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European patent granted
The systematic research of the members of the RCPTM research division Biologically-active complexes and molecular magnets, under the supervision of Prof. Trávníček, focused on the copper(II) complexes [Cu(qui)(L2)]X involving 1-azaflavon-3-ol (Hqui) and 1,10-phenanthroline (L2) derivatives and their anticancer activities, climaxed in the granting of European patent entitled “Utilization of copper complexes involving 2-phenyl-3-hydroxy-4(1H)-quinolinone and 1,10-phenanthroline derivatives for the preparation of drugs for the treatment of tumour diseases” (EP2650000 B1; inventors: Trávníček, J. Vančo, Z. Dvořák, R. Buchtík; granted on 2017/03/29)…
Advanced Advanced Hybrid Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications Hybrid Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications
New project Advanced Hybrid Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications launched. The aim is to establish a unique, excellent and sustainable scientific team, research infrastructure, and collaborative research network at the Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM) and will be directed by Prof. Patrik Schmuki who is an outstanding and world recognized researcher in the fields of material chemistry, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, and renewable energy. This project brings ~5 mil EUR funding to RCPTM till 2022.
European Research Council
Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, namely Prof. RNDr. Michal Otyepka, Ph.D. became a successfully submitted the European Research Council project and from 1 June 2016 he becomes principal investigator of ERC-Consolidator Grant. Project called Two-Dimensional Chemistry towards New Graphene Derivatives aims to understand chemical rules of two-dimensional world of carbon materials, especially fluorographene.

Project webpage: www.2dchem.org
Research infrastructures
Research infrastructures, including e-infrastructures are one of the main pillars of national research and innovation systems of the Member States of the European Union, the European Research Area as a whole and other macro-regional and global formations. Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials is proud that their activities may contribute to the establishment of five research infrastructures. Specifically, these are:

1. NanoEnviCz
2. AUGER-CZ
3. CERN-CZ
4. CTA-CZ
5. ELIXIR-CZ
Seventh EU Framework Programme
The researchers from RCPTM takes part in two collaborative projects under the Seventh EU Framework Programme.

First project NanoRem has 28 partners across Europe. Project objectives are development of new methods of water treatment based on nanotechnologies and their transfer from the laboratory to industry.

EcoThermo is a three-year project coordinated by the private company Ingenia srl. (Italy). As part of the project, which involves 8 partners, RCPTM employees work on the development of new technologies for the efficient heating of buildings.
Competence Centres Projects
“Environmental Friendly Nanotechnologies and Biotechnologies in Water and Soil Treatment”. Project intention is to establish the Nanobiowat Center connecting potentials of 3 academic and 6 industrial subjects in order to develop and implement ecologically friendly nanotechnologies and biotechnologies for water and soil treatment.

AlterBio project – “Centre for alternative environment friendly high effective polymer antimicrobial agents for industrial applications” objectives are research, developement and proposed commercialization of innovative antimicrobial systems for plastics, coatings, cosmetics and textiles.
Centre of Excellence Projects
Collaborative project “Centre of Drug-Dietary Supplements Interactions and Nutrigenetics” looks at the interaction of selected groups of plant substances contained in food supplements with the most important biotransformational enzymes, transporters and nuclear receptors, with regard to their potentially clinically significant interactions with drugs.

“Controlling Structure and Function of Biomolecules at the Molecular Scale: Theory Meets Experiments”. This collaborative project deals with a new methodology for the control of the structure and function of biological systems on the molecular level.
Collaboration: The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory is studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays (energy > 10E19 eV). The observatory is located on the vast plain known as the Pampa Amarilla (yellow prairie) in western Argentina. Joint Laboratory of Optics produces glass mirror for fluorescence telescopes and Lidars, All Sky cameras for background light monitoring. The employees participate in the observatory operation, measurement of optical properties of fluorescence telescopes and optical elements, data analysis, modeling, design and analysis of optical systems.
Collaboration: ATLAS-CERN
Palacky University together with RCPTM actively contributes to CERN activities, in particular in frame of the Forward Detectors subproject within the ATLAS project where we cooperate with international community. The main objective has been development of algorithms and models for data analysis and simulation for the ALFA detector. Nowadays we are going to use our experiences in the oncoming AFP project. Our students participate in physics analysis in area of proton diffraction as for instance hot topic study of exclusive production of pions in proton-proton collisions.

