World-class chemist Klaus Müllen appointed Honorary Professor
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...
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Czech researchers have developed living microrobots moving in swarms to trap microplastics
Researchers from VŠB–Technical University of Ostrava (VŠB-TUO) have presented an environmentally sustainable strategy for the removal of micro- and nanoplastics from aquatic...
EMU: A new milestone in battery materials research
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...
Lukáš Plesník from CNT completed an internship in Poland, his next stop is Romania
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...
The meeting with colleagues from IIT Indore gave rise to further ideas for cooperation
New opportunities for scientific collaboration — including PhD student exchanges and shared postdoctoral positions — emerged during Thursday’s event, From Ideas to Impact: VSB-TUO...
Workshop on FAIR Principles of Open Science
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...
Nanotechnology Centre in Naples: Scientists deepen international partnership
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....
The road to a second life for batteries: Experts discussed the practice of recycling Li-batteries
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...
NanoOstrava 2025: From nanoparticles to the energies of tomorrow
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...
Materials-Envi Lab Strengthens Its Team with Experts from Top German Institutions
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 Monday we will welcome renowned scientists and science fans to Ostrava for the NanoOstrava 2025
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...
Advanced materials for environmental challenges and biomedical research
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...
MEL Fosters Cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
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...
CirkArena Project Launched: A New Research Center for the Circular Economy Begins Its Activities
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...
Platinum single atoms greatly enhance superoxide formation in photocatalysis
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...
Ladislav Svoboda became the new head of the Laboratory of Advanced Nanomaterials
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,...
CNT and the collaborating team of Urszula Stachewicz AGH, Krakow join forces in polymer materials research
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...
Collaboration with EMPA brings outcomes
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 joins VSB-TUO to develop materials for environmental applications
Swati Verma became part of the Materials-Envi Lab (MEL) at the Nanotechnology Centre, CEET, VSB-TUO at the end of last year.
Advanced materials for environmental challenges and biomedical research
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...
Advanced materials characterization enhanced by cutting-edge techniques
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...
Defect engineering in 2D materials has the potential to revolutionize heterogeneous catalysis
Recent advancements in hybrid porous materials and defect engineering, promising for various electrochemical and catalytic applications, were presented at the Materials-Envi Lab of...
Analysis of the rheological properties of powder and nano-powder samples is crucial for the development of new nanostructured materials
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...
MES ITI should make science and research more attractive not only for young students and scientists
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...
Ceremonial meeting of the Scientific Council of VŠB-TUO 2024 became an important moment for CEET
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...
CNT has capitalized on a long tradition of research in 2D materials in two publications on modern M Xenes and MOFs
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...
Atomic Antibiotics Developed by Czech Scientists Counter Bacterial Resistance
Scientists from Palacký University Olomouc (UP) and the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO), in collaboration with colleagues from China, have discovered a groundbreaking...
Innovations in biofuel and ammonia production to come from recently launched MEL projects
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...
We have added two new devices to the CNT portfolio which help us with surface analysis of powder and solid samples
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...
At the Nanotechnology Centre we see collaboration with business partners at Czech Republic and abroad as a key
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 Secondary School of Chemistry completed a month-long internship in the laboratories of the Nanotechnology Centre
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 existing equipment of CNT laboratories was supplemented by a new machine FlexSEM 1000II from Hitachi
The equipment of our electron microscopy laboratories at the Nanotechnology Centre has been newly supplemented with a scanning electron microscope FlexSEM 1000II from Hitachi,...
Covalent organic frameworks can play a key role in sustainable energy storage
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...
Energy Evolution: Materials and Technologies of the Future
The research program focuses on the development of advanced materials for sustainable energy and environmental protection, integrating materials research with physics, chemistry,...
NanoLumCat Ostrava Attracts World’s Leading Nanomaterials Scientists
‘NanoLumCat Ostrava–Revealing the Future of Light Transformation’ has brought together leading materials scientists from Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, Slovakia, China, the Czech...
A prestigious project of the European Innovation Council aims at the development of a new generation biofuels
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...
CEET Workshop brought a summary of successes and a few surprises
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...
A microporous adsorbent of harmful substances can be prepared from scrap tyres
In their new study, CEET researchers have presented a way to turn waste into a useful product.
Unique CEETe paves the way to sustainable energy
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...
VSB-TUO showcases Energy in Transition - Powering Tomorrow travelling exhibition: a glimpse into the future of energy
The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-TUO is making a significant contribution to energy transition and sustainability.
Battery development and testing on internship in Turkey
CNT scientists, as well as PhD students in nanotechnology study program, are working with their colleagues in Turkey to develop safer battery prototypes.
Energy in Transition – Powering Tomorrow
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...
Step-by-step approach to writing a scientific paper: from figures to title
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...
Research of the Nanotechnology Centre presented at NanoCzech Liberec 2023
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,...
The Opening Ceremony CEETe
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...
Continuous in situ measurement of photocatalytic efficiency of powder materials in liquid dispersions by optical absorption method
Scientists from the CEET Nanotechnology Centre presented a new way to measure the photocatalytic activity of nanomaterials at the 15th European Congress on Catalysis.
Elite Project Enables VSB-TUO Scientists to Develop Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development
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...
Biomaterial converts waste glycerol into a useful product
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...
17th Edition of Chemistry and Other Natural Sciences at the Silesian Ostrava Castle
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 has been evaluated as outstanding
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...
A meeting of experts at the Moravian-Silesian regional office on the topic: Hydrogen
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.
Czech Chemical Society appreciated Radek Zbořil’s accomplishments
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...
The Nanotechnology Centre's astonishing journey; former director applauds its progress
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: a captivating fusion of cutting-edge lectures and industrial splendour
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...
Advancements in nanotechnology for sustainable energy and environmental solutions are being showcased at NanoOstrava 2023
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...
Exploring sustainable energy technologies: insights from the FIP Academy webinar
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...
Lecture from prof. Joaquim Luís Faria
We cordially invite you to a lecture by an expert in chemical engineering from Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
1st Summer School SAN4Fuel
Within the SAN4fuel project, the 1st Summer School will take place in Dolní Vítkovice (DOV) Ostrava.
Werner von Siemens Awards for 2022 also went to VSB-TUO.
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...
Scientists will use groundbreaking science and international collaboration on the road to green energy
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 working with CNT on his dissertation.
PhD student Saeid Mehveri is collaborating with Prof. Grazyna Simha Matrtynkova on his PhD thesis on synthesis of nanowires for application in nanosensors.
The Rector's Award for one-year doctoral grant projects was given to students of Nanotechnology.
Students of Nanotechnology were successful in the competition of one-year projects carried out within the Doctoral Grant Competition of VSB-TUO.
Olomouc scientists develop nanomaterial to help reduce energy costs
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...
Revolutionary UV mask by Czech scientists protects against viruses
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...