Department of Macromolecular Physics was established as the Department of Polymers in 1974. At present, our department is conducting research in the fields of physics of nanomaterials, physics of polymers and macromolecular solids and theoretical physics.
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In the just-published article, we demonstrated on the model example of a mouse brain the possibility of using Nb nanoparticles as a perspective matrix for sensitive molecular imaging of biological tissues by surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectroscopy.
The shape of nanoparticles plays an important role in many applications. In our study, we managed to show how it is possible to control the shape of vanadium nanoparticles prepared using a magnetron gas aggregation source simply by changing the deposition conditions.
Our group participated in large numbers at the PSE 2022 conference, where, in addition to the plenary lecture of prof. A. Choukourov entitled "Plasmas and polymers: from 0- to 3-D nanomaterials", another 5 of our lectures and 3 student posters were presented.
Our article dealing with the issue of the influence of various stimuli on the behavior of hydrogels with a single- and double-network structure composed of poly(N,N′-diethylacrylamide) and polyacrylamide has just been published.
The flow profile of the carrier gas is one of the most critical parameters that strongly influences the loss of nanoparticles on the walls of the gas aggregation sources. This issue is studied in the just-published article using numerical simulations.
Our colleagues A. Ryabov and V. Holubec from our theoretical department has recently published a series of articles in prestigious professional journals.
Doc. Ondřej Kylián participated in the Internation Online Conference of Nano Materials (ICN 2022), where he delivered an invited plenary talk on the synthesis of transition metal nanoparticles.
Congratulations to our students, David Voráč and Juraj Májek, who successfully defended their diploma theses.
We wish you both much success!
Doc. Jan Hanuš participated in a research study devoted to the fabrication of novel antibacterial coatings. The results of this study, which was conducted in a close collaboration with JČU, were published in Surfaces and Interfaces.
The article can be found here.
Based on the results of the bachelor's thesis of our student Kateřina Škorvánková, we managed to prepare an article on measuring the velocities of nanoparticles flying out of a nanoparticle source under different conditions inside and outside the source. The article was published in the journal Vacuum.
Details can be found here.
The topics of student faculty grants announced by our department were published. Topics can be found here.
Together with our colleagues from the Japanese National Institute for Materials Science and Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, we have investigated "smart" molecules of modified porphyrin, which can change their properties due to pH and temperature.
The results of this study were published in a prestigious journal Macromolecules.