Rudolf Zahradník Lecture Series

Past:

Prof. Yury Gogotsi
Prof. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Prof. Paolo Fornasiero

Prof. Rudolf Zahradník

Series of Honorary Lectures under the auspices of the General Director of RCPTM

TOP RCPTM journal publications 2018

J. Šponer, G. Bussi, M. Krepl, P. Banáš, S. Bottaro, R. A. Cunha, A. Gil-Ley, G. Pinamonti, S. Poblete, P. Jurečka, N. G. Walter, M. Otyepka: RNA Structural Dynamics As Captured by Molecular Simulations: A Comprehensive Overview, CHEMICAL REVIEWS, Article in press, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00427, IF = 52.613

J. Tuček, P. Błoński, J. Ugolotti, A. K. Swain, T. Enoki, R. Zbořil: Emerging chemical strategies for imprinting magnetism in graphene and related 2D materials for spintronic and biomedical applications, CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS vol. 47, iss. 11, pp. 3899-3990, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00288b, IF = 40.182

J. Tuček, P. Błoński, J. Ugolotti, A. K. Swain, T. Enoki, R. Zbořil: Emerging chemical strategies for imprinting magnetism in graphene and related 2D materials for spintronic and biomedical applications, CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, Article in press, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00288b, IF = 40.182

A. Panáček, L. Kvítek, M. Smékalová, R. Večeřová, M. Kolář, M. Röderová, F. Dyčka, M. Šebela, R. Prucek, O. Tomanec, R. Zbořil: Bacterial resistance to silver nanoparticles and how to overcome it, NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 13, iss. 1, pp. 65–71, 2018.
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-017-0013-y, IF = 37.49

D. Li, P. Jing, L. Sun, Y. An, X. Shan, X. Lu, D. Zhou, D. Han, D. Shen, Y. Zhai, S. Qu, R. Zbořil, A. L. Rogach, "Near-Infrared Excitation/Emission and Multi-Photon-Induced Fluorescence of Carbon Dots," ADVANCED MATERIALS, vol. 30, iss. 13, no. 1705913, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705913, IF = 21.95

K. Jayaramulu, D. P. Dubal, B. Nagar, V. Ranc, O. Tomanec, M. Petr, K. K. R. Datta, R. Zboril, P. Gómez-Romero, R. A. Fischer, "Ultrathin Hierarchical Porous Carbon Nanosheets for High-Performance Supercapacitors and Redox Electrolyte Energy Storage," ADVANCED MATERIALS, vol. 30, iss. 15, no. 1705789, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705789, IF = 21.95

O. Stetsovych, P. Mutombo, M. Švec, M. Šámal, J. Nejedlý, I. Císařová, H. Vázquez, M. Moro-Lagares, J. Berger, J. Vacek, I. G. Stará, I. Starý, P. Jelínek: Large Converse Piezoelectric Effect Measured on a Single Molecule on a Metallic Surface, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 140, iss. 3, pp. 940–946, 2018, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08729, IF = 14.357

C. C. Mayorga-Martinez, Z. Sofer, J. Luxa, Š. Huber, D. Sedmidubský, P. Brázda, L. Palatinus, M. Mikulics, P. Lazar, R. Medlín, M. Pumera: TaS₃ Nanofibers: Layered Trichalcogenide for High-Performance Electronic and Sensing Devices, ACS NANO, vol. 12, iss. 1, pp. 464–473, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06853, IF = 13.709

A. Bakandritsos, D. D. Chronopoulos, P. Jakubec, M. Pykal, K. Čépe, T. Steriotis, S. Kalytchuk, M. Petr, R. Zbořil, M. Otyepka: High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on a Zwitterionic Network of Covalently Functionalized Graphene with Iron Tetraaminophthalocyanine, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS vol. 28, iss. 29, pp. 1801111, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201801111, IF = 13.325

J. Tuček, P. Błoński, O. Malina, M. Pumera, C. K. Chua, M. Otyepka, and R. Zbořil: Morphology-Dependent Magnetism in Nanographene: Beyond Nanoribbons, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, vol. 28, iss. 22, no. 1800592, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201800592, IF = 13.325

B. de la Torre, M. Švec, P. Hapala, J. Redondo, O. Krejčí, R. Lo, D. Manna, A. Sarmah, D. Nachtigallová, J. Tuček, P. Błoński, M. Otyepka, R. Zbořil, P. Hobza, P. Jelínek: Non-covalent control of spin-state in metal-organic complex by positioning on N-doped graphene, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS vol. 9, iss. 1, 2018.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05163-y, IF = 12.353

