The aim of the proposed project is to enhance the knowledge of two types of functional materials with the perspective of use in different fields including printed electronics and smart packaging. One part of the research concerns the investigation of inorganic luminescent compounds based on sulphides and oxides with the goal to synthetize particles with photo- and electroluminescent properties and to describe their behaviour with the emphasis on the influence of doping and interaction with the polymer binder on the luminescent characteristics. The second part of the research deals with materials for leuco-dye-based thermochromic systems. The first objective is to find the principle of the interaction of their components and to study their static and dynamic properties. Next, the change in dynamic properties due to the encapsulation of thermochromic systems and the behaviour of resulting thermochromic pigments after deposition on a paper substrate will be investigated.

The project focuses on innovating compulsory and optional courses in the literature-cultural studies module of BA study programmes, the MA in English Language Teacher Education and the new MA study programme in Philology. Acquisition of the most up-to-date resources and the researchers´ participation at conferences will refresh teaching materials, add information from the most recent academic debates and help the department´s academic growth. Sufficient amount of contemporary study materials will provide students´ with access to the information on contemporary research in literature and cult. studies. It will also increase their own academic and language competence. Purchasing literature and modification of the respective study materials will take place in the summer term of the academic year 2016-17. Piloting the updated syllabi will be carried out in the winter term of 2017-2018. Student feedback will be continuously reflected in the materials to keep up the newly achieved standard.

In the future there will be hybrid electric-diesel locomotives. We are developing a hybrid locomotive and improving its energy management, using a system already popular in electric cars, reusing the kinetic energy generated from braking.

Another way to reduce fuel consumption in particular is the operation of an internal combustion engine in optimal mode with minimum fuel consumption, when total emissions also minimizes. Output of the project will be the functional samples of hybrid locomotive and its subsystems, including control system and accumulator system.

The transition character of the events associated with the function of explosives requires that the signal is always acquired right away. This results in the use of relatively long recording times at a relatively high sampling rate. Students are then facing experimental data files tens to hundreds of MB long that are difficult to work with and hardware demanding. Matlab, Origin, LabView or other commercial programs that are useful for this purpose are usually not in legal possession of our students. MS Excel is inappropriate for this type of work and the existence of available free software such as GNU Octave for signal analysis and GNU Plot for subsequent plotting is not known to them as is not possibility of using simple scripts that can be re-used for the same type of data. Working with the two mentioned software however requires a necessary basic knowledge. The proposed project aims at quickly and easily overcoming the first barrier by presenting web manual with solved examples.

The objective of the project is to create instruments to identify, document, record, and popularise a group of immovable cultural heritage items - pieces of artistic installations created in the public space in 1950-1989.
For items made of selected materials, the objective is also to establish the procedures and method for long-term preventive protection, conservation, and restoration.
The project focuses on outdoor works - sculptures, reliefs related to architecture as well as various mural techniques (mosaic, sgraffito).
These are among the most endangered components of immovable cultural heritage as their vast majority are not listed as such. The listing is often complicated by the lack of information about ownership, authorship, date of origin, artistic quality or authenticity of the works. Therefore, one of the objectives is to create an expert map containing information verified in contemporary written documents (minutes of the meetings of the Czech Fine Arts Fund committee for co-operation between artists and architects). The map provide access to the most comprehensive set of data about the origin of the works and ? following field research ? their current condition. The final objective of the topographic part is to identify and recommend for further protection mainly the high-quality works (often created by recognised artists and having significant material value), with subsequent publication, including that to the general public.
A number of previously uncommon materials and techniques were used to create such outdoor installations.
The project also includes research and this field and the preparation of procedures for preventive maintenance and conservation of items made of various modern materials (concrete, cement sgraffiti, fiberglass).
Sample preservation and restoration actions will be applied in order to establish the conservation procedures and methodologies for the selected types of materials.

