Science Without Borders – All the Way to Japan!
PhD student Lukáš Vrána has begun a three-month research internship at the prestigious National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan, just outside Tokyo.
In Brno, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Pavel Soucek, Lukáš focuses on the research of high-entropy stabilized nitrides prepared by magnetron sputtering. He is a member of the PVDLab team within the Thin Films and Nanostructures Deposition research group (Department of Physics and Plasma Technology and CEPLANT center). To gain hands-on experience with some of the world’s best microscopes and micromechanical testers during his PhD, he set out for an internship in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Lukáš will mainly focus on electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), FIB for micropillar preparation, micromechanical testing at elevated temperatures, sample annealing, nanoindentation, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to understand how these materials behave at the atomic level under extreme conditions.
Lukáš secured funding for his internship through the NIMS Internship Program! In addition, the Department of Physics and Plasma Technology also supported him financially, allowing him not only to work in Japan but also to explore the country.
Are you a student interested in materials research? You too can go abroad for an internship—even to Japan! All you need is courage, a good project, and a desire to discover the world of science beyond borders.
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Professor in cellulose /nanocellulose, biomaterials, specialty paper and packaging. Cellulose Valley Chairman. Institut Universitaire de France (IUF).
3wThis work was in collaboration with Cellulose Chair partners but also with INJECTOSE, a great start-up project of Emilien Fréville hosted in LGP2. Thank you for your help. 👍 🙏