Award for lifelong merit for prof. Šob
20.1.2022 On 19 January 2022, the Honorary Medal of Ernst Mach for his merits in the physical sciences, was handed over to Professor Mojmír Šob, the world’s leading expert in the field of theoretical physics and solid state chemistry, at the Institute of Physics of Materials.
New microscope for materials research
20.1.2022 After two years of preparations, on January 19, 2022, we put into operation a new top transmission electron microscope. At the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, the device with the ability to see individual atoms will be used for research and development of new materials. Even microscopic […]
Award for long-term cooperation with the PBS Velká Bíteš, a.s.
1.10.2021 The Association of Innovative Entrepreneurship of the Czech Republic awarded Innovation of the year 2020 for New types of castings of expansion heads produced by První brněnská strojírna (PBS) Velká Bíteš, a.s. This result has been achieved thanks to the long-term cooperation with the Institute of Physics of Materials CAS.
Award – Business project of the year 2020
2.7.2021 On June 29, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, together with the The Business and Innovation Agency, organized the award ceremony for the results of research projects from the Business Project of the Year 2020 competition. První brněnská strojírna Velká Bíteš a.s. together with the Institute of Physics of Materials CAS and UJP Praha, […]
Invitation to INNOFAT webinar
11.5.2021 This webinar is organized as part of the RFCS project INNOFAT, (Innovative approach to improve fatigue performance of automotive components aiming at CO2 emissions reduction).
IPM thrives with industry partners
9.3.2021 On 26.2.2021, the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA ČR) announced on its website the updated results of the 3rd Public Competition of the Programme for the Promotion of Industrial Research and Experimental Development – TREND – Subprogram 1 – “Technological Leaders”.
More than 1,500 citations of the work on the study of silver nanoparticle synthesis
26.2.2021 The article titled „Silver Colloid Nanoparticles, Characterization, and Their Antibacterial Activity“ exceeded 1,500 citations in 2020 (according to the WoS database). This significant response reflects the long-term relevance of the silver nanoparticle’s extraordinary antibacterial, antiviral, and antiproliferative properties in medical applications. The work was conducted in collaboration with three research institutes – Palacky University in […]
The project Mobility of PhD students of the IPM selected among the „BEST“ of the OP RDE
4.12.2020 At the end of the Operational Program Research, Development and Education (2014-2020), in which more than 16,000 projects were implemented, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports published a brochure dedicated to the “BEST” on the management and implementation of this program. Page 11 of the brochure is devoted to the project of foreign mobility […]
1000 Citations of the publication of Antonín Dlouhý
24.11.2020 The WOS database has recently reported more than 1000 citation records registered for the publication by F. Otto, A. Dlouhý, Ch. Somsen, H. Bei, G. Eggeler and E.P. George: The influences of temperature and microstructure on the tensile properties of a CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy, Acta Materialia, 2013, vol. 61, p. 5743-5755.
Creep machines of Kappa series at IPM are presented as a success story of Zwick/Roell company
20.4.2020 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).
