What happens to batteries once they reach the end of their service life, for example, in electric vehicles? And can these discarded batteries find a new purpose? These were the key...
In June, researchers from the Nanotechnology Centre, CEET, VSB – TUO achieved success in the form of obtaining a patent for an innovative adsorbent for the sorption of boron...
Matthias Beller, a world-leading expert in catalysis and organic chemistry from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock, Germany, visited the Materials and Envi Lab...
A delegation from Finnish universities visited Ostrava to see laboratories and research in the field of biomaterials and recycling.
Klaus Müllen, one of the ten most cited chemists in the world (h-index 208), is a significant addition to the scientific team at VSB-TUO, the Centre for Energy and Environmental...
Researchers from VŠB–Technical University of Ostrava (VŠB-TUO) have presented an environmentally sustainable strategy for the removal of micro- and nanoplastics from aquatic...
The scientific team at the Nanotechnology Centre, CEET, in collaboration with the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology (FMT), has developed a groundbreaking device called...
Thanks to the MATUR project, in which CNT participates, scientist Lukáš Plesník from the Nanotechnology Centre at VŠB-TUO took part in a thirty-day research internship at AGH...
New opportunities for scientific collaboration — including PhD student exchanges and shared postdoctoral positions — emerged during Thursday’s event, From Ideas to Impact: VSB-TUO...
As part of the project Advanced Materials for Energy and Environmental Technologies (MEET, CZ.02.01.01/00/23_021/0008592), we organized a workshop focused on introducing the FAIR...
Naples, July 2025 - The CEET Nanotechnology Centre actively participated in the 21st International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (DSL2025) held in Naples, Italy....
How to manage lithium batteries efficiently and sustainably at the end of their life cycle? The topic, which combines research, industry and ecology, was opened by an expert...
On 19-22 May 2025, the Aula of the VSB-TUO in Ostrava became the venue of the ninth international conference NanoOstrava 2025. This prestigious event, organised by the CEET...
Two outstanding scientists, already involved in the REFRESH project, have joined the Materials-Envi Lab at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) of...
On 19-22 May 2025, the Aula of VŠB-TUO in Ostrava will become the venue of the ninth annual NanoOstrava 2025 conference. This prestigious event, organised by the Nanotechnology...
Why is it important to find new ways to use discarded batteries? Answers to this question were not only given at The 2nd Czech-German Business Meeting hosted by VŠB-TUO, where...
Radek Zbořil, head of the Materials-Envi Lab (MEL), recently visited the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock, Germany, where he delivered an invited lecture titled...
On March 25-26, 2025, the CirkArena project was officially launched—a unique center dedicated to advancing the circular economy in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The project's...
How can we boost the formation of superoxide radicals in photocatalytic processes—essential for rapidly and efficiently breaking down unwanted organic substances in water or...
As of 2 March 2025, Ladislav Svoboda became the head of the Advanced Nanomaterials Laboratory (ANL) at VŠB-TUO, CEET, Nanotechnology Centre. He thus completes the CNT management,...
Czech and Polish scientists have agreed to collaborate on research into nanocomposite materials. The joint projects have potential for both energy and industry. Moreover, they open...
The Materials-Envi Lab (MEL) of the Nanotechnology Center maintains a very close partnership with EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology). During a...
Swati Verma became part of the Materials-Envi Lab (MEL) at the Nanotechnology Centre, CEET, VSB-TUO at the end of last year.
On 27 and 28 January, the Science Meetup MATUR 2025 workshop took place in the VŠB-TUO Auditorium, with the aim of sharing knowledge about advanced materials and their use in...
Researchers from the Materials-Envi Lab (MEL) at the Nanotechnology Centre of VSB-TUO leverage state-of-the-art microscopy and spectroscopic techniques to perform complex materials...
Recent advancements in hybrid porous materials and defect engineering, promising for various electrochemical and catalytic applications, were presented at the Materials-Envi Lab of...
On 4 and 5 December 2024, the international workshop "Rheological Characterization of the Powder Samples" was held at the VSB-TUO, CEET, Nanotechnology Centre in the Laboratory of...
On 25.11.2024 the long-awaited kick-off meeting of the MES ITI project Advanced Materials for Energy and Environmental Technologies took place in the auditorium of VŠB-TUO. One of...
On 14 November, a ceremonial meeting of the Scientific Council of the VSB-TUO was held. The event was not only an opportunity to forward diplomas to new associate professors and...
A group of experts from the VSB-TUO CEET Nanotechnology Centre, led by prof. Gražyna Simha Martynková, has been working for several decades in the field of natural and synthetic...
Scientists from Palacký University Olomouc (UP) and the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO), in collaboration with colleagues from China, have discovered a groundbreaking...
