Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic – Department of Condensed Matter Theory

Address:

Institute of Physics, Na Slovance 2, Prague, 18221

Country:

Czech Republic

Website:

http://www.fzu.cz/departments/theory/index.php

Organisation type:

Academic

Storage activities:

self-assembly of magnetic nano dots

Profile:

The Department of Condensed Matter Theory is part of the Division of Condensed Matter Physics of the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Principal areas of research activity are:

  • Quantum theory of electrons in solids on model and ab-initio level (electron states of complex materials, spectral, magnetic and transport properties of metals and semiconductors, their alloys, surfaces, interfaces and multilayers; electron correlations, quantum critical phenomena in itinerant systems)
  • Nonequilibrium and transient quantum phenomena (electron dynamics in low-dimensional systems and nanostructures, quantum relaxation and decoherence, ultrafast spectroscopy)
  • Theory and computer simulations of complex statistical systems (formation of surface nanostructures, random and spin-glass systems, dynamical fluctuations in irreversible processes)
  • Interdisciplinary problems (econophysics, networking)

The principal research objective of the condensed-matter theory group is a reliable and controllable microscopic description of electronic and atomic properties of solids, in particular of complex systems with nontrivial elementary cells, broken symmetries, in and out of thermodynamic equilibrium or in extreme conditions. Based on the research experience and expertise of the research personnel, advanced modern methods from quantum equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, Green-function formalism, electronic structure calculations, and numerical simulations are developed, improved and employed to determine qualitative model and quantitative realistic materials properties.

Email:

(Dept Head)

Tel:

+420-26605-2726

Fax:

+420-286588605