MultiFuN

Multifunctional Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles

MultiFuN

That's us working, having fun, meeting friends, and especially enjoying the material science :-). We like physics, that's true, but we will never forget our chemistry roots ;-).

Dr. Dominika Zákutná

Since Sep 2019

Assistant Professor

Preparation of multifunctional nanostructures for fundamental science research and potential technological and biomedical applications.

Sep 2015 - Jul 2019

PhD

Dissertation at Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany under the supervision of Dr. Honecker and Dr. Disch.

PhD thesis: Orientational behavior, Size and Surface Effects on the Spin Structure of Magnetic Nanoparticles.

Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering and polarized neutron scattering techniques

May 2014 - Aug 2015

Junior researcher

HRTEM specialist and operator.
Deffect analysis in materials and alloys.

Team Members

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MSc. Cristian Pilloni

PhD student

MSc. Štefan Hricov

PhD student

MSc. Matteo Alberti

PhD student

Ing. Romain Conan

PhD student

Barbora Jirásková

Undergraduate

Vojtěch Šupita

Undergraduate

Alumni

Dr. Marianna Gerina

Post-doc. at Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Visiting Students and Researchers

Robin Bretteville

Erasmus Traineeship

Synthesis and Characterization of CoCr2O4 Nanoparticles

Thesis

Doctoral Thesis

MSc. Marianna Gerina (2024)

Preparation and characterization of magnetoelectric core@shell nanoparticles

(supervision with co-supervision of Dr. D. Honecker, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Great Britain)

Master Thesis

BSc. Štefan Hricov (2024)

Magnetic and thermomagnetic properties of iron nitrides

(supervision with co-supervision of Dr. K. Knížek, Institute of Physics Academy of Science Czech Republic)

BSc. Cristian Pilloni (2023)

Poorly Crystalline Iron Oxohydroxide Nanoparticles

(supervision with co-supercision of Prof. C. Cannas, defended at the University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.)

Kevin Graef (2019)

Magnetorheology and Dynamics of Hybrid Ferrofluidic Dispersions

(in co-supervision with Dr. S. Disch, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany)

Adam Alemayehu (2019)

Preparation and characterization of bi-phase magnetic nanoparticles

(in co-supervision with Dr. V. Tyrpekl, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

Bachelor Thesis

Klaudie Ramszová (2024)

Příprava a Charakterizace Optických Nanostruktur

Štefan Hricov (2022)

Synthesis and Characterization of Perovskite Nanostructures

(supervisor with co-supervision of Dr. V. Mameli, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy)

Adam Alemayehu (2017)

Size evolution of spiral magnetic structure in cobalt chromite nanoparticles

(in co-supervision with Doc. D. Nižňanský, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

Instruments

within our group

PPMS Evercool II

Physical Properties Measurement system equipped with vibrating sample magnetometry and first-order reversal curve modules. The system can measure in the temperature range of 1.8 - 400 K in applied magnetic fields up to 9 T.

Mössbauer Spectrometers

Two-position spectrometer with proportional and scintillation detectors with two 57Co sources for 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The instrument operates at room temperature and can also be used for 118Sn measurements.

Powder X-ray Diffractometer

PANalytical instrument with Bragg-Brentano geometry and Cu X-ray radiation equipped with secondary monochromator. The instrument has three different sample stages:

Spinner,
HTK16N - temperature chamber up to 1600°C,
TTK600- temperature chamber from -190 to 600 °C

Collaborations

Prof. Carla Cannas - University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Dr. Valentina Mameli - University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

doc. RNDr. Adriana Zeleňáková - University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik, Košice, Slovakia

Prof. Alessandro Caselli - University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Dr. Andrzej Mikuła - AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

Dr. Enio Lima - Centro Atómico Bariloche of the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Bariloche, Argentina

Dr. Dirk Honecker - ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Didcot, United Kingdom

Publications

2024

Cobalt-ferrite nano-cubes for magnetic hyperthermia applications

A. Zeleňáková, L. Nagy, P. Hrubovčák, M. Barutiak, M. Lisnichuk, V. Huntošová, A. Mrakovič, M. Gerina, D. Zákutná

J. Alloys Compd. Online, 174415 (2024).

DOI 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174415

On the grain growth of CeO2 nanocrystals in AC/DC electrical fields

A. Alemayehu, D. Zákutná, T. Wangle, D. N. Rainer, M. Klementová, P. Ecorchard, M. Dopita, M. Cologna, V. Tyrpekl

J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 44(5), 3456-3463 (2024).

