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Publication by the Leibniz Institute team with participation of UPT colleagues in the journal Micro and Nano Engineering

A significant scientific article titled “Innovative microstructuring with atmospheric pressure plasma jet: Novel and sustainable processing of optical surfaces” was recently published in the journal Micro and Nano Engineering. As part of a collaboration with an international partner, two of our colleagues contributed to the research: Dr. Mojmír Šerý, head of the Applied and Integrated Photonics research group at the Microphotonics Department and his PhD student Ing. Lukáš Šilhan. continue
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International Research Internship of Ing. Jan Čermák in Japan

Ing. Jan Čermák, a member of the Microscopy for Materials Science research group at the Department of Electron Microscopy, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, participated in a research internship at the University of Toyama in Japan, specifically in the Matsuda Lab (Laboratory for Controlling of Nano- & Macro-Structures in Materials). continue
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ISI CAS at World Refrigeration Day 2025: Cooling as Key Infrastructure for the Future

Paris, June 18, 2025 – The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) organized a high-profile event in Paris to mark World Refrigeration Day. The theme of the event was “The Critical Roles of Cooling and Heat Pump Solutions for Human Well-being, Animal Health, and Climate Sustainability.” continue
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Success in the Microscopy Today Micrograph Awards 2025!

A micrograph by scientist Ondřej Ambrož from the research group Microscopy for Materials Science has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious international competition in the category of published micrographs. continue
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Nanomechanical state amplifier

In our recent article “Nanomechanical state amplifier based on optical inverted pendulum” (Communications Physics, 2025), we present an experimentally verified protocol for the linear amplification of a nanomechanical state achieved by rapid switching between a parabolic and an inverted parabolic potential. continue
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Invitation to a lecture

The Department of Microphotonics, Institute of Photonics of the CAS cordially invites you to a lecture by Dr. Alejandro Vasquez Arzola on “Trapping in Evanescent Fields with Angular Momentum” on May 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the lecture hall of the Institute of Photonics of the CAS continue

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