Foreign Cooperating Institutions - Institute of Inorganic Chemistry ...

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OF THE
INSTITUTE
1. CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE / NATIONAL CENTRES
• Centre of excellence of SAS: NANOSMART – Centre of the nanostructured
materials; coordinator from IIC: Prof. RNDr. P. Šajgalík, DrSc.; 2007 – 2010. The aim
of the centre is to conduct research and development of advanced materials, mainly
aluminium based metallic alloys, ceramic high-temperature superconductors and ceramic
engineering materials with respect to their structure on the nanolevel.
• Centre of excellence of SAS: COMCHEM – Centre for advanced computational
chemistry; principal coordinator from IIC: Prof. RNDr. J. Noga, DrSc.; coordinator from
IIC: Dr. V. Malkin, DrSc.; 2007 – 2010. The purpose of the centre is to improve the
effectiveness and the quality of the research covering a broader spectrum of specific
interests – from the development of new, progressive methods for highly accurate
calculations of molecules, through applications of such methods in determining the
structure, properties and reactivity of small to middle size molecules, to molecular
mechanics studies of polymer aggregation or modeling of the condensed phase focused to
materials research.
• Centre of excellence of APVV: MEPA – Magnetoactivity, electroactivity and
photoactivity of coordination compounds; VVCE-0004-07; coordinator from IIC: Dr.
O. Malkin, DrSc.; 2008 – 2011. The aim of the centre is to prepare new inorganic
materials, to characterize their composition, structure, and electronic structure, to identify
their magnetic, electric and optical properties, to interpret these properties at the
contemporary level of theories, and eventually to shift the theory to a higher level, with
the final target not only to describe, but also to understand the mentioned properties and
processes from the polyfunctional point of view.
• Centre of excellence of APVV: SOLIPHA – Research and education centre of
excellence for solid phase research focused on nanomaterials, environmental
mineralogy and material science; VVCE-0033-07; coordinator from IIC: RNDr. P.
Komadel, DrSc.; 2008 – 2011. The principal objective of the research within the centre is
the investigation of solid phases at the micro- and nano-levels. The research is focused on
questions of environmental pollution related to mining activities, sustainable exploitation
of raw materials, study of nanomaterials, material science and associated technologies.
• Vitrum Laugaricio, Joint Glass Centre (VILA), founded in 2003, is based on a
contract between the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Alexander Dubček University in
Trenčín, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology of the Slovak University of
Technology in Bratislava and RONA, j.s.c. The centre is a unique combination of the
institutions involved in one research and education centre. The fundamental and applied
research in the centre is represented by the IIC SAS, university education by the
Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín and Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology,
and the glassworks RONA, j.s.c. represents the industrially oriented research and
development. The ultimate goal of the centre is to utilize the synergy effect of
participation of all four partners in order to preserve high level of research in the field of
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