Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

The activity of the department is primarily focused on the development, preparation and characterization of advanced metallic materials prospective for modern applications:

• Bulk metallic materials with ultra-fine grained and nanocrystalline structure, thin wires and micron-sized objects with exceptional mechanical properties
• Grain boundary engineering
• Oriented mono-, bi-, and tricrystals

Prepared materials with optimized structure are further analyzed on various scales ranging from atomic up to microscopic ones using the most modern methods of electron, ion and light microscopies, X–ray diffraction techniques and mechanical testing. The results are interpreted by means of theoretical models and computer simulations.

Research groups

• Group of Bulk Nanomaterials and Interfaces deals with fundamental research in a field of preparation and characterization of advanced materials with a unique structure.
• Group of X–ray investigation is concentrated in the Institute laboratory ROTAN and provides structural analysis of materials using intensive X–ray source with rotating anode.