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Pavel Kocan joins the EIC FAST consortium
Our group joined the EIC-funded FAST consortium on Functionalised Activated Sapphire Thin-disks.
Current and selected historical news from the two former groups. Visibility of each archive item can be controlled in the CMS.
Our group joined the EIC-funded FAST consortium on Functionalised Activated Sapphire Thin-disks.
Not all heterogeneous catalysis has to take part at the solid-gas or solid-liquid interface as conventionally assumed. We provided first experimental evidence that the exceptional activity of h-BN and other boron-based solids in some reactions is facilitated by release of volatile boron oxide (BOₓ) species prior the reaction.
Two complementary surface-physics teams are joining forces in a single research group.
Open opportunities connected with current ERC, EIC and surface-science projects.
A new paper demonstrates real-space tracking of polarons by STM/AFM.
A visiting PhD student from Jagiellonian University joined the group to work on ferroelectric perovskites.
Aji Alexander completed his PhD work on perovskite oxide surfaces and their interaction with adsorbates and light.
Visiting Master student Ugo worked on prototype lithium-niobate sensors for scanning probe microscopy.
Roser Fernandez Climent secured independent funding for her research at the interface of electrochemistry and surface science.
Martin Setvin has awarded with the prestigious ERC consolidator grant for his project "SPOT-Single Polaron Tracking" The project will start in 2025 and last for 5 years. The aim of the project is to obtain the complete picture of polaron dynamics in ionic materials.
The cover page of the recent issue of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics highlights research conducted by our group and and our collaborators from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. It is dealing with properties of cerium oxide nanoparticles in the alkaline electrolyte.
Roser Fernandez Climent received the Best Visual Student Paper Prize at the 2024 E-MRS Fall Meeting.
Roser joined as a postdoctoral researcher, bringing electrochemistry expertise to the surface-science programme.
Martin Setvin received the prestigious Neuron award in the young scientist category.
After a research stay in San Sebastián, Jesus returned to Prague to continue work connecting surface science and electrochemistry.
Sreehari joined the cryogenic nc-AFM/STM programme with a research focus on polarons.
A large collaborative project has started in October 2023 named Quantum Materials for Sustainable Technologies (QM4ST). 4 institutes from Pilsen, Prague and Brno are involved, the total funding is 20M EUR for 5 years. The main focus is developing new materials with tailored properties.
