Mgr. František Karlický, Ph.D.

Education

2004 – 2009

Ph.D. study at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology (specialization: Physical Chemistry, Ph.D. thesis Methods for solving the Schrödinger equation for many-body bosonic systems, supervisor Prof. Anatol Malijevský)

1999 – 2004

M.Sc. study at the University of Ostrava (specialization: Mathematics and Physics, diploma thesis Rare gas solids, supervisor Assoc. Prof. René Kalus, Department of Physics, University of Ostrava)

Employment

2011 –

Palacký University in Olomouc, Department of Physical Chemistry, assistant professor

2010 –

Palacký University in Olomouc, Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, junior researcher

2009 – 2011

Palacký University in Olomouc, Department of Physical Chemistry, researcher

2004 – 2010

University of Ostrava, Department of Physics, assistant professor for chemical physics

Research specialization

Quantum chemical calculations: transition metal complexes, carbon nanostructures, interactions in atomic clusters. Quantum Monte Carlo simulations. Rovibrational spectroscopy of small molecules.

Cooperation

• Assoc. Prof. René Kalus, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and Cluster Physics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (properties and interactions in atomic clusters).
• Dr. Bruno Lepetit, HDR, Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité, IRSAMC, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (carbon nanostructures, spectroscopy of small molecules).
• Prof. Marius Lewerenz, Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, Université Paris Est, France (Quantum Monte Carlo).

Grant projects

• Reaction Mechanisms of Fe Nanoparticles with Selected Pollutants, Czech Science Foundation (No. P208/11/P463, 2011-2013)
• Adsorption properties of graphene, MSMT, Barrande, bilateral CZ-Fr project (No. 7AMB12FR026, 2012-2013)
• several small Mobility Grants of Moravian-Silesian Region (Nos. 10/2007, 6/2007-II, 15/2008, 31/2009, 13/2010)
• several educational projects (Nos. 2294/2009, 2338/2008)

Publicity

• Interview, Czech TV (ČT24), 25.1.2011 - Milenium: Rival in the field of special insulator. (In czech)

Teaching

• Statistical thermodynamics
• Nuclear Chemistry

Lecture notes

• Karlický F., Hrivňák D., Lysenko V.; Fyzikální praktikum 2; Ostravská univerzita, 2010, ISBN: 978-80-7368-720-5
• Karlický F., Oleksy K., Vítek A., Kalus R.; Multimediální kurz praktických cvičení z vyšší matematiky.; Ostravská univerzita, 2009

Supervised students

• S. Šincl, Two-dimensional Materials and Interactions with Metals (2012-, Bc.)
• V. Smutný, Interactions of Transition Metals with Benzene (2012-, Bc.)
• J. Josiek, Variational quantum Monte Carlo simulations (2007-2010, M.Sc.)
• L. Zárubová, Binding energies and stability of small atomic clusters - inclusion of quantum effect by the Diffusion Monte Carlo method (2007-2009, Bc.)
• B. Paulíková, Theoretical studies of the interactions of rare gases atoms (2006-2008, M.Sc.)

Publications

Researcher's ID, Google Scholar

1. Lazar P, Karlicky F, Jurecka P, Kocman M, Otyepkova E, Safarova K, Otyepka* M: Adsorption of Small Organic Molecules on Graphene. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135(16), 6372-6377, 2013 (Am. Chem. Soc.)
2. Karlický F.*, Otyepka M., Schroeder D.*; Ligand effects on single-electron transfer of isolated iron atoms in the gaseous complexes [(OC)mFe(OH2)n]+ (m, n = 0 - 2, m + n = 1, 2), Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 330-332, 95-99, 2012 (ScienceDirect)
3. Karlický F.*, Zbořil R., Otyepka M.*; Band gaps and structural properties of graphene halides and their derivates: A hybrid functional study with localized orbital basis sets, J. Chem. Phys., 137(3), 034709, 2012 (Am. Inst. Phys.)
4. Karlický F.*, Otyepka M.*; The First Step in the Reaction of Zerovalent Iron with Water, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 7(9), 2876-2885, 2011 (Am. Chem. Soc.)
5. Svrčková P., Vítek A., Karlický F., Paidarová I., Kalus R.*; Theoretical modeling of ionization energies of argon clusters - nuclear delocalization effects. J. Chem. Phys., 134, 224310, 2011 (Am. Inst. Phys.)
6. Karlický F.*, Lepetit B.*, Kalus R., Gadéa F.X.; Vibrational spectrum of Ar3+ and relative importance of linear and perpendicular isomers in its photodissociation. J. Chem. Phys., 134, 084305, 2011 (Am. Inst. Phys.)
7. Zbořil R., Karlický F., Bourlinos A.B.*, Steriotis T.A., Stubos A.K., Georgakilas V., Safarova K., Jancik D., Trapalis C., Otyepka M.*: Graphene fluoride: a stable stoichiometric graphene derivative and its chemical conversion to graphene. Small, 6, 2885-2891, 2010 (Wiley Interscience)
8. Oleksy K., Karlický F., Kalus R.*; Structures and energetics of helium cluster cations. Equilibrium geometries revisited through the genetic-algorithm approach. J. Chem. Phys. 133, 164314, 2010 (Am. Inst. Phys.)
9. Karlický F., Lepetit B.*, Kalus R., Paidarová I., Gadea F.X.; Modeling of He-N(+) clusters. II. Calculation of He-3(+) vibrational spectrum. J. Chem. Phys. 128, 124303, 2008 (Am. Inst. Phys.)
10. Karlický F., Lepetit B.*, Kalus R., Gadea F.X.; Calculation of argon trimer rovibrational spectrum. J. Chem. Phys. 126, 174305, 2007 (Am. Inst. Phys.)
11. Malijevský Al., Karlický F., Kalus R., Malijevský A.*; Third virial coefficients of argon from first principles, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 15565, 2007 (Am. Chem. Soc.)
12. Paidarová I., Polák R., Pauliková B., Karlický F., Oleksy K., Hrivňák D., Gadéa F.X., Kalus R.*; Modeling of He-N(+) clusters I. Ab initio and analytical potential energy surfaces for the ground state and two lowest excited states of He-3(+). Chem. Phys. 342, 64, 2007 (ScienceDirect)

Foreign visits

2012 (Oct.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit; 3 weeks)

2011 (Oct.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit; 3 weeks)

2010 (Sep.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit; 3 weeks)

2010 (Jun.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit, Dr. D. Lemoine; 2 weeks)

2009 (Nov.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit, Prof. F.X. Gadea; 2 weeks)

2009 (Sep.)

Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, Université Paris Est, France (Prof. M. Lewerenz; 1 month)

2008 (Oct.)

Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, Université Paris Est, France (Prof. M. Lewerenz; 1 week)

2008 (Sep.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit; 1 month)

2007 (Sep.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit, Prof. F. X. Gadea; 1 month)

2006 (Nov.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit, Prof. F. X. Gadea; 2 weeks)

2006 (Sep.)

Institut de Recherche sur les Systémes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, Toulouse, France (Dr. B. Lepetit, Prof. F. X. Gadea; 2 weeks)