News from FZU

On Friday 16 May, six agreements on scientific cooperation were formally signed at the Prague representation of the Free State of Saxony, between the German Center for Astrophysics and leading Czech scientific institutions. Michael Prouza, the Director of FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, signed the agreement alongside Professor Günther Hasinger, the designated founding director of the German Center. 

Altermagnets and magnonics have both made the headlines repeatedly last year. Miina Leiviskä, a MSCA COFUND Physics for Future fellowship postdoc at the Institute of Physics of the CAS, blends these topics that have so recently upturned the world of physics. Are they at the core of future computing, or is it not so simple?

Scientists from the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, led by Zdeněk Hubička and Jiří Olejníček, have succeeded in developing an improved method for preparing thin films of zinc oxide (ZnO) that respond to vacuum ultraviolet radiation much faster than previously known films produced by other methods. We have previously written about the early benefits of this technology here. The key to the current shift has been the use of a new plasma deposition method based on electron cyclotron wave resonance, which has made it possible to significantly reduce the appearance of specific defects in the material. This led to the detection rate of the optical signal and the photosensitivity itself being increased several times. The results, which were published in the prestigious  Scientific Reportsjournal, were contributed to also by colleagues from Japan, Kuwait and New Zealand.

Dear colleagues,we would like to invite you to the seminar of Division of Elementary Particle Physics of Institute of Physics, presented by Bharat Ratra.For more info, please see invitation.

A team of physicists of the Czech Academy of Scienceshas unveiled a novel battery electrolyte that could to reshape the future of energy storage—enhancing stability, simplifying production, and extending battery lifespan.