Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

Research subjects of department 12

Preparation of novel ceramic materials, e.g. EuTiO₃
Single crystal growth, e.g. piezoelectric KIO₃
Soft chemistry technology, e.g. filling nanoporous materials with ferroelectrics

Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric structures in compounds with chiral rod-like and non-chiral bent-shaped molecules
Dielectric, electrooptic and optical properties and properties of relaxational modes in polar liquid crystals
Chirality and surface interactions of liquid crystalline phases
Defects in ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phases and their behavior in electric field
Photoelectric effect in photosensitive liquid crystals
Search for liquid crystalline monomers for synthesis of polar dimers and polymers

Dynamics of structural (namely ferroelectric) phase transitions: experiment and theory
Multiferroic materials
Ferroelectric heterostructures and strained films
Polar clusters dynamics in relaxor ferroelectrics
Effective medium theory for dielectric and piezoelectric properties
Domain walls and domain structures
Development of crystallographic databases, structural characterization of novel phase transitions