Vilém Bartůněk

Born: 1.6.1981  in Prague

Degrees

1999-2004 – Master degree

Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Inorganic Chemistry,  Prague Department of Inorganic Chemistry

2005-2012 – Doctor (Dr. = Ph.D.), Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Inorganic Chemistry,  Prague, Department of Inorganic Chemistry (now UCT Prague) 

Positions

• since 2013 – Assistant professor on Department of inorganic chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, www.vscht.cz
• 2013 CAN-SUPERCONDUCTORS, s.r.o. - R&D
• 2014 Asklepion – Lasercentrum Praha, s.r.o. - R&D

 Foreign relations

• 2009 Guest scientist at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) / Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy (3 months)
• 2019 Guest scientist at the University of Gdansk, Department of Environmental Technology, Poland (1 month)
• 2019 Guest scientist at Universidad de Antioquia, Collides group, Colombia (2 months)

 Research

Main research fields:

• Material chemistry and inorganic chemistry.
• Synthesis and properties of the superconducting materials.
• Applications of the superconducting materials.
• Nanomaterial synthesis and characterisation.
• Materials characterisation; XRD, SEM-EDS.

Experimental and theoretical skills

HTS superconductors, applications of the superconductors, microsampling methods, nanomaterial synthesis, rare earths, rare earth fluorides, fluorination techniques, inorganic chemistry, nanooxides, XRD, SEM-EDS, FactSage phase calculations, 3D print and sample processing, optical active materials

Grant projects:

• PI: DG20P02OVV007 - current, internal grant of ICT No. 101/08/0015 – successfully finished, Prague Akcelerace innovation vouchers – sucesfully finished
• research team member : TAČR No.: TA02010148, TJ01000072, TK01030200, TH03020348, TJ01000072; MPO TIP FR-TI4/184; GAČR projekty: 15-02843S, 17-13161S, GA17-02815S, GA18-14497S.

  Publication activity

  • articles in peer reviewed journals 51, h-index: 8
  • conference contributions : 10
  • utility models: 3
  • expert reports: 3

List of articles in impacted journals

[1] F. Antončík, M. Lojka, T. Hlásek, V. Bartůněk, I. Valiente-Blanco, J.L. Perez-Diaz, O. Jankovský, Radial and axial stiffness of superconducting bearings based on YBCO single-domain bulks processed with artificial holes, Superconductor Science and Technology 33 (4) (2020).

[2] V. Bartůněk, In situ preparation and stabilization of silver nanoparticles-water glass composite, Ceramics International 44 (2) (2018) 2603-2605.

[3] V. Bartůněk, K. Dobrovolný, M. Švecová, P. Matějka, P. Šída, P. Pokorný, M. Kuchař, E. Černá, Obtaining Black Carbon—A Simple Method for the Safe Removal of Mineral Components from Soils and Archaeological Layers, Archaeometry 59 (2) (2017) 346-355.

[4] V. Bartůněk, S. Huber, J. Luxa, Z. Sofer, M. Kuchař, K. Dobrovolny, O. Jankovský, Facile synthesis of magnetic Co nanofoam by low-temperature thermal decomposition of Co glycerolate, Micro and Nano Letters 12 (5) (2017) 278-280.

[5] V. Bartůněk, Š. Huber, D. Sedmidubský, Z. Sofer, P. Šimek, O. Jankovský, CoO and Co3O4 nanoparticles with a tunable particle size, Ceramics International 40 (8 PART A) (2014) 12591-12595.

[6] V. Bartůněk, V. Jakeš, V. Král, J. Rak, Lanthanum trifluoride nanoparticles prepared using ionic liquids, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 135  (2012) 358-361.

[7] V. Bartunêk, J. Junková, M. Babunêk, P. Ulbrich, M. Kuchar, Z. Sofer, Synthesis of spherical amorphous selenium nano and microparticles with tunable sizes, Micro and Nano Letters 11 (2) (2016) 91-93.

[8] V. Bartůněk, J. Junková, J. Šuman, K. Kolářová, S. Rimpelová, P. Ulbrich, Z. Sofer, Preparation of amorphous antimicrobial selenium nanoparticles stabilized by odor suppressing surfactant polysorbate 20, Materials Letters 152  (2015) 207-209.

