On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, we participated in the Proof of Concept (PoC) conference organised by the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of Masaryk University. Dr. David Pavliňák presented the project dealing with plasma-assisted treatment of nanofibers for filtration purposes in the form of a short lecture. Two other projects regarding the optimisation of plasma treatment of packaging materials used in the meat industry; and plasma modification of aerogels based on reduced graphene oxide were presented as posters. The event featured several lectures on implemented PoC projects in various fields across Masaryk University, and an interesting panel discussion took place. A total of 78 PoC projects have been carried out at MU so far, of which seven projects were solved by scientists from our research group; see their list below. PoC projects play an essential role in commercialising research results and their transfer into practice. We hope that it will be possible to apply for projects of this type in the future.
At the beginning of April, the Day with ERC, an event for junior researchers took place. The aim of the discussion meeting for junior scientists is networking. Dr. Jakub Kelar from the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology was nominated as a representative from the Faculty of Science.
Prof. Christoph Gerhard and his colleagues visited their project partners at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and the CEPLANT Centre in the second week of April 2024. Scientists from the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/ Holzminden/ Göttingen and our research group are working together on the functionalization of fibers.