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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Libor Machala

Research interest and scientific collaboration

  • Fe2O3 nanomaterials – synthesis, characterization, applications Key Collaborators: Dr. Sivula (EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Kinetics and mechanisms of solid-state decompositions Key Collaborators: Prof. Zoltán Homonnay (ELTE Budapest, Hungary)
    e.g. J.Phys Chem B, 111(16), 2007, 4280-4286
    Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 8, 2009, 1060-1067
  • Ferrate compounds – solid-state synthesis, characterization, stability, applications Key Collaborators: Prof. Virender K. Sharma (Florida Institute of technology, Melbourne, USA)
    e.g. J.Phys Chem B, 111(16), 2007, 4280-4286
    Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 8, 2009, 1060-1067
    J. Hazard. Mat. 211, 2012, 126-130

Career

31st May 1974 born
1992–1997 Master study: Faculty of science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Education of Mathematics and Physics
1998–2002 PhD study: Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Physics and metrology
2002–2010 Assistant professor, Department of experimental physics, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
2010 Associate professor, Department of experimental physics, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
2010 Research program leader in Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials
2011 Vice-head of Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Foreign stays

April 2004 (6 days) Institute for Physical High Technology, Jena, Germany

February 2005 (6 days) Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA

November+December 2007 (7 weeks) Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

March 2012 (10 days) Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA

Publications in impacted journals

Journal Number of publications IF
Chemistry of Materials 17,286
Chemical Communications 16,169
Journal of Materials Chemistry 25,968
Crystal Growth & Design 14,720
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 14,525
Journal of Hazardous Materials 14,173
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 23,696
Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13,287
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 13,049
Polyhedron 12,057
Thin Solid Films 11,890

Seznam příspěvků podle let

2012

  • [DOI] K. Siskova, J. Tucek, L. Machala, E. Otyepkova, J. Filip, K. Safarova, J. Pechousek, and R. Zboril, “Air-stable nZVI formation mediated by glutamic acid: solid-state storable material exhibiting 2D chain morphology and high reactivity in aqueous environment,” JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, vol. 14, iss. 4, 2012.

2011

  • [DOI] L. Machala, J. Tucek, and R. Zboril, “Polymorphous Transformations of Nanometric Iron(III) Oxide: A Review,” CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 23, iss. 14, pp. 3255-3272, 2011.

2010

  • [DOI] M. Dobes, L. Machala, and T. Fuerst, “Blurred image restoration: A fast method of finding the motion length and angle,” DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, vol. 20, iss. 6, pp. 1677-1686, 2010.
  • [DOI] J. Frydrych, L. Machala, M. Hermanek, I. Medrik, M. Mashlan, J. Tucek, J. Pechousek, and V. K. Sharma, “A nanocrystalline hematite film prepared from iron(III) chloride precursor,” THIN SOLID FILMS, vol. 518, iss. 21, pp. 5916-5919, 2010.
  • R. Urbanova, V. Prochazka, L. Raida, A. Hlusi, M. Pecuchova, T. Papajik, K. Indrak, D. Adamova, and L. Machala, “TOXOPLASMOSIS IN CNS: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION WITH DIFFICULT DIAGNOSABILITY IN A PATIENT WITH IDIOPATIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA TREATED WITH IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVES ON A LONG-TERM BASIS,” HAEMATOLOGICA-THE HEMATOLOGY JOURNAL, vol. 95, iss. 2, pp. 735-736, 2010.

2009

  • [DOI] C. Park, J. Walker, R. Tannenbaum, A. E. Stiegman, J. Frydrych, and L. Machala, “Sol-Gel-Derived Iron Oxide Thin Films on Silicon: Surface Properties and Interfacial Chemistry,” ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, vol. 1, iss. 9, pp. 1843-1846, 2009.
  • [DOI] L. Machala, R. Zboril, V. K. Sharma, J. Filip, D. Jancik, and Z. Homonnay, “Transformation of Solid Potassium Ferrate(VI) (K2FeO4): Mechanism and Kinetic Effect of Air Humidity,” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, iss. 8, pp. 1060-1067, 2009.

