Fields of interest of ion beam technology
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Exposed parts in the automotive and engineering industries (injectors, camshafts, valves, bearings, etc.);
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Medical and biological applications (prosthesis of materials with originally insufficient abrasion-resistance);
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Surface nitration of stainless steels by ion implantation with the aim to improve their abrasion-resistance while attaining high corrosion-resistance;
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"Stents" (endoluminal blood vessel prostheses), nonporous stents for additionally controlled dosage of drugs, biocompatible and blood-compatible materials, etc., for modern medicine;
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Other options of ion implantation in the areas other than microelectronics, such as the precise mechanics, special construction of expensive watches;
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Protection against high-temperature oxidation (TiAl alloys, turbine constructions);
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Plastics injection into moulds (safety improvement in the removal of parts produced by injecting into the mould, as well as abrasion-protection for highly stressed parts for moulding tools);
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Ion implantation of surface of certain polymers for improving the surface properties, such as electrical conductivity, biocompatibility, etc.
Fields of interest of plasma technology
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Automotive industry: Tribology coatings for car engines and surface treatment of components in order to attain higher efficiency and lower environmental load.
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Electronics: Transparent conductive layers with improved optical and electric properties.
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Machine and aviation industry: Surfaces with enhanced wear resistance and thermal stability.
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Biomedicine: Implants with higher degree of biocompatibility.
Application of plasma-immersion ion implantation
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Doping of silicon by phosphorus and boron by means of the PBII methods for photovoltaic cells
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Super hard surfaces: nitride layers of boron and titanium
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Surface protection of titanium and TiAl alloys: TiAl protection from high-temperature oxidation and progressive coatings for Ti and TiAl alloys
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Biomaterials: nonporous metal materials, tribology protective coatings, antibacterial surfaces, biocompatible surfaces and barrier layers
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Nitration of stainless steel and aluminium
Fields of interest of Department of chemistry and physics
- Development and applications of coupled cluster methods
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Ab initio calculations of metallic clusters properties
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Accurate calculations of molecular nmr properties including relativistic and solvent effects
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Potential energy surfaces for theoretical infrared spectroscopy, computational atmospheric chemistry
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Ab initio modeling of materials interface structure and its impact on the thermodynamic properties of nano-layers
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Fast stochastic variability (red noise) of accretion processes in the binary stars and active galactic nuclei
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Monte Carlo simulations of red noise and satellite observation data analysis from Kepler and XMM-Newton missions
Fields of interest of Department of automation, informatics and applied mathematics
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Industry: Simulation studies of material flow, production processes and logistics, analysis of current and planned state, support for deployment of workplaces and creation of production layout, design of new layout
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Automation: Intelligent robotic systems, computer vision, machine learning, image processing in various research areas. Design and analysis of artificial intelligence algorithms - deep neural networks.