​Research Topics and Expertise

Nanostructure type

0D/dots, including nanoparticles

Quantum dots

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00706-017-2038-1

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Vojtěch Adam / Jaromír Hubálek

Modes of access: Full-service access

Fe-based paramagnetic NPS

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Vojtěch Adam

Modes of access: Proposal-based full-service access, Full-service access

Fe-based paramagnetic NPS

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.9b02337?ref=pdf

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access:  Proposal-based full-service access

Noble metal NPS (wet chemical routes)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352940717302913?via%3Dihub

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access:  Proposal-based full-service access

Noble metal NPS (ALD)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951718302392?via%3Dihub

How: ALD

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access: Full-service access

core-shell NPS (including encapsulated Ag, Se, Cu

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jaromír Hubálek

Modes of access: ?

nanocrystals

How: Aerosol-assisted CVD

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jaromír Hubálek

Modes of access: ?

III-N nanocrystals

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143705

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: ?

Co nanospheres

How: FEBID/FIBID

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

Magnetic nanodiscs

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5006235

How: EBL

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

Plasmonic antennas (EBL)

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04776

How: EBL

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

Plasmonic antennas (FIB)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28037-1

How: FIB

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

ceramic nanoparticles

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2015.12.045

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Martin Trunec

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Fe-0 superparamagnetic NPs

How: wet chemical

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Roman Gröger

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

magnetically bistable molecular compounds

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Petr Neugebauer

Modes of access:

optically switchable molecular compounds

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Petr Neugebauer

Modes of access:

1D/wires, tubes

polymeric microfibers

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/app.49975

How: centrifugal spinning

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

inorganic microfibers

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.7b00770

How: centrifugal spinning

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

polymeric + inorganic nanofibers

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.03.050

How: electrospinning

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Martin Trunec

Modes of access:  Proposal-based Full-service access

TiO2 nanotubes

https://www.elsevier.com/books/nanostructured-anodic-metal-oxides/sulka/978-0-12-816706-9

How: electrospinning

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

porous Al2O3 (suitable for templating growth of other 1D nanostructures)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400516301733

How: electrochemical anodization

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jaromír Hubálek

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Carbon nanotubes

How: chemical vapor deposition

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Lenka Zajíčková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

WS2 nanotubes

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00592

How:  Electron-beam enhanced oxidation

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

Semiconductor nanowires (Ge, III-V)

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b013

How: Evaporation, MBE

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

2D/sheets

WS2 nanotubes

How: various routes (precision synthesis)

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Martin Pumera

Modes of access: ?

MoS2 MoSe2, MoTe2 nanosheets

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452262720300155?via%3Dihub

How: ALD

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

graphene oxide+modifications

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Vojtěch Adam

Modes of access: Full-service access

graphene

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa86a4

How: CVD

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

hBN, CaF2

How: CVD,  evaporation

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

silicene, stanene

How: MBE

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

Spin wave-guides, magnonic crystals

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029367

How: FIB

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: Self-service access

transferred graphene film

How: CVD + wet chemical method

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Lenka Zajíčková

Modes of access: Full-service access

2D polymer nanocomposite

How: evaporative

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Josef Jančář

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service, Full-service access

Molecular layers

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15727-6

How: evaporation

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Čechal

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service

Epitaxial graphene

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433220306796?via%3Dihub

How: CVD in UHV

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Čechal

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service

Quantum heterostructures

AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells

https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.165302

How: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (OCTOPLUS)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Vít Novák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices

How: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (OCTOPLUS)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Vít Novák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

InGaN/GaN quantum wells

https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ce01830h

How: Metal organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (AIXFlipTop)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

AlGaN/GaN quantum wells

How: Metal organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (AIXFlipTop)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

In(Ga)As/Al(Ga)As/GaAs quantum heterostructures

How: Metal organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (AIX200)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

InGaAs/GaAsSb/GaAs quantum heterostructures including InAs and GaSb quantum dots

https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ce01830h

How: Metal organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (AIX200)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Thin films (incl. multilayers, organic, molecular)

thin coatings by ALD (oxides, nitrides, carbides, metals)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352940718305341?via%3Dihub

How: ALD

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Macák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

thin coatings by ALD (oxides)

How: ALD

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: CF Nano

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

topological insulators (LaBiTe, etc.)

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Tomáš Šikola

Modes of access: ?

molecular magnets

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Petr Neugebauer

Modes of access: ?

