
Hybrid event – No attendance fee.
Lectures and technical sessions for on-site participants at Masaryk University, Faculty of Science (Kotlářská Campus) & CEITEC, Brno University of Technology.
Deadline for registration and funding application: 30th April 2025.
Application form here.
Registration and funding application must be sent by email to opera-ws@clermont-auvergne-inp.fr.
No attendance fee
Aimed in priority towards young researchers (PhD students and young post-docs), the courses will be focused on the fundamentals of deposition and characterization methods, demonstrating also the advanced applications of epitaxial materials. Preliminary list of lectures:
- Principles of Epitaxial Growth and Epitaxy from Molecular Beams (MBE) (Eduard Hulicius, Institute of Physics ASCR, Prague, Czechia)
- Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy of Nitrides and III-V Nanoheterostructures (Alice Hospodková, Institute of Physics ASCR, Prague, Czechia)
- Pulsed Laser Deposition: Principles and Applications (Adam Dubroka, Dept Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia)
- Scaling Up: SiC Epitaxy for Industrial Production (Tomáš Novák, onsemi, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czechia)
- Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic Nanowires and Nanotubes (Michal Staňo, CEITEC, Brno, Czechia)
- Non-destructive Characterization of Crystalline Defects using Diffraction Techniques in Scanning Electron Microscopes (Martin Čalkovský, ThermoFisher Scientific, Brno, Czechia)
- X-ray Structural Characterization of Epixatial Materials (Ondřej Caha, Dept Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia)
- CVD of Diamond and Its Quantum Computing Applications (Miloš Nesládek)
- Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy (Petr Klapetek, Czech Metrology Institute, Brno, Czechia)
and technical sessions:
- Hands-on Demonstration of Semiconductor Device Technology (Petr Mikulík, Dept Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia)
- Hands-on Atomic Force Microscopy Data Analyses (David Nečas, CEITEC, Brno, Czechia)
- Hands-on Deposition and Characterization Methods (Viktor Danchuk, Adam Dubroka, Marek Eliáš, Daniel Franta)
Lectures for on-site participants at Masaryk University, Faculty of Science (Kotlářská Campus, pavilion 6, room F1 – GPS 49.2047261N, 16.5968178E)
Technical sessions at Dept Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University (Kotlářská Campus, pavilion 9 – GPS 49.2041933N, 16.5969758E) and CEITEC, Brno University of Technology (Purkyňova 123 – GPS 49.2331798N, 16.5747753E)
Program and complete information here.
For online participants, the links will be shared for attending the lectures. Excursions, Hands-on (except Hands-on Atomic Force Microscopy Data Analyses) and poster session are organized only for onsite participants.
Essential information for those who would like to actively participate (onsite or online) in the Hands-on Atomic Force Microscopy Data Analyses: please install Gwyddion beforehand on your notebooks, see https://gwyddion.net/download.php
The onsite participants should bring their posters (A0 size) to share and discuss their research.
Registration opens at 3. 6. 2025 11:00 at Kotlářská Campus (Kotlářská 2), pavilion 6, 1st floor, in front of room F1 (see the detailed program).
Chair: Lenka Zajíčková
For question: lenkaz@physics.muni.cz
Secretary: Kateřina Polášková

Transportation to Brno
You can reach Brno by bus or train from any of the following conveniently located airports: Prague (PRG), Vienna (VIE), and Bratislava (BTS). Vienna airport is directly connected to trains, but you must change at least once. You have to take public transportation from Prague airport to Prague central station, from which direct trains to Brno depart every hour during the day.
If you take the train, you will arrive at the Brno central main, known as Brno hlavní nádraží. If you choose the bus, you will arrive at Brno Hotel Grand near the central station.
Transportation within Brno city
To reach the Kotlářská campus (Kotlářská 2) from the Brno central station (Brno hlavní nádraží) take tram No. 12, which has Technologický Park as its terminus. Get off at the stop Konečného náměstí, the nearest tram station:

Some technical sessions will be held at CEITEC, Brno University of Technology (Purkyňova 123). To get there, consult the updated training school booklet.
Accommodation
Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodation. We recommend using Booking.com or Airbnb for making reservations. The closest hotel to the Kotlářská campus is hotel Continental.