Petr Malinsky

Faculty of Pedagogy and Faculty of Science, J.E.Purkynje University in Usti nad Labem

Specialization - Tutorship of Physics and Mathematics - MSc study

Faculty of Science, J.E.Purkynje University in Usti nad Labem - PhD student

Metal nano-particles in polymers prepared by ion implantation and their characterization

MSc. - 2007

PhD., RNDr. - 2015

Since 2005 (full-time since 2009)

Tandetron Laboratory of Nuclear Physics Institute of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Řež

Experience:

• Ion beam analysis of solid surfaces

  • Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy – stoichiometry of solids and elements depth profiling, Rutherford and non-Rutherford scattering, surface roughness influence on the RBS

  • Elastic Recoil Analysis – hydrogen depth profiling

  • RBS-channeling – characterization of implanted crystals

• Study of polymer modification – synthesis and characterization of metal/polymer nano-composite prepared by ion beam implantation

• Ion beam implantation

• Thin layers preparation by magnetron sputtering

• Co-operation on the actuating software for new goniometer

Since 2013

J. E. Purkynje University in Ústí nad Labem, tutorship of lectures and practical of Atomic and Nuclear Physics

2007-2015, PhD student

J. E. Purkynje University in Ústí nad Labem

Topics of the thesis – Preparation of the nano-composites metal/polymer using of ion beam implantation.

• Characterization of the prepared nano-structure

• • • degradation of polymer matrix due the radiation damage

    • morphology of metal nano-particles and modified structure

    • electrical properties of prepared nano-composite

• Study of surface roughness influence on the RBS spectra.

Since 2011, (2 weeks in each year) visiting researcher

Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf

Experience: Ion beam analysis (Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy, RBS-channeling, and TOF- ERDA). SPIRIT infrastructure proposal

Projects:

P108/12/G108 - Preparation, modification and characterization of materials by radiation; team member

P108/11/0958 - Investigation of point defects in ZnO and their interaction with hydrogen and nitrogen; team member.

14-12837S - Interaction of hydrogen isotopes with candidate fusion materials; team member

LM 2011019 - Center of Accelerators and Nuclear Analytical Methods; team member

SGS UJEP 53222 15 0004 01 - Depth profiling of elements using of RBS method in samples with complicated surface morphology - application on the nano-structural materials; solver

Research activities:

Ion beam analysis research (RBS, ERDA, RBS channelling, and TOF spectrometry); accelerator technology, instrumentation and application in material science (ion beam implantation); characterization and preparation of nano-structures for photonics, spintronics and other application prepared in polymers, glasses and crystalline materials; study of growth, modification and structure of thin layers or multilayers used in microelectronics, optics, optoelectronics and medicine using ion beam analytical methods; using of RBS-channelling to study crystalline materials and host atom positions; study of surface roughness influence on spectra of back-scattered ions during the ion beam analysis; magnetron sputtering; simulation of energy loss and straggling of energetic ions using SRIM and TRIDYNE; image analysis of the TEM results using MATLAB; AFM analysis with using GWYDDION; programming (Fortran, C, Matlab, Mathematica).

2008 and 2012 – Rector’s J. E. Purkynje University award for extraordinary results in research activities

42 original publications in reviewed journals and about 131 citations, h index 7 (source WOS).