About us
Dear visitor, welcome to the web page of the Nanocarbon group!
We are an informal assembly among the Departments of Low-Dimensional Systems (led by Prof. Martin Kalbáč) and Electrochemical Materials (head Dr Otakar Frank, groups of Dr Frank and Dr Matěj Velický) at the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, as well as the Physics of Nanostructures Group (Prof. Jana Vejpravová) from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University.
We run joint projects and share experimental equipment, facilities, and, of course, our passion for nanostructured carbon!
Our research focuses on carbon-based nanomaterials (graphite, graphene, nanotubes, and nanodiamonds) as well as related low-dimensional objects such as layered transition metal dichalcogenides. Our interests span a wide range of potential applications, from electronics and mechanics to energy conversion, storage, and biomedicine.
This is the place to learn more about us. If you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact us.
Our research
Recent publications
Tailored silicon nanostructures in hydrogel-derived conductive binders: Role of size, structure, and surface chemistry in enhancing Li-ion battery performance
Soukupova G, Matejka F, Vlckova Zivcova Z, Laachachi A, Galar P, Lhotka M, Frank O, Cervenka J, Hassouna F
J. Power Sources 1 (661), 238620 (2026)
Spontaneous Room-Temperature Solid-State Reaction at the MoS2/Ti Interface: Implications for Contact Engineering
Karim B, Pirker L, Plsek J, Vales V, Vondracek M, Hanusova M, Zolyomi V, Gastaldo M, Bajpai A, Ziewer J, Huang F, Honolka J, Frank O, Velicky M, Kalbac M
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 50 (8), 24022–24032 (2025)
Trapped Fluorine Enables Thermally Stable Broadband Photodetection in Graphene/Fluorinated Graphene Heterostructure
Thakur MK, Varillas J, Volochanskyi O, Haider G, Plsek J, Sonia FJ, Rodriguez A, Panda J, Mergl M, Frank O, Vejpravova J, Kalbac M
Adv. Mater. Technol., e01241 (2025)