2008

  • L. Machala, R. Zboril, V. K. Sharma, and Z. Homonnay, “Decomposition of Potassium Ferrate(VI) (K(2)FeO(4)) and Potassium Ferrate(III) (KFeO(2)): In-situ Mossbauer Spectroscopy Approach,” in MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY IN MATERIALS SCIENCE 2008, 2008, pp. 114-121.

2007

  • [DOI] P. Kopel, K. Dolezal, L. Machala, and V. Langer, “Synthesis, characterization and screening of biological activity of Zn(II), Fe(II) and Mn(II) complexes with trithiocyanuric acid,” POLYHEDRON, vol. 26, iss. 8, pp. 1583-1589, 2007.
  • [DOI] L. Machala, R. Zboril, and A. Gedanken, “Amorphous iron(III) Oxide – A review,” JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, vol. 111, iss. 16, pp. 4003-4018, 2007.
  • [DOI] L. Machala, R. Zboril, V. K. Sharma, J. Filip, O. Schneeweiss, and Z. Homonnay, “Mossbauer characterization and in situ monitoring of thermal decomposition of potassium ferrate(VI), K2FeO4 in static air conditions,” JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, vol. 111, iss. 16, pp. 4280-4286, 2007.
  • M. Dobes, L. Machala, and J. Mikes, “Iterative image restoration and the stopping criteria,” in WMSCI 2007: 11TH WORLD MULTI-CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS, VOL II, PROCEEDINGS, 2007, pp. 192-195.

2006

  • L. Machala, R. Zboril, V. K. Sharma, J. Filip, and O. Schneeweiss, “New view on thermal behavior of K(2)FeO(4) in static air,” ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 232, pp. 712, 2006.
  • [DOI] M. Hermanek, R. Zboril, M. Mashlan, L. Machala, and O. Schneeweiss, “Thermal behaviour of iron(II) oxalate dihydrate in the atmosphere of its conversion gases,” JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, vol. 16, iss. 13, pp. 1273-1280, 2006.

2005

  • R. Zboril, L. Machala, M. Mashlan, and M. Hermanek, “Nanocrystalline iron(III) oxides formed under dynamic heating of ferrous oxalate dihydrate in air,” in Industrial Applications of the Mossbauer Effect, 2005, pp. 257-262.
  • [DOI] J. Pospisil, P. Jakubik, and L. Machala, “Light-reflection random-target method for measurement of the modulation transfer function of a digital video-camera,” OPTIK, vol. 116, iss. 12, pp. 573-585, 2005.

2004

  • [DOI] R. Zboril, L. Machala, M. Mashlan, and V. Sharma, “Iron(III) oxide nanoparticles in the thermally induced oxidative decomposition of Prussian Blue, Fe(4)[Fe(CN)(6)](3),” CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, vol. 4, iss. 6, pp. 1317-1325, 2004.
  • [DOI] R. Zboril, M. Mashlan, L. Machala, J. Walla, K. Barcova, and P. Martinec, “Characterization and thermal behaviour of garnets from almandine-pyrope series at 1200 degrees C,” HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS, vol. 156, iss. 1, pp. 403-410, 2004.
  • M. Mashlan, R. Zboril, L. Machala, M. Vujtek, J. Walla, and K. Nomura, “Mossbauer spectroscopy in study of thermally induced crystallization of amorphous Fe(2)O(3) nanoparticles,” in ISMANAM 2003: METASTABLE, MECHANICALLY ALLOYED AND NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS, 2004, pp. 641-647.
  • [DOI] M. Dobes, L. Machala, P. Tichavsky, and J. Pospisil, “Human eye iris recognition using the mutual information,” OPTIK, vol. 115, iss. 9, pp. 399-404, 2004.
  • [DOI] R. Zboril, L. Machala, M. Mashlan, M. Hermanek, M. Miglierini, and A. Fojtik, “Structural, magnetic and size transformations induced by isothermal treatment of ferrous oxalate dihydrate in static air conditions,” in SECOND SEEHEIM CONFERENCE ON MAGNETISM, PROCEEDINGS, 2004, pp. 3583-3588.

2003

  • R. Zboril, M. Mashlan, L. Machala, and P. Bezdicka, “Iron(III) oxides formed during thermal conversion of rhombohedral iron(III) sulfate,” in MATERIAL RESEARCH IN ATOMIC SCALE BY MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY, 2003, pp. 21-30.

