doc. Ing. Karel Saksl, DrSc.
Description:
Assoc. Prof. Karel Saksl, D.Sc. is the Dean of the Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy, and Recycling at the Technical University of Košice, Associate Professor at the Institute of Materials of the same faculty, and an internationally recognized expert in the field of material science. He specializes in X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and mathematical modelling of atomic structures. To date, Assoc. Prof. Karel Saksl has published 109 papers in international Current Contents indexed journals (159 WoS, 161 SCOPUS), of which 51 are dedicated to the research of highly disordered materials. These publications are characterized by a high number of SCI citations: 2061. His current H-index is 24. From October 2009 to November 2013, he was a member of the prestigious Scientific Advisory Committee for the international project "The European XFEL". He also serves as the representative of the Slovak Republic in the Council of The European XFEL. Additionally, he is a member and scientific secretary of the Committee for Coordination of Slovak Republic Activities in ESFRI projects focused on materials, physical sciences, and application potential in biological, medical, chemical sciences, and IT. Assoc. Prof. Saksl has supervised 14 doctoral students who successfully defended their Ph.D. theses. Currently, he supervises 3 doctoral students.
Professional Profile:
WoS ID: ABE-5687-2020
Scopus ID: 6602635254
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8133-5352
Educational Activities:
Author of university textbooks:
- SAKSL Karel. Praktické cvičenia z röntgenovej difraktometrie. Košice: ŠafárikPress - UPJŠ v Košiciach, 2020. ISBN 978-80-8152-874-3, https://unibook.upjs.sk/sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/880-prakticke-cvicenia-z-rontgenovej-difraktometrie.html
- SAKSL Karel. Praktické cvičenia z röntgenovej difraktometrie II. Košice: ŠafárikPress - UPJŠ v Košiciach, 2022. ISBN 978-80-574-0090-5, https://unibook.upjs.sk/sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/1018-prakticke-cvicenia-z-rontgenovej-difraktometrie-ii.html
- SAKSL Karel, HRUBOVČÁKOVÁ, Martina. Základy kryštalografie - úvod do symetrie kryštálov. Košice: Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2023. ISBN 978-80-553-4375-4
Monograph:
- SAKSL Karel Štruktúra kovových skiel. Košice: Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2023. ISBN 978-80-553-4376-1
Research Activities:
Development and research of materials, their advanced characterization using electron, X-ray, and neutron radiation. Mathematical modeling of atomic structures using the Reverse Monte Carlo method.
Project activities:
International
- 2022 - present: M-Era.Net: Developoment and processing of advanced metal hydride composites with specific microstructure properties for mobile hydrogen storage applications.
- 2022 - present: European Interest Group (EIG) CONCERT-Japan: Enhancement of Hydrogen Storage Properties of AlTiVCr Light Weight High Entropy Alloys (HEA) by Ti3C2 Mxene and Several Plastic Deformation
- 2008 – 2012: 7.RP EÚ PITN–GA–2008–211536, Macro, Micro and Nano Aspects of Machining.
Domestic
- 2024 – present: APVV-23-0030: Development of advanced materials for future bioresobable implants – project leader.
- 2020 – 2024: APVV-20-0205: Research and development of new high – entropy alloys for efficient hydrogen storage in energy applications – project leader.
- 2022 - 2024: VEGA 2/0039/22: Research and development of highentropy alloys for efficient hydrogen storage – project leader.
Most important publications:
- K. Saksl, I. Pethes, P. Jóvári, Z. Molčanová, J. Ďurišin, B. Ballóková, L. Temleitner, Š. Michalik, M. Šuliková, K. Šuľová, M. Fejerčák, D. Varcholová, and R. Motýľ. Atomic structure of the Mg66Zn30Ca4 metallic glass. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 558, 2021.
- K. Saksl, Z. Molčanová, J. Ďurišin, P. Jóvári, Š. Michalik, L. Temleitner, B. Ballóková, V. Girman, Y. Katuna, M. Šuliková, K. Šuľová, M. Fejerčák, M. Lisnichuk, A. Lachová, and L. Kapuscinský. Atomic structure of Ca–Mg biodegradable metallic glass. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 801:651–657, 2019.