Si-based hybrid coatings (hydrophilic or hydrophobic surfaces, protective)

https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201400235

https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/16/1/S14

How: plasma deposition

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Lenka Zajíčková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

diamond-like carbon (hard, low friction, smooth)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2011.02.021

How: plasma deposition

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Lenka Zajíčková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

active composite interphases

How: additive fabrication

Location:/site CEITEC

Guarantor: Josef Jančář

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service, Full-service access

Antiferromagnetic semimetals (Cu,Ag)Mn(As,P)

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab1031

How: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (GENII, OCTOPLUS)

Location/site: LNSM

Guarantor: Vít Novák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service, Full-service access

Ferromagnetic semiconductors and semimetals (Ga,Mn)(As,P)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2426

How: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (GENII, OCTOPLUS)

Location/site: LNSM

Guarantor: Vít Novák

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service, Full-service access

InGaSb/AlGaSb/GaSb quantum heterostructures including InSb quantum dots

https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4739279

How: Metal organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE AIXTRON 200 apparatus)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

GaN, AlGaN or InGaN monocrystalline thin films

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2019.125383

How: Metal organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (AIXFlipTop)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

GaAs, AlGaAs or InGaAs, GaAsSb, InGaSb, GaSb, AlGaSb, AlSb monocrystalline thin films

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2019.125383

How: Metal organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (AIX200)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Low-temperature/large-area diamond for advanced optical elements

https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02327

How: Microwave-CVD (AK400, AIXP6)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alexander Kromka

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Diamond-based photonic structures and ultrathin films with optically active SiV colour centres

https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NR10580H
https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9CC09514D
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b14436

How: Microwave-CVD (AK400, AIXP6), optical lithography (FOSY)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alexander Kromka

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Organic thin films

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c02491

How: vacuum evaporation

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Jan Čechal

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service

Low-dimensional molecular structures 

Low-dimensional organometallic molecular structures

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909074
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05543-4
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2662
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-0668-7
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18371-2
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011462

Material type: Organic, Semiconductors, Magnetics, Topological

Highlights/Features: single molecular chains, quantum matter states, molecular switches

How: on-surface chemistry by LT-UHV-AFM/STM (MAGSPM, LIGHTSPM)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Pavel Jelínek

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service

Biomaterials 

hydrogels (foams, layers)

http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/142199/

How: polymeric reactions

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Lucy Vojtová

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service

polymer/inorganic composites for medicine

https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/2/391

How: solvent casting, 3D printing

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Lucy Vojtová

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service

liposomes

How: bacterial transfections

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Vojtěch Adam

Modes of access: Full-service access

protein cages (appoferitines)

How: bacterial transfections

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Vojtěch Adam

Modes of access: ?

bioactive organic films

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65889-y

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.08.055

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.05.002

How: plasma depositions

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Lenka Zajíčková

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

HA, CDHA, TCP structures

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955221920302260?via%3Dihub

How: robocasting

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Ladislav Čelko / Muntúfar

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

ceramic scaffolds

How: Stereolithography

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Martin Trunec

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

hollow biopolymer nanofibers

How: chemical modification of fungi

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Latiff Mohsen

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service, Full-service access

3D materials (no dimension on nanoscale)

nanomaterials/polymers for Electrochemical Energy and Sensing Devices

How: 3D printing

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Martin Pumera

Modes of access: ?

Ti, Mg and its alloys

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860420308885?via%3Dihub

How: robocasting

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Ladislav Čelko / Montúfar

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access, Full-service access

REO-based and Si aerogels

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01965

How: supercritical drying

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Ladislav Čelko / Tkachenko

Modes of access: Full-service access

metal-organic frameworks

How: wet chemical routes

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Petr Neugebauer

Modes of access: ?

ceramic materials

How: Stereolithography

Location: CEITEC

Guarantor: Martin Trunec

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Diamond-based porous 3D structures

https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b00323

How: Microwave-CVD (AK400, AIXP6)

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alexander Kromka

Modes of access: Proposal-based Full-service access

Laboratories and Equipment

PVD

MBE

Veeco Gen2 (GENII)

          Methods: Epitaxial growth of monocrystalline thin films.

          Location: LNSM

          Guarantor: Vít Novák

          Modes of access: Full service (paid or free)

Eberl Octoplus 400 (OCTOPLUS)

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Methods: Epitaxial growth of monocrystalline thin films.

