working International Scientific Committee on Hydrogen Treatment of Materials (PWISC HTM) under the auspices of IAHE.

Professor Victor A. Goltsov - Head of Physics Department of DonSTU, Head of SRL of Interaction of Hydrogen with Materials and Hydrogen Technologies.

Professor Victor A. Goltsov is a member of the IAHE Board of Directors.

Professor Victor A. Goltsov - Chairperson of PWISC HTM, a member of the Editorial Board of "The International Journal of Hydrogen Energy", an official journal of IAHE.

Professor Victor A. Goltsov is presented with the IAHE Rudolph E. Erren Award for outstanding Contributions to Hydrogen Energy, in General, and to Hydrogen Treatment of Materials, in Particular (13^th WHEC, Beijing, China, June, 2000).

Some of the "hydrogen" top-level scientists of DonSTU Physics Department: Dr Jury A. Artemenko, Dr Lyudmila F. Goltsova, Dr Alexander P. Kuzin, Dr Raisa G. Muradova, Dr. Tat'yana A. Ryumshina, Dr Nicolai N. Vlasenko, Dr Alexander F. Volkov; researchers - Zhanna L. Glukhova, Raisa V. Kotelva, Sergei B. Rybalka and others.

References of the main publications (more than 300 all in all) see in:

1. V.A.Goltsov, Hydrogen in Metals, Atomno-vodorodnaya energetika i tekhnologiya (Atomic and Hydrogen Energy and Technology), Ed. V.A. Legasov, Moscow, Atomizdat, 1978, pp. 193-230 (in Russian).
2. V.A. Goltsov, The phenomenon of controllable hydrogen phase naklep and prospects for its use in Metal Science and Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, 49 (1981) 109-125 .
3. V.A. Goltsov, e.a., Diffusion and solubility of hydrogen in metals and ordered alloys, In: Vzaimodeistvie vodoroda s metallami (Metal-Hydrogen Interactions), Ed. A.P. Zakharov, Moscow, Nauka, 1987. Chapter 4, pp. 105-143 (in Russian).
4. V.A. Goltsov, Chapter 9, Phenomena caused by hydrogen and hydrogen induced phase transformations. In: Vzaimodeistvie vodoroda s metallami (Metal-Hydrogen Interactions), Ed. A.P. Zakharov, Moscow, Nauka, 1987. pp. 264-292 (in Russian).
5. V.A. Goltsov, Hydrogen barothermal treatment of metallic materials - a new field of hydrogen technology, Hydrogen Energy Progress VII: Proc. 7^th World Hydrogen Energy Conf. Moscow, U.S.S.R. 25-29 September, 1988. Eds. T.N.Veziroglu, A.N.Protsenko. Pergamon Press, N.Y. e.a., 1988, Vol. 3. P. 1721-1740.
6. V.A. Goltsov, N.I. Timofeev and A.P.Kuzin, Hydrogen membrane technology. Principles, exploitation and prospects, Hydrogen Energy Progress VII: Proc. 7^th World Hydrogen Energy Conf. Moscow, U.S.S.R. 25-29 September, 1988. Eds. T.N.Veziroglu, A.N.Protsenko. Pergamon Press, N.Y. e.a., 1988, Vol. 3. P. 1721-1740.
7. L.F.Goltsova, e.a., Scientometric studies of the problem of "Hydrogen energy and technology" in the world, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 15 (1990) 655-661.
8. V.A. Goltsov, V.M. Dekanenko and N.N. Vlasenko, Hydrogen treatment of niobium: strengthening and structural changes, Materials Science & Engineering, A129 (1990) 239-247.
9. Special Issue. Proceedings of the selected papers of the First International Conference on Hydrogen Treatment of Materials, HTM-95, 20-22 September 1995, Donetsk, Ukraine. Guest Editor Victor A. Goltsov. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 22 (1997) No. 2/3.
10. Special Issue. Proceedings of the selected papers of the Second International Conference on Hydrogen Treatment of Materials, HTM-98, 2-4 June 1998, Donetsk, Ukraine. Guest Editor Victor A. Goltsov. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 24 (1999) No. 9.
11. V.A. Goltsov, The effects of hydrogen on the physical properties of palladium, Platinum Metals Review, 43 (1999) 116-118.
12. V.A. Goltsov, Hydrogen treatment (processing) of materials: current status and prospects, Journal of Alloys & Compounds 293 - 295 (1999) 844-857.
13. V.A. Goltsov, The role and importance of Hydrogen Materials Science and Hydrogen Treatment of Materials for successful development of Hydrogen Economy in the 21^st century, Hydrogen Energy Progress XIII, Proceedings of the 13^th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Beijing, China, June 12-15, 2000. Eds Z.Q. Mao, T.N. Veziroglu. Vol. 1. P. 127-138.
14. L.F. Goltsova, Hydrogen community progress in comprehending the great importance of hydrogen materials interactions for Hydrogen Energy future: history and up-to-date Web status, Hydrogen Energy Progress XIII, Proceedings of the 13^th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Beijing, China, June 12-15, 2000. Eds Z.Q. Mao, T.N. Veziroglu. Vol. 1. P. 122-126.

Scientific and public activity of Physics Department in the world hydrogen community:

• 1975 - "Gases and Metals", Donetsk - 120 participants. The idea of Hydrogen Energy was firstly introduced into the Soviet Scientific Community;
• 1979 - The First All-Union School for young scientists, Donetsk-Yur'evka - 280 participants. All-sided discussion of Hydrogen Energy development;
• 1982 - "Hydrogen in Metals", The Third All-Union Conference, Donetsk - 280 participants.
• 1988 - "Hydrogen Treatment of Materials", The All-Union Seminar, Donetsk - 120 participants;
• 1992 - "Diffusive and Cooperative Phenomena in Metal-Hydrogen Isotopes Systems", The First International Seminar, Donetsk - 150 participants;
• 1995 - "Hydrogen Treatment of Materials", The First International Conference, Donetsk - 90 participants;
• 1998 - "Hydrogen Treatment of Materials", The Second International Conference, Donetsk - 110 participants;

For more information see in this WebPage:

• HTM - full information about a new field of Materials Science and Engineering called now Hydrogen Treatment of Materials;
• HTM-conferences - information on the forth-coming 3^rd International Conference "Hydrogen Treatment of Materials" (Donetsk-Mariupol, May 14-18, 2001);
• PWISC HTM - aims, tasks and fields of activity of the Permanent Working International Scientific Committee on Hydrogen Treatment of Materials;
• HTM-Book - "Progress in Hydrogen Treatment of Materials" edited by V.A. Goltsov.