21 Oct 2024

Lucia Švandová after 12 months in Canada

Lucia Švandová spent the last year of her Master's degree in Plasma Physics and Nanotechnology in Canada at Université Laval. Read in the interview how Lucia evaluates her internship and how it influenced her studies and future plans.

15 Oct 2024

Alex Destrieux as an invited researcher in Brno

The treatment of organic materials for photovoltaics is the research topic of Alex Destrieux. After finishing his PhD in Canada, the French scientist came to Brno to continue his work.

15 Oct 2024

Student physics lectures 2024

This year's F9878 Student Physics Seminar again offered students insight into how physics works here in Brno, what research are being done, how to choose an undergraduate or graduate thesis, what courses to take, how to travel during the studies, and many other useful things.

9 Oct 2024

Looking back at Researcher's Night 2024

Transformation was the theme of this year's Night of Scientists, held on 27 September. Around 1,200 visitors came to the premises even in the bad weather. Animators from all three physics departments offered an exciting program about physics for all ages.

12 Sep 2024

Physics at the Festival of Science 2024

The Festival of Science 2024 was held at the Brno Exhibition Centre from Friday 6 September to Sunday 8 September 2024. 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.

11 Sep 2024

HAKONE XVIII

Zdeněk Navrátil, Zdeněk Bonaventrua, Richard Krumpolec, Michal Pazderka, and Lucia Švandová presented their respective research at the international conference HAKONE XVIII – 18th International Symposium on High Pressure Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry.

26 Aug 2024

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees – September/October 2024

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees for September and October 2024.

14 Aug 2024

Experiments on composites materials in Stuttgart

Dana Skácelová and Richard Krumpolec were invited to joint experiments in Stuttgart, Germany. The scientists worked on different ways and methods of preparing composite materials used not only in the construction industry. Now the prepared materials are undergoing testing.

8 Aug 2024

David Holec and Ganesh Nayak visit

Dr. Ganesh Nayak from Aachen, Germany, and Assoc. Prof. David Holec from Leoben, Austria, are visiting the research group Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructures. Together with the PVDLab computational team, they are working on two projects.

7 Aug 2024

Collaboration with Şişecam Science, Technology and Design Center

Richard Krumpolec established a new collaboration with Şişecam, one of the largest producer of flat glass in Europe. The scientists tested the potential of plasma surface treatment on bond strength behavior of an adhesively bonded glass-polymer interface directly at Şişecam Science, Technology, and Design Center.

Opravné státní závěrečné zkoušky září 2024

30 Jul 2024

Collaboration with Tokyo Metropolitan University

Dr. Peter Klein from CEPLANT and the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology traveled to Japan to conduct joint experiments focused on the diagnostics of HiPIMS processes together with Assoc. Prof. Tetsuhide Shimizu and his team at Tokyo Metropolitan University.

26 Jul 2024

CaviPlasma – the subject of a large number of new projects

New applications of CaviPlasma technology and, in general, of low-temperature atmospheric plasmas are the subject of six new projects by scientists from the Applied Plasma Chemistry research group of the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology.

18 Jul 2024

26th ESCAMPIG 2024

The 26th ESCAMPIG conference on the physics of ionized gases organized by the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology, CEPLANT center, and the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists was successfully held at the FIT BUT in Božetěchova in Brno. 191 participants from 26 countries from all over the world attended the conference.

15 Jul 2024

CEPLANT-UP project launch

From 1 July 2024, the project No. CZ.02.01.01/00/23_015/0008177 is being implemented within the CEPLANT large research infrastructure. CEPLANT-UP is co-financed by the European Union from the Programme Johannes Amos Comenius.

1 Jul 2024

Unique patented technology for water purification

Scientists from the Applied Plasmochemistry research group of the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology have collaborated to develop a unique hydrodynamic cavitation nozzle that treats water with plasma in unprecedented quantities with high energy efficiency. This technology is suitable for industrial applications.

25 Jun 2024

Ceremonial appointment of new associate professors at physics

Ondřej Caha from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Jaroslav Hnilica from the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology as new associate professors ceremonially received their appointment decrees. The MU Rector Martin Bareš personally handed them the decrees in the refectory of the Augustinian Abbey on Mendel Square.

18 Jun 2024

Dušan Kováčik's visit at Laval Université in Canada

The leader of the Plasma Nanotechnologies and Bioapplications research group, Dušan Kováčik visits Laval Université in Québec, Canada. His trip aims to support the developing scientific cooperation with Prof. Gaetan Laroche's research group.

18 Jun 2024

Dean's Awards 2024

Tomáš Kašparovský, the dean of the Faculty of Science, awarded the best students of the Faculty of Science MU. From the physics studies, Bc. Marianna Dafčíková, Mgr. Daniel Jadlovský and Mgr. Lukáš Kusýn, Ph.D. received the award.

17 Jun 2024

Joint experiments with french colleague Simon Dap

Simon Dap from Toulouse, France, joined the scientists of the Plasma Diagnostics and Modelling research group. Simon Dap is a researcher at the Laboratoire LAPLACE, Université Paul Sabatier, and works on atmospheric pressure discharge physics and optical diagnostics.