IPM completed the construction of the Electron Microscopy Centre

19.3.2025
The construction of the Electron Microscopy Centre has been completed at the Institute of Physics of Materials of the CAS. In the new building, a total of 5 rooms for 2 transmission and 3 scanning electron microscopes, including the necessary facilities and laboratories for sample preparation have been built. Read article

Entropy Matters! Czech Research Advances Materials Development

4.3.2025
A team of scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences and Masaryk University, of which Prof. Mojmír Šob, emeritus scientist at the Institute of Physics of Materials, is also a member, has made a major contribution to research into the accumulation of impurities at the interface between crystals, a phenomenon having caused e.g. a series […] Read article

We invite you to the exhibition Genius Material

28.2.2025
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Institute of Physics of Materials invite you to an exhibition entitled Genius Material. You can look forward to 19 exhibits – various materials and interesting related facts. Read article

Institute of Materials Physics to Focus on Safety in Sustainable Transport and Energy

27.2.2025
On 19 February 2025, the main building of the Institute of Physics of Materials of the CAS (IPM) hosted the kick-off meeting of the project Partnership for Safety in Sustainable Transport and Energy (PSSITE), implemented under the call for intersectoral cooperation of the OP JAK managed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of […] Read article

First 3D multi-materials printer Lithoz CeraFab Multi 2M30 in the Czech Republic

27.1.2025
As part of the MEBioSys project, a CeraFab Multi 2M30 multi-material 3D printer from Lithoz, working on the DLP (Digital Light Processing) principle, was purchased and put into operation. Read article

New electrodynamic fatigue machine in our laboratories

9.12.2024
As part of the MeBioSys project, an electrodynamic fatigue testing system was purchased for the high-cycle fatigue group laboratory. It is a universal system for cyclic and static testing of materials in the temperature range from -60°C to 180°C. The system consists of an Instron E20000 electrodynamic test stand and a Weiss Technik TensileEvent climatic […] Read article

New alloy with unique properties developed

5.12.2024
Two scientists from the Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dr. Veronika Mazánová and Dr. Milan Heczko, were part of an international study, which led to the development of new CrCoNi alloy exhibiting unique combination of yield strength and fracture toughness at room and cryogenic temperatures (77 K, -196 °C), exceeding the […] Read article