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10 Apr

A visit from HAWK scientists

Prof. Christoph Gerhard and his colleagues visited their project partners at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and the CEPLANT Centre in the second week of April 2024. Together, they are working on the functionalization of fibers.

8 Apr

Central European Platform for Plasma-enabled Surface Engineering begins

Since April 2024 for the next three years, CEPLANT center will lead the project COLOSSE funded by the Pathways to Synergies Call 2023 (Horizon Europe). COLOSSE connects Czech and Slovak research facilities in plasma-enabled surface engineering and boosts their potential for Horizon Europe and future EU R&I programs.

8 Mar

ESCAMPIG 2024 2nd Announcement

ESCAMPIG 2^nd Announcement with detail information is available! The ESCAMPIG (Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Ionized Gases) is a biennial conference of EPS (European Physical Society). Conference topics are basic and applied plasma research. It will be held in Brno for the first time in Czechia on 9-13 July 2024. Join us!

4 Mar

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees – March/April 2024

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees for March and April 2024.

1 Mar

DPPT photo contest for the Picture of the Year 2024 has its winners

In February, the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology photo contest, The Picture of the Year 2024, took place. Look at the winners!

27 Feb

Plasma and crop protection

Plasma treatment of seeds offers new possibilities for decontamination and, therefore, seed protection against bacteria and fungi. The research of Assoc. Prof. Pavel Slavíček, Dr. Vlasta Štěpánová and their colleagues investigates the treatment and its functionality. Plasma treatment is suitable for replacing chemical agents that are still used to treat seeds. It can improve germination and suppress unwanted molds, which may affect the seed storability.

9 Feb

Visit of Assoc. Prof. Sebastian Dahle from Slovenia

At the end of January, a Slovenian scientist Assoc. Prof. Sebastian Dahle from Ljubljana and a doctoral candidate, Neja Bizjak, visited the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and the CEPLANT centre.

7 Feb

Canadian scientist Dr. Jacopo Profili visited the DPPT and CEPLANT Centre

In the last week of January, Canadian scientist Dr. Jacopo Profili visited the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and CEPLANT Centre. Initially a chemistry graduate, Profili is now working in Canada on preparing and modifying materials using gas discharges. As part of the INNOLEC project, he lectured on barrier dielectric discharge and its use in producing organosilicon layers.

2 Feb

Astrophysicists discover that dust in galaxies affects their distance measurements in the Universe

Dust around galactic nuclei significantly affects the measurement of their distances in the Universe. This was discovered by a team of physicists led by Michal Zajaček from the Masaryk University in Brno, who analyzed ultraviolet and X-ray data from a set of 58 active galaxies.

16 Jan

Project on functionalized fiber spectroscopy with HAWK Göttingen is halfway through

Scientists from the Plasma Nanotechnologies and Bioapplications research group at the DPPT and CEPLANT center investigate new possibilities for sample analysis using LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy). They traveled again to Göttingen, Germany, to further measure LIBS and to discuss plans for future work. The MOBILITY projects rely on reciprocal visits between international partners and their research centers.

11 Jan

Dr. Čech's research stay at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

Dr. Jan Čech from the Applied Plasmochemistry research group at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology went on a month-long research stay at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. The visit was devoted to diagnostics of the new CaviPlasma technology.

3 Jan

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees – January/February 2024

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees for January and February 2024.

21 Dec 2023

New DPPT projects at the end of 2023

At the end of 2023, two new projects were approved for DPPT scientists. Read more about the projects and their respective research topics.

13 Dec 2023

Student physics lectures 2023

The last weekend in October belonged to the Student Physics Seminar 2023. The seminar aims to transfer experiences between students of different years. First-year students learned how things work in physics studies at MU, how to choose a bachelor thesis, what courses to take, or how to study abroad. The involvement of junior students in the community of senior physics students is the basis of a friendly atmosphere between students in all three physics departments.

8 Dec 2023

New spectrophotometer expands capabilities for optical characterization of thin films and solid surfaces

In November 2023, a new Perkin Elmer Lambda 1050+ spectrophotometer expanded the DPPT fleet of instruments for optical characterization.

1 Dec 2023

ESCAMPIG 2024 1st Announcement

ESCAMPIG 1^st Announcement is here! The ESCAMPIG (Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Ionized Gases) is a biennial conference of EPS (European Physical Society). Conference topics are basic and applied plasma research. It will be held in Brno for the first time in Czechia on 9-13 July 2024.

23 Nov 2023

ESCAMPIG 2024 in Brno

9-13 July 2024 will belong to the ESCAMPIG (Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Ionized Gases). The ESCAMPIG 2024 is a biennial conference of EPS (European Physical Society). Conference topics are basic and applied plasma research. The event is organized by the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology of Masaryk University, the CEPLANT Center, and the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists.

22 Nov 2023

New decontamination chamber

Scientists from the Plasma Nanotechnologies and Bioapplications research group of the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology have developed a new prototype of a decontamination chamber. Dr. Zlata Kelar Tučeková and her team worked on this technology for two years.

20 Nov 2023

New project: Advanced optics for the application of ultrashort laser pulses in DUV, VIS and NIR

The Research Group Optics of Thin Films and Solid Surfaces is now working on the project Advanced Optics for Applications of Ultrashort Laser Pulses in the DUV, VIS and NIR Wave Region (reg. no. CZ.01.01.01/01/22_002/0000677) funded by the Operational Programme Technology and Applications for Competitiveness.

8 Nov 2023

The 2024 JUNIOR STAR grant has been awarded to astrophysicist Michal Zajaček

This year, the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic will support 17 projects as part of the JUNIOR STAR challenge, one of which will go to astrophysicists at Masaryk University. The young researcher being supported is Dr. Michal Zajaček, who has received funding for his project ‘Stars in Galactic Nuclei: Interrelation with Massive Black Holes’.