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06. 04. 2023
Hydrogen in actinides: electronic and lattice properties

A new review paper dealing with interaction of actinides with hydrogen and physical properties of actinide hydrides has been published in a high-impact journal Reports on Progress in Physics. Interaction of actinide metals with hydrogen is important for energy or…

31. 03. 2023
Revolutionizing Electronics: Innovative Way to Control Excitons in Semiconductors

Scientists from our faculty have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of optoelectronics. Our research demonstrates a new way to manipulate excitons in semiconductors using coherent optical interactions, opening the door for ultrafast valleytronics operating at multiterahertz frequencies.

29. 03. 2023
Hybrid 2D Material Promises Improvements in Optical Devices and Quantum Computers

A new type of two-dimensional material that emits structured light has been created by scientists from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University and the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of Czech Academy of Sciences.

17. 03. 2023
Sulphur isotope engineering in MoS2 monolayers

We introduce sulphur isotope engineering for the first time in the transition metal di-chalcogenides family, which enables us to disentangle the crucial role played by phonons in the optoelectronic properties of transition metal di-chalcogenides.

15. 03. 2023
Unique pyrochlore heterostructure

Our in-house characterization of unique pyrochlore heterostructures using X-ray scattering methods contributed to recent work by Jian Liu's research group at the University of Tennessee. They designed and synthesized a pyrochlore heterostructure where the breaking of the spin ice rule…

16. 02. 2023
Sizable orbital moment revealed in 2D magnets

Our group used a unique capability of the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism technique to determine the magnetic orbital moment component of Vanadium ions in the layered van der Waals system. We have revealed an exceptionally sizable orbital moment of Vanadium…

15. 02. 2023
Exciting bilayers of MoSe2

An electron and a hole can create bound states known as excitons. When these states occur in an atomically thin semiconducter layer, they behave like two-dimensional hydrogen atoms. Well, not exactly. Find more details in our recent paper.

15. 01. 2023
A week full of neutrons, crystals, lasers, and open data

We have organized Czech-Bavarian Mini-school on Large Scale Facilities and Open Data for the second time. The 15 students enjoyed magnetism, crystal growth, beer, collaborations, card games, and unicorns!

03. 01. 2023
Physics in the valleys

Materials called transition metal dichalcogenides can hold electrons in band minimas called valleys. We have investigated the possibility to control these electronic states by light pulses. Find the thorough theoretical analysis in our recent paper!

12. 12. 2022
The Dean’s price for best bachelor thesis awarded for studies of misfit layer compounds.

On December 7, the dean’s prize for the best bachelor thesis was awarded to our user Kateřina (Katka) Tetalová. In her thesis with the title “Morphology and physical properties of misfit layer compound VPbS3“, she focused on the properties of…