Martin Truchlý
Research Fellow
Field of research
Thin Films and Coatings - nitride- and boride-based hard and/or low friction thin films
PVD Technology - magnetron sputtering, HiTUS
Mechanical Properties of Materials - nanoindentation, microtribology
Experimental methods
Nanoindentation - measurement of mechanical properties - hardness, elastic modulus, ...
Scratch-test - adhesion of thin film on the substrate, critical load evaluation
"Ball-on-disc" tribotest - measurement of coefficient of friction and wear coefficient
Optical interferometric profilometry
Laser confocal microscopy
Calotest - thickness measurement
Projects
VEGA 1/0296/22: Transition-metal diboride-based hard films prepared by advanced PVD methods.
APVV-21-0042: Boride- and nitride-based hard and tough films prepared by advanced PVD methods.
ESA Contract No. ESA AO/1-10586/21/NL/SC
Operational Program Integrated Infrastructure Project No. ITMS 313011AUH4: Development of nanostructured coatings with an inactivating effect on viruses and bacteria for various types of flexible materials
Publications
2023
T. Fiantok, M. Truchlý, V. Šroba, T. Roch, V. Izai, M. Vidiš, M. Haršáni, L. Satrapinskyy, M. Mikula, First approach to ZrB2 thin films alloyed with silver prepared by magnetron co-sputtering, Coatings 13, 663 (2023).
V. Šroba, T. Fiantok, M. Truchlý, T. Roch, B. Grančič, K. Viskupová, L. Satrapinskyy, P. Švec jr., Š. Nagy, V. Izai, P. Kúš, M. Mikula, Structure evolution and mechanical properties of Al-alloyed tantalum diboride films prepared by magnetron sputtering co-deposition, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 41, 023410 (2023).
K. Viskupová, B. Grančič, T. Roch, Š. Nagy, L. Satrapinskyy, V. Šroba, M. Truchlý, J. Šilha, P. Kúš, M. Mikula, Thermally induced planar defect formation in sputtered V1-xMoxB2-∆ films, Scripta Materialia 229, 115365 (2023).
V. Izai, T. Fiantok, M. Vidiš, M. Truchlý, L. Satrapinskyy, Š. Nagy, T. Roch, V. Turiničová, P. Kúš, M. Mikula, Structure and chemical composition of thin-film nanocomposites based on silver in organosilicon amorphous matrix prepared by High Target Utilization Sputtering, Thin Solid Films 765, 139643 (2023).
2022
T. Fiantok, V. Šroba, N. Koutná, V. Izai, T. Roch, M. Truchlý, M. Vidiš, L. Satrapinskyy, Š. Nagy, B. Grančič, P. Kúš, M. Mikula, Structure evolution and mechanical properties of co-sputtered Zr-Al-B2 thin films, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 40, 033414 (2022).
M. Vidiš, M. Truchlý, V. Izai, T. Fiantok, T. Roch, L. Satrapinskyy, V. Šroba, P. Ďurina, Š. Nagy, P. Kúš, M. Mikula, Thermal evolution of yttrium tetraboride thin films – A candidate for high temperature applications, Surf. Coatings Techn. 439, 128443 (2022).
P. Ďurina, T. Plecenik, T. Roch, V. Medvecká, M. Truchlý, B. Grančič, A. Zahoranová, A. Plecenik, A method for large-area monolayer coverage of micro- and nanospheres on surfaces with low wettability using a cold atmospheric plasma and spin-coating, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 141, 106405 (2022).
2021
K. Viskupová, B. Grančič, T. Roch, L. Satrapinskyy, M. Truchlý, M. Mikula, V. Šroba, P. Ďurina, P. Kúš, Effect of reflected Ar neutrals on tantalum diboride coatings prepared by direct current magnetron sputtering, Surf. Coatings Techn. 421, 127463 (2021).
M. Mikula, S. Uzon, T. Hudec, B. Grančič, M. Truchlý, T. Roch, P. Švec Jr., L. Satrapinskyy, M. Čaplovičová, G. Greczynski, I. Petrov, M. Odén, P. Kúš, D.G. Sangiovanni, Thermally induced structural evolution and age-hardening of polycrystalline V1-xMoxN (x≈0.4) thin films, Surf. Coatings Techn. 405, 126723 (2021).
M. Bodík, M. Sojková, M. Hulman, M. Ťapajna, M. Truchlý, K. Vegso, M. Jergel, E. Majková, M. Španková, P. Šiffalovič, Friction control by engineering the crystallographic orientation of the lubrication few-layer MoS2 films, Applied Surface Science 540, 148328 (2021).