PVD Laboratory

2021

• Researcher position
  An opportunity to apply for a researcher position in Ab Initio Modelling of Materials at PVDLab.
  February 17, 2021
• Open Days at MU 2021, this time, online
  This year, we guide online the visitors of the Open days at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University.
  January 27, 2021

2020

• Deposition system Flexilab from HVM
  Despite its compact design the Flexilab system developed by HVM Plasma is highly versatile for R&D deposition of next-gen functional coatings.
  November 15, 2020
• Quarantine has been a benefit to article writing, Coatings journal has just published our latest one
  Our latest article about industrially sputtered Ta-B-C coatings has just been published in Coatings journal.
  August 31, 2020
• New article chosen as a "Featured Article" in Journal of Applied Physics
  The Editors felt that our article was one of the journal's best, and have chosen to promote it as a Featured Article.
  July 29, 2020
• Matej Fekete's Ph.D. Thesis Defense
  Matej Fekete successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis and became a doctor in Plasma Physics.
  June 19, 2020
• Postdoctoral researcher position
  An opportunity to apply for a postdoctoral researcher position in the field of PVD deposition and thin film analysis at PVDLab.
  May 21, 2020
• Visitor: prof. André Anders
  Professor André Anders from Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering in Germany accepted our invitation to Brno.
  March 09, 2020
• Visit from Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  Julian Held, Sascha Monjé and professor Achim von Keudell from Ruhr-Universität Bochumm in Germany.
  March 04, 2020
• Workshop: PSE Satellite 2020
  In February 2020, we attended the Workshop on Plasma-Based Synthesis of Nanomaterials, which was held in Prague.
  February 10, 2020
• Doors Open Days at Sci MUNI
  We presented study program Physics and the work in the laboratories.
  January 25, 2020
• New Open Access publication in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
  In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics is available our newest Open Access publication.
  January 15, 2020

2019

• New publication in Surface and Coatings Technology
  In the Surface and Coatings Technology journal was published the new article by doctor S. Mirzaei.
  December 17, 2019
• PhD defence of Saeed Mirzaei
  Member of our team and our colleague Saeed Mirzaei defended his PhD thesis.
  December 09, 2019
• New open access publication in Plasma Sources Science and Technology
  New article was published in the Plasma Sources Science and Technology journal.
  December 05, 2019
• Fall meeting at MUNI
  We hosted a meeting of three research groups dealing with the preparation and analysis of thin films in the last week of November.
  November 25, 2019
• Visitor: prof. Daniel Lundin from Linkoping University
  Professor Daniel Lundin accepted our invitation to Brno, and he presented three lectures
  November 12, 2019
• Visitor: Docent Tomas Nyrberg from Uppsala University
  Doc. Tomas Nyrberg (Uppsala University, Sweden) accepted an invitation from doc. Souček and visited us at the end of October.
  October 30, 2019
• Workshop at RWTH Aachen
  At the beginning of October 2019 three of our co-workers participated in a workshop at RWTH Aachen University.
  October 11, 2019
• Conference: PLATHINIUM
  Prof. Vašina and dr. Hnilica attended the Plasma Thin film International Union Meeting (PLATHINIUM).
  October 01, 2019
• Night of Scientists 2019
  We opened the door to our laboratory on Friday 27th of September 2019 during the Night of Scientists 2019.
  September 27, 2019
• PhD Day 2019
  We presented our research group during the PhD Day 2019 on Thursday, September the 19th for a possible PhD students.
  September 19, 2019
• Open Day MUNI 2019
  We presented study program Physics and the work in our laboratories on Friday, September the 13th for the high school students.
  September 13, 2019
• Postdoctoral researcher position
  An opportunity to apply for a postdoctoral researcher position in the field of PVD deposition and analysis of advanced thin films is now open at PVDLab.
  September 12, 2019
• Conference: AEPSE 2019
  Matej Fekete talked about influence of ionized sputtered species on hysteresis behavior of reactive HiPIMS at the 12th Asian-European International Conference on PLasma Surface Engineering, which was held in Jeju (South Korea).
  September 02, 2019
• New publication in Surface and Coating Technology
  Check out our latest publication in Surface and Coating Technology journal.
  August 30, 2019
• Conference: PPPS 2019
  Dr Klein attended the IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference PPPS 2019.
  July 09, 2019
• Dean’s prize
  Dean’s prize for the outstanding outcome of research, development or other creative activity was awarded to our PhD student Matej Fekete.
  July 02, 2019
• Conference: HiPIMS 2019
  Our colleague Katarína Bernátová attended 10th HiPIMS-Conference 2019 – International Conference on Sputter Technology.
  June 28, 2019
• Habilitation of Pavel Souček
  A member of our research group, associate professor Pavel Souček habilitated in the field of Plasma physics.
  June 27, 2019
• Conference: ISSP 2019
  ISSP conference was held in Kanazawa (Japan) in June 2019, where we presented our results during oral presentation.
  June 26, 2019
• Visitor: prof. Jón Tómas Guðmundsson from Iceland
  Within the INNOLEC program prof. Jón Tómas Guðmundsson from University of Iceland presented two lectures on HiPIMS
  June 17, 2019
• Conference: ICMCTF 2019
  ICMCTF conference was held in San Diego (CA, USA) in May 2019. We had three oral contributions in three thematic sections.
  June 08, 2019
• Business Research Forum 2019
  On Thursday April the 25th we attended third Business Research Forum of the Masaryk University.
  April 25, 2019
• Conference: ICAPT-7
  At the turn of February and March 2019, prof. Vašina and dr. Soucek attended ICAPT-7 in the Vietnamese city of Hue.
  March 12, 2019
• Newly obtained GAČR project
  We obtained a project from the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic.
  March 01, 2019
• Visit at HVM Plasma in Prague
  We gladly accepted an invitation to company HVM Plasma in Prague to see their R&D facility.
  February 14, 2019
• Open Doors Days at Sci MUNI
  We presented study program Physics and the work in the laboratories for the high school students.
  January 26, 2019
• Physical Saturday for high schools
  We opened our laboratories on Saturday January the 12th 2019 for the high school students of the 2nd grade.
  January 12, 2019

