Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

Antonín Šimůnek

Hardness and stiffness of materials are different quantities describing properties of solids. Stiffness describes how much it resists being temporarily stretched or compressed, springing back when force is released. In contrast, its hardness is resistance of material to permanent shape change, which happens when atoms are pushed to new locations.

Ondřej Šipr, Pavel Machek

Our focus is on qualitative and quantitative understanding of relation between geometric and spectroscopic properties of materials, with special emphasis on clusters and nanostructures. Studying these materials is interesting both for fundamental reasons (they form a link between atoms and solids) and for practical reasons (because of potential use of these materials in information and other technologies).

Karel Jurek, Markéta Jarošová, Ivo Drbohlav

The aim of this research project that is realized in cooperation with Institute of Glass and Ceramics of the University of Chemical Technology, Prague is systematic study of the influence of electrons injected under the surface of silica glasses irradiated by the electron beam on the stimulated diffusion of alkali ions and cons

Michal Dušek, Karla Fejfarová, Michaela Pojarová

Structure analysis of single crystals focuses especially on measurement and calculation atomic structures of crystals for other research groups.