Mgr. Petr Lazar, Ph.D.
Tel: 58 563 4767, E-mail: petr.lazar@upol.cz, Room: 3.008

Research interests
- theoretical modeling of the properties of solid state materials
- surface properties, surface adsorption, nanoparticles
- two-dimensional materials and their functionalization
Education
- 1997 - 2002 M.Sc. Physics, Masaryk University in Brno
- 2002 - 2006 PhD. Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
Employment
- 2001 - 2002 Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno
- 2003-2006 Center of excellence “Center for Computational Materials Science”, Vienna, Austria
- 2006-2009 Researcher, Technical University of Vienna
- 2009-2010, Researcher, University of Vienna
- 2010, Researcher, Palacký University, Olomouc
International experience
- 2002-2006 PhD. Study at University of Vienna, Austria
- 2006-2009 researcher, Technical University of Vienna (group of R. Podloucky)
- 2009-2010 researcher, University of Vienna (group of J. Hafner)
Cooperation
- doc. Tomáš Bučko, Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
- prof. Martin Pumera, Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Publications
2020
- Antonatos N, Mazánek V, Lazar P, Sturala J, Sofer Z: Acetonitrile-assisted exfoliation of layered grey and black arsenic: contrasting properties. Nanoscale Adv., 2, 1282-1289, 2020. (DOI)
- Bouša D, Otyepková E, Lazar P, Otyepka M, Sofer Z: Surface Energy of Black Phosphorus Alloys with Arsenic. ChemNanoMat, 6(5), 821-826, 2020. (DOI)
- Langer R, Blonski P, Hofer C, Lazar P, Mustonen K, Meyer JC, Susi T, Otyepka M: Tailoring Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Graphene by Phosphorus Doping. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12(30), 34074-34085, 2020. (DOI)
- Mallada B, Edalatmanesh S, Lazar P, Redondo J, Gallardo A, Zbořil R, Jelínek P, Švec M, de la Torre B: Atomic-Scale Charge Distribution Mapping of Single Substitutional p- and n-Type Dopants in Graphene ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8(8), 3437-3444, 2020. (DOI)
- Martincová J, Otyepka M, Lazar P: Oxidation of metallic two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: 1T-MoS2 and 1T-TaS2. 2D Mater, 7(4), 045005, 2020. (DOI)
- Rautela R, Scarfe S, Guay J, Lazar P, Pykal M, Azimi S, Grenapin C, Boddison-Chouinard J, Halpin A, Wang W, Andrzejewski L, Plumadore R, Park J, Menard J, Otyepka M, Luican-Mayer A: Mechanistic Insight into the Limiting Factors of Graphene-Based Environmental Sensors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12(35), 39764-39771, 2020. (DOI)
- Urbanová V, Lazar P, Antonatos N, Sofer Z, Otyepka M, Pumera M: Positive and Negative Effects of Dopants toward Electrocatalytic Activity of MoS2 and WS2: Experiments and Theory. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12(18), 20383-20392, 2020. (DOI)
2019
- Lazar P, Mach R, Otyepka M: Spectroscopic Fingerprints of Graphitic, Pyrrolic, Pyridinic and Chemisorbed Nitrogen in N-Doped Graphene. J. Phys. Chem. C, 123(16), 10695–10702, 2019. (DOI)
- Luxa J, Marvan P, Lazar P, Sofer Z: Chalcogenide vacancies drive the electrocatalytic performance of rhenium dichalcogenides. Nanoscale , 11(31), 14684-14690, 2019. (DOI)
- Potsi G, Bourlinos AB, Mouselimis,Vasilios , Poláková K, Chalmpes N, Gournis D, Kalytchuk S, Tomanec O, Blonski P, Medved M, Lazar P, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Intrinsic photoluminescence of amine-functionalized graphene derivatives for bioimaging applications. Appl. Mater. Today, 17, 112-122, 2019. (DOI)
- Prudilová BB, Otyepková E, Fanfrlik J, Hnyk D, Holub J, Petr M, Filip J, Čepe K, Lazar P, Otyepka M: Surface termination of MgB2 unveiled by a combination of adsorption experiments and theoretical calculations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21, 7313-7320, 2019. (DOI)
- Redondo J, Lazar P, Prochazka P, Prusa S, Mallada B, Cahlík A, Lachnitt J, Berger J, Šmíd B, Kormos L, Jelínek P, Cechal J, Švec M: Identification of Two-Dimensional FeO2 Termination of Bulk Hematite alpha-Fe2O3(0001) Surface. J. Phys. Chem. C, 123(23), 14312-14318, 2019. (DOI)
- Zoppellaro G, Bakandritsos A, Tuček J, Blonski P, Susi T, Lazar P, Baďura Z, Steklý T, Opletalová A, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Microwave Energy Drives “On–Off–On” Spin‐Switch Behavior in Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene. Adv. Funct. Mater., 31(37), 1902587, 2019. (DOI)
