
Dr. Michal Novotný is a senior researcher in the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU). He received his Ph.D. in physics at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, 2006. He has been working in FZU since 2000. He joined the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague as an Assistant Professor in 2017.
He is a material physicist with expertise in the field of thin films and their properties analyses. His research interest is focused on applications in optics, optoelectronics, thermoelectrics and sensors. He is specialized in fabrication of thin films by PVD techniques, laser annealing and in-situ monitoring techniques. His present research interests include the development of chemical gas sensors based on black metals films, nitride semiconductors films for energy harvesting and PVD systems for dactyloscopy.
Dr. Michal Novotný was a principal investigator of 5 national, 8 international projects, and co-investigator of 3 national projects and published more than 92 refereed papers and received 4 issued Czech patents.
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