18 Oct 2023

Looking back at Researcher's Night 2023

Mystery was the theme of this year's Night of Scientists, held on 6 October. Around 1,500 visitors came to the premises. Animators from the Institute of Plasma Physics and Technology and the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics offered an exciting program about physics for all ages.

11 Oct 2023

Scientists have observed the Galactic Center for the first time thanks to the JWST

An international team of scientists, including astrophysicist Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, has identified a young stellar cluster in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the center of our Galaxy. Scientists were surprised by the age of observed objects and for the first time published the spectrum of the center of our galaxy taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

9 Oct 2023

Josja Van Bever from Belgium researches the double hysteresis behavior of reactive sputtering

Josja Van Bever, a PhD student from Ghent University, has shortly joined the Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructures research group at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology. He studies the double hysteresis behavior of the reactive magnetron sputtering process.

28 Sep 2023

Open Day 2023

The Open Day 2023 at the Faculty of Science MU was held on Saturday, 23 September. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., there was a program for those interested in our study offer and a joint stand of all physics departments.

26 Sep 2023

QUVIK will become the first Czech space telescope Astrophysicists from Masaryk University lead the scientific part of the project.

Green light has been given to QUVIK (Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonovae Surveyor), which will become the first Czech space telescope. The scientific part of the project will be managed by astrophysicists from Masaryk University. Experts from the Czech Ministry of Transport and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected two out of seven Czech space projects proposed, one of which was QUVIK, a space telescope optimised for the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, which will focus on sources of gravitational waves that arise from collisions of black holes and neutron stars. The project will be led by the Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLÚ).

22 Sep 2023

Tomáš Hoder as an invited professor at the Université de Toulouse in France

Tomáš Hoder, leader of the Plasma Diagnostics and Modelling research group at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology, travelled to France in September 2023. As an invited professor, he works with French colleagues on research on barrier discharges in CO2.

17 Sep 2023

Scholarships 2023

Keep up with the latest competitions, scholarships and grants for physics students!

15 Sep 2023

Pilot deposition experiments of X2BC system in Japan

Scientists from the Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructures research group of the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology traveled to Japan to conduct pilot experiments. Nb2BC-based layers could offer an attractive combination of mechanical properties: hardness and flexibility. 

15 Sep 2023

Physics at the Festival of Science 2023

The Festival of Science 2023 was held at the Brno Exhibition Centre from Friday 8 September to Sunday 10 September 2023. Around 10,000 visitors had the opportunity to peek into the attractive world of science, technology, and history. All three physics department of Masaryk University presented their program to the visitors. The event was organized by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium with the support of the Statutory City of Brno and the South Moravian Region.

7 Sep 2023

New numerical models for the design of ductile hard layers

Dr. Pavel Ondračka from the Department of Physics and Technology 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.

5 Sep 2023

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees – September/October 2023

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees for September and October 2023.

1 Sep 2023

The new name of DPE from 1 September 2023

From 1 September 2023, the name of the Department of Physical Electronics of the Faculty of Science will change. The new Czech name is "Ústav fyziky a technologií plazmatu" (abbreviation ÚFTP). The English equivalent is "Department of Plasma Physics and Technology" (abbreviation DPPT).

31 Aug 2023

The Smoking Gun for Supermassive Binaries in Active Galactic Nuclei

An international research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has investigated blazars, accreting supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. An important member of the team was astrophysicist Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. Their findings are presented in the Astrophysical Journal.

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.

15 Aug 2023

Flame retardant research

Scientists from the Applied Plasmochemistry Research Group of the Institute of Applied Plasmochemistry are also involved in purely chemical experiments. One such project is the project of Dr. Alberti, Dr. Pijáková, and Dr. Prokeš focused on research and preparation of additives for epoxy resins, which act as flame retardants.

2 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 and more about her life.

31 Jul 2023

New optional physics courses in 2023/24

Take a look at NEW optional physics courses available for the school year 2023/24.

31 Jul 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.

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. Get to know him through our interview.

Opravné státní závěrečné zkoušky září 2023