• Measurement of slow and fast polarization transients on a fiber-optic testbed 

  Barcík, Peter; Münster, Petr (OSA—The Optical Society, 2020-05-05)

  Polarization changes inside a single-mode fiber due to birefringence are studied in this paper. We demonstrate a measurement system for the detection of fast and slow polarization transients in a single-mode optical fiber ...

• Complementary SEM-AFM of Swelling Bi-Fe-O Film on HOPG Substrate 

  Sobola, Dinara; Ramazanov, Shihgasan; Konečný, Martin; Orudzhev, Farid; Kaspar, Pavel; Papež, Nikola; Knápek, Alexandr; Potoček, Michal (MDPI, 2020-05-23)

  The objective of this work is to study the delamination of bismuth ferrite prepared by atomic layer deposition on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) substrate. The samples’ structures and compositions are provided ...

• Fractional-order chaotic memory with wideband constant phase elements 

  Petržela, Jiří (MDPI, 2020-04-09)

  This paper provides readers with three partial results that are mutually connected. Firstly, the gallery of the so-called constant phase elements (CPE) dedicated for the wideband applications is presented. CPEs are calculated ...

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug consumption in a multi stage and a 24-h mountain bike competition 

  Chlíbková, Daniela; Ronzhina, Marina; Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.; Rosemann, Thomas; Knechtle, Beat (Frontiers Editorial Office, 2018-09-10)

  Purpose: Excessive or inappropriate non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use during ultra-endurance events could cause potential risk to athletes’ health. Reports on NSAID consumption in mountain bikers or ...

• Love wave sensors based on gold nanoparticle-modified polypyrrole and their properties to ammonia and ethylene 

  Šetka, Milena; Bahos, Fabio; Matatagui, Daniel; Potoček, Michal; Král, Zdeněk; Drbohlavová, Jana; Grácia, Isabel; Vallejos Vargas, Stella (Elsevier, 2020-02-01)

  This work presents the fabrication and gas sensing properties of Love wave sensors based on non-modified and gold nanoparticle-modified polypyrrole. Results demonstrate the integration of uniform polypyrrole layers with ...

• Illuminance Sensing in Agriculture Applications Based on Infra-Red Short-Range Compact Transmitter Using 0.35um CMOS Active Device 

  Šotner, Roman; Jeřábek, Jan; Polák, Ladislav; Petržela, Jiří; Jaikla, Winai; Tuntrakool, Sunti (IEEE, 2020-01-29)

  This paper introduces a novel electronic system for simplex low-bitrate infra-red (IR) communication applications. The transmitter is implemented completely by analog building blocks, formed with the help of a recently ...

• Methods for recycling photovoltaic modules and their impact on environment and raw material extraction 

  Strachala, Dávid; Hylský, Josef; Vaněk, Jiří; Fafilek, Günter; Jandová, Kristýna (Acta Montanistica Slovaca, 2017-12-11)

  This work deals with methods of recycling of photovoltaic modules and evaluates contribution of recycling to the environment and reduction of raw materials extraction. The article describes the materials needed to manufacture ...

• Model Predictive Control for Individual Room Control 

  Glos, Jan (IFAC, 2016-10-05)

  This paper deals with model predictive control (MPC) for individual room control (IRC). It was shown that MPC controller can be advantageously used for room temperature control.

• On Orthogonal Projections for Dimension Reduction and Applications in Augmented Target Loss Functions for Learning Problems 

  Breger, Anna; Orlando, Jose Ignacio; Harár, Pavol; Dörfler, Monika; Klimscha, Sophie; Grechenig, Christoph; Gerendas, Bianca; Schmidt-Erfurth, Ursula; Ehler, Martin (Springer, 2019-01-02)

  The use of orthogonal projections on high-dimensional input and target data in learning frameworks is studied. First, we investigate the relations between two standard objectives in dimension reduction, preservation of ...

• Redox and optically active carbohelicene layers prepared by potentiodynamic polymerization 

  Hrbáč, Jan; Pavelka, Vit; Crassous, Jeanne; Žádný, Jaroslav; Fekete, Ladislav; Pokorný, Jan; Vanýsek, Petr; Storch, Jan; Vacek, Jan (Elsevier, 2020-02-19)

  This short paper describes the preparation of thin layers based on carbohelicenes, which are inherently chiral polyaromatics existing in the enantiomeric forms P and M. Specifically, [5]-, [6]- and [7]helicene were subjected ...