J. Peng, J. Guo, P. Hapala, D. Cao, R. Ma, B. Cheng, L. Xu, M. Ondráček, P. Jelínek, E. Wang, Y. Jiang: Weakly perturbative imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution by atomic force microscopy, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS vol. 9, p. 2831, 2018.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02635-5, IF = 12.353

Y. Huang, C. Han, Y. Liu, M. N. Nadagouda, L. Machala, K. E. O’Shea, V. K. Sharma, D. D. Dionysiou: Degradation of atrazine by Zn_xCu_1−xFe₂O₄ nanomaterial-catalyzed sulfite under UV–vis light irradiation: Green strategy to generate SO₄·−, APPLIED CATALYSIS B: ENVIRONMENTAL vol. 221, pp. 380-392, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.09.001, IF = 11.698

A. Halder, M. Kilianová, B. Yang, E. C. Tyo, S. Seifert, R. Prucek, A. Panáček, P. Suchomel, O. Tomanec, D. J. Gosztola, D. Milde, H. Wang, L. Kvítek, R. Zbořil, S. Vajda: Highly efficient Cu-decorated iron oxide nanocatalyst for low pressure CO 2 conversion, APPLIED CATALYSIS B: ENVIRONMENTAL vol. 225, pp. 128-138, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.11.047, IF = 11.698

L. Pravda, D. Sehnal, R. Svobodová Vařeková, V. Navrátilová, D. Toušek, K. Berka, M. Otyepka, J. Koča: ChannelsDB: database of biomacromolecular tunnels and pores, NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH vol. 46, iss. D1, pp. D399-D405, 2018.
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx868, IF = 11.561

D. Spanu, S. Recchia, S. Mohajernia, O. Tomanec, Š. Kment, R. Zboril, P. Schmuki, M. Altomare: Templated Dewetting–Alloying of NiCu Bilayers on TiO2 Nanotubes Enables Efficient Noble-Metal-Free Photocatalytic H2 Evolution, ACS CATALYSIS vol. 8, iss. 6, pp. 5298-5305, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01190, IF = 11.384

D. P. Dubal, J. Kolleboyina , R. Zboril, R. A. Fischer, P. Gomez-Romero: Unveiling BiVO4 Nanorods as a Novel Anode Material for High Performance Lithium Ion Capacitor: Beyond intercalation strategy, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, vol. 6, iss. 14, pp. 6096–6106, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8ta00549d, IF = 9.931

M. Smékalová, A. Panáček, D. Jančula, B. Maršálek, J. Kolařík, R. Prucek, L. Kvítek, R. Zbořil: Culture medium mediated aggregation and re-crystallization of silver nanoparticles reduce their toxicity, APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY vol. 12, pp. 198-206, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2018.05.004, CiteScore = 9.90

H. Han, S. Kment, F. Karlicky, L. Wang, A. Naldoni, P. Schmuki, and R. Zboril,: Sb-doped SnO₂ Nanorods Underlayer Effect to the α-Fe₂O₃ Nanorods Sheathed with TiO₂ for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, SMALL, SMALL, vol. 14, iss. 19, p. 1703860, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201703860, IF = 9.598

R. Szabla, H. Kruse, P. Stadlbauer, J. Šponer, A. L. Sobolewski: Sequential electron transfer governs the UV-induced self-repair of DNA photolesions, CHEMICAL SCIENCE vol. 9, iss. 12, pp. 3131-3140, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00024g, IF = 9.063

Matochová, M. Medveď, A. Bakandritsos, T. Steklý, R. Zbořil, and M. Otyepka, "2D Chemistry - Chemical Control of Graphene Derivatization," THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, Article in press.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01596, IF = 8.709

D. Nandan, G. Zoppellaro, I. Medrik, C. Aparicio, P. Kumar, M. Petr, O. Tomanec, M. B. Gawande, R. S. Varma, R. Zboril: Cobalt entrenched N-, O-, and S-tridoped carbons as efficient multifunctional sustainable catalysts for base-free selective oxidative esterification of alcohols, GREEN CHEMISTRY, Article in press, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8gc01333k, IF = 8.586

