IPM will have a new associate professor – Ondřej Zobač
27.3.2026 Our young colleague, Ondřej Zobač, M.Sc., Ph.D., has achieved another milestone in his professional career. On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, he successfully defended his habilitation thesis „Experimental and Theoretical Study of Phase Diagrams“, at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University.
Assoc. Prof. Ondrej Hovorka: Machine learning of dynamics of magnetic nanoparticles for medical technologies (02.04.2026 at 10 am)
24.3.2026 The seminar entitled Machine learning of dynamics of magnetic nanoparticles for medical technologies will be given by Assoc. Prof. Ondrej Hovorka from University of Southampton, UK on April 2, 2026, at 10:00 am in the IPM lecture hall. The seminar will be held in English.
TMS 2026 Annual Meeting & Exhibition
24.3.2026 Assoc. Prof. Roman Gröger, Dr. Milan Heczko, and Ph.D. student Ankit Yadav represented the research conducted at the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IPM CAS) at the 155th annual congress of materials science and engineering, TMS2026. This event, the largest of its kind in the world, attended this year […]
How Semiconductors for Modern Electronics Are Made
17.3.2026 Ing. Jakub Pongrácz successfully defended his doctoral thesis focused on the early stages of heteroepitaxial growth of semiconductor films.
Days of Electron Microscopy 2026: Explore the microworld of metals and materials with us
11.3.2026 Come and see what an electron microscope can reveal about the internal structure of metals and why that structure plays such a key role in determining material properties.
Plastic deformation delocalization mechanism opens a route to designing more fatigue-resistant alloys
10.3.2026 Dr. Milan Heczko from the Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, was part of an international research team, which identified a fundamental deformation mechanism that can be leveraged to greatly enhance the fatigue properties of metals, opening the door to a new strategy for designing fatigue-resistant alloys.
32nd Colloquium on Fatigue Mechanisms in Vienna
26.2.2026 This long-standing international colloquium once again brought together experts in fatigue research to share the latest findings and discuss current scientific challenges.
8th International Conference Non-Traditional Cement & Concrete
19.2.2026 The Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce the 8th International Conference Non-Traditional Cement & Concrete (NTCC 2026), which will take place 21–24 June 2026 in Brno, Czech Republic.
New European Patent: Sustainable Production of Nanofibrillated Cellulose
16.2.2026 We are proud to share that Ing. Luca Bertolla, Ph.D. and his team have been granted the European patent WO 2025/244586 A1, protecting an innovative method for the production of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC).
An Article in Vesmír: „Can Rare Earth Elements Be Replaced?“
11.2.2026 Rare earth elements are essential for modern technologies, yet their availability is limited and strategically sensitive. The search for viable alternatives therefore represents a key challenge in contemporary materials science.
