I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Izai

I.2 - Name

Vitalii

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., CSc.

I.4 - Year of birth

1985

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Detached workplace Turany

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Sadova 1148, 038 53 TURANY

I.7 - Position

scientific associate

I.8 - E-mail address

vitalii.izai@fmph.uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/29529

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

solid state physics

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0001-7512-3388

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Uzhhorod national university

II.b - Year

2006

II.c - Study field and programme

applied physics, Bc.

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Uzhhorod national university

II.b - Year

2007

II.c - Study field and programme

applied physics, Mgr.

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Uzhhorod national university

II.b - Year

2013

II.c - Study field and programme

physics of semiconductros and dielectrics, CSc. (PhD.)

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
scientific associate	Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY in BRATISLAVA	09.11.2017 – CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
senior staff scientist	Uzhhorod national university (Uzhhorod , Ukraine)	01.04.2014 – 31.08.2017
crystall growth machine operator	Tehnokrystal-Korund (Uzhhorod , Ukraine)	01.01.2012 – 31.03.2014
scientific associate	Uzhhorod national university (Uzhhorod , Ukraine)	01.01.2012 – 31.03.2014
research assistant	Uzhhorod national university (Uzhhorod , Ukraine)	08.11.2010 – 31.12.2011

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other	IV.b - Name of the institution	IV.c - Year
An internship (SAIA scholarship program). Preparation of thin films based on Cu6PS5X (X = I, Br, Cl) a Cu7PS argyrodites using advanced plasma techniques for applications in solid state ionics	Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave	2016

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

139

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

130

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

139

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

130

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Tomáš Hudec, Vitalii Izai, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Teodor Huminiuc, Tomáš Roch, Maroš Gregor, Branislav Grančič, Marián Mikula, Tomáš Polcar. Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of MoSe2 and Mo-Se-N solid lubricant coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 405 (2021), 126536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126536

Viktor Šroba, Tomáš Fiantok, Martin Truchlý, Tomáš Roch, Miroslav Zahoran, Branislav Grančič, Peter Švec Jr., Štefan Nagy, Vitalii Izai, Peter Kúš, Marián Mikula. Structure evolution and mechanical properties of hard tantalum diboride films. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 38 (2020), 033408. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000155

I.P. Studenyak, A.I. Pogodin, V.I. Studenyak, V.Yu. Izai, M.J. Filep, O.P. Kokhan, M. Kranjčec, P. Kúš. Electrical properties of copper- and silver-containing superionic (Cu1−xAgx)7SiS5I mixed crystals with argyrodite structure. Solid State Ionics, 345 (2020) 115183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2019.115183

Tomáš Hudec, Andrey Bondarev, Vitalii Izai, Viktor Šroba, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Tomáš Roch, Veronika Turiničová, Branislav Grančič, Tomáš Polcar, Marián Mikula. Titanium doped MoSe2 coatings – Synthesis, structure, mechanical and tribological properties investigation. Applied Surface Science, 568 (2021), 150990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150990

Viktor Šroba, Tomáš Fiantok, Martin Truchlý, Tomáš Roch, Branislav Grančič, Katarína Viskupová, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Peter Švec, Jr., Štefan Nagy, Vitalii Izai, Peter Kúš, Marián Mikula. Structure evolution and mechanical properties of Al-alloyed tantalum diboride films prepared by magnetron sputtering co-deposition. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 41 (2023), 023410. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002390

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Katarína Viskupová, Branislav Grančič, Tomáš Fiantok, Peter Švec, Richard Vrablec, Tomáš Roch, Martin Truchlý, Viktor Šroba, Vitalii Izai, Zuzana Hájovská, Marián Mikula. Thermally induced formation of nanotwins in magnetron sputtered TaB1+Δ films. Acta Materialia, 305 (2026), 121873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121873

Artem Pogodin, Mykhailo Filep, Iryna Shender, Mykhailo Pop, Tetyana Malakhovska, Stepan Milyovich, Vitalii Izai, Oleksandr Kokhan. Ag7.23SnS5.44I0.50 - a new argyrodite-like conductor with promising optical and electrical performance. Acta Materialia, 304 (2026), 121803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121803

Marek Vidiš, Tomáš Fiantok, Martin Truchlý, Vitalii Izai, Tomáš Roch, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Rainer Hahn, Helmut Riedl, Peter Švec, Viktor Šroba, Marián Mikula. Enhanced hardness and fracture toughness in diboride superlattice films: Ab initio and experimental study. Surface and Coatings Technology, 515 (2025), 132607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2025.132607

Artem Pogodin, Mykhailo Filep, Tetyana Malakhovska, Vasyl Vakulchak, Vladimir Komanicky, Serhii Vorobiov, Vitalii Izai, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Iryna Shender, Vitaliy Bilanych, Oleksandr Kokhan, Peter Kúš. Recrystallization and heterovalent substitution effects on mechanical and electrical parameters of Ag6+x(P1−xGex)S5I–based ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 44 (2024), 4097-4110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.12.093

Vitalii Izai, Tomáš Fiantok, Marek Vidiš, Martin Truchlý, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Štefan Nagy, Tomáš Roch, Veronika Turiničová, Peter Kúš, Marian Mikula. Structure and chemical composition of thin-film nanocomposites based on silver in organosilicon amorphous matrix prepared by High Target Utilization Sputtering. Thin Solid Films, 765 (2023), 139643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2022.139643

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Gupta, M. K., Ding, J., Bansal, D., Abernathy, D. L., Ehlers, G., Osti, N. C., Zeier, W. G., Delaire, O., Strongly Anharmonic Phonons and Their Role in Superionic Diffusion and Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Cu7PSe6. Adv. Energy Mater 12 (2022) 2200596. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202200596

Xinlei Gu, Chang Liu, Hao Guo, Kan Zhang, Changfeng Chen, Sorting transition-metal diborides: New descriptor for mechanical properties, Acta Materialia. 207 (2021) 116685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116685.

Ruili Wang, Feizhi Zhang, Kang Yang, Yahui Xiong, Jun Tang, Hao Chen, Mengchen Duan, Zhenjie Li, Honglei Zhang, Bangying Xiong. Review of two-dimensional nanomaterials in tribology: Recent developments, challenges and prospects. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 321 (2023), 103004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2023.103004

Brandelli, A. Nanocomposites and their application in antimicrobial packaging. Frontiers in Chemistry, 12 (2024), 1356304. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2024.1356304

Zezhu Zeng, Xingchen Shen, Ruihuan Cheng, Olivier Perez, Niuchang Ouyang, Zheyong Fan, Pierric Lemoine, Bernard Raveau, Emmanuel Guilmeau & Yue Chen. Pushing thermal conductivity to its lower limit in crystals with simple structures. Nature Communications, 15 (2024), 3007. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46799-3

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Operational Program Integrated Infrastructure Project No. ITMS 313011AUH4: Development of nanostructured coatings with an inactivating effect on viruses and bacteria for various types of flexible materials

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2026-02-24

Name and surname:	Mgr. Vitalii Izai, CSc.
Document type:	Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:	Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:	Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava