Staff

• Material processing:
  • Solid state synthesis of functional ceramics
  • Hydrothermal synthesis of nanomaterials
• Advanced TEM characterization and method developments:
  • Structural and chemical characterization of materials and correlation to properties at high spatial resolution
  • Quantitative atomic-scale studies of crystal structure, chemistry and bonding of interfaces and nanostructures
  • Quantitative atomic resolution HRTEM and HAADF/ABF/BF STEM image analysis
  • Quantitative EELS analysis
• In situ transmission electron microscopy:
  • In situ heating and cooling TEM experiments
  • In situ studies of structural phase transitions

• Photocatalysis
• Photoelectrocatalysis
• Photocatalytic reactors
• Supported photocatalysts
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Field of research:

• High-temperature reactions
• Phase equilibria
• Microstructure development,
• Zinc Oxide ceramics
• Varistors
• Oxide thermoelectrics
• Scanning electron microscopy – SEM
• Electron microprobe analysis-WDS
• Qualitative, quantitative analysis
• Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanostructures and nanopowders

Field of interests:

• Administration & Support
• Organisation of events
• Photography

Field of research:

• Nanostructural coatings for bone implants
• Bioactive glass
• Titania (anatase)
• Sol-gel synthesis
• Hydrothermal synthesis

• Dry and wet materials processing
• Metallographic sample preparation
• Dilatometry
• Porosimetry
• Materials mechanical properties evaluation

Field of research:

• Additive manufacturing of metals and ceramics
• Materials for fusion applications
• Silicon carbide ceramics
• SiCf/SiC composites
• W-based materials

Field of research:

• Hard magnetic materials
• Intermetallic alloys – thin films and nanostructures
• Magnetocaloric materials
• Effect of processing on microstructure and physical properties
• Applications of high-energy permanent magnets in ecology
• The influence of magnetic field on crystallisation
• Complex metallic alloys

• Ab-initio electronic structure calculations, based on the density functional theory, focused on magnetic properties of solids, namely hyperfine parameters, nonlinear magnetoelastic effects, X-ray magnetic dichroism (XMCD) spectra…

• Electrochemical study and deposition of magnetic thin films, nanowires and nanotubes based on Fe-Pd and Co-Pt system
• Multifunctional nanomaterials based on magnetic (FePt, Fe3O4) and optically active components (Au) for bioapplications such as magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic hyperthermia, photo-thermal and sensing
• Formation of »smart nanocarriers« made of SiO2, biopolymers (chitosan, gelatine, etc.) and thermo-responsive liposomes

• synthesis of nanostructured oxide materials,
• photocatalytic reactors,
• electron microscopy.

Field of research:

• Biomaterials
• Materials for fusion applications
• Composites
• Colloidal processing
• Electrophoretic deposition
• Nanotoxicology
• Promotion of science

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Field of research:

• ZnO ceramics
• Varistors
• Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanostructures and nanopowders
• Scanning electron microscopy

• Slip casting ceramics process

• Atomic-level studies of polytypic phase transitions, twinning, epitaxy, nucleation of planar faults; atomic structure & chemistry of twin boundaries, inversion boundaries, antiphase boundaries, low-angle tilt grain boundaries; special grain boundaries and their relation to exaggerated and anisotropic crystal growth; microstructure development.

• Electrochemical sensors for chemical species in food and enviroment based on metallic nanowires, nanotubes and nanoparticles

• Design of additive-manufactured magnets in the frame of classical electrodynamics by applying finite-elements method

• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, dynamic systems
• Renewable energy, smart mobility, systems integration
• Research strategy and management

Field of research:

• Electroplating, magnetic nanowires,
  nanotubes and thin films
• Co-Pt hard magnetic materials
• Fe-Pd hard magentic and magnetic
  shape memory materials
• Atomic force microscopy/magnetic force microscopy