Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Ing. Marián Mikula, PhD.
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

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Mikula
I.2 - Name
Marián
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Ing., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1979
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Mlynská dolina 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor, Research fellow
I.8 - E-mail address
mikula@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5498
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-5643-7023

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.b - Year
2002
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of engeneering Slovak technical university in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Mechanical technologies and materials
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Institute of materials and machine mechanics SAS Bratislava
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Materials engineering and limit states of materials
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2018
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
research fellow Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2010 - present
research fellow Institute of materials and machine mechanics SAS Bratislava 2005 - present

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

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.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Materials science Technical Physics I. Physics
Physical methods of thin films preparation Solid State Physics II. Physics
Physical metallurgy Solid State Physics II. Physics
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.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
8
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
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
> 200
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
> 140
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
63
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
29
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1323
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
866
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
798
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
572
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

M. Mikula, B. Grančič, V. Buršíková, A. Csuba, M. Držík, Š. Kavecký, A. Plecenik, P. Kúš: Mechanical superhard TiB2 coatings prepared by DC magnetron sputtering, Vacuum, 82 278-281 (2007)

2

M. Mikula, D. Plašienka, D. G. Sangiovanni, M. Sahul, T. Roch, M. Truchlý, M. Gregor, L'. Čaplovič, A. Plecenik, P. Kúš: Toughness enhancement in highly NbN-alloyed Ti-Al-N hard coatings, Acta Materialia 121 59-67 (2016)

3

M. Mikula, M. Truchlý, D. G. Sangiovanni, D. Plašienka, T. Roch, M. Gregor, P. Ďurina, M. Janík, P. Kúš: Experimental and computational studies on toughness enhancement in Ti-Al-Ta-N quaternaries Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, A35(6) (2017)

4

T. Fiantok, N. Koutná, D. G. Sangiovanni, and M. Mikula: Ceramic transition metal diboride superlattices with improved ductility and fracture toughness screened by ab initio calculations, Scientific Reports 13, 12835 (2023)

5

M. Vidiš, T. Fiantok, M. Gocník, Pe. Svec Jr., S. Nagy, M. Truchlý, V. Izai, T. Roch, L. Satrapinskyy, V. Sroba, M. Meindlhumer, B. Grančič, P. Kúš, J.Keckes, M. Mikula: Hardness and fracture toughness enhancement in transition metal diboride multilayer films with structural variations, Materialia 34 (2024) 102070

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Marián Mikula, Jozef Srogoň, Peter Švec, Viktor Šroba, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Tomáš Roch , Martin Truchlý, Marek Vidiš, Zuzana Hájovská, Katarína Viskupová, Branislav Grančič, Peter Kúš, Yttrium-induced structural evolution and oxidation resistance in TiB2+Δ coatings deposited by conventional magnetron sputtering and HiPIMS. Surface & Coatings Technology 515 (2025) 132674

2

M. Vidiš, T. Fiantok, M. Gocník, Pe. Svec Jr., S. Nagy, M. Truchlý, V. Izai, T. Roch, L. Satrapinskyy, V. Sroba, M. Meindlhumer, B. Grančič, P. Kúš, J.Keckes, M. Mikula: Hardness and fracture toughness enhancement in transition metal diboride multilayer films with structural variations, Materialia 34 (2024) 102070

3

T. Fiantok, N. Koutná, D. G. Sangiovanni, and M. Mikula: Ceramic transition metal diboride superlattices with improved ductility and fracture toughness screened by ab initio calculations, Scientific Reports 13, 12835 (2023)

4

K. Viskupová, B. Grančič, T. Roch, Š. Nagy, L. Satrapinskyy, V. Šroba, M. Truchlý, J. Šilha, P. Kúš, M. Mikula: Thermally induced planar defect formation in sputtered V1-xMoxB2-D films, Scripta Materialia (2023) 91-95

5

M. Mikula, S. Uzon, T. Hudec, B. Grančič, M. Truchlý, T. Roch, P. Švec jr. , L. Satrapinskyy, M. Čaplovičová, G. Greczynski, I. Petrov, M. Odén , P. Kúš, D. G. Sangiovanni: Thermally induced structural evolution and age-hardening of polycrystalline V1-xMoxN (x ≈ 0.4) thin films, Surface and Coatings Technology 405, 126723 (2021)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

