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Mgr. Jakub Kopecký Plášil, Ph.D.

  • Condensed matter physics
Crystallography
Mineralogy
Oxysalt mineral structures
Uranium mineralogy

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I am mainly focused on crystallography, crystal chemistry and the mineralogy of uranium. Besides that, I am interested in the solution and refinement of complex inorganic structures, namely mineral structures of complex oxysalts and sulfosalts. I am using all possible types of diffraction and spectroscopy experiments to reveal details of the atomic structure.

The scientific topic of the project should be related to mineralogy, with emphasis on structural analysis of natural minerals with x-ray and electron diffraction, description of new minerals and relating mineral structures with their behaviour in the environment.
 
I work at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Equipment

Structure analysis methods

Publications

2014
1. J. Plášil: Oxidation-hydration weathering of uraninite: the current state-of-knowledge, Journal of Geosciences (2014) 59, 99–114.
2013
2. S.V. Krivovichev, J. Plášil: Mineralogy and crystallography of uranium. In P.C. Burns and G.E. Sigmon, Eds.: Uranium from Cradle to Grave (2013) 43, 15–119. Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Courses.
2017
3. T. A. Olds, J. Plášil, A.R. Kampf, A. Simonetti, L.R. Sadergaski, Y.S. Chen, P.C. Burns P. C., Ewingite: Earth's most complex mineral, Geology (2017) 45, 1007–1010.
2021
4. G. Steciuk, J. Majzlan, J. Plášil: Hydrogen disorder in kaatialaite Fe[AsO2(OH)2]·5H2O from Jáchymov, Czech Republic: determination from low-temperature 3D electron diffraction, IUCrJ 8 (2021), 116–123.
2022
5. A. V. Kasatkin, J. Plášil, E. Makovicky, N. V. Chukanov, R. Škoda, A.A. Agakhanov, M. V. Tsyganko: Gungerite TlAs5Sb4S13, a new thallium sulfosalt with a complex structure containing covalent As-As bonds, American Mineralogist (2022) 107, 1164–1173.
2022
6. J. Plášil, G. Steciuk, J. Majzlan, R. Škoda, J. Filip, M. Petr, J. Kolařík, M. Klementová, O. Bähre, G. Klöß, L. Lapčák: 3D Electron Diffraction as a Powerful Tool to Study the Earliest Nanocrystalline Weathering Products: A Case Study of Uraninite Weathering, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (2022) 6, 1250-1258.

Projects

2020-2023
UNanoCryst: crystallography and mineralogy of supergene weathering products of uraninite at the nanoscale, The Czech Science Foundation
2017-2019
Crystal structures, chemistry and stability of arsenate and sulfate minerals, The Czech Science Foundation
2013-2015
Uranium minerals, their crystal chemistry and behavior during weathering, The Czech Science Foundation

Prizes and
fellowships

2015
from the Blue Lizard Mine, San Juan Co., Utah, USA IMA approved
2014
The Otto Wichterle Award to promising young scientists of the Czech Academy of Sciences - category of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences
2014
Mineral plášilite, described by Kampf et al.

Areas of expertise

Condensed matter physics
Structure of solids and liquids

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