Institute of Physics: Physics and technology of nanostructures, surfaces and thin films

Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i.
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Physics and technology of nanostructures, surfaces and thin films

The subject is research of modern forms of solids that offer or promise practical use – e.g. light emitting nanostructures, scintillation materials, silicon or diamond thin films, magnetic materials possessing extreme physical properties and materials with aperiodic structure. Advanced technologies, unique experimental methods, microphysical theoretical models and ab–initio calculations will be combined. Studied materials and goals are: a) Silicon – growth of thin microcrystallic films, definition of structure with nanometer resolution, its effect for transport and optical properties, utilisation for photovoltaic cells. b) A3B5 type semiconductors – quantum effects at heterostructures, superlattices and nanostructures, bringing principal innovations in microelectronics. c) oxides and metal compounds of rare earth and transitive elements – effects with extremely strong response to external condition changes at magnetic multilayers and nanosegregated materials.