Michal Vališka from our department has been awarded the prestigious Junior Star GACR grant

The Czech Science Foundation has announced the results of the Junior Star 2026 competition, in which 18 outstanding early-career scientists from all areas of basic research were successful. Among the winners is RNDr. Michal Vališka, Ph.D., from our department, who received a five-year grant for the project "STiUS: Symmetry and Topology in Ultraclean Superconductors."

Charles University Grant Agency project rated ‘exceptionally good’

The Charles University Grant Agency has published the final evaluations of its funded projects. We are pleased to share that the project ‘Electrical and magnetic properties of rare-earth iridates under extreme conditions’ (no. 148622), solved by Mgr. Daniel Staško, Ph.D., received the rating ‘exceptionally good’.

ILL Scientific Members Meeting 2025

The annual Scientific Members Meeting of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL; Grenoble, France) took place in Paris on 19th June 2025. The main topics of the agenda included recent scientific and technical developments at the ILL, covering the advancement of experimental infrastructure, nuclear reactor operation, and strategic plans for the facility's future development. ILL directors provided updates to the representatives of the member countries on progress in key areas, with particular emphasis on the recently approved extension of ILL operation until 2033. This was followed by a professional discussion on the presented topics.

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The Magnetism Group studies physical phenomena originating from the behavior of electrons in matter. Throughout the group, we prepare and study a range of materials ranging from: lanthanoid and uranium-based intermetallics, magnetic-shape-memory Heusler alloys, and frustrated magnetic oxides, to van der Waal and misfit layer materials. Using both our range of preparation and crystal growth facilities, as well as our extensive suite of properties measurements instruments, we are steadily building bridges-of-understanding linking the electronic structure of this wide range of materials to the observed magnetic and electronic properties. We also investigate the tuning of these properties using both high-magnetic fields and high pressures.

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Topological superconductivity in unconventional superconductors.
Magnetism in unconventional superconductors.
Correlated electron systems with unconventional superconductivity.
Topological phases in correlated electron systems.
Quantum criticality in unconventional superconductors.
Non-Fermi liquids in unconventional superconductors.
Exchange interactions in unconventional superconductors.
Phase diagrams of unconventional superconductors.
Superconductivity in the presence of disorder.
Unconventional superconductivity in low dimensional systems.

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What do we explore?

magnetism
superconductivity
quantum effects
frustrated systems
layered 2D structures including Van der Waals systems and misfit layers

How do we go about it?

Preaparation of unique samples, often as high-quality single crystals
Studies down to extremely low temperatures
The application of strong magnetic fields and external pressures
Hydrogenation as a mechanism to expand metallic lattices
Cooperation with the theoretical group for explanation of the observed effects

What do we offer?

A wide range of sample preparation and crystal growth techniques to prepare interesting new materials
The possibility to measure with a wide range of techniques, as well as under multi-extreme conditions
A young and dynamic scientific team with numerous visiting foreign nationals
Operation with specific instruments in the home laboratory and foreign infrastructures as well (sources of neutron and synchrotron radiation)