Werner von Siemens Award introduces novelty into its rules
The 22st year of Werner von Siemens Award introduces a few novelties. This annual award goes to the most outstanding students, scientists and teachers from fields of science and technology. The...
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New patent
The Division of Biologically Active Complexes and Molecular Magnets of the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM) contributed to the growing innovation potential of Palacký...
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Plant Biotechnology: Green for Good V conference has stimulated collaborative...
RCPTM’s participation in the conference Plant Biotechnology: Green for Good, which was organized by the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH) on behalf of the...
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A new microscope will allow RCPTM to rank with top European scientific centres
A new scanning electron microscopy system [SEM] with a focused ion beam [FIB], which recently enriched the RCPTM infrastructure, will allow a faster and more effective sample analysis. From an...
View ArticleRCPTM employees are ready to take strike action
Dear Rector, dear Dean For the past few months, the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM) has been placed under increasing, unprecedented and intolerable pressure by the...
View ArticleAn open letter to the Dean of the Faculty of Science
Dear Dean Reading you stance on the situation of RCPTM’s employees came as great disappointment. I suppose that our attitude has been completely misunderstood, and, as a result, we were labelled as...
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Publication in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
Multi-targeted complexes containing releasable bioactive ligand(s) represent one of the hottest topics for the bioinorganic chemists. We reviewed rationally designed cytotoxic complexes of Ru, Rh, Pd,...
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Chemically modified 2D materials can act as toxic blades for water organisms
Researchers from the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM), Palacký University Olomouc, in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of...
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NANOBIOWAT has started to review its research activities
Since the research grant entitled NANOBIOWAT, funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic—TAČR, is finishing after eight years of its existence, its chief representatives presented the major...
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Scientists have extended the spectrum of anticancer agents by including new...
A new group of complex compounds with significant anticancer effects has been developed at the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM). Scientists from the research group...
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ERC CZ grant will support the development of a new class of catalysts
An expert on nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications Alberto Naldoni from the RCPTM Photoelectrochemistry research group has succeeded in the 4th tender of the ERC CZ programme....
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Nanocon conference will focus on nanomaterials for the energy industry
The Nanocon annual international conference on nanomaterials, the largest event of its kind in the Czech Republic and one of the most important European expert meetings in the field, is starting today...
View ArticleNational Sustainability Programme ended, with results exceeding original...
RCPTM ended implementation of the Development of Advanced Technology and Materials Centre project, which was supported by the National Sustainability Programme (NPU) with grants worth 285 million Czech...
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Czech–British workshop on nanomaterials with RCPTM participation
A two-day workshop with participation of Czech and British scientists focused on the research, development and application of nanomaterials was held in Prague, Karolinum, on October 22–23. Leading...
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Science and Technology Week with RCPTM participation
RCPTM will prepare an open day and lecture for high school students as part of the largest domestic science festival called the Science and Technology Week. The Academy of Sciences of the Czech...
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RCPTM features strongly again in the Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list
The chemists Radek Zbořil and Rajender Varma have ranked on the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2019, prepared annually by Clarivate Analytics. These two RCPTM representatives belong to the elite...
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Scientists have developed cheap and available material for supercapacitors
A new carbon electrode material suitable for supercapacitors, that is, energy storage devices used for example in the automotive industry or electrical engineering, has been developed by RCPTM...
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RCPTM lends Colombia a helping hand with treating its water
RCPTM may help to treat water in Colombia in the future. The centre’s representatives have agreed with their partners at Universidad Central, Bogotá, Colombia, on a joint project aimed to research and...
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Representatives of National Science Foundation visit RCPTM
Representatives of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and RCPTM discussed the possibilities of close collaboration on Friday, December 13. The meeting took place on RCPTM’s premises and was...
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