Dr. Jan Kalfus
Scientific staff
Address: School of Chemistry, 118 Purkynova, Brno, CZ-61200
Phone: 00420 541 149 491
Fax: +420 541 149 361
E-mail: kalfusfch.vutbr.cz
Office: 4029, 4th floor

 

 
2005Ph.D. – Brno University of Technology, Brno, CZ
2002Polymer Institute Brno Ltd., Brno, CZ
2002M.S. – Brno University of Technology, Brno, CZ
1997High School of Chemistry, Brno, CZ

Research interests:
polymer physics, mechanical properties of polymers, polymer nanocomposites (reinforcement, relaxation processes, thermal stability, crystallization behavior, morphology), nano-filler synthesis, processing of polyolefins

Selected publications:

  • J. Kalfus: Reinforcement of Amorphous Polymer Nanocomposites with Individual Nanoparticles; in book by J. Karger-Kocsis and S. Fakirov (Eds.), NANO- AND MICROMECHANICS OF POLYMER BLENDS AND COMPOSITES (Hanser Publisher) 2009
  • J. Kalfus, J. Jancar. Reinforcing mechanisms in amorphous polymer nano-composites, Composite Science and Technology (2008) 68, 3444
  • J. Kalfus, J. Jancar. Relaxation Processes in PVAc-HA Nanocomposites, Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics (2007) 45, 1380
  • J. Kalfus, J. Jancar. Elastic Response of Nanocomposite Poly(vinylacetate)-hydroxyapatite With Varying Particle Shape Polymer Composites (2007) 28, 743
  • J. Kalfus, J. Jancar. Viscoelastic Response of Nanocomposite Poly(vinyl acetate)-Hydroxyapatite With Varying Particle Shape-Dynamic Strain Softening and Modulus Recovery, Polymer Composites (2007) 28, 365