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Department of Functional Materials

belongs to the Condensed Matter Division of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The department consists of 3 research groups FMC, MNB and MCM

R esearch within the department focusses on active or passive functionality imprinted to the solid state materials on the structural level,

Currently, we are mainly working on:

martensitically transforming shape memory alloys in various forms from bulk to thin filaments, thin films or composites and development of their engineering applications
preparation, characterization, and functionalization of carbon materials in different forms covering nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) coatings, nanodiamond particles (NDP) and monocrystalline diamonds (SCD) and graphene based layers
preparation, characterization and theory of modern structural metallic materials – starting from single crystals via oriented bi- and tricrystals up to materials with purposely created nanocrystalline structures

Head of Department

Name	Surname	Phone	Email
Petr	Šittner	+420 266 052 657	sittner@fzu.cz

Deputy Head of Department

Name	Surname	Phone	Email
Pavel	Lejček	+420 266 052 167	lejcekp@fzu.cz
Luděk	Heller	+420 266 053 351	heller@fzu.cz

Secretary

Name	Surname	Phone	Email
Marcela	Boháčková	+420 266 052 613	bohacekm@fzu.cz

Research units:

Recent Key Results

New article explaining origin of functional fatigue in NiTi shape memory alloys published in Applied Materials Today

Martensitic transformation induced by cooling NiTi wire under varioustensile stresses: Martensite variant microstructures, textures, recoverable strains and plastic strains

New article on heavily phosphorus-doped diamond electrodes by Kildong Sung Unveiling the microstructure and promising electrochemical performance of heavily phosphorus-doped diamond electrodes

New article on generation of incremental plastic strains by martensitic transformation occurring under external stress in NiTi shape memory alloys by Petr Sittner

Recoverable and plastic strains generated by forward and reverse martensitic transformations under external stress in NiTi SMA wires

An interesting article on the self-corrosion process in biodegradable Zn-0.8Mg-0.2Sr alloy

in Surface and Coatings Technology journal written by Andrea Školáková and Jan Pinc

A zinc phosphate layered biodegradable Zn-0.8Mg-0.2Sr alloy: Characterization and mechanism of hopeite formation

An article by Drahos Dvorsky et al. in high-IF Journal of Magnesium and Alloys systematically compares the traditional ingot metallurgy and rapid solidification technique for preparation of Mg-Y-Zn magnesium alloys with high strength and ductility, originating from their unique microstructures, which include Long-Period Stacking Ordered (LPSO) phases and/or Mille-Feuille structures (MFS).

...and notably, probably one of the first department articles written with assistance from AI

Advantages of rapid solidification over casting of Mg-0.4Zn-1Y alloy