The main objective of the project is to develop simple and cheap physico-chemical methods for reactivating sorbent cartridge of adsorption columns used for capture of polar chlorinated compounds which increase the parameter AOX. Application of aqueous solutions of liquid ion exchangers and simple way for degradation of the concentrated AOX will be applied using the know-how of University of Pardubice and commercial organizations focusing on research in organic specialty chemicals production (Výzkumný ústav organických syntéz, a.s.). To reach the main objective will be developed (I) analytical methods for sample preparation, for characterization (compound identification) and quantification of AOX adsorbed on the activated carbon in the adsorption columns operated in an industrial scale in the production of organic chemical specialties (dyes and pigments), (II) technique of effective application of the liquid ion exchangers on the sorption packing, (III) regeneration technique for already used liquid ion exchangers followed by chemical decomposition of captured AOX (verified technology, patent application), (IV) development of a method of monitoring capacity of the sorbent cartridge for capture of specific AOX.

The project is focused on the removal of undesirable and/or biologically non-degradable contaminants occured in technological effluents and solid wastes. The typical representatives of these contaminants are polar and non-polar aromatic halogenoderivatives and similar compounds. The removal of contaminants is based on application of low-cost commercially available ionic liquids for sorption with appropriate subsequent reductive degradation of obtained products at room temperature and ambient pressure. The applied reagents are recyclable.

The aim of this project is to develop a new type of UV curable varnish for inkjet varnishing machines with the ability to print complex motifs of varnish effects (including 3D). The developed varnish will be cured with a combination of radical and cationic polymerization initiated by UV radiation. Currently, the majority of UV-curable inks and varnishes are cured by radical polymerization and only a small part by cation polymerization. The matter of curing UV-curable inkjet inks/varnishes is influenced by many parameters, which have to be taken into account during development (e.g. print head type, droplet size of ejected ink, viscosity, surface tension, mechanical properties of cured materials, etc.). A common practise is that the set parameters are mutually contradictory (e.g. flexibility of layers vs. surface resistance to scratching), therefore it is necessary to find a compromise. Today, a relatively large number of manufacturers of inkjet inks/varnishes can be found on the market (e.g. Sun Chemical, Toyo Ink, Chimigraf, Svang Ink, etc.). Nevertheless, due to differences between printing machines, printing heads, printed substrates and requirements on the final properties of cured inks and varnishes, it can be difficult to find an optimal varnish for a particular application. From performed market researches it is evident that there is a great demand for UV-curable varnish for pattern UV varnishing purposes. The developed hybrid UV varnish cured by radical and cationic polymerization simultaneously will be curable with medium-pressure mercury lamp (currently most frequently used UV source), and by diodes emitting in UV region (UV-LEDs) as well, which are considered to be highly perspective as a source for UV curing due to their advantages (long life, low energy consumption, instant on/off switching, no ozone generation etc.). This trend is indicated by increase of use of UV-LEDs in recent years and by gradual replacement of mercury lamps in some applications.

This project, based on primary research and marketing studies, suggests a comprehensive proposal for research and development of new systems for an efficient inhibition of wound pathogens biofilm, that is gentle for patients. The project will be based on the principle of biofilm inhibition by programmed release of iodine using time-dependent generation of iodine from iodide by an oxidative agents (e.g., iodate, photochemically produced by reactive forms of oxygen, organic peroxides) and by using the release control with the help of iodine-binding polymer matrix. Also the benefit of inhibition of bacterial quorum sensing communication on the system will be tested during the project. The project covers research and development of wound dressings for the purpose of production specific products in the field of medical devices with improved properties over existing products, including the development of verified technology of their production.

The aim of the project is the preparation of new phosphate and borophosphate glasses and glass-ceramics modified by addition of metal oxides bringing better glass forming ability, chemical durability, thermal stability and other properties. Important part will be the investigation of the glass structure. The knowledge of glass structure will be applied for the study of relations composition-structure-properties. The modification of the parent glasses of univalent and divalent metal oxides will be realized by the additions of higher-valent oxides (WO3, MoO3, Nb2O5, TiO2). In the studied systems the glass forming ability and basics properties of glasses will be determined. Furthermore thermal behaviour and crystallization process will be studied, including study of the obtained crystallization products. The evaluation of some Na2O, Li2O and Ag2O containing glasses will be completed with the study of their electrical properties. The goal of Nb2O5 additions will be the preparation of glasses with the high index of refraction for possible applications in optics and optoelectronics.