2018
- Lazar P, Otyepková E, Pykal M, Čépe K, Otyepka M: Role of the puckered anisotropic surface in the surface and adsorption properties of black phosphorus. Nanoscale, 10, 8979-8988, 2018. (DOI)
- Mayorga-Martínez CC, Sofer Z, Luxa J, Huber Š, Sedmidubsky D, Brázda P, Palatinus L, Mikulics M, Lazar P, Medlín R, Pumera M: TaS3 Nanofibers: Layered Trichalcogenide for High Performance Electronic and Sensing Devices. ACS Nano, 12(1), 464-473, 2018. (DOI)
- Medved M, Zoppellaro G, Ugolotti J, Matochová D, Lazar P, Pospíšil T, Bakandritsos A, Tuček J, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Reactivity of fluorographene is triggered by point defects: beyond the perfect 2D world. Nanoscale, 10, 4696-4707, 2018. (DOI)
2017
- Bartali R, Otyepka M, Pykal M, Lazar P, Micheli V, Gottardi G, Laidani N: Interaction of the Helium, Hydrogen, Air, Argon, Nitrogen Bubbles with Graphite Surface in Water. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9(20), 17517–17525, 2017. (DOI)
- Chronopoulos DD, Bakandritsos A, Lazar P, Pykal M, Čépe K, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: High-Yield Alkylation and Arylation of Graphene via Grignard Reaction with Fluorographene. Chem. Mater., 29(3), 926–930, 2017. (DOI)
- Froning JP, Lazar P, Pykal M, Li Q, Dong M, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Direct mapping of chemical oxidation of individual graphene sheets through dynamic force measurements at the nanoscale. Nanoscale , 9, 119-127, 2017. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Martincová J, Otyepka M: Is Single Layer MoS2 Stable in the Air? Chem. Eur. J., 23(53), 13233–13239, 2017. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Otyepka M: Role of the edge properties in hydrogen evolution reaction on MoS2. Chem. Eur. J., 23(20), 4863–4869, 2017. (DOI)
- Luxa J, Mazánek V, Pumera M, Lazar P, Sedmidubsky D, Callisti M, Polcar T, Sofer Z: 2H → 1T Phase Engineering of Layered Tantalum Disulphides in Electrocatalysis: Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Chem. Eur. J., 23(33), 8082–8091, 2017. (DOI)
- Luxa J, Vosecký P, Mazánek V, Sedmidubsky D, Pumera M, Lazar P, Sofer Z: Layered transition metal ditellurides in electrocatalytic applications – contrasting properties. ACS Catal., 7, 5706–5716, 2017. (DOI)
- Otyepková E, Lazar P, Luxa J, Berka K, Cepe K, Sofer Z, Pumera M, Otyepka M: Surface properties of MoS2 probed by inverse gas chromatography and their impact on electrocatalytic properties. Nanoscale, 9, 19236-19244, 2017. (DOI)
- Presolski S, Wang L, Loo AH, Ambrosi A, Lazar P, Ranc V, Otyepka M, Zbořil R, Tomanec O, Ugolotti J, Sofer Z, Pumera M: Functional Nanosheet Synthons by Covalent Modification of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. Chem. Mater., 29(5), 2066–2073, 2017. (DOI)
- Sofer Z, Luxa J, Bouša D, Sedmidubsky D, Lazar P, Hartman T, Hardtdegen H, Pumera M: The covalent functionalization of layered black phosphorus. Angew. Chem., 129(33), 10023–10028, 2017. (DOI)
- Sofer Z, Sedmidubsky D, Luxa J, Bousa,Daniel , Hube Š, Lazar P, Veselý M, Pumera M: Universal Method for Large Scale Synthesis of Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Chem. Eur. J., 23(42), 10177–10186, 2017. (DOI)
2016
- Chia X, Adriano A, Lazar P, Sofer Z, Luxa J, Pumera M: Layered Platinum Dichalcogenides (PtS2, PtSe2, and PtTe2) Electrocatalysis: Monotonic Dependence on the Chalcogen Size. Adv. Funct. Mater., 26(24), 4306–4318, 2016. (DOI)
- Chia X, Ambrosi A, Lazar P, Sofer Z, Pumera M: Electrocatalysis of layered Group 5 metallic transition metal dichalcogenides (MX2, M = V, Nb, and Ta; X = S, Se, and Te). J. Mater. Chem. A, 4(37), 14241-14253, 2016. (DOI)
- Chia X, Lazar P, Sofer Z, Luxa J, Pumera M: Layered SnS versus SnS2: Valence and Structural Implications on Electrochemistry and Clean Energy Electrocatalysis. J. Phys. Chem. C, 120(42), 24098–24111, 2016. (DOI)
- Otyepková E, Lazar P, Cepe K, Tomanec O, Otyepka M: Organic adsorbates have higher affinities to fluorographene than to graphene. Appl. Mat. Today, 5, 142–149, 2016. (DOI)
2015
