Mgr. Piotr Błoński, Ph.D.

Tel: 58 563 4769, piotr.blonski@upol.cz, Room: 3.009

Research interests

Education

2002 – 2006 - Ph.D. Doctor of Physical Sciences. University of Wroclaw, Poland. Doctoral thesis distinguished by the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy Council, University of Wroclaw.
2000 – 2002 - M.Sc. Master's Degree in Experimental Physics, University of Wroclaw.
1997 – 2000 - B.Sc. Bachelor's Degree in Physics Methods in Natural Sciences and Medicine, University of Wroclaw.

Employment

2015 – onwards - assistant professor, Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc
2012 – 2015 - Scientific Collaborator, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow.
2012 – 2014 - Freelance Researcher, Computational Materials Physics, University of Vienna.
2011, 2012 - Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona.
2007 – 2011 - Post-doctoral Researcher, Computational Materials Physics, University of Vienna.
2007 – Assistant, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Wroclaw.

International experience

2004, 2005 - Marie-Curie Research Fellowship of the EU Commission, Computational Materials Physics, University of Vienna.
2004 - EU-financed ATOMCAD Network, Dept. of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.
2003 – Bogoliubov-Infeld Program, Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna.

Cooperation

2019

Chronopoulos DD, Medved M, Blonski P, Nováček Z, Jakubec P, Tomanec O, Bakandritsos A, Novotná V, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Alkynylation of graphene via the Sonogashira C–C cross-coupling reaction on fluorographene. Chem. Commun., 55, 1088-1091 , 2019. (DOI)
Langer R, Blonski P, Otyepka M: Tuning the magnetic properties of graphene derivatives by functional group selection. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21, 12697-12703 , 2019. (DOI)
Sen D, Blonski P, Otyepka M: Band-Edge Engineering at the Carbon Dot – TiO2 Interface by Substitutional Boron Doping. J. Phys. Chem. C, 123(10), 5980–5988, 2019. (DOI)

de la Torre B, Švec M, Hapala P, Redondo J, Krejčí O, Lo R, Manna D, Sarmah A, Nachtigallová D, Tuček J, Blonski P, Otyepka M, Zbořil R, Hobza P, Jelínek P: Non-covalent control of spin-state in metal-organic complex by positioning on N-doped graphene. Nat. Commun., 9, 2831 , 2018. (DOI)
Tuček J, Blonski P, Malina O, Pumera M, Chua CK, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Morphology‐Dependent Magnetism in Nanographene: Beyond Nanoribbons. Adv. Funct. Mater., 28(22), 1800592, 2018. (DOI)
Tuček J, Blonski P, Ugolotti J, Swain AK, Enoki T, Zbořil R: Emerging chemical strategies for imprinting magnetism in graphene and related 2D materials for spintronic and biomedical applications. Chem. Soc. Rev., 47, 3899-3990, 2018. (DOI)
Tuček J, Holá K, Zoppellaro G, Blonski P, Langer R, Medved M, Susi T, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Zigzag sp2 Carbon Chains Passing through an sp3 Framework: A Driving Force toward Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Graphene ACS Nano, 12(12), 12847–12859, 2018. (DOI)

Bakandritsos A, Pykal M, Blonski P, Jakubec P, Chronopoulos DD, Poláková K, Georgakilas V, Cepe K, Tomanec O, Ranc V, Bourlinos AB, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Cyanographene and Graphene Acid - Emerging Derivatives Enabling High-Yield and Selective Functionalization of Graphene. ACS Nano, 11(3), 2982–2991, 2017. (DOI)
Blonski P, Otyepka M: First-principles study of the mechanism of wettability transition of defective graphene. Nanotechnology, 28(6), 064003, 2017. (DOI)
Blonski P, Tuček J, Sofer Z, Mazánek V, Petr M, Pumera M, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Doping with Graphitic Nitrogen Triggers Ferromagnetism in Graphene. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139(8), 3171–3180, 2017. (DOI)
Tuček J, Holá K, Bourlinos AB, Blonski P, Bakandritsos A, Ugolotti J, Dubecký M, Karlický F, Ranc V, Cepe K, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Room temperature organic magnets derived from sp3 functionalized graphene. Nat. Commun., 8, 14525 , 2017. (DOI)

Tuček J, Blonski P, Sofer Z, Šimek P, Petr M, Pumera M, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Sulfur Doping Induces Strong Ferromagnetic Ordering in Graphene: Effect of Concentration and Substitution Mechanism. Adv. Mater., 28(25), 5045–5053, 2016. (DOI)