S. Dorri et al.: Enhanced quality of single crystal CrBx/TiBy diboride superlattices by controlling boron stoichiometry during sputter deposition, Applied Surface Science 655 (2024) 159606 [citovaný článok] T. Fiantok, N. Koutná, D. G. Sangiovanni, and M. Mikula: Ceramic transition metal diboride superlattices with improved ductility and fracture toughness screened by ab initio calculations, Scientific Reports 13, 12835 (2023)

2

Mopoung K et al.: First-principles analysis of improved thermodynamic stability and mechanical properties in pseudo-binary Y1−xVxB2 alloys, Computational Materials Science 45 (2024) 113287 [cit. článok] V. Šroba, T. Fiantok, M. Truchlý, T. Roch, M. Zahoran, B. Grančič, P. Švec jr., Š. Nagy, V. Izai, P. Kúš, M. Mikula: Structure evolution and mechanical properties of hard tantalum diboride films, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, A38 033408 (2020)

3

Feng Y. et al.: Effects of duty cycle and nitrogen flow rate on the mechanical properties of (V,Mo)N coatings deposited by high-power pulsed magnetron sputtering, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 41, 61 (2023) 063109 [cit. článok] M. Mikula, S. Uzon, T. Hudec, B. Grančič, M. Truchlý, T. Roch, P. Švec jr. , L. Satrapinskyy, M. Čaplovičová, G. Greczynski, I. Petrov, M. Odén , P. Kúš, D. G. Sangiovanni: Thermally induced structural evolution and age-hardening of polycrystalline V1-xMoxN (x ≈ 0.4) thin films, Surface and Coatings Technology 405, 126723 (2021)

4

Hossein N. et al.: Temporally-resolved decomposition of Ti0.12Al0.21B0.67 thin films at 1000 °C, Surface and Coatings Technology 48715 (2024) 131026 [cit. článok] Mikula M. et al.: Thermally-induced structure evolution in ternary Ti 1−x Y x B 2+Δ films, Scripta Materialia 164, 91 - 95 (2019)

5

Persson P et al.: Exploring the thermal behavior and diffusive functionality of structural defects and phase boundaries in near-stoichiometric chromium diborides by in situ scanning transmission electron microscopy Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 42, 21 (2024) 020401 [cit. článok] K. Viskupová, B. Grančič, T. Roch, Š. Nagy, L. Satrapinskyy, V. Šroba, M. Truchlý, J. Šilha, P. Kúš, M. Mikula: Thermally induced planar defect formation in sputtered V1-xMoxB2-D films, Scripta Materialia (2023) 91-95

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

2024 - 2027 Central European Platform for Plasma-Enabled Surface Engineering, Project: 101158464 — COLOSSE — HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-04

2

2025 - 2028 Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) Contract No.: APVV-24-0038 New generation hard coatings with enhanced fracture toughness and oxidation resistance

3

2022 - 2025 Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) Contract No.: APVV-21-0042 Hard and tough boride- and nitride-based coatings prepared by advanced PVD techniques

4

2021-23, NFP313010AUH4 - Vývoj nanoštrukturovaných povlakov s inaktivačným účinkom na vírusy a baktérie pre rôzne typy flexibilných materiálov, OPII-VA/DP/2020/9.4-01 - Výzva na predkladanie žiadostí o poskytnutie nenávratného finančného príspevku na podporumobilizácie a využitia potenciálu výskumných inštitúcií pri boji proti pandémii vyvolanej ochorením COVID-19 a znižovanínegatívnych následkov pandémie.

5

2021-23 ESA AO/1-10586/21/NL/SC Ultra-high temperature thin coatings for aerospace industry

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

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Reviews of research projects of national grant agencies: VEGA and Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV).

Reviewing of project within programs: Mobility calls of Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Referee review - 2 x Habilitation theses (2021, 2025), 3x PhD Thesis (2023, 2024, 2025)

Referee reviews - 4x diploma thesis 1x Bachelor thesis

Reviewer in CC journals: Acta Materialia, Vacuum, Surface and Coatings Technology, Thin Solid Films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Materials & Design, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A