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.

1 Aug 2024

The research of antiferromagnets at Masaryk University can be a milestone in modern experimental condensed matter physics

Physicists from Masaryk University observed the fluctuating behavior of magnetic moments, which was predicted by a theory from the sixties of the last century. They contributed to a hot debate in condensed matter physics. Their experiments were performed with samples fabricated in the scientific facility CEITEC Nano. They investigated the properties of these samples in a unique spectrometer at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. They published the results of their research in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

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.

10 Jul 2024

The GRBBeta satellite is heading to space. Data from the satellite will be analysed by physicists from Masaryk University

Signals from the GRBBeta CubeSat, which will be launched by the European Space Agency's Ariane 6 rocket, will also be closely monitored by astrophysicists from Masaryk University. They have been instrumental in the preparation of the project and will analyse data from the gamma-ray burst detector on board of the satellite. The scientists will also test the smallest astrophysical camera in space, LuvCAM, which is sensitive to the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. The Ariane 6 rocket is scheduled to launch from Kourou in French Guiana on Tuesday 9 July 2024 between 20:00 and 23:00 CEST.

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.

5 Jun 2024

Zdeněk Bochníček won the Martin Černohorský's Award

JČMF bestows the Martin Černohorský's Award for those who significantly contributed to physics education. This prize in honor of the distinguished professor Martin Černohorský was awarded only for the second time. This year's first prize goes to Assoc. Prof. Zdeněk Bochníček, a Vice-Dean for Teacher Programmes at the Faculty of Science of MUNI and the head of the section Didactics of Physics, Department of Plasma Physics and Technology.

27 May 2024

Rector's awards 2024

On the occasion of the Dies academicus, the Rector awarded important personalities, scientists, and successful students in various categories. This year, the Rector's Award in physics for outstanding students of MU doctoral study programs was awarded to Július Vida. Congratulations!

23 May 2024

Astronomers measure the rotation of a supermassive black hole for the first time

Astronomers have for the first time measured the rotation of a supermassive black hole using the wobbling of gaseous material from a disintegrated star. The results, obtained by an international team of scientists, offer a new way to study supermassive black holes and their evolution in the Universe. One of the lead authors of the study published in the prestigious journal Nature was Michal Zajaček from the Masaryk University, Faculty of Science.

21 May 2024

Dr. Jakub Kelar as an invited scholar at Laval Université in Quebéc

Last year, Jakub Kelar became an invited researcher at Laval Université in Canada. He accepted the invitation of Prof. Gaétan Laroche to join their research. This year, he has gone to Canada again, works on multiple projects, and collaborates with students in teaching.

17 May 2024

CEPLANT at MUNI DAY 2024

Students and staff across Masaryk University could see what plasma technologies can do at this year's MUNI DAY 2024 event.

17 May 2024

Astrophysicist Tereza Jeřábková wins MASH grant

Researcher Tereza Jeřábková has been awarded a MUNI Award in Science and Humanities (MASH) by the MU Grant Agency. Jeřábková has spent the last several years abroad. She is the first female recipient of a MASH grant. She will work on her research, which is focused on understanding how stars develop in different environments, at the Faculty of Natural Sciences.