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.
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.
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.
New TGA/DSC-MS device for measuring hydrogen desorption
2.8.2024 A new TGA/DSC-MS device (Linesis PT1000 STA + QMS) for simultaneous thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric analysis was purchased at IPM as part of the MATUR project. The equipment was purchased primarily to measure the temperature and kinetics of hydrogen desorption, which L. Král works on at IPM.
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.
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 […]
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? […]
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).
30th Colloquium on Fatigue Mechanism
8.4.2024 On 23 and 24 April 2024, the Institute of Physics of Materials hosted the 30th Colloquium on Fatigue Mechanisms. Thanks to the organizational team led by prof. Ludvík Kunz and prof. Tomáš Kruml, and also thanks to many participating researchers from Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, the colloquium series was […]
Professor Fekl lectured on quantum computers
10.11.2023 On October 16 and 17, the Institute of Physics of Materials (IPM) hosted Professor Ulrich W. Fekl from the University of Toronto in Canada. Professor Fekl is an expert on the use of quantum computers in chemistry and material sciences. In addition to getting to know the research topics of the IPM and a number […]
