Between September and October 2025, Dr. Ondřej Jašek from CEPLANT and the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology is conducting collaborative research at the University of Córdoba’s LIPS laboratory, focusing on plasma-assisted synthesis of few-layer graphene and related nanocomposites. The stay, supported by the COLOSSE program, strengthens long-term ties between CEPLANT and LIPS and contributes to advanced materials research for energy applications.
Between September 1 and October 31, Ondřej Jašek from the Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructures research group at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and the CEPLANT center stays at the Laboratorio de Innovación de Plasmas (LIPs) at the University of Córdoba (UCO), Spain. Hosted by Prof. Rocío Rincón Liévana, the collaboration focused on the synthesis of few-layer graphene (FLG), and related technologies, including the fabrication of graphene–metal and graphene–metal oxide nanocomposites and hydrogen generation. The stay is supported by the COLOSSE program.
Together, they investigate how synthesis conditions affect the structural and chemical properties of the produced materials, as well as their thermal stability at high temperatures in air, argon, and vacuum. By combining plasma diagnostics, material characterization, and modelling – the latter developed at UCO – they aim to enhance the understanding of the synthesis process and improve both the efficiency and property control of the resulting materials.
You can find more information about the research through the publication https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2022.107534.
Dr. Jašek also works as an expert on project ID2023-147436OA-I00, FAB, Scalable One-Step Plasma-Based Synthesis of Graphene Nanocomposites: Application in High-Performance Battery Electrodes. This visit builds on previous exchanges between CEPLANT and LIPS, strengthening long-term scientific ties. Previously, two of our PhD students, Jozef Toman and Miroslav Šnírer, visited LIPS during their ERASMUS stays in 2021 and 2022, respectively, and Dr. Javier Morales-Calero spent three months in Brno in 2023.
The Plasma Nanotechnologies and Bioapplications Research Group is organizing the 4th workshop on October 20-23, 2025. The event significantly supports international scientific cooperation, presents the latest research results of the CEPLANT center, and offers an opportunity to establish new scientific collaborations across disciplines.
In September, the COLOSSE Summer School 2025 brought together many of our researchers from the Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructures group and their colleagues to explore the modeling and simulation of solids, with a focus on molecular dynamics (MD) and density functional theory (DFT). Led by experts David Holec and Pavel Ondračka, the program featured lectures and invited talks by leading scientists in the field of computational materials science.
