The festival of science and technology scored again with the visitors!

9.9.2024
The first weekend of September in Brno brought hot summer weather and a lot of fun scientific experiments at the Brno Exhibition Center. The 11th year of the Science and Technology attracted thousands of science enthusiasts. Read article

A new fatigue machine in operation

20.8.2024
The Instron 8872 servo-hydraulic pulsator is another important device acquired at the IPM within the MATUR project. Read article

Project SLON solves the banana curve dilemma

14.8.2024
The project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) is focused on developing materials that will simultaneously increase strength and ductility. The target area of use of such materials is in the structural components of reusable launch vehicles. Read article

Petra Helešicová received the Rector’s Award

9.8.2024
A recent Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT graduate, Ing. Petra Helešicová, graduated with honors and was awarded the Rector’s Award for outstanding performance during her studies. Read article

Diving into Science during Holidays

26.7.2024
Young science enthusiasts from Pardubice visited the Institute of Materials Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic on Friday, 26 July 2024, as part of the suburban Science and Technology Camp DDM Alfa Pardubice. Read article

Nanoparticles from IPM again on the front page

11.7.2024
A study focused on the gradual oxidation of cubic nanoparticles of iron oxides caught the attention of the Royal Chemical Society (RSC) journal Nanoscale (IF=6.7), which promoted the article on the front page. These are nanoparticles shared by dr. Tereza Sojková from the Gröger’s group, who focused on the topic of magnetic nanoparticles for biological […] Read article

Aleš Kroupa was elected vice-chairman of the APDIC organization

10.7.2024
Dr. Aleš Kroupa, head of the Structure of Phases and Thermodynamics Group at the IPM, has long been devoted to theoretical descriptions of phase diagrams of binary and ternary systems based on new experimental data. He is also the newly elected Vice Chairman of The Alloy Phase Diagram International Commission (APDIC). What organization is it? […] Read article

Visit of Dr. Kloenne and Dr. Egan

28.6.2024
Last week, the Institute of Physics of Materials CAS had a pleasure to host two great materials scientists and electron microscopists, Dr. Zachary T. Kloenne (currently Imperial College London) and Dr. Ashton Egan (currently FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg). Read article