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.
News
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.
Congratulations to our students for receiving funding for their research projects from the Charles University Grant Agency! Greetings come to:
- M. Protsak: Sputter-driven synthesis of transition metal oxynitride nanoparticles with tunable optoelectronic properties
- K.Biliak: Sputter-based synthesis of optically active and electrically conductive nanofluids
- Z. Krtouš: Metamaterials based on plasma polymers for optics of the future
Controlled synthesis of core@shell nanoparticles is a difficult challenge in many nanotechnology projects. In our recent study, published in the journal J.Phys. D: Appl. Phys., we have developed and tested an original and reliable method to produce such nanoparticles using a gas aggregation source.
On February 10 and 11, 2022, we organized an online international workshop Plasma-Assisted Nanomaterials Engineering.
4 invited lectures
16 oral contributions
51 participants
Based on the results of our student's bachelor's thesis, we have prepared an article on the possibility of preparing V and V2O5 columnar nanoparticle films, which was published in the journal Surface & Coatings Technology.
The details are here.
In cooperation with the Department of Condensed Matter Physics we have prepared a publication pursuing to unveil the peculiarities of thermally-driven morphogenesis of niobium nanoparticles by a combination of cutting-edge X-ray diagnostic techniques. The paper is available online in Materials Chemistry and Physics journal.
Prof. Andrei Choukourov and his colleagues from Belgium and Italy have authored a Featured Article on plasma technology in antibacterial surface engineering published in the Journal of Applied Physics.
The details can be found here.
We have received two new grant projects funded by the Czech Science Foundation with the solution period 2022-24:
- Synthesis of metal oxide-based nanomaterials for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy by plasma-based gas aggregation sources (doc. Ondřej Kylián)
- Capabilities of thin films on the border of classical and plasma polymers (Dr. Jaroslav Kousal)
We are deeply saddened to announce that the founder of our department and its long-term head Associate Professor Ivo Chudáček, died suddenly on 10/11/2021 at the age of 89.
Honor his memory!!!
Our collaboration with the NIMS Institute in Tsukuba, Japan, resulted in an accepted article Molecular Rotor based on an Oxidized Resorcinarene dealing with molecular motors.
In cooperation with JČU, we managed to prepare an LSPR sensor based on silver nanoparticles. The obtained results are summarized in the article Ag nanoparticles immobilized on C:H:N:O plasma polymer film by elevated temperature for LSPR sensing, which was accepted for publication.
On February 10 and 11, 2022, we are organizing an international workshop Plasma-Assisted Nanomaterials Engineering on the Troja campus.