2001

  • [DOI] L. Machala and J. Pospisil, “Proposal and verification of two methods for evaluation of the human iris video-camera images,” OPTIK, vol. 112, iss. 8, pp. 335-340, 2001.
  • [DOI] L. Machala and J. Pospisil, “Alternatives of the statistical evaluation of the human iris structure,” in 12TH CZECH-SLOVAK-POLISH OPTICAL CONFERENCE ON WAVE AND QUANTUM ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY OPTICS, 2001, pp. 385-393.

1994

  • L. MACHALA, “ZAPLETAL,ZDENEK + CONTEMPORARY CZECH WRITER – FROM FOLKLORE TO BOOKS,” CESKA LITERATURA, vol. 42, iss. 6, pp. 608-620, 1994.

Review papers

Machala L.; Tucek J.; Zboril R.: Polymorphous Transformations of Nanometric Iron(III) Oxide: A Review, Chemistry of Materials 23, 3255-3272, 2011. Cover art.

Machala L; Zboril R.; Gedanken A.: Amorphous iron(III) Oxide – A review, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, 4003-4018, 2007. Cover art.

Chapters in books

L. Machala, R. Zboril, V. K. Sharma, J. Filip, O. Schneeweiss, J. Madarasz, Z. Homonnay, G. Pokol, R. Yngard, „Thermal Stability of Solid Ferrates(VI): A Review“. In: Ferrates-Synthesis, Properties, and Applications in Water and Wastewater Treatment, ed. V. K. Sharma, ACS Symposium Series 985, Washington, DC, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8412-6961-3

J. Tuček, L. Machala, J. Frydrych, J. Pechoušek, R. Zbořil “Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Study of Nanocrystalline Iron Oxides From Thermal Processes”. In: Mossbauer Spectroscopy: Applications in Chemistry, Biology, Nanotechnology, Industry, and Environment, ed. V. K. Sharma, G. Klingelhoefer and T. Nishida, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in print

Citation response 27th September 2012

L. Machala, R. Zboril, A. Gedanken, „Amorphous Iron(III) oxide – a review“, J. Phys. Chem. B 111(16), 2007, 4003-4018. 57 citations
R. Zboril, L. Machala, M. Mashlan, V. Sharma, “Iron(III) Oxide Nanoparticles in the Thermally Induced Oxidative Decomposition of Prussian Blue, Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3“, Cryst. Growth Des. 4(6), 2004, 1317-1325. 29 citations
M. Hermanek, R. Zboril, M. Mashlan, L. Machala, O. Schneeweiss, „Thermal behaviour of iron(II) oxalate dihydrate in the atmosphere of its conversion gases“, J. Mater. Chem. 16, 2006, 1273-1280. 15 citations
L. Machala, J. Tuček, R. Zbořil, Polymorphous Transformations of Nanometric Iron(III) Oxide: A Review. Chemistry of Materials 23(14), 2011, 3255-3272. 7 citations
C. Park, J. Walker, R. Tannenbaum, A.E. Stiegman, J. Frydrych, L. Machala „Sol-Gel-Derived Iron Oxide Thin Films on Silicon: Surface Properties and Interfacial Chemistry“, ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces 1(9), 2009, 1843-1846. 6 citations

Grant projects

  • GA ČRVliv velikosti částic soli železa na mechanismus jejich transformace na oxid železitý, 2003 – 2005

Oral and invited presentations on international conferences

2004: MSMS (Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science), Vsemina, Czech Republic.

2004: International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect-ISIAME, Madrid, Spain.

2005: International Sustainability Forum, Florida Institute of Technology, USA

2006: Symposium of American Chemical Society, San Francisco, USA

2008: Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science-MSMS, Hlohovec, Czech Republic

2010: Symposium of American Chemical Society, San Francisco, USA (invited)

2011: Nanocon, Brno, Czech republic

2012: Symposium of American Chemical Society, San Diego, USA

2012: NANO2012, Omaha, USA

2012: Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science-MSMS, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Chairman

2012: International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect-ISIAME, Dalian, China (invited)