Main research topics
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Surface and interface phenomena
Our daily experience with surfaces is determined by properties accessible to our senses - friction, adhesion, wetting, and optical properties. To observe and understand surfaces at the atomic level, however, elaborate experimental approaches are required. Surface science is an interdisciplinary endeavor elucidating surface and interface related phenomena in electronics, medicine or catalysis.
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Model catalysis
Understanding heterogeneous catalysis, i.e. chemical reactions between molecules adsorbed on a solid surface, centers around the notion of an active site. Surface science allows us to experimentally construct model active sites as atomically presise arrangements of surface atoms, and investigate their structure, stability, reactivity and selectivity in gas reaction environments.
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Model electrocatalysis
Activation of chemical reactions with electricity, instead of heat, represents a key concept of renewable energy technologies. In this context, surface of an electrode constitutes an electrocatalyst. Surface science allows to implement model catalysis approach in the field of electrocatalysis and investigate stability, reactivity and selectivity of of electrodes towards electrochemical reactions.
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Gas sensors
Adsorption of molecules on a surface changes many of the surface properties. Integration of an active surface within a suitable electronic device gives rise to a sensor. Sensors are indispensable in environmental and process safety, e.g. in the context of detecting odourless but explosive or poisonous energy carriers like H2, CO or methane.
Usefull links
- Surface Science group leaflet (PDF, in Czech)
- Opportunities for students
- Bachelor (Bc.) works
- Master (Mgr.) works
- PhD study programmes (current topics)
- Student Summer projects
- Student Faculty Grants - Teaching schedule for current academic year
- List of publications
- by author, by year - Department of Surface and Plasma Science
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
- Charles University
Our scientific team
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