The atomic engineering approach serves as the common denominator of two research initiatives stemming from the MSCA Fellowships CZ call under the Jan Amos Komensky Operational...
Laboratory of the powder and surface characterization has been upgraded with new equipments that allow us to analyze the surface potential of solid samples and provide dynamic...
The months of May and June were rich in trips by scientists of the Nanotechnology Centre. They went to several trips to partners working on collaborative projects in the Czech...
Students of the 3rd year of the Jaroslav Heyrovský Secondary School of Chemistry had the opportunity to complete their one-month internship in the laboratories of the Centre of...
The equipment of our electron microscopy laboratories at the Nanotechnology Centre has been newly supplemented with a scanning electron microscope FlexSEM 1000II from Hitachi,...
The progress in the development of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and their applications in energy storage devices is summarized in a review article co-authored by scientists...
The research program focuses on the development of advanced materials for sustainable energy and environmental protection, integrating materials research with physics, chemistry,...
‘NanoLumCat Ostrava–Revealing the Future of Light Transformation’ has brought together leading materials scientists from Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, Slovakia, China, the Czech...
An innovative approach for the production of advanced biofuels, which responds to the global demand for sustainable energy and reduces dependence on fossil fuels, is to be the...
E pluribus unum, meaning one out of many or the unity in diversity. This proverb became the motto of the third Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) Workshop at...
In their new study, CEET researchers have presented a way to turn waste into a useful product.
How to abandon the use of fossil fuels and switch to sustainable energy is presented from today by a unique polygon CEETe, which was created by scientists of the Centre for Energy...
The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-TUO is making a significant contribution to energy transition and sustainability.
CNT scientists, as well as PhD students in nanotechnology study program, are working with their colleagues in Turkey to develop safer battery prototypes.
Discover the travelling exhibition organised by the German Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and VSB – Technical University...
We invite you to a lecture by Carlos V. Melo, Ph.D. in Neuroscience, which will be held on October 18 from 14:00 - 15:30 in room B3. The lecture will focus on the step-by-step...
The NanoCzech Liberec 2023 conference, the first edition of which took place on 27 September, offered a meeting place for nanotechnology companies and interest organisations,...
Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Technologies, Prof. Stanislav Mišák, Ph.D., cordially invites you to the grand opening of the new CEETe polygon, which will take...
Scientists from the CEET Nanotechnology Centre presented a new way to measure the photocatalytic activity of nanomaterials at the 15th European Congress on Catalysis.
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava has succeeded in the prestigious Johannes Amos Comenius Programme (P JAC). With a grant of CZK 464 million, scientists led by the the Faculty...
The graphene-based biomaterial is the basis of a breakthrough technology that will turn biodiesel production waste - glycerol - into a useful product, increasing the efficiency of...
The event promoting chemistry and natural sciences offered an amazing program for the seventeenth time, not only for pupils and students of primary and secondary schools.
The National Centre for Energy project was assessed as outstanding in the final opposition procedure. The opponent committee particularly appreciated the originality and novelty of...
On Wednesday, 14 June 2023, an important meeting of experts took place at the office of the Moravian-Silesian Region. Its main topic was hydrogen.
The Miloš Hudlický Prize for significant contribution published within the Chemistry Europe consortium was awarded to physical chemist Radek Zbořil, on May 30 during the executive...
Pavla Čapková, a materials scientist at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, has a professional connection to VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO). She...
NanoOstrava 2023 left participants in awe: esteemed speakers and the breath-taking setting of the Lower Vítkovice area received praise. While the 8th edition of the conference...
With the subtitle "Energy and the Environment," the eighth edition of the NanoOstrava Conference began on Tuesday. The Conference is traditionally organised by the Nanotechnology...
How to get heat from sustainable sources and can photocatalysis be used to solve the climate crisis? Participants in the May FIP Academy webinar pondered these questions. Research...
We cordially invite you to a lecture by an expert in chemical engineering from Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Within the SAN4fuel project, the 1st Summer School will take place in Dolní Vítkovice (DOV) Ostrava.
In the 25th anniversary edition of the Werner von Siemens Awards for 2022, which recognizes the best students, young researchers, and teachers in technical and natural science...
To use ground-breaking science to develop new materials to generate green energy or reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions, and to demonstrate ways to end dependence on fossil...
PhD student Saeid Mehveri is collaborating with Prof. Grazyna Simha Matrtynkova on his PhD thesis on synthesis of nanowires for application in nanosensors.
Students of Nanotechnology were successful in the competition of one-year projects carried out within the Doctoral Grant Competition of VSB-TUO.
Scientists from the Olomouc Institute of Palacký University CATRIN in collaboration with other experts have developed a new nanomaterial that should significantly speed up and...
The scientific team of the Centre for Advanced Innovative Technologies of the Technical University of Ostrava (CPIT VŠB-TUO) has found a solution in the fight against the spread of...