Department of Condensed Matter Physics ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** - Crystal growth using various techniques (Czochralski, Bridgman, floating zone, flux) - High-pressure studies of electronic properties of material - Measurements of magnetic properties at low temperatures and high magnetic fields - Neutron scattering techniques to study structure and dynamics in solids - Synthesis and physical properties of hydrides - X-ray scattering (diffraction in various geometries including grazing incidence, reflect EXAFS. etc.) - X-ray powder diffraction (phase analysis, determination of microstrain, crystallite size residual stress) - X-ray scattering theory (kinematical, dynamical) - Investigation of self-organization during epitaxial growth (experiment and theory) ****************************************************************************************** * Expertise ****************************************************************************************** - Study of physical properties of materials using a broad spectrum of techniques as magnet capacity, electrical resistivity, thermal expansion in a wide temperature range, in high m and under high external pressures - Structural characterization of bulk crystalline samples as well as thin magnetic, ferroe multiferroic layers or nanomaterials - Ab initio theory of electronic structure of solids ****************************************************************************************** * Research Areas & Excellence ****************************************************************************************** The Department main mission is the research and education in the field of solid state phys on electronic properties of materials. This mission is realized by a broad spectrum of exp and theoretical research topics with an essential involvement of students and intensive in collaboration, including active participation in European large research infrastructures. ****************************************************************************************** * Key Research Equipment ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Sample Synthesis Equipment *========================================================================================= - SSE (Solid State Electrotransport) for materials Magnetization densities in magnetically purification - Tri-arc furnace for single crystal growth using the Czochralski technique - Optical furnace for single crystal growth - Induction furnace - Splat-cooling system for production of amorphous materials - Hydrogenation equipment - Vacuum unit and furnaces for flux growth *========================================================================================= * Structure Analysis *========================================================================================= - High-resolution x-ray diff ractometer (high temperature chamber up to 800 °C) - X-ray powder diffractometer (position sensitive detector, high-temperature chamber up to - Low-temperature X-ray diffractometer (closed cycle He cryostat) - X-ray diffractometer with a large twodimensional detector for single-crystal diffraction - General purpose X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku SmartLab 9kW) - SAXS X-ray diffractometer (Xeuss 2.0 SAXS/WAXS System) - Universal static-dynamic deformation and fatigue machine (Instron ElectroPuls E10000) *========================================================================================= * Physical Properties *========================================================================================= - PPMS9, PPMS14, MPMS7XL Quantum Design instruments for various measurements in a wide ran temperatures and magnetic fields, dilution refrigerator (Tmin~30mK) for use in 9T magnet a (Tmin~300mK) in 20T magnet - CCR (Closed-Cycle Cryocooler) for measurements of resistivity and thermal expansion - Several types of pressure cells for high-pressure measurements up to 15 GPa - Thermal analysis: DSC, DTA, TGA (SETSYS Evolution TGA-DTA/ DSC SETARAM) *========================================================================================= * Large Infrastructure Instruments *========================================================================================= - ThALES (Three Axis Instrument for Low Energy Spectrometry), installed at ILL Grenoble *========================================================================================= * Main Projects *========================================================================================= - Research Infrastructure – Materials Growth and Measurement Laboratory - Coordinating the projects related to the participation of the Czech Republic in ILL Gren Infrastructure project LM2015050 and INTER-TRANSFER project LTT1701 financed by Ministry o Youth and Sports, Czech Republic) - Center of spintronics, Project of Excellence No. 14-37427G, Czech Science Foundation, to Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, the main coordinator is the Institute of Physic of Science - NANOCENT – Nanomaterials Centre for Advanced Applications, reg. num. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/ Project funded by EU funds call – Excellent Research Teams, implemented together with Depa of Materials - MATFUN – Physics Martensitic Transformations for the Functionality Enhancement of Crysta and Nanostructures, reg. num. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000487 - Project funded by EU funds call – Excellent Research Teams, implemented together with In Physics of Charles University *========================================================================================= * Academic and Research Partners *========================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Academic Partners ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Institut Laue-Langevin Grenoble - Technische Universität Wien - Uppsala University - Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai - Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe - Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln - National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba - J. Kepler Universität Linz - Helmholtzzetrum Dresden-Rossendorf - Institute Rudjer Bosković, Zagreb - Technical University of Freiberg - Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha - Institute of High Pressure Physics UNIPRESS (Polish Academy of Sciences) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Industrial Partners ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Vakuum Praha s.r.o., Czech Republic - Dicont a. s., Czech Republic - CRYTUR, spol. s. r. o., Czech Republic - Added Value Industrial Solutions, Eibar, Spain - Bisson Technology, France *========================================================================================= * Are you interested in this expertise? *========================================================================================= Please contact CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Phone: +420 224 491 255 *========================================================================================= * Experts and their Department *========================================================================================= Prof. Mgr. Pavel Javorský, Dr. Department of Condensed Matter Physics (KFKL) Web: http://kfkl.cz/en [ URL "http://kfkl.cz/en"]