H. Bian, N. T. Nguyen, J. Yoo, S. Hejazi, S. Mohajernia, J. Müller, E. Spiecker, H. Tsuchiya, O. Tomanec, B. E. Sanabria-Arenas, R. Zboril, Y. Y. Li, P. Schmuki: Forming a Highly Active, Homogeneously Alloyed AuPt Co-catalyst Decoration on TiO2 Nanotubes Directly During Anodic Growth, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES vol. 10, iss. 21, pp. 18220-18226, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03713, IF = 8.097

H. Ahn, A. Goswami, F. Riboni, S. Kment, A. Naldoni, S. Mohajernia, R. Zboril, P. Schmuki: Hematite Photoanode with Complex Nanoarchitecture Providing Tunable Gradient Doping and Low Onset Potential for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, CHEMSUSCHEM, Article in press, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201800256, IF = 7.411

A. Koutsioukis, A. Akouros, R. Zboril, V. Georgakilas: Solid phase extraction for the purification of violet, blue, green and yellow emitting carbon dots, NANOSCALE, vol. 10, iss. 24, pp. 11293–11296, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr03668c, IF = 7.233

P. Lazar, E. Otyepková, M. Pykal, K. Čépe, M. Otyepka: Role of the puckered anisotropic surface in the surface and adsorption properties of black phosphorus, NANOSCALE vol. 10, iss. 19, pp. 8979-8988, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr00329g, IF = 7.233

M. Medveď, G. Zoppellaro, J. Ugolotti, D. Matochová, P. Lazar, T. Pospíšil, A. Bakandritsos, J. Tuček, R. Zbořil, M. Otyepka: Reactivity of fluorographene is triggered by point defects: beyond the perfect 2D world, NANOSCALE vol. 10, iss. 10, pp. 4696-4707, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c7nr09426d, IF = 7.233

J. Kolařík, R. Prucek, J. Tuček, J. Filip, V. K. Sharma, R. Zbořil: Impact of inorganic ions and natural organic matter on arsenates removal by ferrate(VI): Understanding a complex effect of phosphates ions, WATER RESEARCH vol. 141, pp. 357-365, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.05.024, IF = 7.051

Q. Li, J. P. Froning, M. Pykal, S. Zhang, Z. Wang, M. Vondrák, P. Banáš, K. Čépe, P. Jurečka, J. Šponer, R. Zbořil, M. Dong, M. Otyepka: RNA nanopatterning on graphene, 2D MATERIALS vol. 5, iss. 3, pp. 031006, 2018.
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/aabdf7, IF = 7.042

M. Czölderová, M. Behúl, J. Filip, P. Zajíček, R. Grabic, A. Vojs-Staňová, M. Gál, K. Kerekeš, J. Híveš, J. Ryba, M. Rybanská, P. Brandeburová, T. Mackuľak: 3D printed polyvinyl alcohol ferrate(VI) capsules: Effective means for the removal of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs from wastewater, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL vol. 349, pp. 269-275, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.05.089, IF = 6.735

Y. Su, D. Jassby, S. Song, X. Zhou, H. Zhao, J. Filip, E. Petala, Y. Zhang: Enhanced Oxidative and Adsorptive Removal of Diclofenac in Heterogeneous Fenton-like Reaction with Sulfide Modified Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY vol. 52, iss. 11, pp. 6466-6475, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00231, IF = 6.653

G. Cassone, J. Sponer, J. E. Sponer, F. Pietrucci, A. M. Saitta, F. Saija: Synthesis of (d)-erythrose from glycolaldehyde aqueous solutions under electric field, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS vol. 54, iss. 26, pp. 3211-3214, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00045j, IF = 6.29

T. Gucký, E. Řezníčková, T. Radošová Muchová, R. Jorda, Z. Klejová, V. Malínková, K. Berka, V. Bazgier, H. Ajani, M. Lepšík, V. Divoký, V. Kryštof: Discovery of N²-(4-Amino-cyclohexyl)-9-cyclopentyl-N6-(4-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-phenyl)-9H-purine-2,6-diamine as a Potent FLT3 Kinase Inhibitor for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with FLT3 Mutations, JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY vol. 61, iss. 9, pp. 3855-3869, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01529, IF = 6.253

Z. Chaloupková, A. Balzerová, Z. Medříková, J. Srovnal, M. Hajdúch, K. Čépe, V. Ranc, R. Zbořil: Label-free determination and multiplex analysis of DNA and RNA in tumor tissues, APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY vol. 12, pp. 85-91, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2017.12.012, IF = 5.710

