The technological background of the SAFMAT facility is based on modern experimental equipment for surface and bulk analysis.
SAFMAT aims at strengthening interdisciplinary research on the crossroads between physics, materials science, engineering and medicine,
particularly in the areas of surface and bulk analysis of functional materials, materials for medical devices and biomaterials.
methods and human resources. SAFMAT services offered to the user community consist of oriented research focused on advanced functional materials for optics,
The main purpose of SAFMAT is the enhancement of R& D capabilities in the areas of nanotechnologies covering experimental facilities,
engineering and power engineering as well as materials for medical devices, biomaterials and applications of physics in medicine.
Future development
The SAFMAT laboratories were completed in 2015. Nevertheless, since the
state-of-the-art equipment and methods in the field of materials characterisation
is evolving very rapidly, further improvements of the facility are envisaged,
such as development of the combination of photoelectron spectroscopy
and electron microscopy for materials characterisations,
enlargement of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy by
nonconventional electrically detected magnetic resonance technique
and improvement of using the plasma Xe focused ion beam for electron microscopy.
Socio-economic impact
The uniqueness of SAFMAT consists of the combination of the unique experimental
facilities for characterization of materials and biomaterials with world level expertise,
which is accessible at the hosting institution. SAFMAT also accelerated the oriented
research and cooperation with industrial partners, especially SMEs.
Close cooperation of SAFMAT with universities represents an important part of the SAFMAT
educational program consisting of lectures of SAFMAT researchers at universities,
organizing excursions to laboratories or supervising of Ph.D. and undergraduate student training.