DOI 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.12.061

Rhenium substitution effects on the structural, morphological and magnetic properties of bismuth ferrite BiFe (1-x) RexO3

A. Pakalniškis, D. Zákutná, M. Gerina, G. Niaura, A. Zhaludkevich, D. Karpinsky, A. Normirzaev, R. Skaudžius, A. Kareiva

Ceram. Int. 50(7), 10171-10182 (2024).

DOI 10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.12.327

Europium (III) and Gadolinium (III) co-doped nanohydroxyapatite with enhanced photoluminescence as potential multimodal bioimaging agent

N. Charczuk, S. Targońska, D. Zákutná, A. Watras, A. Patej, R. J Wiglusz

Ceram. Int. 50(9), 14601-14613 (2024).

DOI 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.01.372

Hydrothermal conversion of cerium oxalate to CeO2: a parade of oxalate and water coordination modes

N. Assi, Ch. Lahoud, P. Brázda, D. Zákutná, D. N. Rainer, J. Hraníček, J. Rohlíček, V. Tyrpekl

New J. Chem. 48(3), 1071-1075 (2024).

DOI 10.1039/D3NJ04635D

2023

Size Dependence of the Surface Spin Disorder and Surface Anisotropy Constant in Ferrite Nanoparticles

M. Gerina, M. S. Angotzi, V. Mameli, V. Gajdošová, M. Dopita, N.-J. Steinke, D. Aurelio, J. Vejpravová, D. Zákutná

Nanoscale Adv. 5, 4563-4570 (2023).

DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NA00266G

Stereospecific formation of vanadium mandelato complexes with [Fe(2,2′-bipyridine)3]2+ as a counter ion

P. Schwendt, R. Gyepes, J. Tatiersky, J. Filo, M. Bujdoš, D. Zákutná, L. Krivosudský Transit. Met. Chem. 48, 297–305 (2023).

DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11243-023-00543-w

Hard-soft core shell architecture formation from cubic cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

M. S. Angotzi, V. Mameli, D. Zákutná, F. Secci, H. L. Xin, C. Cannas, Nanomaterials 13, 1679 (2023).

DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13101679

Magnetic Coupling in Cobalt-Doped Iron Oxide Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Exchange Pinning through Epitaxial Alignment

D. Zákutná, D. Nižnanský, J. Duchoň, A. Qdemat, E. Kentzinger, D. Honecker, S. Disch Chem. Mater. 35, 2302 - 2311 (2023).

DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02813

On the Thermal and Hydrothermal Stability of Spinel Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Single and Core-Shell Hard-Soft Phases

M. S. Angotzi, V. Mameli, D. Zákutná, C. Cannas, J. Alloys Compd 168909 (2023)

DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.168909

The impact of nanometric Fe2O3 on the magnetic, electronic, and photocatalytic behavior of TiO2@Fe2O3 heterostructures

M. Synowiec, D. Zákutná, A. Trenczek-Zajaca, M. Radecka

Appl. Surf. Sci. 608, 155186 (2023).

DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155186

2022

Multiscale Magnetization in Cobalt-Doped Ferrite Nanocubes

D. Zákutná, A. Fischer, D. Dresen, D. Nižnanský, D. Honecker, S. Disch

J. Appl. Cryst. 55, 1622–1630 (2022).

DOI https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722010287

Transition between two solid‐solutions: Effective and easy way for fine Ce1−xGdxO2−x/2 powders preparation

A. Alemayehu, D. Zákutná, S. Kohúteková, V. Tyrpekl

J Am Ceram Soc. 105, 4621–4631 (2022).

DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18443

Smart Fluids–When Shear and Magnetic Forces Compete

D. Zákutná, K. Graef, D. Dresen, L. Porcar, D. Honecker, S. Disch

Neutron News, 1-3 (2022).

DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10448632.2022.2035579

Preparation of Fe@MFI and CuFe@MFI composite hydrogenation catalysts by reductive demetallation of Fe-zeolites
A. Kurbanova, D. Zákutná, K. Gołąbek, M. Mazura. J. Přech Catalysis Today 390–391, 306-315 (2022)

DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.09.029

2021

Neither Sphere nor Cube - Analyzing the Particle Shape using Small-Angle Scattering and the Superball Model
D. Dresen, A. Qdemat, S. Ulusoy, F. Mees, D. Zákutná, E. Wetterskog, E. Kentzinger, G. Salazar-Alvarez, S. Disch J. Phys. Chem. C 125, 23356 –23363 (2021)

DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06082

Temperature-dependent phase composition of fluorinated Zinc phthalocyanine thin films and their sensing properties towards gaseous NO2
J. Vlček, I. A. Kühne, D. Zákutná, E. Marešová, L. Fekete, J. Otta, P. Fitl, M. Vrňata, CrystEngComm 23, 7237-7244 (2021)

DOI 10.1039/D1CE01014J

Evolution of the Magnetic and Structural Properties with the Chemical Composition in Oleate-Capped MnxCo1–xFe2O4 Nanoparticles
M. Sanna Angotzi, V. Mameli, D. Zákutná, D. Kubániová, C. Cara, C. Cannas, J. Phys. Chem. C 125, 20626–20638 (2021)

DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06211

In-situ magnetorheological SANS setup at Institut Laue-Langevin
D. Zákutná, K. Graef, D. Dresen, L. Porcar, D. Honecker, S. Disch, Colloid and Polymer Science 299 (2), 281-288 (2021).

DOI 10.1007/s00396-020-04713-5

2020

Field Dependence of Magnetic Disorder in Nanoparticles

D. Zákutná, D. Nižňanský, L. C Barnsley, E. Babcock, Z. Salhi, A. Feoktystov, D. Honecker, S. Disch, Phys. Rev. X 10, 031019 (2020).
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevX.10.031019

Sub-Millisecond Time-Resolved SANS Measurements at NIST

C. Glinka, M. Bleuel, P. Tsai, D. Zákutná, D. Honecker, D. Dresen, F. Mees, and S. Disch, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 53, 598 – 604 (2020).

DOI 10.1107/S1600576720004367

2019

Critical size limits for collinear and spin spiral magnetism in CoCr2O4

D. Zákutná, A. Alemayehu, J. Vlček, K. Nemkovski, Ch. P. Grams, D. Nižňanský, D. Honecker, S. Disch, Phys. Rev. B 100, 184427 (2019).
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.184427

Using the singular value decomposition to extract 2D correlation functions from scattering patterns
P. Bender, D. Zákutná, S. Disch, L. Marcano, D. Alba Venero, D. Honecker, Acta Cryst. A 75, 766 – 771 (2019).
DOI 10.1107/S205327331900891X

Morphological and crystallographic orientation of hematite spindles in an applied magnetic field
D. Zákutná, Y. Falke, D. Dresen, S. Prévost, P. Bender, D. Honecker, S. Disch, Nanoscale 11, 7149 – 7156 (2019).
DOI 10.1039/c8nr09583c

Phase-transfer and stabilization of highly monodisperse ferrite nanoparticles into polar solvents by ligand exchange synthesis
D. Zákutná, D. Honecker, S. Disch, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 19, 5048 – 5051 (2019).

DOI 10.1166/jnn.2019.16786

2018

Non-Collinear Magnetism in Nanosized Cobalt Chromite

D. Zákutná, J. Vlcek, P. Fitl, K. Nemkovski, D. Honecker, D. Nižňanský, S. Disch,

Phys. Rev. B 98, 064407 (2018).

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.06440

2016

Dispersible cobalt chromite nanoparticles: facile synthesis and size driven collapse of magnetism
D. Zákutná, I. Matulkova, E. Kentzinger, R. Medlin, Y. Su, K. Nemkovski, S. Disch, J. Vejpravova, D. Nižňanský, RSC Adv. 6, 107659 (2016).
DOI 10.1039/c6ra21377d

The growth of zinc phthalocyanine thin films by pulsed laser deposition

M. Novotný, J. Šebera, A. Bensalah-Ledoux, S. Guy, J. Bulíř, P. Fitl, J. Vlček, D. Zákutná, E. Marešová, P. Hubík, I. Kratochvílová, M. Vrňata, J. Lančok, J. Mater. Res. 31 (1), 163-172

DOI https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.379