About CEITEC
Do you know…
- … the scientists in CEITEC will be researching what happens in the brain when a human has realized that they have made a mistake?
- … there will be nearly 800 scientists in CEITEC?
- … in CEITEC we will be researching how the brain works and why some people are motivated and others are not?
- … thanks to CEITEC most of the diagnostic methods will be cheaper, faster and more comfortable for the patients?
- … 63 research teams will be created in CEITEC?
- … there will be 7 research programmes in CEITEC?
- … there will be more than 1,000 modern instruments in CEITEC?
- … more than 31,000 m2 of new infrastructure will be built in CEITEC?
- … more than 1,500 students will use the CEITEC infrastructure per year?
- … there will be 10 shared laboratories created in CEITEC?
- … CEITEC has 6 partners?
- … work will be carried out on self-cleaning surfaces in CEITEC?
- … CEITEC will co-operate closely with the industrial sector?
- … there will also be international scientists working in CEITEC?
- … CEITEC will support the international mobility of scientists?
- … the scientists in CEITEC are developing a subdermal chip which will analyse some life functions and will inform doctors from a distance?
- … the scientists in CEITEC are working on the development of a device which will enable physiotherapy from a distance?
- … the scientists at CEITEC are working on the development of biosensors?
- … CEITEC will be created in the south-Moravian city of Brno?
Structural Analysis Laboratory
Head: Prof. Ing. Jiří Švejcar, CSc.
Main Activity
Advanced structural studies by means of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (including local chemical analysis and diffraction) and high resolution scanning electron microscopy (including local elemental analysis and electron backscatter diffraction) both in high and low vacuum. Surface modification (machining, layer deposition) by ion beam. Precise manufacturing of TEM foils by ion beam.
Unique Features
Highly advanced materials imaging at the atomic scale level will be available to all CEITEC research groups, coupled with the availability of highly sensitive chemical analysis at the nano-scale level. It will be possible to observe and analyse both conductive and non-conductive bulk specimens of technical materials in terms of chemistry and crystallography without coating. High-resolution imaging, analysis and ion beam manipulation as well as advanced TEM sample preparation techniques will be possible. Instrumental capacity will be shared mainly inside CEITEC and partially offered outside.
Key Equipment (Core Facility fully operational from 2014)
- High resolution (sub nanometer) FEG SEM + analytical attachments (EDS + WDS + EBSD)
- High resolution 300 keV FEG TEM/STEM with aberration correctors + analytical systems (EDS + EELS)
- TEM and SEM sample preparation unit (ion polisher for TEM foils, ion polisher for bulk SEM pecimens and electrolytical polisher for TEM foils)
- FEG -SEM high/low vacuum + analytical attachments (EDS + WDS + EBSD)
- XRD + Goebble mirror for HR spectra acquisition + JCPDS database + high temperature chamber