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Vít Novák

Modes of access: Full service (paid or free)

UHV Complex system - MBE chamber1 (III-V) (UHV-MBE)

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Methods: 

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Jan Čechal

Modes of access: Full service (paid or free)

UHV Complex system - MBE chamber2 (metals/organics) (UHV-MBE)

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Methods: 

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Miroslav Kolíbal

Modes of access: Full service (paid or free)

Sputtering

Magnetron sputtering system BESTEC (MAGNETRON)

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Methods:

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Jan Prášek

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

Ion-Beam Sputter Deposition System BESTEC (KAUFMAN)

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Methods:

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Imrich Gablech

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

High vacuum coating system for electron microscopy Leica Microsystems EM ACE 600 (LEICACOAT-NANO)

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Methods:

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Vojtěch Švarc

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

Coater Leica EM ACE600 (LEICACOAT-STAN)

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Methods:

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Jiří Holas

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

PLD

UHV Complex system - PLD (UHV-PLD)

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Methods: Pulsed Laser Deposition TSST

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Adam Dubroka

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

      Evaporation

Electron beam evaporator BESTEC (EVAPORATOR)

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Methods: physical vapor deposition

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Jan Prášek

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

SCS Parylene Deposition System (PARYLENE)

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Methods: conformal coatings

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Jan Prášek

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

Angstrom Covap (COVAP)

          Methods:

          Location: LNSM

          Guarantor: Zbyněk Šobáň

          Modes of access: Self-service

Leybold (LEYBOLD)

          Methods:

          Location: LNSM

          Guarantor: Olejník, Šobáň

          Modes of access: Self-service

CVD

Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (APCVD)

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Methods: the growth of oxides on silicon wafers

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Filip Münz

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

Low pressure chemical vapor deposition - amorphous Si (growth of oxides / oxinitrides) (LPCVD-polySi)

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Methods: the growth of oxides on silicon wafers

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Filip Münz

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

Low pressure chemical vapor deposition - Nitrides (LPCVD-SiN) 

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Methods: the growth of silicon nitrides of different stechiometry on Si wafers, using dichlorosilane (SiCl2H2) and ammonia (NH3) as precursors in LPCVD process

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Filip Münz

Modes of access: Self-service, Full service (paid or free)

MOVPE

AIXTRON 3x2" CCS Flip Top Reactor (AIXFLIPTOP)

Methods: Metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Full service (paid or free)

AIXTRON 200 (AIX200)

Methods: Metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alice Hospodková

Modes of access: Full service (paid or free)

Metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) (MOCVD)

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Methods: Metal organic chemical vapor deposition

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Filip Münz

Modes of access: Self-service, Full-service (paid, proposal-based)

        PE-CVD

Roth&Rau AK400 (AK400)

Methods: CVD microwave deposition system with linear antennas designed for deposition of diamond layers and various allotropic forms of carbon (CNT, DLC, etc.) in the pressure range from 0.01 to 5 mbar, substrate temperature from 250 to 700 ° C. Possibility of rf preload washers. Wide range of working gases. Pad size max. 20 x 30 cm, height up to 4 (5) cm.

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alexander Kromka

Modes of access: Full service (paid, proposal-based)

Aixtron Aix P6 (AIXP6)

Methods: CVD microwave deposition system with a focused resonator designed for the deposition of diamond layers and various allotropic forms of carbon (CNT, DLC, etc.) in the pressure range from 15 to 250 mbar, substrate temperature from 400 to 1200 ° C. Formation of optically active layers in a diamond. Possibility of dc preload of the washer, maximum diameter of the washer 7 cm, height 1 cm.

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alexander Kromka

Modes of access: Full service (paid, proposal-based)

Trion - Phantom III (RIELT)

Methods: Reactive ion etching in capacitively excited plasma in a gas mixture of gases O2, Ar, SF6, CF4

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Alexander Kromka

Modes of access: Full service (paid, proposal-based)

Aurion (PECVDAURION)

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Methods:

Location: LNSM

Guarantor: Martin Müller

Modes of access: Self-service

Plasma Enhanced CVD of Si-based materials Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology PlasmaPro 100 (PECVD)

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Methods:

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Marek Eliáš

Modes of access: Self-service, Full-service (paid, proposal-based)

        ALD

Atomic layer deposition system Ultratech/CambridgeNanoTech Fiji 200 (ALD)

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Methods: pulsed deposition

Location: CEITEC Nano

Guarantor: Marek Eliáš, Ph.D.

Modes of access: Self-service, Full-service (paid, proposal-based)

Chemical synthesis

Molecular manipulation

Specs LT UHV JT- AFM / SPM (MAGSPM)

Methods: Atomic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, electron spin resonance, Kelvin force probe microscopy, LEED, spin polarized tunneling spectroscopy

          Location: LNSM

          Guarantor: Pavel Jelínek

          Modes of access: Proposal-based full-service access 

Createc LT UHV - AFM / SPM (LIGHTSPM)

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Methods: Atomic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, Kelvin force probe microscopy, LEED

          Location: LNSM

          Guarantor: Pavel Jelínek

          Modes of access: Proposal-based full-service access 

APCVD

LPCVD-polySi

LPCVD-SIN