Material research involves a large scale of interdisciplinary research activities, whose aim is to achieve new advanced materials, effective technology of their production, observation and then their usage not only in civil engineering but also in other fields like mechanical engineering, energetics, IT, electrical engineering and others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Research in this field is focused on multi-level, multi-functional materials on a nano- and micro-scale. On this level, it is possible to study the material, measure or modify it thanks to special devices like electron microscopes and nanoindentors. Due to their accuracy, it is possible to determine their structure, properties, measure the mechanical response or predict the possibility or suitability of the usage of the material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doc. Ji\u0159\u00ed\u00a0N\u011bme\u010dek\u00a0from the Department of Mechanics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU has been focusing on the research of materials for 20\u00a0years. With\u00a0his\u00a0students he focuses most often on cement and other types of building materials like\u00a0thin metal films\u00a0and foams.\u00a0The uniqueness and\u00a0high-quality\u00a0equipment of the facility can also be seen in the fact that for the first time in the world, it was possible to measure,\u00a0on a scale of several\u00a0units of\u00a0micrometers,\u00a0the\u00a0properties\u00a0of tensile\u00a0strength or\u00a0the fracture energy of\u00a0particular phases\u00a0of cement paste, which is the basis of other composites based on cement. Since there\u00a0is a vast amount of\u00a0uniquely gathered data at this facility, there has also been created the\u00a0portal\u00a0CEMHub, which allows to share\u00a0all\u00a0the\u00a0information and data.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n