Basic research at IMSE focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of the relationships between material structure, composition, and properties, as well as on the development of new theoretical and experimental approaches in materials science. Research activities are primarily carried out within projects funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MEYS). The main research topics include prediction of defect stability in functional materials using machine learning methods, preparation of advanced alloys by powder metallurgy routes, and the study of piezo-active particles and complex ceramic oxides. Research conducted at IMSE is further enhanced through professional collaboration with research centers such as CEITEC Brno University of Technology and selected institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences. More can be found HERE

Currently ongoing projects:

• Unconventional piezoactive particles for highly efficient mechano ATRP method , 25‑16538S, 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027
• Machine-learning assisted prediction of defect stability in functional materials , LUC25051, 01.09.2025 – 25.09.2027

Projects completed in recent years:

• Architectured metallic materials designed for cold spray kinetization , GA17‑13573S, 01.01.2017 – 31.12.2019
• Understanding of the magnetostriction in Fe-Ti alloys by first-principles calculations , 8J18AT004, 01.01.2018 – 31.12.2019, project in cooperation with IT4I
• Manufacturing and analysis of flexible piezoelectric layers for smart engineering , 19‑17457S, 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021
• Dual phase alloys with extraordinary performance arising from nanotwinning , 19‑22016S, 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021
• Twinned structures in magnetic shape memory alloys , 21‑06613S, 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2023, project in cooperation with FZU and UT AV CR
• The theoretical and experimental study of the Al-Ge-Mg-Sn systems, application of novel 3rd generation data in CALPHAD-type thermodynamic modelling , 22‑22187S, 01.01.2022 – 31.12.2024, project in cooperation with UFM AV ČR
• Porous piezotronic and piezo-phototronic structures for organic pollutant decomposition , CA20126, 21.10.2021 – 20.10.2025
• Compositionally complex ceramic oxides: Ab initio design and experimental verification , 23‑06856S, 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025