ABOUT LAM SEMINAR SERIES Goals: The goal of the seminar series organized by the Advanced Materials Laboratory is to provide UK staff and students, as well as the general public, with the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in materials science, with a particular focus on topics at the interface between chemistry, physics and
We have filed an international invention disclosure, based on our discovery of a new type of quantum confined nanoparticles with NIR photoluminescence that are suitable for use as contrast agents in bioimaging applications.
On January 29, 2024 LAM PhD student MSc. Namrata Jaykhedkar successfully defended her dissertation “Theoretical Modelling of Thermodynamic and Electronic Properties of Crystalline Solids” in front of a full conference room at the Science Park of Comenius University, thus fulfilling the final requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations! May this doctorate be
As part of the “LAM seminar series”, Vice President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dr. Martin Venhart, accepted our invitation and gave an interesting lecture on the history of the Nobel Prize. The lecture took place on January 26, 2024 in the Science Park of Comenius University.
Review article “Chemical aspects of halide perovskite nanocrystals”, by Dr. M. Roy and Dr. M. Sykora, in collaboration with prof. M. Aslam, IIT Bombay, has been accepted for publication in the March issue of Topics in Current Chemistry. Congratulations!
On January 12, 2024, LAM Director, Dr. Sykora delivered an invited public lecture, promoting the LAM research and more broadly the recent advances in the development and application of nanomaterials, in the Garden Reading Room of the Juraj Fándly Library in Trnava. The recording of the lecture can be found here.
Presented by: Mgr. Martin Venhart, PhD., Institute of Physics SAS Topic: Fascinating insights into the Nobel Prizes: Origin, Laureates and Ceremonies The lecture will take place on Friday, January 26th, 2024, at 10:00 am, in the large conference room of the Comenius University Science Park. Abstract. The Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology and Medicine, Literature and
The article “Type-II CdSe/ZnO Core-Shell Nanorods: Nanoheterostructures with a Tunable Dual Emission in Visible and Near-Infrared Spectral Ranges” authored by LAM researchers Dr. Anamul Haque, Mgr. Filip Zechel, Dr. Mrinmoy Roy and Dr. Milan Sýkora in collaboration with Dr. V. Vretenar from the Center for Nano-Diagnostics STU, has been accepted for publication in the prestigious
Presented by: doc. MUDr. Ing. RNDr. Peter Celec, DrSc., MPH Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University Topic: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 The lecture will take place on Friday, December 15, at 10:00 am, in the large conference room of the Comenius University Science Park. You can find more details
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. On December 15, 2023, we welcomed at the Science Park Dr. Peter Celec, the Director