Mgr. Martin Pykal, Ph.D.
Tel: 58 563
4423, E-mail:
martin.pykal@upol.cz, Room:
3.004
Research interests
- Molecular dynamics of carbon nanostructures and biomolecules
Education
- 2009–2011 M.Sc. Physical chemistry, Palacký University, Olomouc
- 2011–2016 Ph.D. Physical chemistry, Palacký University, Olomouc
Employment
- 2011 - Researcher (part-time), Palacký University, Olomouc
- 2016 - Academic Researcher, Palacký University, Olomouc
International experience
- 2013 - Stay at POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea, group of prof. Kim
Publication
2021
- Langer M, Paloncýová M, Medved' M, Pykal M, Nachtigallová D, Shi B, Aquino AJA, Lischka H, Otyepka M: Progress and challenges in understanding of photoluminescence properties of carbon dots based on theoretical computations. Appl. Mater. Today, 22, 100924, 2021. (DOI)
2020
- Kouloumpis A, Chronopoulos DD, Potsi G, Pykal M, Vlček J, Scheibe M, Otyepka M: One‐step synthesis of Janus fluorographene derivatives. Chem. Eur. J., 26(29), 6518-6524, 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)
- Vermisoglou E, Panáček D, Jayaramulu K, Pykal M, Frebort I, Kolář M, Hajduch M, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Human virus detection with graphene-based materials. Biosens. Bioelectron., 166, 112436, 2020. (DOI)
2019
- Bakandritsos A, Jakubec P, Pykal M, Otyepka M: Covalently functionalized graphene as a supercapacitor electrode material. FlatChem, 13, 25-33, 2019. (DOI)
- Cheong YH, Nasir MZM, Bakandritsos A, Pykal M, Jakubec P, Zbořil R, Otyepka M, Pumera M: Cyanographene and Graphene Acid: The Functional Group of Graphene Derivative Determines the Application in Electrochemical Sensing and Capacitors. ChemElectroChem, 6(1), 229-234, 2019. (DOI)
- Manzanares-Palenzuela CL, Pourrahimi,Amir M. , Gonzalez-Julian J, Sofer Z, Pykal M, Otyepka M, Pumera M: Interaction of single- and double-stranded DNA with multilayer MXene by fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulation. Chem. Sci., 10, 10010-10017, 2019. (DOI)
- Pykal M, Langer M, Prudilová BB, Banáš P, Otyepka M: Ion Interactions Across Graphene in Electrolyte Aqueous Solutions. J. Phys. Chem. C, 123(15), 9799–9806, 2019. (DOI)
- Vermisoglou EC, Jakubec P, Bakandritsos A, Pykal M, Talande S, Kupka V, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Chemical Tuning of Specific Capacitance in Functionalized Fluorographene. Chem. Mater., 31(13), 4698-4709, 2019. (DOI)
2018
- Bakandritsos A, Chronopoulos DD, Jakubec P, Pykal M, Čépe K, Steriotis T, Kalytchuk S, Petr M, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: High‐Performance Supercapacitors Based on a Zwitterionic Network of Covalently Functionalized Graphene with Iron Tetraaminophthalocyanine. Adv. Funct. Mater., 28(29), 1801111, 2018. (DOI)
- 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)
- Li Q, Froning JP, Pykal M, Zhang S, Wang Z, Vondrák M, Banáš P, Čépe K, Jurečka P, Šponer J, Zbořil R, Dong M, Otyepka M: RNA nanopatterning on graphene. 2D Mater, 5, 031006, 2018. (DOI)
2017
- 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)
- 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, Aristides B, Pykal M, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Chemistry, properties, and applications of fluorographene. Appl. Mater. Today, 9, 60-70, 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)
- Karlický F, Otyepková E, Lo R, Pitoňák M, Jurečka P, Pykal M, Hobza P, Otyepka M: Adsorption of Organic Molecules to van der Waals Materials: Comparison of Fluorographene and Fluorographite with Graphene and Graphite. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 13(3), 1328–1340, 2017. (DOI)
2016
- Pykal M, Jurečka P, Karlický F, Otyepka M: Modelling of graphene functionalization. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18(48), 6351-6372, 2016. (DOI)
- Pykal M, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Fluorografen – benjamínek v rodině grafenových derivátů. Chem. Listy, 110(5), 335-343, 2016. (DOI)
2014
- Kocman M, Pykal M, Jurečka P: Electric quadrupole moment of graphene and its effect on intermolecular interactions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16(7), 3144-3152, 2014. (DOI)
2013
- Pykal M, Šafářová K, Machalová Šišková K, Jurečka P, Bourlinos AB, Zbořil R, Otyepka M: Lipid Enhanced Exfoliation for Production of Graphene Nanosheets. J. Phys. Chem. C, 117(22), 11800-11803, 2013. (DOI)