Introduction

From the very wide spectrum of materials, the Laboratory of Materials Technology focuses its activities in the area of inorganic materials and more concrete in the area of metals and metal oxides. Since materials research and technology is a broad and “horizontal” field of science that exceeds over almost all technical scientific disciplines, the activities of the laboratory have a strong interdisciplinary character. In addition, the research activities are always located at the interface between synthesis process – material properties – application performance. Understanding of the application leads to the definition of the essential material properties, their connection with chemical and microstructural parameters which in turn should be tailored through the synthesis process.