A. V.C., A. Goswami, H. Sopha, D. Nandan, M. B. Gawande, K. Cepe, S. Ng, R. Zboril, J. M. Macak: Pt nanoparticles decorated TiO 2 nanotubes for the reduction of olefins, APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY vol. 10, pp. 86-92, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2017.12.006, IF = 5.710

B. Hudcová, V. Veselská, J. Filip, S. Číhalová, M. Komárek: Highly effective Zn(II) and Pb(II) removal from aqueous solutions using Mg-Fe layered double hydroxides: Comprehensive adsorption modeling coupled with solid state analyses, JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION vol. 171, pp. 944-953, 2018.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.104, IF = 5.651

M. Paloncýová, M. Langer, M. Otyepka: Structural Dynamics of Carbon Dots in Water and N,N-Dimethylformamide Probed by All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION vol. 14, iss. 4, pp. 2076-2083, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b01149, IF = 5.399

M. Zgarbová, P. Jurečka, J. Šponer, M. Otyepka: A- to B-DNA Transition in AMBER Force Fields and Its Coupling to Sugar Pucker, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 319-328, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00926, IF = 5.399

L. Pogány, B. Brachňaková, J. Moncol, J. Pavlik, I. Nemec, Z. Trávníček, M. Mazúr, L. Bučinský, L. Suchánek, I. Šalitroš: Impact of Substituent Variation on the Presence of Thermal Spin Crossover in a Series of Mononuclear Iron(III) Schiff Base Complexes with Terminal Pseudohalido Co-ligands, CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL vol. 24, iss. 20, pp. 5191-5203, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704546, IF = 5.16

More Top Publications from 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012

Science and Nature family in RCPTM

A. Panáček, L. Kvítek, M. Smékalová, R. Večeřová, M. Kolář, M. Röderová, F. Dyčka, M. Šebela, R. Prucek, O. Tomanec, R. Zbořil: "Bacterial resistance to silver nanoparticles and how to overcome it", NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY vol. 13, iss. 1, pp. 65-71, 2018., IF = 38.986

J. Peng, J. Guo, P. Hapala, D. Cao, R. Ma, B. Cheng, L. Xu, M. Ondráček, P. Jelínek, E. Wang, Y. Jiang: "Weakly perturbative imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution by atomic force microscopy", NATURE COMMUNICATIONS vol. 9, iss. 1, 2018., IF = 12.124

The Pierre Auger Collaboration: Observation of a large-scale anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays above 8 × 1018eV, SCIENCE vol. 357, iss. 6357, pp. 1266-1270, 2017. IF = 37.205

ATLAS Collaboration: Evidence for light-by-light scattering in heavy-ion collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, NATURE PHYSICS, vol. 13, pp. 852-858, 2017. IF = 22.806

A. Naldoni, V. M. Shalaev, and M. L. Brongersma, "Applying plasmonics to a sustainable future," SCIENCE, vol. 356, iss. 6341, 2017. IF = 37.205.

J. Tucek, K. Hola, A. B. Bourlinos, P. Blonski, A. Bakandritsos, J. Ugolotti, M. Dubecky, F. Karlicky, V. Ranc, K. Cepe, M. Otyepka, and R. Zboril, "Room temperature organic magnets derived from sp3 functionalized graphene,"
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 8, p. 14525, 2017. IF = 12.124.

J. Onoda, M. Ondráček, P. Jelínek and Y. Sugimoto, "Electronegativity determination of individual surface atoms by atomic force microscopy,"
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 8, p. 15155, 2017. IF = 12.124.

J. Tucek, Z. Sofer, D. Bousa, M. Pumera, K. Hola, A. Mala, K. Polakova, M. Havrdova, K. Cepe, O. Tomanec, and R. Zboril, "Air-stable superparamagnetic metal nanoparticles entrapped in graphene oxide matrix,"
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 7, p. 12879, 2016. IF = 12.124.

Awards

Our article Room temperature organic magnets derived from sp³ functionalized graphene was choosen as Nature's 2017 graphene research picks.

Karel Lemr was awarded by Hanuš medal (http://www.csch.cz/o-spolecnosti/oceneni/hanusova-medaile/) for his work in analytical chemistry. It is the highest honors of The Czech Chemical Society for merit in the development of chemistry.

