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• Hydrothermal synthesis of TiO₂ coatings
• Photocatalysis
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
• Transmision electron microscopy (TEM)
• Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

• Dental materials
• Prosthodontics
• Metal-ceramic bond
• Additive manufacturing

• Additive manufacturing
• Radiation-assisted Rapid sintering
• Ceramic Multimaterials

• Functional ceramics with perovskite structure, thermoelectrics
• 1-D oxide nanostructures
• Solar cells
• Photocatalytic (micro)reactors
• Electron microscopy (SEM, EPMA, STEM/TEM, AEM, HR HAADF-STEM)

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• Theranostic formulations
• Photothermal therapy
• Biomimetic nanostructures

Field of research:

• Non-crystalline alloys and compounds: metallic glasses, intermetallics and complex metallic alloys, quasicrystals.
• Crystal structure and local order; formation and stability of complex compounds; properties of complex metallic compounds and quasicrystals: electronic structure, heat transport, solid-solid adhesion,
  wetting, friction; applications of quasicrystals & complex intermetallics.

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• Projects & Finances

Field of research:

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

• Hard Magnetic Materials
• Solid-state synthesis
• Nanomaterials
• Composite materials (MMCs)
• Additive manufacturing (SLM)
• Biomaterials
• X-ray analysis methods (XRD, XPS, XRF)
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

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

Field of interests:

• Biomaterials
• Drug delivery and tissue engineering
• Bioglass and bioceramic materials
• Aseptic technique

• Photo (electro) catalytic degradation of organic pollutants in (waste) water

Field of research:

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

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Field of research:

• Photocatalytic degradation and characterization of microplastics
• Crystal growth from solution (ZnO, TiO2)
• Development of transparent and conductive ZnO films
• Microstructural development of ceramic materials
• Electron microscopy (SEM, FIG-SEM)

• Solid-state synthesis of ceramic materials
• Hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO and TiO₂
• Photocatalysis
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
• Sample preparation for transmission electron microscope (TEM)

• 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.

• Magnetic skyrmions
• Helimagnetism in non-centrosymmetric alloys
• (S)TEM imaging of magnetization textures

• 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
• Magnetic harvester

• Ceramic processing
• Additive manufacturing
• Heterogeneous Catalysis

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