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01. 03. 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Štěpán Marek!

Congratulations to Štěpán Marek, Ph.D. on successful doctoral defence! We wish him much success in his postdoctoral position at the University of Regensburg!

05. 02. 2024
Outcome of large international cooperation published in Nature Communications

Dr. M. Vališka’s team has successfully prepared high-quality single crystals of UTe2 specifically tailored for quantum oscillation studies. Utilizing these samples, the Cambridge group, led by A. Eaton, conducted a series of experiments in high magnetic field facilities, followed by advanced modelling to assess the potential geometries of Fermi sheets in UTe2.

04. 01. 2024
CZECH NEUTRON COMMUNITY MEETING 2024

The Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University and Nuclear Physics Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences organize the whole-day meeting of the Czech neutron users. The Czech neutron community meeting 2024 continues the series of annual meetings of Czech neutron users started in 2016 and informal meetings of neutron users Neutron-Beer, which were interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

13. 12. 2023
New GAČR project: Computational design of high-performance ferroelectrics

The collaborative project of the Institute of Physics of the AS CR, v.v.i. and the Department of Condensed Matter Physics entitled “Computational design of high-performance ferroelectrics” was awarded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR).

07. 12. 2023
Advanced MUltiscaLe materials for key Enabling Technologies (AMULET)

The AMULET (Advanced MUltiscaLe materials for key Enabling Technologies) project succeeded in the competition of 66 projects submitted to the Top Research call in the OP JAK programme (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, CR). The call is aimed at supporting research with the potential for excellent results applicable in practice.

03. 11. 2023
Quantum materials research project

The theoretical department and the department of nanostructures of KFKL participate in the the project Quantum materials for applications in sustainable technologies (QM4ST). The project was awarded from the Programme Johannes Amos Comenius co-financed by the EU, the main researcher is the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.

23. 10. 2023
PRB Editors' suggestion for Student Paper on van der Waals magnetism

Dávid Hovančík a Ph.D. student at the Department of Condensed matter physics is the leading author of the paper Robust intralayer antiferromagnetism and tricriticality in the van der Waals compound VBr3 selected as Editors' choice in PRB. This study is the result of a large collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Institute of the Czech Academy of Science, Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden, and MGML.

24. 08. 2023
Towards transparent molecular junctions

Due to their infinite variability, molecular-based transistors offer an exciting alternative to the silicon technology. In collaboration with a lab in India, our theorists have described the workings of a molecular junction that is almost transparent for the electronic current. We congratulate Štěpán Marek, our Ph.D. student, for his first publication!

08. 08. 2023
Unraveling the Enigma of LK-99: The Quest for Room-Temperature Superconductivity

The discovery of LK-99, a gray-black compound with the potential to exhibit room-temperature superconductivity, captured the imagination of the scientific community and beyond. LK-99 has ignited a fervent pursuit to understand and validate its unique properties. This article traces the journey of our department as we embarked on a mission to replicate and comprehend the elusive behavior of LK-99. From its origins in a Korean research team's efforts to its controversial claims and replication attempts, we delve into the scientific intrigue surrounding LK-99 and its implications for the world of materials science.

17. 07. 2023
PCFES 2023

On 15/6-18/6, we organized the 14th annual conference Prague Colloquium on f-Electron Systems (PCFES). The participants comprised colleagues interested in the physics of lanthanides and actinides, from many countries around the world, from Canada and Argentina to Japan. Among the diverse topics, the unconventional superconductivity of the compound UTe2, discovered in 2019, and the properties of other uranium tellurides dominated. The extreme resistance to magnetic field and the existence of several separate superconducting phases promises to shed new light on the very principles of superconductivity.