Professor Pavel Hobza is only the second Czech scientist who received Schrödinger's medal. Every year, the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) grants it to an outstanding theoretical and computational chemist.

Our review was highlighted on webpage News and views from the Journal of Phisic series.

Our article was highlighted on webpage Advanced Science News of journal Advanced Materials.

RCPTM paper - Jayaramulu et al.Shape Controlled Hierarchical Porous Hydrophobic/Oleophilic Metal-Organic Nanofibrous Gel Composites for Oil Adsorption (Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1605307.) was awarded by the journal Advances In Engineering.

Our article Modelling of graphene functionalization was one of the 50 most downloaded articles in journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics in 2016.

For the third year in a row Prof. Pavel Hobza placed in Thomson Reuters List of Highly Cited Researchers. List also includes two Foreign RCPTM scientists Patrik Schmuki and Rajender S. Varma.

Pavel Hobza was awarded by Schrödinger Medal for 2017. He is only the second Czech scientist who has received this award.

The project "Modern multilayer optical systems" won the TAČR Award 2016 in the category original design . It's a joint project of the RCPTM, FÚ ASCR and Meopta company.

Pavel Hobza was awarded by "Jaroslav Heyrovsky Honorary Medal" in the chemical sciences by The Czech Academy of Sciences.

General director of RCPTM Prof. Radek Zboril, Ph.D. and his deputy Prof. Michal Otyepka, Ph.D. were among the 70 laureates awarded on the occasion Alumni Meeting 2016 of Palacky University.

Prof. Pavel Hobza, Ph.D. was awarded by Cena města Olomouce (Award of Olomouc city) 2015 in the field science and research. Last year, this prize was awarded to Prof. Radek Zboril

Young RCPTM Scientists Succeeded in French Embassy Science Contest. Kateřina Holá placed second in Chemistry (the Jean-Marie Lehn Award), while Markéta Paloncýová placed third in the Joseph Fourier Award.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 4, iss. 3, 2016 marks the journal’s inaugural Festschrift, which honors Professor Rajender S. Varma.

Prof. Pavel Hobza is again on the list of the most cited scientists of the world. For the second time in a row he is listed among one percent of the most cited scientists of the world in chemistry (Highly Cited Researchers 2015 - http://highlycited.com/).

Prof. Michal Otyepka has been granted a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant worth €1.8 million..

The award “Sustainable Strategies for Risk Reduction In Nanotechnology: Application in Chemical Catalysis and Environmental Remediation” was given to Rajender S. Varma

Prof. Radek Zbořil (General director of RCPTM) was introduced as a new member of the Learned Society of Czech Republic.

Prof. RNDr. Radek Zbořil, Ph.D. was awarded by Cena města Olomouce (Award of Olomouc city) in the field science and research.

Rajender S. Varma was introduced as an Advisory Board Member for the journal from Royal Society of Chemistry, Environmental Science: Nano

The award for the best poster at the SPEA8 conference in Greece was won by RCPTM researchers.

Martin Kuba won best poster award at Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry in Prague, March 2014. Poster name: "DETERMINATION OF METALS RELEASED FROM ARTICULAR REPLACEMENTS IN CLINICAL SAMPLES BY ICP-MS "

Dr. Manoj B. Gawande Ji was approved for "Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman - 2014" award by Indian government It is prestigious award honor to Indians who are in foreign country, and make outstanding achievement.

TOP Review papers

K. Ulbrich, K. Holá, V. Šubr, A. Bakandritsos, J. Tuček, R. Zbořil: "Targeted Drug Delivery with Polymers and Magnetic Nanoparticles: Covalent and Noncovalent Approaches, Release Control, and Clinical Studies"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 116, iss. 9, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00589

M. Dubecký, L. Mitas, P. Jurečka: "Noncovalent Interactions by Quantum Monte Carlo"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 116, iss. 9, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00557

M. H. Kolář, P. Hobza: "Computer Modeling of Halogen Bonds and Other σ-Hole Interactions"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 116, iss. 9, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00560

V. Georgakilas, J. N. Tiwari, K. C. Kemp, J. A. Perman, A. B. Bourlinos, K. S. Kim, R. Zboril: "Noncovalent Functionalization of Graphene and Graphene Oxide for Energy Materials, Biosensing, Catalytic, and Biomedical Applications"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 116, iss. 9, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00620

