Chemical Laboratory | ||
The chemical laboratory provides facilities for chemical experiments. In addition to basic laboratory equipment such as magnetic stirrers with heating, digital scales (precision and analytical), a drying oven, distillation apparatus, an ice maker, fume hoods, filtration apparatus, and heating mantles, the lab is also equipped with instruments for measuring temperature, air humidity, pH, and solution conductivity. The primary activities conducted here include practical laboratory exercises and the preparation of polymer solutions for electrospinning. | ||
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Building E, Basement | Ing. Zdeňka Hodková | +420 48 535 6471 |
Tissue Engineering Laboratory | ||
The laboratory focuses on the biological testing of developed (nano)materials with cell cultures. The primary aspects studied in tested materials include cytotoxicity, cell adhesion, and proliferation on the material. These materials have the potential to be used as tissue scaffolds in various biomedical applications. The laboratory primarily utilizes mouse fibroblasts, human dermal fibroblasts, keratinocytes, vascular endothelial cells, osteoblasts, and others. | ||
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Building E, Basemen | Ing. Senta Műllerová | +420 48 535 6471 |
Microscopy Laboratory | ||
The microscopy laboratory is dedicated to material analysis. It is equipped with optical microscopes (Nikon Eclipse LV100, Nikon Eclipse 80i) and two scanning electron microscopes (FEI Phenom, TESCAN). For morphological analysis, the NIS Elements software is used, allowing for the characterization of material structures and their interactions with cells. | ||
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Building E, Basement | Ing. Zdeňka Hodková | +420 48 535 6471 |
Physical Laboratory | ||
The laboratory focuses on determining the physicochemical properties of polymer solutions and processing polymers as raw materials. It also conducts experiments on electrostatic and centrifugal spinning. For these purposes, the laboratory is equipped with fume hoods, digital scales (precision and analytical), magnetic stirrers, thermostats, viscometers, a pH meter, a vacuum evaporator, a drying oven, cooling devices, a distilled water production unit, a sterilizer, cryo-mills, a plastometer, an ultrasonic probe, a sieve fractionator, high-voltage power sources, and apparatuses for needle, rod, and centrifugal spinning. This laboratory is primarily used for practical experiments conducted by students working on their bachelor's and master's theses. | ||
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Building E, Basement | Ing. Zdeňka Hodková | +420 48 535 6471 |
Cleanroom Laboratory | ||
The laboratory focuses on the development and production of nanofiber materials for tissue engineering. For this purpose, it features a unique device—the Laboratory Nanospider spinning line. Additionally, the lab allows for the preparation of polymer solutions and the final packaging of produced materials. The facility is air-conditioned and meets high cleanliness class C, which is sufficient for producing samples intended for further biological testing. | ||
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Building E, Basement | Ing. Zdeňka Hodková | +420 48 535 6471 |
CXI Laboratory | ||
The laboratory focuses on the development of nanofiber production technologies, particularly the exploration of relationships between dependent and independent variables in the electrospinning process and the development of alternative methods for producing nanofiber materials or individual nanofibers. For these purposes, the lab houses a unique device—the Nanospider NS 1W500U pilot line, along with a climate control unit, additional accessories, and equipment that will be developed as part of the laboratory’s activities. | ||
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Building L, 2nd Floor | doc. Ing. Jiří Chvojka, Ph.D. | +420 48 535 6464 |
Pilot Plant Laboratory | ||
The laboratory houses pilot-scale textile machinery used in the textile industry. Its uniqueness lies in the ability to produce nonwoven textile materials. The facility is used for student training sessions and also offers the possibility of conducting specialized contract research. It contains rare and fully operational equipment, making it one of the few workplaces currently possessing such machinery. | ||
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Building E, Basement | Bc. Filip Sanetrník | +420 48 535 6904 |
Mechanical Properties Laboratory | ||
The laboratory focuses on the development of nanofiber production technologies, particularly exploring the relationships between dependent and independent variables in the electrospinning process and developing alternative methods for producing nanofiber materials or individual nanofibers. For these purposes, the lab houses a unique device—the Nanospider NS 1W500U pilot line, along with a climate control unit, additional accessories, and equipment that will be further developed as part of the laboratory’s activities. | ||
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Building E, Basement | Ing. Bc. Ondřej Novák, Ph.D. | +420 48 535 6468 |
Nonwoven Textile Theory Laboratory | ||
This laboratory provides essential instruments for determining various properties of textile materials, primarily focusing on nonwoven and nanofiber textiles. Here, you can find an optical microscope, a macro optical microscope, droplet testers, microscopic and software methods for determining fiber properties, contact angle measurement devices, a profile projector, a wetting device, a mixer, digital scales, and a Krüss device for assessing the sorption properties of materials. | ||
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Building E, Basement | Ing. Zdeňka Hodková | +420 48 535 6471 |