RESEARCH OF ADVANCED MATERIALS (RAM)
WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH?
- Research and development of thin-film materials with a wide range of applications, especially for photovoltaic cells, materials for photonics and microsystem technology (in sensory and actuator microstructures)
- Electronic structure of solids and low-dimensional systems
- Development of methods for band structure calculations
- Electronic structure of materials with correlated electrons
- Electron correlations and magnetism
- Isolated and deposited magnetic clusters
- Electron spectroscopy with the main emphasis on magnetic dichroism and photoemission
- Quantum-based methods and materials design
- Characterizations advanced materials
- Quantum sensors and detectors
- Density functional theory and Green functions method
- 2D topological materials
- Novel photoemission techniques
EQUIPMENT
- SARPES instrument - photoelectron emission spectrometer with spin and angular resolution, electron analyzer PHOIBOS 150, photoemission - XPS, SPIN - angularly resolved photoemission, VUV lamp for SARPES, vacuum tank
- Deposition device - MBE System - for the preparation of monocrystalline thin films using the Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) method
- X-ray diffraction - panalytical X’Pert for automatic diffractometer, Bruker AXS D8 Discover automatic diffractometer
- Thin film deposition - BOC Edwards TF600 deposition system, SAMCO PD220N PE-CVD system, Elektrorava PE-CVD multi-chamber deposition system
- Electron Microscopy - Transmission Electron Microscopy - TEM Jeol JEM-2200FS, Scanning Electron Microscopy - EOL JSM-7600F, FEI Quanta 200
- Optical spectroscopy - Atomic spectroscopy - UV / Vis spectrophotometer Specord 210 BU, Spectroscopic ellipsometer SENTECH SE850
- Vibrational spectroscopy - FTIR Spectrometer NICOLET 380, DXR Raman spectrometer
- Fujifilm Dimatix DMP-2850 material printer
- Additional equipment - Surface morphology analysis - KLA-Tencor P-6 Profilometer, Optical microscopy - Metallographic microscope Epiphot 200, Solar cell characterization - Newport Oriel AAA class solar simulator, Measurement of volt-ampere characteristics of solar cells, measurement of quantum light absorption efficiency in semiconductor materials
- Nanoindentation and tribology - Nanoindentor XP with CSM system, High-temperature tribometer HT CSEM
- ezHEMS - Nanomagnetics Instruments - Hall-effect measuring devices - accessories for measuring at low and high temperatures
- Mechanical equipment - LectroPol 5: equipment for electropolishing and etching
- High-temperature vacuum furnace
- Chemical composition analyzer
- Computing cluster
- Precision diamond band saw - EXAKT 300 CP with accessories
- UF30plus dryer
- Hei-Connect magnetic stirrer
The offer of the RAM team
- Characterization of structural, electronic and optical properties of materials
- Prediction of material properties calculations from first principles
- Electron microscopy
- Photoemission (XPS and ARPES)
- Nanoindentation, tribology and surface morphology
- Usage:
industry (new materials, nanostructures), macroscopy, nanomechanics, energy (energy storage and management)
Reference
Cooperation with foreign research institutes:
- University of Cergy - Joint laboratory and exchange of Ph.D. students
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - Collaboration on the development of SPR-KKR software
- Université de Rennes-1/CNRS - Joint preparation of ITN and RISE projects for H2020
- Attolab
Contract research:
- LF UK v Plzni, Plzeň, ČR - XPS measurements on titanium materials
- UJP Praha a.s., Praha, ČR - Analysis on samples from zirconium alloys after oxidation
- Diamorph HOB CetrTec s.r.o., Horní Bříza, ČR - Analysis on ceramic samples
- COMTES FHT a.s., Dobřany
Cooperation with domestic research institutes:
- CEITEC Nano Research Infrastructure, Brno, ČR - research of materials with topological properties for lossless electrical signal transmission
- Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, Laboratoř LNSM (Laboratory of nanostructures and nanomaterials), Praha, ČR - výzkum antiferomagnetických materiálů
- Masarykova univerzita Brno, ČR - research of material heterostructures
- CATRIN, Czech Advanced Technology Research Institute, Olomouc
- Charles University (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Surface and Plasma Physics and Department of Condensed Matter Physics)
Partnership:
- University of Toyama, Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Research, Japonsko (prof. Keisuke Hatada) - PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
- Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea (prof. Bongjin Simon Mun) - Smlouva PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Research team