• A 0.3-V 98-dB Rail-to-Rail OTA in 0.18 mu m CMOS 

  Khateb, Fabian (IEEE, 2020-02-06)

  A new solution for an ultra-low-voltage, ultra-low-power operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) is presented in the paper. The design exploits a three-stage structure with a Reversed Miller Compensation Scheme, where ...

• Improved Electrochemical Performance of NCM Cathode Materials Based on the Modification of the Salt Content in the Electrolyte 

  Ortiz, Mariela Gisela; Čech, Ondřej; Sedlaříková, Marie (IOP Publishing, 2019-11-25)

  In this work, NCM cathode materials, for Li-ion batteries, were synthesized via a solid-state reaction routine, in which manganese (IV) dioxide, nickel (II) oxide, cobalt (II) hydroxide and lithium hydroxide monohydrate ...

• An Investigation on the Electrochemical Behavior and Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activity of Nickel Trithiocyanurate Complexes 

  Amirmansoor, Ashrafi; Kopel, Pavel; Richtera, Lukáš (MDPI, 2020-04-10)

  The electrochemical redox behavior of three trinuclear Ni(II) complexes [Ni3(abb)3(H2O)3(µ-ttc)](ClO4)3 (1), [Ni3(tebb)3(H2O)3(µ-ttc)](ClO4)3·H2O (2), and [Ni3(pmdien)3(µ-ttc)](ClO4)3 (3), where abb = 1-(1H-benzimidazol- ...

• Infinite selectivity of wet SiO2 etching in respect to Al 

  Gablech, Imrich; Brodský, Jan; Pekárek, Jan; Neužil, Pavel (MDPI, 2020-03-31)

  We propose and demonstrate an unconventional method suitable for releasing microelectromechanical systems devices containing an Al layer by wet etching using SiO2 as a sacrificial layer. We used 48% HF solution in combination ...

• Differential Transform Algorithm for Functional Differential Equations with Time-Dependent Delays 

  Rebenda, Josef; Pátíková, Zuzana (Hindawi, 2020-02-28)

  An algorithm using the differential transformation which is convenient for finding numerical solutions to initial value problems for functional differential equations is proposed in this paper. We focus on retarded equations ...

• Mathematical model of Mobile Circulatory Module for ex-vivo lungs perfusion 

  Šolc, František; Zezulka, František; Veselý, Ivo (IFAC, 2015-05-13)

  The article deals with mathematical modelling of a system for ex-vivo lung perfusion. The system which is modelled here is named Mobile Circulatory Module and is designed for transport of live lungs namely porcine or human ...

• The use of numerical simulation for the evaluation of special transparent glass resistance 

  Binar, Tomáš; Švarc, Jiří; Vyroubal, Petr; Kazda, Tomáš; Rolc, Stanislav; Dvořák, Aleš; Dostál, Petr (Elsevier, 2018-04-14)

  The paper is concerned with the use of numerical simulation for the evaluation of projectile interaction with an assembly composed of multiple materials (transparent armour). For the purpose of assessing the reliability ...

• Supercapacitors: Properties and applications 

  Libich, Jiří; Máca, Josef; Vondrák, Jiří; Čech, Ondřej; Sedlaříková, Marie (Elsevier, 2018-03-26)

  Energy accumulation and storage is one of the most important topics in our times. This paper presents the topic of supercapacitors (SC) as energy storage devices. Supercapacitors represent the alternative to common ...

• Simple and efficient AlN-based piezoelectric energy harvesters 

  Gablech, Imrich; Klempa, Jaroslav; Pekárek, Jan; Vyroubal, Petr; Hrabina, Jan; Holá, Miroslava; Kunz, Jan; Brodský, Jan; Neužil, Pavel (MDPI, 2020-01-28)

  In this work, we demonstrate the simple fabrication process of AlN-based piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEH), which are made of cantilevers consisting of a multilayer ion beam-assisted deposition. The preferentially (001) ...

• Synthesis of high density sub-10 µm (Ba0.85Ca0.15) (Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3-xCeO2 lead-free ceramics using a twostep sintering technique 

  Bijalwan, Vijay; Tofel, Pavel (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2019-10-29)

  (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3-xCeO2, (BCZTCe) lead-free piezoelectric ceramics were processed conventionally using a two-step sintering technique. The results suggest that two-step sintering is an effective technique to ...

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