[9] V. Bartůněk, J. Luxa, D. Sedmidubský, T. Hlásek, O. Jankovský, Microscale and nanoscale pinning centres in single-domain REBCO superconductors, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 7 (42) (2019) 13010-13019.

[10] V. Bartůněk, J.L. Pérez-Diaz, T. Hlásek, L. Viererbl, H.A. Vratislavská, Influence of neutron and gamma radiation on YBCO and GdBCO/Ag superconducting bulks, Ceramics International  (2020).

[11] V. Bartůněk, J. Pinc, P. Ulbrich, J. Rak, B. Pelánková, V. Král, M. Kuchař, P. Ježek, H. Engstová, K. Smolková, Tunable rapid microwave synthesis of up-converting hexagonal NaYxGdyYbzEr(1-x-y-z)F4 nanocrystals in large quantity, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 178  (2015) 56-60.

[12] V. Bartůněk, A. Poryvai, P. Ulbrich, Synthesis of hexagonal NaY(Gd)F4 ultrafine nanocrystals using sodium acetate as ionic mediator, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 200  (2017) 142-145.

[13] V. Bartůněk, D. Průcha, M. Švecová, P. Ulbrich, Š. Huber, D. Sedmidubský, O. Jankovský, Ultrafine ferromagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: Facile synthesis by low temperature decomposition of iron glycerolate, Materials Chemistry and Physics 180  (2016) 272-278.

[14] V. Bartůněk, J. Rak, V. Král, O. Smrčková, Simple one-step preparation of cerium trifluoride nanoparticles, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 132 (4) (2011) 298-301.

[15] V. Bartůněk, J. Rak, B. Pelánková, J. Junková, M. Mezlíková, V. Král, M. Kuchař, H. Engstová, P. Ježek, R. Šmucler, Large scale preparation of up- converting YF3:YbEr nanocrystals with various sizes by solvothermal syntheses using ionic liquid bmimCl, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 188  (2016) 14-17.

[16] V. Bartůněk, J. Rak, B. Pelánková, Z. Sofer, P. Ulbrich, M. Kuchař, V. Král, Preparation and luminescent properties of cubic potassium-erbium fluoride nanoparticles, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 156  (2013) 363-366.

[17] V. Bartůněk, J. Rak, Z. Sofer, V. Král, Nano-crystals of various lanthanide fluorides prepared using the ionic liquid bmimPF6, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 149  (2013) 13-17.

[18] V. Bartůněk, D. Sedmidubský, D. Bouša, O. Jankovský, Production of pure amorphous silica from wheat straw ash, Green Materials 6 (1) (2018) 1-5.

[19] V. Bartůněk, D. Sedmidubský, S. Huber, M. Švecová, P. Ulbrich, O. Jankovský, Synthesis and properties of Nanosized stoichiometric cobalt ferrite spinel, Materials 10 (7) (2018).

[20] V. Bartůněk, O. Smrčková, Influence of the size and distribution of the pores on the properties of the high temperature superconductors Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O, Ceramics - Silikaty 51 (4) (2007) 213-216.

[21] V. Bartůněk, O. Smrčková, Preparation and size control of cerium(IV) oxide ultrafine nanoparticles, Micro and Nano Letters 5 (4) (2010) 222-224.

[22] V. Bartůněk, O. Smrčková, Nanoparticles and superconductors, Ceramics - Silikaty 54 (2) (2010) 133-138.

[23] V. Bartůněk, O. Smrčková, Preparation of the silver-superconductor composite by deposition of the silver nanoparticles in the bismuth cuprate superconductor, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 24 (4) (2011) 1241-1244.

[24] V. Bartůněk, P. Ulbrich, J. Pinc, D. Sedmidubský, O. Jankovský, Fine fluorite nanoparticles synthesized from biomass ash, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 216  (2018) 112-117.

[25] V. Bartůněk, L. Varadzin, J. Zavřel, Carbon tape microsampling for non-destructive analyses of artefacts, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10 (8) (2018) 2173-2177.

