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ABOUT
I’m PhD. student of Plasma Physics at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. I have completed master's degree program of Plasma Physics and Nanotechnology. This study gave me strong knowledge of general physics and also view on research and development in the field of nanotechnology (materials, analytical methods and utilization).
Thin films have become my main focus, especially technology of deposition and characterization of thin films. Currently I’m aiming to synthesize nanolaminate structures that exhibit high hardness and maintain ductility.
I’m a member of research group, which focuses on thin film deposition using magnetron sputtering and plasma diagnostic. This work enables me to cooperate also witch people outside the academic circles. I participated on contract research of developing an industry technology.
PUBLICATIONS
Composition, Structure and Mechanical Properties of Industrially Sputtered Ta–B–C Coatings
Michael KROKER, Pavel SOUČEK, Pavol MATEJ, Lukáš ZÁBRANSKÝ, Zsolt CZIGÁNY, Katalin BALÁZSI and Petr VAŠINA
Coatings 10(9) (2020) 853
On the origin of multilayered structure of W-B-C coatings prepared by non-reactive magnetron sputtering from a single segmented target
Michael KROKER, Zsolt CZIGÁNY, Weiss ZDENĚK, Matej FEKETE, Pavel SOUČEK, Katalin BALÁZSI, Vjačeslav SOCHORA, Mojmír JÍLEK a Petr VAŠINA
Surface and Coatings Technology 377 (2019) 124864
On the origin of multilayered structure of W B C coatings prepared by non reactive magnetron sputtering from a single segmented target
Michael KROKER, Pavel SOUČEK, Matej FEKETE, Petr ZIKÁN, Adam OBRUSNÍK, Zsolt CZIGÁNY, Katalin BALÁZSI, Zdeněk WEISS a Petr VAŠINA.
46th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (2019), San Diego, USA
Tvrdé PVD povlaky se zvýšenou lomovou houževnatosti
Michael KROKER, Vjačeslav SOCHORA, Pavel SOUČEK a Petr VAŠINA.
MM (Inovation/Machining) 2019/09
Influence of chemical composition on structure and mechanical properties of W-B-C coating deposited in industrial sputtering system
Petr VAŠINA, Michael KROKER, Matej FEKETE, Lukáš ZÁBRANSKÝ a Vilma BURŠÍKOVÁ
83rd IUVSTA Workshop (2018), Vadstena, Sweden
Deposition and characterisation of nanolaminates
Michael KROKER
Master's thesis (2018), Brno, Czech Republic
Feasibility study of WBC synthesis from segmented magnetron target
Michael KROKER, Pavel SOUČEK a Petr VAŠINA
8th International Conference on Innovations in Thin Film Processing and Characterization (2017), Nancy, Francie
Properties of WBC coatings prepared by magnetron sputtering from industrial segmented target
Michael KROKER, Pavel SOUČEK, Lukáš ZÁBRANSKÝ, Vilma BURŠÍKOVÁ a Petr VAŠINA
6th International Conference on Reactive Sputter Deposition (2017), Plzeň, Czech Republic
Development of industrial technology for deposition of DLC thin films
Michael KROKER
Bachelor's Thesis (2016),Brno, Czech Republic