Black metals decorated with surface receptors as high-potentiality materials for gas sensing

News and conferences

VASSCAA-12, Taipei 13th-17th October 2024

At the 12th Vacuum and Surface Science Conference of Asia and Australia (VASSCAA-12) held in Taipei, Taiwan. Our team was represented by Martin Hruška and Jaroslav Otta, who received the first prize for oral presentation. They have also visited group of prossefor Chia-Yun Chen at National Cheng Kung University and professor Jinn P. Chu at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.


ICPAM-16, Antalya 7th-15st September 2024

Sensor Group member Přemysl Fitl won organizing committee award for best presentation.


Blacksens V4-Japan Workshop Prague 2024 30th-31st July 2024

The Blacksens V4-Japan Workshop on Chemical Gas Sensors and Nanostructured Materials will be held in Prague, Czechia, from July 30-31, 2024. More information and updates can be found on the project's website.


Conference ISSP2024, Kyoto 2nd-5th July 2024

At the 17th International Symposium on Sputtering & Plasma Processes (ISSP2024), our member Přemysl Fitl and PhD student Martin Hruška represented our team.

Student Internship April-July 2024

Our student Jan Kejzlar went on a 3-month internship to Kitami Institute of Technology in Hokkaido.

ATOMKI XRD measurement 11th-15th December 2023

Our student member Jaroslav Otta visited ATOMKI Debrecen-Hungary for XRD measurement and Slovak Academy of Sciences for XPS measurement.


IMEKO TC8 & TC11 & TC24 Conference 11th-13th October 2023

Members of our group had one Keynote, three oral presentations and two posters on IMEKO TC8 & TC11 & TC24 Conference in Funchal, Madeira-Portugal.


IMEKO TC11 & TC24 Joint Hybrid Conference 17th-19th October 2023

Our three PhD students Martin Hruška, Jan Kejzlar and Jaroslav Otta presented "Highly Porous Black Metals for Chemical Gas Sensor Applications", "Chemiresistors with black metal active layers" and "Effects of Laser Direct Write on the Morphology and Optical properties of Black Metals" on IMEKO TC11 & TC24 Joint Hybrid Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia.


IVC 22 11th-16th September 2023

Our two PhD students Martin Hruška and Jan Kejzlar presented "Highly Porous Black Metals for Chemical Gas Sensor Applications" and "Black metals as active layers in gas sensing apparatus" on IVC 22 conference in Japan.


IUMRS-ICAM & ICMAT 2023 26th-30th June 2023

Student Kazuto Takada was awarded for poster "Characterization of Black Ag Films Prepared Under Various Gas Pressures" at IUMRS-ICAM & ICMAT 2023 conference in Singapore.


Japan Meeting June 2023

Our two members Přemysl Fitl, Michal Novotný visited KITAMI Institute of Technology, recently was Mr. Lino

Student Internship March-June 2023

Our student Martin Hruška went on a 3-month internship to Kitami Institute of Technology in Hokkaido.

149th ISIJ Meeting 31st March 2023

Mr. Lino got Academic Encouragement Award from the 149th meeting of the surface finishing society of Japan.

Publication 26th August 2022

Publication Thermal Stability of Black Aluminum Films and Growth of Aluminum Nanowires from Mechanical Defects on the Film Surface during Annealing was selected as cover page.


Publication 10th August 2022

Publication created in cooperation called Surface processes on thin layers of black aluminum in ultra-high vacuum was published.

Japan 15th April 2022

Czech Little Mole visits japanese facilities after his return from space challenge


Bratislava 11th March 2022

Meeting of Czech team with Slovak team coordinator Dr. Micusik at PI SAS


Seminar 9th March 2022

Prof. Kawamura presented goals of our project Visegrad Group (V4) + Japan - Innovation and Industry - Joint Science Diplomacy Seminar


Kickoff workshop 19th February 2022

Japan-V4 Joint Research "Advanced Materials" Field Japan Kick-off Workshop

Kickoff meeting 19th November 2021



Grant accepted for funding 11th October 2021

JST Press Release #1527