About department

Field of scientific interest

The primary interest of the Department of Ceramics has been devoted to understanding the relations between microstructure and mechanical properties of oxide/non-oxide ceramic (nano-)composites and ceramic/metal (nano-)composites. Microstructural design of new types of composites (ceramic composites with high thermal and/or electrical conductivity, luminescent materials, corrosion and oxidation resistant materials, etc.) is a primary area of the department research. Ceramic materials combining the excellent mechanical properties along with the functional ones are in the centre of interest. The additional functional properties are designed by the grain boundary engineering using polymer derived precursors and/or by in situ modifications of the microstructures. This part of the research covers also the theoretical ab-initio approaches of engineering/functional properties design and explanation. Nevertheless, one branch of the research is oriented towards design of new types of refractories containing the non-oxide ceramic phases. This part of research is tightly bounded to the collaboration with the industry.

 

  • Head of department: doc. Ing. Miroslav Hnatko, PhD.

 

International and National Projects

Development of new compositionally-complex ceramics for extreme applications
Vývoj nových keramických materiálov komplexného zloženia pre extrémne aplikácie
Programme: APVV-21-0402
Principal investigator from IIC: Ing. Peter Tatarko, PhD.
Duration: 01/2022-12/2026
Development of new joining methods for high entropy ceramics
Vývoj nových metód spájania vysoko-entropických keramických materiálov
Programme: APVV-SK-CZ-RD-21-0089
Project coordinator Ing. Peter Tatarko, PhD.
Partner Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia
Duration: 07/2022-06/2025
Porous ceramic anodes for novel sodium-ion batteries
Pórovité keramické anódy pre sodíkové batérie novej generácie
Programme: VEGA 2/0167/22
Principal investigator from IIC: doc. Ing. Lenčéš Zoltán PhD.
Duration: 01/2022-12/2024
The in-situ formation of bioactive functionally graded silicon nitride by field assisted sintering
In-situ tvorba bioaktívneho funkčne gradientného nitridu kremičitého počas spekania v elektrickom poli
Programme: VEGA 2/0161/22
Principal investigator from IIC: Mgr. Monika Tatarková, PhD.
Duration: 01/2022-12/2024
SIMBA – SODIUM-ION AND SODIUM METAL BATTERIES FOR EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE NEXT-GENERATION ENERGY STORAGE
Programme: Horizont 2020, Grant agreement ID: 963542
Principal investigator: Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
Principal investigator from IIC: doc. Ing. Lenčéš Zoltán PhD.
Partners: Sweden (Uppsala Universitet, Altris AB), UK (The University of Brimingham, The University of Warwick, Johnson Matthey PLC), Germany (Karlsruher Institut Fuer Technologie, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), France (Commissariat à l´énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, SAFT, TES RECUPYL), Norway (IFE, Institutt for energiteknikk, ELKEM AS), Ukraine (YUNASKO UA), Netherlands (Uniresearch BV)
Duration: 01/2021-06/2024
Nanostructured, functionally graded, and bioinspired 3D Ti-based implants
Nanoštrukturované, funkčne navrstvené a bio-inšpirované 3D iplantáty na báze titánu
Programme: APVV-20-0322
Principal investigator from IIC: doc. Ing. Miroslav Hnatko PhD.
Duration: 07/2021 – 06/2025
Electromagnetic shielding properties of functionally graded layered SiC graphene and SiC-carbon nanotubes composites
Elektromagnetické tienenie funkčne gradientných vrstevnatých kompozitov na báze SiC s prídavkom grafénu a uhlíkových nanorúrok
Programme: VEGA 2/0007/21
Principal investigator from IIC: Ing. Ondrej Hanzel, PhD.
Duration: 01/2021-06/2024
Carbon-Silicon based composite anodes for Li-ion batteries
Anódy pre Li-iónové batérie na báze uhlík-kremíkových kompozitov
Programme: APVV-19-0461
Project coordinator CEMEA
Principal investigator from IIC: doc. Ing. Lenčéš Zoltán PhD.
Duration: 07/2020 – 06/2024
Development of functionally graded silicon nitride with improved bioactivity
Vývoj bioaktívneho funkčne gradientného nitridu kremičitého
Programme: JRP SAV – TUBITAK 546676
Project coordinator Ing. Miroslav Hnatko, PhD.
Partner
Duration: 07/2020 – 06/2024
New high-entropy ceramics for advanced application
Nové vysoko-entropické keramické materiály pre pokročilé aplikácie
Programme: APVV-19-0497
Project coordinator Institute of Materials Research SAS
Principal investigator from IIC: prof. RNDr. Pavol Šajgalík, DrSc.
Duration: 07/2020 – 06/2024
CeramCom – New Generation Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites for Aerospace Industry
Programme: H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, Grant agreement: 798651
Principal investigator IIC: Ing. Tatarko Peter PhD.
Partner: Central R&T, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen, Germany
Duration: 06/2018-05/2020
  • NEWSLETTER (May 2020) – summary of the project activities (DOWNLOAD report)