- Dubecký M, Otyepková E, Lazar P, Karlický F, Petr M, Čépe K, Banáš P, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Reactivity of Fluorographene: A Facile Way toward Graphene Derivatives. J. Phys. Chem. Letters, 6(8), 1430-1434, 2015. (DOI)
- Karlický F, Otyepková E, Banáš P, Lazar P, Kocman M, Otyepka M: Interplay between Ethanol Adsorption to High-Energy Sites and Clustering on Graphene and Graphite Alters the Measured Isosteric Adsorption Enthalpies. J. Phys. Chem. C., 119(35), 20535-20543, 2015. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Bučko T, Hafner J: Negative thermal expansion of ScF3: Insights from density-functional molecular dynamics in the isothermal-isobaric ensemble. Phys. Rev. B, 92(22), 224302, 2015. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Chua CK, Holá K, Zbořil R, Otyepka M, Pumera M: Dichlorocarbene-Functionalized Fluorographene: Synthesis and Reaction Mechanism. Small, 11(31), 3790-3796, 2015. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Martincová J, Otyepka M: Structure, dynamical stability, and electronic properties of phases in TaS2 from a high-level quantum mechanical calculation. Phys. Rev. B, 92(22), 224104 , 2015. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Otyepka M: Accurate surface energies from first principles. Phys. Rev. B., 91(11), 115402, 2015. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Otyepková E, Karlický F, Čépe K, Otyepka M: The surface and structural properties of graphite fluoride. Carbon, 94, 804-809, 2015. (DOI)
2014
- Filip J, Karlický F, Marušák Z, Lazar P, Černík M, Otyepka M, Zbořil R: Anaerobic Reaction of Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron with Water: Mechanism and Kinetics. J. Phys. Chem. C, 118(25), 13817-13825, 2014. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Granatier J, Klimeš J, Hobza P, Otyepka M: The nature of bonding and electronic properties of graphene and benzene with iridium adatoms. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16(38), 20818-20827, 2014. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Otyepková E, Banáš P, Fargašová A, Šafářová K, Lapčík L, Pechoušek J, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: The nature of high surface energy sites in graphene and graphite. Carbon, 73, 448-453, 2014. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Zbořil R, Pumera M, Otyepka M: Chemical nature of boron and nitrogen dopant atoms in graphene strongly influences its electronic properties. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16(27), 14231-14235, 2014. (DOI)
2013
- Granatier J, Dubecký M, Lazar P, Otyepka M, Hobza P: Spin-Crossing in an Organometallic Pt–Benzene Complex. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 9(3), 1461-1468, 2013. (DOI)
- Karlický F, Lazar P, Dubecký M, Otyepka M: Random Phase Approximation in Surface Chemistry: Water Splitting on Iron. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 9(8), 3670-3676, 2013. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Karlický F, Jurečka P, Kocman M, Otyepková E, Šafářová K, Otyepka M: Adsorption of Small Organic Molecules on Graphene. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135(16), 6372-6377, 2013. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Zhang S, Šafářová K, Li Q, Froning JP, Granatier J, Hobza P, Zbořil R, Besenbacher F, Dong M, Otyepka M: Quantification of the Interaction Forces between Metals and Graphene by Quantum Chemical Calculations and Dynamic Force Measurements under Ambient Conditions. ACS Nano, 7(2), 1646-1651, 2013. (DOI)
2012
- Granatier J, Lazar P, Prucek R, Šafářová K, Zbořil R, Otyepka M, Hobza P: Interaction of Graphene and Arenes with Noble Metals. J. Phys. Chem. C, 116(26), 14151-14162, 2012. (DOI)
- Lazar P, Otyepka M: Dissociation of Water at Iron Surfaces: Generalized Gradient Functional and Range-Separated Hybrid Functional Study. J. Phys. Chem. C, 116(48), 25470-25477, 2012. (DOI)
- Niu H, Wang J, Chen X, Li D, Li Y, Lazar P, Podloucky R, Kolmogorov AN: Structure, bonding, and possible superhardness of CrB4. Phys. Rev. B, 85(14), 144116, 2012. (DOI)
2011
- Granatier J, Lazar P, Otyepka M, Hobza P: The Nature of the Binding of Au, Ag, and Pd to Benzene, Coronene, and Graphene: From Benchmark CCSD(T) Calculations to Plane-Wave DFT Calculations. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 7(11), 3743-3755, 2011. (DOI)