[26] V. Bartůněk, B. Vokatá, K. Kolářová, P. Ulbrich, Preparation of amorphous nano-selenium-PEG composite network with selective antimicrobial activity, Materials Letters 238  (2019) 51-53.

[27] K. Dobrovolný, P. Ulbrich, V. Bartůněk, Synthesis of Ultrafine Metallic Copper Nanocubes Using Ethanol-Ionic Liquid Approach, Journal of Cluster Science 27 (6) (2016) 1843-1847.

[28] K. Dobrovolný, P. Ulbrich, M. Švecová, V. Bartůněk, Affordable, Green, and Facile Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles Stabilized by Environmentally Friendly Surfactants, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science 46 (6) (2015) 2529-2533.

[29] K. Dobrovolný, P. Ulbrich, M. Švecová, S. Rimpelová, J. Malinčík, M. Kohout, J. Svoboda, V. Bartůněk, Copper nanoparticles in glycerol-polyvinyl alcohol matrix: In situ preparation, stabilisation and antimicrobial activity, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 697  (2017) 147-155.

[30] M. Guricová, J. Pinc, J. Malinčik, J. Rak, M. Kuchař, V. Bartuněk, Rare earth nanofluorides: Synthesis using ionic liquids, Reviews in Inorganic Chemistry 39 (2) (2019) 77-90.

[31] O. Jankovský, F. Antončík, T. Hlásek, V. Plecháček, D. Sedmidubský, Š. Huber, M. Lojka, V. Bartůněk, Synthesis and properties of YBa2Cu3O7-δ – Y2Ba4CuWO10.8 superconducting composites, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 38 (6) (2018) 2541-2546.

[32] O. Jankovský, V. Bartůněk, F. Antončík, A. Jiříčková, A.M. Lauermannová, M. Záleská, M. Pavlíková, J. Pokorný, Z. Pavlík, Wood chips ash processing and its utilization in magnesium phosphate cement composites, Ceramics - Silikaty 63 (3) (2019) 267-276.

[33] O. Jankovský, V. Rach, D. Sedmidubský, Š. Huber, P. Ulbrich, M. Švecová, V. Bartůněk, Simple synthesis of free surface nanostructured spinel NiFe2O4 with a tunable particle size, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 723  (2017) 58-63.

[34] O. Jankovský, D. Sedmidubský, Z. Sofer, J. Luxa, V. Bartůněk, Simple synthesis of Cr2O3 nanoparticles with a tunable particle size, Ceramics International 41 (3) (2015) 4644-4650.

[35] O. Jankovský, D. Sedmidubský, P. Šimek, Z. Sofer, P. Ulbrich, V. Bartuněk, Synthesis of MnO, Mn2O3 and Mn3O4 nanocrystal clusters by thermal decomposition of manganese glycerolate, Ceramics International 41 (1) (2015) 595-601.

[36] B. Jurásek, V. Bartůněk, Huber, M. Kuchař, X-Ray powder diffraction – A non-destructive and versatile approach for the identification of new psychoactive substances, Talanta 195  (2019) 414-418.

[37] M. Kohout, Š. Hovorka, J. Herciková, M. Wilk, P. Sysel, P. Izák, V. Bartůněk, C. von Baeckmann, J. Pícha, P. Frühauf, Evaluation of silica from different vendors as the solid support of anion-exchange chiral stationary phases by means of preferential sorption and liquid chromatography, Journal of Separation Science 42 (24) (2019) 3653-3661.

[38] L. Krejčová, T. Leonhardt, F. Novotný, V. Bartůněk, V. Mazánek, D. Sedmidubský, Z. Sofer, M. Pumera, A Metal-Doped Fungi-Based Biomaterial for Advanced Electrocatalysis, Chemistry - A European Journal 25 (15) (2019) 3828-3834.

[39] J. Leitner, V. Bartůněk, D. Sedmidubský, O. Jankovský, Thermodynamic properties of nanostructured ZnO, Applied Materials Today 10  (2018) 1-11.

[40] M. Lojka, V. Bartůněk, A.M. Lauermannová, M. Pavlíková, M. Záleská, Z. Pavlík, O. Jankovský, Possible use of Miscanthus ash as an active mineral admixture in composite materials for construction use, Waste Forum (2) (2019) 162-171.

