Advanced Materials Research in the Czech Republic: state of the art Hana Dlouhá

1. Advanced Materials Research in the Czech Republic: state of the art Hana Dlouhá Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

2. Contents • Czech Research and Innovation Landscape Upgrade by using ERDF (2007 - 2015) • Research Infrastructuresofthe Czech Republic • DistinguishedFacilities in theFieldofAdvancedMaterials

3. 1. Czech Research and Innovation Landscape Upgrade by using ERDF (2007 - 2015) • European Regional and Development Funds → Operational Programme “Research and Development for Innovation” managed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in 2007 – 2015 • “European Centres of Excellence“ (Priority Axis 1) • Most up-to-date equipped centres with modern and even unique research infrastructure with a critical size and able to contribute to networking of leading Czech research teams with leading international research organisations and infrastructures (e.g.) • BIOCEV – Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre in Vestec • ELI Beamlines– 1st pillar of Extreme Light Infrastructure • CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology • Czech Globe – Global Change Research Centre • IT4I– Information Technologies for Innovations

4. 1. Czech Research and Innovation Landscape Upgrade by using ERDF (2007 - 2015) • “Regional Centres for Research and Development“(Priority Axis 2) • Centres with the most up-to-date equipmentfocused primarily on applied research and technologicaldevelopment with possible nation-wide and internationalimpact (e.g.) • BIOMEDREG – Biomedicine for Regional Development and Human Resources • CETOCOEN – Research Centre for Toxic Compoundsin Environment • CVVOZE – Centre for Research and Utilization of Renewable Energy • HiLASE – New Lasers for Industry and Research • SUSEN – Sustainable Energy

5. 2. Research Infrastructures of the Czech Republic • Act No. 130/2002 Coll. on Support ofResearch, ExperimentalDevelopment and Innovationform Public Funds and on Amendments to SomeRelatedActs: Large Infrastructures for Research,Experimental Development and Innovation • individualinfrastructures are approved by theGovernmentofthe Czech Republic • complexinternationalevaluationprocedurein 2014 • commoncharacteristicscriteria: • Uniqueness • Nation-wideimpact • International overlap • Open access to facilities • Excellence

6. 3. Distinguished Facilities in the Field ofAdvanced Materials • OperationalProgramme „Research and DevelopmentforInnovation“ • EuropeanCentresof Excellence • Regional Centres for Research and Development • Large Infrastructures for Research, Experimental Development and Innovation

7. ELI BeamlinesExtreme Light Infrastructure • Top newgeneration laser facility • selectedresearchfields: • high-intensity laser physics • materialsciences • Underconstruction - open to users by 2018 • ultra-shortlaser pulsesof 10-15 femtosecondsduration and performance up to 10 PW • www.eli-beams.eu

8. 1st pillar of Extreme Light Infrastructure Dolní Břežany near PragueInstitute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 250 mil. EUR

9. CEITECCentral European Institute of Technology • selectedresearchfields: • nanostructural and smartmaterials • multifunctionalcompositeswithpolymeric, ceramic, silicateormetallicmatrixes • materialsforenergetics and ecology • firstinstallationofX-raycomputednanotomographoutside Japan (Rigakuconcerncooperation) • www.ceitec.eu

10. CEITEC Central European Institute of TechnologyMasaryk UniversityBrno University of Technology 200 mil. EUR

11. Centre for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation • selectedresearchfields: • nanosurfacetreatments • compositesbased on nanomaterials • electrospinning • TeamingproposalwithFraunhofer Institute forSilicateResearch ISC, Würzburg • equipmentencompassesmore than 100 devices( > 10 mil. EUR) • http://cxi.tul.cz/

12. ALISI - Application Laboratories of Microtechnologies and Nanotechnologies • selectedresearchfields: • advancedhighpower laser technologies • electronbeamlithography • implementationphase~ 16 mil. EUR • http://alisi.isibrno.cz/

13. RMTVC – Regional Materials Science and Technology Centre • selectedresearchfields: • metallicmaterialswithultrafine-grainedstructure • newsourcesofstrength and toughnessofmaterialsfordemandingtechnologicalapllications • specialmetallicalloys and intermetalliccompoundsforapplications in electronics • Electron beam floating zone furnace(up to 3500°C, highvacuum 1x10-4Pa) • www.rmtvc.cz/en

14. HiLASENew lasers for industry and research • selectedresearchfields: • developmentofhigh-repetitionlasers • diodepumped solid state laser systems • 100J/10Hz class laser systemscalable to 1kJ level • http://www.hilase.cz/en/

15. Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials • selectedresearchfields: • metal oxide nanoparticles for catalytic, magnetic and biomedical applications • carbonnanostructuresbased on graphene and carbonquantumdots • www.rcptm.com

16. West-Bohemian Centre of Materials and Metallurgy • selectedresearchfields: • ultrafinestructures in metallicmaterials • microalloyedsteelswithimprovedmechanicalproperties • www.comtesfht.com

17. Thank you for your attention! Hana Dlouhá Department ofResearch and Development Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Karmelitská 7, 118 12 Prague 1 Czech Republic Tel.: +420 234 811 717 E-mail: hana.dlouha@msmt.cz