 

 

Selected Publications

BYSTRICKÝ, R – TIWARI, S.K. – HUTÁR, P – VANČO, L. – SÝKORA, M.**. Synthesis of sulfide perovskites by sulfurization with boron sulfides. In Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, vol. 61, p. 18823–18827. (2021: 5.436 – IF, Q1 – JCR, 1.121 – SJR, Q1 – SJR). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03200

HIČÁK, M – MEDVECKÝ, Ľ – HNATKO, M – ŠTULAJTEROVÁ, R – GIRETOVÁ, M – TATARKOVÁ, MLENČÉŠ, Z**ŠAJGALÍK, P. Porous silicon nitride-based drug delivery carrier. In International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 2022, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 882-892. (2021: 2.328 – IF, Q2 – JCR, 0.388 – SJR, Q2 – SJR). https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.13908

KITYK, A** – PROTSENKO, V. – DANILOV, F.I. – BOBROVA, Lina – HNATKO, MPAVLÍK, V – ŠOLTÝS, J – LABUDOVÁ, M – RUSKOVÁ, M – PANGALLO, D. Design of Ti-6Al-4V alloy surface properties by galvanostatic electrochemical treatment in a deep eutectic solvent Ethaline. In Surface & Coatings Technology, 2022, vol. 429, art. no. 127936. (2021: 4.865 – IF, Q2 – JCR, 0.922 – SJR, Q1 – SJR). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2021.127936

PARCHOVIANSKÁ, I** – PARCHOVIANSKÝ, M – PECUŠOVÁ, B – HANZEL, O – PAKSERESHT, A. Synthesis and characterization of fluorite-type La2Ce2O7 plasma sprayable powder for TBCs application. In Materials, 2022, vol. 15, no. 11, art. no. 4007. (2021: 3.748 – IF, Q1 – JCR, 0.604 – SJR, Q2 – SJR). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15114007

ŠAJGALÍK, P – CHENG, Z – HAN, X. – ZHANG, C – HANZEL, O** – SEDLÁČEK, J – ORLOVA, T – ZHUKOVSKYI, M – MUKASYAN, AS. Ultra-high creep resistant SiC ceramics prepared by rapid hot pressing. In Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2022, vol. 42, no. 3, p. 820–829. (2021: 6.364 – IF, Q1 – JCR, 1.107 – SJR, Q1 – SJR, CCC). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.11.010

XU, J – ZHOU, X** – ZOU, S – CHEN, L – TATARKO, P – DAI, J-Q** – HUANG, Z – HUANG, Q. Low-temperature Pr3Si2C2-assisted liquid-phase sintering of SiC with improved thermal conductivity. In Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2022, vol. 105, no. 9, p. 5576-5584. (2021: 4.186 – IF, Q1 – JCR, 0.779 – SJR, Q1 – SJR). https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18520

YU, T* – XU, J* – ZHOU, X** – TATARKO, P – LI, Y – HUANG, Z – HUANG, Q. Near-seamless joining of Cf/SiC composites using Y3Si2C2 via electric field-assisted sintering technique. In Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022, vol. 11, no. 8, p. 1196–1207. (2021: 11.534 – IF, Q1 – JCR, 1.558 – SJR, Q1 – SJR). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-022-0593-3

 

Cooperation

  • Universität Karlsruhe, Institut für Keramik im Maschinenbau, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Disperse Feststoffe, Darmstadt, Germany
  • Institute for Ceramic Technology, ISTEC, Faenza, Italy
  • University of Trento, Materials Science Department, Trento, Italy
  • National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nagoya, Japan
  • University of Leeds, Materials Science Department, Leeds, United Kingdom
  • Austrian Research Center, Materials Science Division, Seibersdorf, Austria