[41] J. Maixner, V. Bartůněk, X-ray powder diffraction data for holmium nitrate pentahydrate, Powder Diffraction 27 (3) (2012) 203-207.

[42] J. Maixner, V. Bartůněk, X-ray powder diffraction data for potassium erbium fluoride, Powder Diffraction 28 (4) (2013) 289-290.

[43] H. Palková, T. Sovová, I. Koníčková, V. Kočí, V. Bartůněk, Z. Sofer, Application of nickel and nanonickel in terrestrial environment, Chemicke Listy 107 (11) (2013) 885-891.

[44] R. Pažout, J. Maixner, V. Bartuněk, X-ray powder diffraction data for lanthanum trilactate trihydrate, Powder Diffraction 30 (2) (2015) 182-184.

[45] J. Pinc, V. Bartůněk, J. Kubásek, V. Plecháček, T. Hlásek, Comparison of Mechanical and Superconducting Properties of YBaCuO and GdBaCuO Single Grains Prepared by Top-Seeded Melt Growth, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 29 (7) (2016) 1773-1778.

[46] J. Pinc, M. Dendisová, K. Kolářová, O. Gedeon, M. Švecová, D. Hradil, J. Hradilová, V. Bartůněk, Preparation of surfaces of composite samples for tip based micro-analyses using ion beam milling, Micron 116  (2019) 1-4.

[47] J. Pinc, O. Jankovský, V. Bartůněk, Preparation of manganese oxide nanoparticles by thermal decomposition of nanostructured manganese carbonate, Chemical Papers 71 (6) (2017) 1031-1035.

[48] M. Pižl, O. Jankovský, M. Guricová, I. Hoskovcová, D. Sedmidubský, V. Bartůněk, Mixed Yttrium–Ytterbium–Erbium Schiff Base Complex as a Model Precursor for Mixed Nanosized Rare Earths Oxides, Journal of Cluster Science 29 (4) (2018) 549-553.

[49] M. Pižl, O. Jankovský, P. Ulbrich, N. Szabó, I. Hoskovcová, D. Sedmidubský, V. Bartůněk, Facile preparation of nanosized yttrium oxide by the thermal decomposition of amorphous Schiff base yttrium complex precursor, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 830  (2017) 146-149.

[50] K. Skrbek, O. Jankovský, D. Sedmidubský, V. Bartůněk, Flame aerosol transport method for assembling CeO2–SiO2 nanocomposites, Ceramics International 46 (4) (2020) 5495-5499.

[51] T. Sovová, J. Storch, M. Bernard, L.Č. Št’astná, V. Církva, V. Bartůněk, H. Palková, V. Koči, Preliminary soil and aquatic ecotoxicity evaluation of [6]helicene, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 24 (5) (2015) 2329-2334.

[52] M. Švecová, V. Bartůněk, Facile synthesis of monetite nanoparticles from basic raw materials, Ceramics International 44 (13) (2018) 16079-16082.

[53] M. Švecová, V. Novák, V. Bartůněk, M. Člupek, Lanthanum trilactate: Vibrational spectroscopic study − infrared/Raman spectroscopy, Vibrational Spectroscopy 87  (2016) 123-128.

[54] J. Viktorova, Z. Jandova, M. Madlenakova, P. Prouzova, V. Bartunek, B. Vrchotova, P. Lovecka, L. Musilova, T. Macek, Native phytoremediation potential of Urtica dioica for removal of PCBs and heavy metals can be improved by genetic manipulations using constitutive CaMV 35S promoter, PLoS ONE 11 (12) (2016).

[55] J. Viktorova, Z. Jandova, M. Madlenakova, P. Prouzova, V. Bartunek, B. Vrchotova, P. Lovecka, L. Musilova, T. Macek, Correction: Native phytoremediation potential of Urtica dioica for removal of PCBs and heavy metals can be improved by genetic manipulations using constitutive CaMV 35S promoter (PLoS ONE (2016) 11:12 (e0167927) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167927), PLoS ONE 12 (10) (2017).