Thin Films Group
- Ferroelectric perovskites for energy conversion (M. Setvin, P. Kocan, J. Myslivecek)
- GACR EXPRO - excellence in fundamental research
- 1.3 M EUR for 5 years (1.1.2020-31.12.2024)
- The use of perovskites for renewable energy applications - catalysis, photocatalysis, pyroelectric effects
- Strong emphasis on the role of ferroelectricity and incipient ferroelectricity
- Stability and evolution of the surface termination under various conditions and during bulk phase transitions
- Polaron Tracking (M. Setvin, P. Kocan)
- ERC CZ - project funded by MSMT.
- 0.6 M EUR for 2 years (2023-2024).
- MSMT partially funds projects that passesd to the second round of evaluation in ERC, but did not receive the funding.
- The task of this project is to prove that noncontact AFM is capable of imaging polarons in real space
- Quantum Materials for Sustainable Technologies, QM4ST (M. Setvin, P. Sobotik)
- Provided by MSMT under the programme OP JAK, Excellent Research
- 20M EUR for 5 years provided to 4 research institutes in Pilsen, Prague and Brno
- 5 research groups from Charles University are involved, the total funding for CU is 4M EUR
- The project is focused on designing new materials with tailored properties.
- POLAR_PEC (Jesus Redondo)
- GACR postdoc project
- 240 k EUR for 3 years (1.1.2022-31.12.2024)
- 2 years abroad (San Sebastian, Spain) and 1 year in Prague
- Focused on hematite Fe2O3 and alumina Al2O3.