P. Trouillas, J. C. Sancho-García, V. De Freitas, J. Gierschner, M. Otyepka, and O. Dangles: "Stabilizing and Modulating Color by Copigmentation: Insights from Theory and Experiment"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 116, iss. 9, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00507

M. B. Gawande, A. Goswami, F. Felpin, T. Asefa, X. Huang, R. Silva, X. Zou, R. Zboril, R. S. Varma: "Cu and Cu-Based Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 116, iss. 6, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00482

V. K. Sharma, J. Filip, R. Zboril, R. S. Varma: "Natural inorganic nanoparticles – formation, fate, and toxicity in the environment"

CHEM. SOC. REV., vol. 44, iss. 23, 2015.
DOI: 10.1039/C5CS00236B

V. Georgakilas, J. A. Perman, J. Tucek and R. Zboril: "Broad Family of Carbon Nanoallotropes: Classification, Chemistry, and Applications of Fullerenes, Carbon Dots, Nanotubes, Graphene, Nanodiamonds, and Combined Superstructures"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 115, iss. 11, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/cr500304f

M. B. Gawande, A. Goswami, T. Asefa, H. Guo, A. V. Biradar, D. Peng, R. Zboril, R. S. Varma: "Core–shell nanoparticles: synthesis and applications in catalysis and electrocatalysis"

CHEM. SOC. REV. , Advance Article. 2015.
DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00343a

Georgakilas, V; Otyepka, M; Bourlinos, AB; Chandra, V; Kim, N; Kemp, KC; Hobza, P; Zboril, R and Kim, KS: "Functionalization of Graphene: Covalent and Non-Covalent Approaches, Derivatives and Applications"

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 112, iss. 11. 2012.
DOI: 10.1021/cr3000412

Our guests

Prof. Toshiaki Enoki (Tokyo Institute of Technology , Tokyo, Japan) with Prof. Radek Zboril (General Director of RCPTM) during the Rudolf Zahradník Lecture Series. Prof. Enoki was giving a lecture entitled "Molecular science of graphene nanostructures”.

Meeting during the Nanocon 2014 conference in Olomouc at the Moravian Restaurant. Prof. Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Dr. Athanasios B. Bourlinos, Prof.Alexander Eychmüller, Dr. Pavel Tuček, Ing. Tasilo Prnka, Prof. Radek Zboril and Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski.

Meeting during the Nanocon 2014 conference in front of the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc. Prof.Alexander Eychmüller, Prof. Radek Zboril, Prof. Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Ing. Tasilo Prnka and Dr. Athanasios B. Bourlinos

General director of Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Prof. Radek Zboril with Prof. Helena Mitasova and Prof. Lubos Mitas from North Carolina State University in front of the RCPTM building.

Dr. Rajender S Varma, visiting scientist of RCPTM, with the seminar announcement in Chile (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Facultad de Química y Biología). More info here (in Spanish).

Prof. Pavel Hobza - Coordinator for International Scientific Collaboration in RCPTM, most cited czech scientist and Prof. Josef Michl - Head of the group “Michl Research Group” at University of Colorado Boulder, editor-in-chief of Chemical Reviews in front of the Saint Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc.

Prof. Kevin Sivula - head of the "Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials LIMNO" and Dr. Stepan Kment - Junior Researcher in research group “Optical and photonic technologies“ in Moravian Restaurant in Olomouc.

Assoc. Prof. Kevin A. Schug - Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Arlington, USA with Prof. Karel Lemr - Head of the Research Group “Nanotechnology in Analytical Chemistry” in RCPTM during the Chiranal Conference 2014 in Olomouc. Blog about the conference can be found here.

Prof. Shin-ichi Ohkoshi (Director of Ohkoshi Labs., Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo), Prof. Kara L. Bren (Associate Editor of J. Am. Chem. Soc., Head of the research group at University of Rochester, NY, USA) and Dr. rer. nat. Giorgio Zoppellaro (Head of the research group at RCPTM) in typical Moravian restaurant during their visit of RCPTM.

Prof. Juan Manuel Diez Tascón, director of Instituto Nacional del Carbón (Oviedo, Spain) with prof. Michal Otyepka (Head of Research Division II in RCPtM) in front of the Olomouc Astronomical Clock

Dr. Rajender S. Varma, Senior Scientist - US Environmental Protection Agency and Visionary of the Year 2009 with Prof. Dr. Radek Zbořil, General Director of RCPTM in front of the brand new TITAN HR-TEM Microscope.

