Department of Functional Materials

The Functional materials department was established at IP ASCR as a new department in January 2009. It brought together researchers working in the field of functional engineering materials and nanostructured diamond thin films. Presently the activities of the department are focused on the following topics:

• Functional engineering materials for smart structures and composites
• Smart textiles with NiTi shape memory alloy filaments
• Preparation and characterisation of nanodiamond thin films by plasma enhanced microwave CVD system
• Quantum chemistry of nanomaterials for bioapplications and molecular electronics
• Magnetic shape memory materials
• Advanced intermetallic alloys: casting, characterization and single crystal growth
• Engineering metallurgy with synchrotrons and neutrons
• In-situ TEM, X-ray and neutron diffraction investigations of deformation processes in materials
• Department website here.

Research groups and projects

• Functional Materials and Composites research group
  See current research projects.
• Materials for Nanosystems and Biointerfaces research group
  See current research projects.
• Magnetic Shape Memory and Magnetocaloric Materials research group
  See current research projects.
• Physical Properties of Biomaterials research group
  See current research projects.

News

• See latest department news.

Website of the Department of Functional Materials

• Find more information on the website of the Department of Functional Materials

  Contacts

  Department head Dr. P. Šittner, (email: sittnerfzu [dot] cz (sittner at fzu.cz), tel.: +420 266 052 657)
  Deputy head O. Heczko, PhD. (email: heczkofzu [dot] cz (heczko at fzu.cz), tel.: +420 266 052 714)
  
  Secretary M. Boháčková (email: bohacekmfzu [dot] cz (bohacekm at fzu.cz), tel.: +420 266 052 613)
  Address
  Institute of Physics of the AS CR, v.v.i.
  Na Slovance 2
  182 21 Prague
  Czech Republic
  Fax: +420286 890 527