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Institute of Materials Science, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) is a modern educational and scientific institution with over 19.000 students every year. Established in 1937, the STU is the oldest and largest technical university in Slovakia. Being part of the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology the Institute of Materials Science has a long history and wide know-how in the development and characterization of new materials, including 2G high temperature superconductors, lead-free solders, complex metallic alloys, nickel-based alloys, high-strength materials but also non-metal materials and polymers. The Institute has established an intensive network with local and foreign research institutions as well as industrial companies. Researchers of the Institute implement international projects supported by European commission, projects supported by ERDF and national projects supported by APVV and VEGA agencies.

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  • Gömöry, F., Šouc, J., Pardo, E., Seiler, E., Soloviov, M., Frolek, L., Skarba, M., Konopka, P., Pekarčíková, M., Janovec, J.: “AC Loss in Pancake Coil Made From 12 mm Wide REBCO Tape.“, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 23, no. 3 (2013) art. No. 5900406.
  • Solovyov, M., Pardo, E., Šouc, J., Gömöry, F., Skarba, M., Konopka, P., Pekarčíková, M., Janovec, J.: “Non-uniformity of coated conductor tapes.“, Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 26  (2013) art. no. 115013.
  • Pekarčíková, M., Skarba, M., Konopka, P., Janovec, J., Solovyov, M., Pardo, E., Gömöry, F.: “Investigation of defects in functional layer of high temperature superconducting tapes.“, Physica C - Superconductivity and its Applications, vol. 497 (2014) pp. 24-29.
  • Mišík, J., Gömöry, F., Vávra, I., Soloviov, M., Vojenčiak, M., Girman, V., Skarba, M., Pekarčíková, M., Michalcová, E., Janovec, J.: „Structural study of commercially produced (RE)BCO films.“, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 26,  no. 3 (2016) art. no. 6600804
  • Michalcova, E., Gomory, F., Frolek, L., Drienovsky, M., Pekarcikova, M., Skarba, M., Misik, J., Janovec, J.: “Joining of CC tapes with lead-free solders.“, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. Early access articles (2016)
  • 07/2015 - 12/2018: APVV-14- design and manufacturing methods for coils from round high-temperature superconducting conductor
  • 01/2012 - 12/2014: VEGA No. 1/ Effects of inhomogeneities on functional properties of high-temperature superconducting wires
  • 01/2010 - 12/2014: EURATOM project FU07-CT-2007-: Computational modelling of interactions in the carbon-containing films exposed to molecular ions and hydrogen
  • 01/2013 - 12/2016: VEGA No. 1/ Quantification of radiation damage in composite materials for thermonuclear fusion reactors
  • 01/2015 - 12/2015: Young researcher project No. testing of superconducting tapes

The Institute of Materials Science disposes of an analytical infrastructure, which is unique in Slovakia. For the preparation, investigation and characterization of composited superconducting tapes concerning the microstructure, crystal orientation, chemical composition, morphology, mechanical and thermo-physical properties they dispose – amongst other - over: a scanning electron microscope (including EDX, WDX and EBSD analytics), an x-ray diffractometer, a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, a confocal laser scanning microscope, an Ar-ion polisher for preparation of cross-section samples, a universal machine for mechanical testing of superconducting tapes, a device for conventional and induction soldering, a power compensation differential calorimeter, a dilatometer, and a laser flash apparatus.

Profile of staff members involved in the project:

Marcela Pekarčíková – structural and thermo-physical analysis of composite tapes:
M.Sc. (Materials Science, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, 1999), PhD (Materials Science, University of Technology Dresden, 2005), Guest researcher (IFW Dresden, 2005-2006), Research scientist (Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, since 2012)

Jozef Mišík – design and testing of composite tapes:
M.Sc. (Materials Science, University of Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, 2013), PhD student (Advanced Materials and Material Design, since 2013), Guest researcher (ENEA Frascati, 2016)

Eva Michalcová – bonding of superconducting tapes:
M.Sc. (Materials Science, University of Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, 2013), PhD student (Advanced Materials and Material Design, since 2014)