Michael Kroker

STUDENT, NANOTECHNOLOGIST, THIN FILMS R&D

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Research & development

Research of next-gen materials. Developing thin film deposition process. Material analyses (SEM, EDX, confocal microscopy, Raman spectroscopy).

Data processing

Experimental data processing and graphing (MATLAB, OriginLab, Plotly, MS Excel). Results reporting and presentation.

IT

iOS, macOS, Linux and Windows. Office package Microsoft Office and typesetting system LaTeX. Programming languages Python, C, HTML.

Networking

Small-scale wired and wireless computer networks including hardware setup, file storage and data backup. Network maintenance, administration and security.

Electronics

Computer hardware, Apple products and various consumer electronics, single-chip computer Raspberry Pi, remote control and sensors.

Hobbies

Cycling, swimming, fitness. Lately photographing (can be seen in the gallery). Various DIY projects and web page design.

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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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

Development of industrial technology for deposition of DLC thin films