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Creep machines of Kappa series at IPM are presented as a success story of Zwick/Roell company

Zwick/Roell company presents on its website research of material in IPM using creep machines and machines for quasi-static tests at very high temperatures (up to 1600 °C).
25 years of successful cooperation between IPM and the Institute of Biomaterials in Erlangen

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini from Institute of Biomaterials of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg and Prof. Ivo Dlouhy from IPM who met recently at the KMM VIN General Assembly in Brussels, reviewed their 25 years of research collaborations.
When it is good to be rusty!

The influence of air humidity on fatigue life of railway axles is explained by Pavel Hutař and Tomáš Vojtek in the interview When it is good to be rusty!
Jaroslav Heyrovsky Medal awarded to Professor Alan T. Dinsdale

The Institute of Physics of Materials held a celebratory Symposium on the 12th and 13th of December 2019 on the occasion of presenting the Jaroslav Heyrovsky Medal of Merit in Chemical Sciences to Professor Alan T. Dinsdale, awarded to him by the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Tammann Commemorative Medal was awarded to Jiří Svoboda

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (DGM), RNDr. Jiří Svoboda, CSc., DSc. was awarded by the Tammann Commemorative Medal.
We calculate on the first quantum computer accessible to the world

We use remote access to the world’s first quantum computer accessible to the public. On July 22, 2019, Bc. Ivana Miháliková used a remote access from our institute to the quantum computer IBM Quantum Experience to successfully run her first calculation there.
4th Summer School of Transmission Electron Microscopy in IPM

Within the Program New materials based on metals ceramics and composites, prof. Antonín Dlouhý organized the fourth year of the Summer School of Transmission Electron Microscopy in IPN on 9 – 12 July 2019. Two groups of participants attended the school, differing in their practical knowledge in the use of transmissions electron microscopy for material […]
Publication of J. Svoboda in a journal Progress in Materials Science

RNDr. Jiří Svoboda, CSc., DSc. published the results of his research as part of the GAČR 17-01641S project in a prestigious journal Progress in Materials Science. This journal publishes the latest findings leading to significant improvements in material properties.
The Science Festival 2019 was again very successful

Quality exhibits and accompanying program attracted a record number of visitors to the Science Festival organized by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Open House at Research Infrastructure of the IPM

Open Day not only for industrial partners was held on May 23, 2019 at the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences. This successful event, supported by the Strategy AV21, was attended by representatives of industrial companies and research organizations from all over the Czech Republic.