Department of Surface and Plasma Science

New PhD Theses (2025/2026):

Physics of Plasma and Ionized Media

Reactions of anions with neutral molecules at low temperatures (2025)
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Radek Plašil, Ph.D.
Consultant: RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D.

Space plasma environment of Mars (2025)
Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.

Mapping the distribution and composition of dust around Saturn (2025)
Supervisor: RNDr. Libor Nouzák, Ph.D.

Surface and Interface Physics

Functionalization of Pt-doped cerium oxide films by bio- and organic molecules (2025)
Supervisor: Ing. Nataliya Tsud, Dr.
Consultant: Prof. Mgr. Iva Matolínová, Dr., RNDr. Ing. Tomáš Skála, Ph.D.

Operando investigation of nanostructured catalysts for water electrolyzers and elucidation of their degradation mechanisms (2025)
Supervisor: RNDr. Peter Kúš, Ph.D.

Weakly interacting molecules on model surfaces: A combined near-ambient pressure STM and XPS study (2025)
Supervisor: RNDr. Peter Matvija, Ph.D.

Mixed cerium oxide-based model surfaces studied by near-ambient pressure STM and XPS (2025)
Supervisor: RNDr. Peter Matvija, Ph.D.

Anion exchange polymer electrolytes for electrochemical systems (2025)
Supervisor: Yevheniia Lobko, Ph.D.
Consultant: Dr. Kateryna Fatyeyeva (University Rouene Normandie, France)