7 Sep 2023

New numerical models for the design of ductile hard layers

Dr. Pavel Ondračka is developing new models for simulations of the structure and properties of thin films. Thanks to a MŠMT MSCA project, he went and now collaborates with colleagues at the University of Leoben in Austria. Using his models for the amorphous material tungsten-boron-carbon (W-B-C), it will be possible to predict the mechanical properties of this material, understand its behavior, and find the most suitable composition for hard protective layer applications.

1 Sep 2023

Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – A new name for our hosting institution

As of 1 September 2023, our hosting institution, the Department of Physical Electronics, has changed its name. The name of the Department of Physical Electronics needed to be revised. The new name is the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology (abbreviation DPPT), and the Czech equivalent is Ústav fyziky a technologií plazmatu (abbreviation ÚFTP).

23 Aug 2023

Plasma as a tool to improve the quality of UV digital printing

Digital printing is now a widely available technology. However, the printed materials' size and variety still present a challenge for printers. Not all glass, polymer and Dibond boards, canvases, etc., are suitable for printing. However, atmospheric plasma treatments can also cope with the adhesion of these different materials for UV digital printing.

4 Aug 2023

Mária Kováčová and polymer composites based on graphene oxide

Dr. Kováčová worked as a post-doc at the Department of Physical Electronics for more than a year and a half. This June, her project ended and she returned to her native Slovakia. Read about her research on graphene oxide-based polymer composites.

1 Aug 2023

New diagnostics device RFEA

Since mid-July, our scientists have acquired a new device that extends the current capabilities in process diagnostics of thin film deposition. The RFEA (Retarding Field Energy Analyser) enables the measurement of incident ions with high time resolution, a crucial parameter for thin film deposition using magnetron sputtering.

CEPLANT exhibition extended

The CEPLANT exhibition portraying our research activities is extended until November 2023. The exhibition continues to be displayed at the stairway in the Dean's Office at MU Faculty of Science at Kotlářská 2 campus​.

24 Jul 2023

The potential of plasma treatment for aerospace composites

Pilot experiments on plasma treatment of materials used for composites production were conducted by scientists from the Plasma Nanotechnology and Bioapplication Research Group at the Department of Physical Electronics and the CEPLANT Centre in Stuttgart, Germany.

19 Jul 2023

Jianyu Feng develops new plasma sources

Do you know our Chinese Ph.D. student Jianyu Feng? He works with low-temperature plasma sources in the Department of Physical Electronics.

15 Jun 2023

The kickoff meeting with researchers from HAWK

Dr. Kelar Tučeková and dr. Kelar visited HAWK Hochschule, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Göttingen, Germany. CEPLANT and HAWK researchers are starting joint research on the functionalization of fibers and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy diagnostics within a MOBILITY project between Czech and German partners.