2018

• Pour féliciter 2019
  Merry Christmas and our best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year wish you prof. Petr Vašina and whole team of PVDlab.
  December 24, 2018
• New HiPIMS power supply made by Ionautics
  We have acquired two new HiPIMS power supply made by Ionautics to our lab.
  December 17, 2018
• Dr. Souček's habilitation thesis defence
  Succesful habilitation thesis defence of our colleague dr. Pavel Souček took place at a public session of the faculty scientific board.
  December 14, 2018
• Visit of prof. J.M. Schneider and Dr. Z. Czigány
  Prof. J. M. Schneider and Dr. Z. Czigány visited our laboratory within the INNOLEC program.
  December 10, 2018
• Newly obtained GAČR project
  A financial support was granted for a new project from 1st January 2019.
  November 29, 2018
• Fall meeting at TU Wien: Heart of Europe – Thin Films Workshop
  TU Wien hosted Thin Films Workshop where we met research group from Austria and Slovakia
  November 28, 2018
• Week of Science and Technology 2018
  We opened the door to our laboratory during the Week of Science and Technology 2018.
  November 12, 2018
• Visitors from Advanced Technologies Research Institute in Trnava, Slovakia
  We performed joint experiments with colleagues from the Advanced Technologies Research Institute.
  October 30, 2018
• Night of Scientists 2018
  We opened the door to our laboratory on Friday 5th of October during the Night of Scientists 2018.
  October 12, 2018
• Newly obtained projects (January 2018)
  A financial support was granted for two new projects from 1st January 2018.
  January 01, 2018

2017

• Conference: RSD 2017
  The conference took place in Pilsen.
  December 06, 2017
• Visitor: dr. Nikolay Britun from the University of Mons
  Dr. Nikolay Britun from the University of Mons visited our research facility.
  November 20, 2017
• Conference: ITFPC 2017
  SFV organized the conference ITFPC in Nancy (France)
  October 27, 2017