- Š. Michalik, P. Jóvári, K. Saksl, M. Ďurišin, D. Balga, J. Darpentigny, and M. Drakopoulos. Short range order and crystallization of Cu–Hf metallic glasses. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 853, 2021.
- D. Zalka, A. Vizintin, A. Maximenko, Z. Pászti, Z. Dankházi, K. Hegedüs, L. S. Shankar, R. Kun, K. Saksl, Fedorková Straková, and P. Jóvári. Improving lithium-sulfur battery performance using a polysaccharide binder derived from red algae. Communications Materials, 6(1), 2025.
- Putz, O. Milkovič, G. Mohanty, R. Ipach, L. Pethö, J. Milkovičová, X. Maeder, T.E.J. Edwards, P. Schweizer, M. Coduri, K. Saksl, and J. Michler. Structural characterisation of Cu-Zr thin film combinatorial libraries with synchrotron radiation at the limit of crystallinity. Materials and Design, 218, 2022
- Nagler, U. Zastrau, R.R. Fäustlin, S.M. Vinko, T.Whitcher, A.J. Nelson, R. Sobierajski, J. Krzywinski, J. Chalupsky, E. Abreu, S. Bajt, T. Bornath, T. Burian, H. Chapman, J. Cihelka, T. Döppner, S. Düsterer, T. Dzelzainis, M. Fajardo, E. Förster, C. Fortmann, E. Galtier, S.H. Glenzer, S. Göde, G. Gregori, V. Hajkova, P. Heimann, L. Juha, M. Jurek, F.Y. Khattak, A.R. Khorsand, D. Klinger, M. Kozlova, T. Laarmann, H.J. Lee, R.W. Lee, K.-H. Meiwes-Broer, P. Mercere, W.J. Murphy, A. Przystawik, R. Redmer, H. Reinholz, D. Riley, G. Röpke, F. Rosmej, K. Saksl, R. Schott, R. Thiele, J. Tiggesbäumker, S. Toleikis, T. Tschentscher, I. Uschmann, H.J. Vollmer, and J.S. Wark. Turning solid aluminium transparent by intense soft x-ray photoionization. Nature Physics, 5(9):693–696, 2009.
- K. Saksl, H. Franz, P. Jóvári, K. Klementiev, E. Welter, A. Ehnes, J. Saida, A. Inoue, and J.Z. Jiang. Evidence of icosahedral short-range order in Zr70Cu30 and Zr70Cu29Pd1 metallic glasses. Applied Physics Letters, 83(19):3924–3926, 2003.
- K. Saksl, P. Jóvári, H. Franz, and J.Z. Jiang. Atomic structure of Al88Y7Fe5 metallic glass. Journal of Applied Physics, 97(11), 2005.
- K. Saksl, P. Jóvári, H. Franz, Q.S. Zeng, J.F. Liu, and J.Z. Jiang. Atomic structure of Al89La6Ni5 metallic glass. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 18(32):7579–7592, 2006.
- K. Saksl, P. Rokicki, C. Siemers, D. Ostroushko, J. Bednarčík, and U. Rütt. Local structure of metallic chips examined by X-ray microdiffraction. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 581:579–584, 2013.
Additional Information:
- 2010 – present: Representative of the Slovak Republic in the Council of the international project The European XFEL.
- 2014 – 2020: Representative of the Slovak Republic in user consortia Serial Femtosecond Crystallography and the XFEL Biology Infrastructure.
- 2009 – 2013: Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the international project The European XFEL.
- 2009 – present: Member of the Committee for Coordination of Slovak Republic Activities in ESFRI research infrastructures focused on physical sciences, materials science, and energy facilities.
- 2012 – 2016: Member of VEGA Commission No. 7 for mechanical engineering and related fields, information and communication technologies, and materials engineering.
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