Director of Centre of Ferate Excelence Prof. Virender K. Sharma from Florida Institute of Technology and General director of RCPTM Prof. Radek Zboril are discussing the fruitful collaboration.

General Director Prof. Radek Zboril and Director of Center for Superfunctional Materials, Pohang University Prof. Kwang S. Kim in front of the UNESCO Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc.

Prof. Ohkoshi, Dr. Asuka and Msc. Marie Yoshikiyo during a visit to a typical Moravian restaurant in Olomouc.

Prof. Paul M. Lahti from University of Massachusetts, Co-Director of Energy Frontier Research Center, visited Olomouc and RCPTM

Prof. Paul Mulvaney from University of Melbourne, ARC laureate, collaborator of RCPTM, visited Olomouc and RCPTM.

Prof. Andrey L. Rogach from City University of Hong Kong, the 8th most cited scientist in the field of nanocrystals, collaborator of RCPTM, visited Olomouc and RCPTM.

Prof. Fabio Vianello from University of Padova received the award for best foreign collaborator in 2012.

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NANOSCALE Vol. 10, iss. 10, pp. 4696-4707, 2018.
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Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 13, iss. 1, pp. 65–71, 2018.
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Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 46, Iss. D1, 2018.
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Adv. Funct. Mater., Vol. 33, 2017.
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Nanoscale, Vol. 9, 1. 25. 2016.
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Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, Iss. 25. 2016.
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ChemCatChem, Vol. 8, Iss. 14. 2016.
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Vol. 18, Iss. 9. 2016.
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Chem. Soc. Rev., Vol. 44, Iss. 21. 2015.
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Small, Vol. 11, Iss. 31. 2015.
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Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 25, Iss. 12. 2015.
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Advanced Materials, Vol. 27, Iss. 14. 2015.
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Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 25, Iss. 10. 2015.
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International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Vol. 114, Iss. 15. 2014.
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Chemical Communications Vol. 50, 2014.
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Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 26, Iss. 23. 2014.
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Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 86, Iss. 22. 2014.
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Green Chemistry, Vol. 16, Iss. 9. 2014
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Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Vol. 9, Iss. 9. 2013.
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Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Vol. 8, Iss. 4. 2012.
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Chem. Commun., Vol. 48, Iss. 93, 2012.
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Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 23, Iss. 14. 2011.
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Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 114, Iss. 26. 2010.
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TOP collaborative publications

ATLAS Collaboration: Measurement of the ZZ $Z Z$ Production Cross Section in pp $p p$ Collisions at s√=13 TeV $\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV$ with the ATLAS DetectorPHYS. REV. LETT. vol. 116, iss. 10, 2016. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.101801, IF = 8.462

ATLAS Collaboration: Observation of Long-Range Elliptic Azimuthal Anisotropies in s√=13 $\sqrt{s} = 13$ and 2.76 TeV pp $p p$ Collisions with the ATLAS DetectorPHYS. REV. LETT. vol. 116, iss. 17, 2016. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.172301, IF = 8.462

ATLAS Collaboration: Search for anomalous couplings in the W tb vertex from the measurement of double differential angular decay rates of single top quarks produced in the t-channel with the ATLAS detector, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2016, iss. 23, 2016.
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2016)023, IF = 6.063

ATLAS Collaboration: Search for strong gravity in multijet final states produced in pp collisions at TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2016, iss. 3, 2016.
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2016)026, IF = 6.063

ATLAS Collaboration: Search for new phenomena with photon+jet events in proton-proton collisions at TeV with the ATLAS detector, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2016, iss. 3, 2016.
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2016)041, IF = 6.063

ATLAS Collaboration: Search for charged Higgs bosons in the H ^± → tb decay channel in pp collisions at TeV using the ATLAS detector, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2016, iss. 3, 2016.
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2016)127, IF = 6.063

ATLAS Collaboration: Search for a high-mass Higgs boson decaying to a W boson pair in pp collisions at TeV with the ATLAS detector", JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2016, iss. 1, 2016.
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2016)032, IF = 6.063

Measurement of the production cross-section of a single top quark in association with a W boson at 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment", JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2016, iss. 1, 2016.
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2016)064, IF = 6.063

ATLAS Collaboration: Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson using vector-boson fusion in pp collisions at TeV with the ATLAS detector, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 50, iss. 3, 2016.
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2016)172, IF = 6.063