Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Plecenik, 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
Plecenik
I.2 - Name
Tomáš
I.3 - Degrees
doc. RNDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1981
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina F1, 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
tomas.plecenik@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4697
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-6518-052X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Solid state physics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Condensed matter physics and acoustics
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
2015
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
Associate professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 01/2022 - present
Research associate Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 07/2009 - 12/2021

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
Diploma seminar Solid state physics II. Physics
Modern experimental methods in condensed matter physics (1) Condensed matter physics and acoustics III. Physics
Modern experimental methods in condensed matter physics (2) Condensed matter physics and acoustics III. 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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Solid state physics II. Physics
Condensed matter physics and acoustics III. Physics
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)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
6
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Computer Principles - Hardware Applied Computer Science I. Computer science
Measurement Methods in Solid State Physics Solid state physics II. Physics
Diagnostic Methods in Solid State Physics Solid state physics II. Physics

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
215
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
70
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
99
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
27
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1828
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1088
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1828
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1088
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Vidiš, M., Plecenik, T., Moško, M., Tomašec, S., Roch, T., Satrapinskyy, L., Grančič, B., Plecenik, A.: Gasistor: A memristor based gas-triggered switch and gas sensor with memory, Applied Physics Letters 115 (2019) 093504.

2

T. Plecenik, M. Mosko, A.A. Haidry, P. Durina, M. Truchly, B. Grancic,M. Gregor, T. Roch, L. Satrapinskyy, A. Mosková, M. Mikula, P. Kúsa, A. Plecenik, Fast highly-sensitive room-temperature semiconductor gas sensor based on the nanoscale Pt–TiO2–Pt sandwich, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 207 (2015) 351–361.

3

T. Plecenik, S.A.M. Tofail, M. Gregor, M. Zahoran, M. Truchly, F. Laffir, T. Roch, P. Durina, M. Vargova, G. Plesch, P. Kus, A. Plecenik, Direct creation of microdomains with positive and negative surface potential on hydroxyapatite coatings, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 (2011) 113701.

4

T. Plecenik, M. Gregor, R. Sobota, M. Truchly, L. Satrapinskyy, F. Kurth, B. Holzapfel, K. Iida, P. Kus, A. Plecenik, Surface transport properties of Fe-based superconductors: The influence of degradation and inhomogeneity, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103 (2013) 052601.

5

Krsko O., Plecenik T.; Roch T.; Grancic B.; Satrapinskyy L.; Truchly M.; Durina P.; Gregor M.; Kus P.; Plecenik A., Flexible highly sensitive hydrogen gas sensor based on a TiO2 thin film on polyimide foil, Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical 240 (2017) 1058-1065.

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

Marek Vidiš, Michal Patrnčiak, Martin Moško, Andrej Plecenik, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Tomáš Roch, Pavol Ďurina, Tomáš Plecenik, Gas-triggered resistive switching and chemiresistive gas sensor with intrinsic memristive memory, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 389 (2023) 133878.

2

M. B. Hanif, G. K. Thirunavukkarasu, V. Liapun, H. Makarov, M. Gregor, T. Roch, T. Plecenik, K. Hensel, M. Sihor, O. Monfort and M. Motola, Fluoride-free synthesis of anodic TiO2 nanotube layers: a promising environmentally friendly method for efficient photocatalysts, Nanoscale 14 (2022) 11703.

3

M. Vidiš, M. Patrnčiak, M. Moško, A. Plecenik, L. Satrapinskyy, T. Roch, P. Ďurina, T. Plecenik, Gas-triggered resistive switching and chemiresistive gas sensor with intrinsic memristive memory, Sens. Act. B 389 (2023) 133878.

4

Martin Moško, Mária Koscelanská, Antónia Mošková, Marek Vidiš, Serhii Volkov, Maroš Gregor, Magdaléna Poláčková, Tomáš Roch, Branislav Grančič, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Peter Kúš, Andrej Plecenik,Tomáš Plecenik, Observation and characterization of titanium-like nano-filament in TiO2 memristor using superconducting electrode(s) and Andreev spectroscopy, J. Appl. Phys. 136, 054303 (2024).

5

Vidis, M., Shpetnyi, I. O., Roch, T., Satrapinskyy, L., Patrnciak, M., Plecenik, A., Plecenik, T.: Flexible hydrogen gas sensor based on a capacitor-like Pt/TiO2/Pt structure on polyimide foil, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 (2021) 19217-19228.

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

Prinzie, J.; Simanjuntak, F. M.; Leroux, P.; Prodromakis, T.: Low-power electronic technologies for harsh radiation environments, Nature Electronics 4 (2021) 243-253. Cited article: Vidiš, M., Plecenik, T., Moško, M., Tomašec, S., Roch, T., Satrapinskyy, L., Grančič, B., Plecenik, A.: Gasistor: A memristor based gas-triggered switch and gas sensor with memory, Applied Physics Letters 115 (2019) 093504.

2

Saylan, S.; Aldosari, H. M.; Humood, K.; Abi Jaoude, M.; Ravaux, F.; Mohammad, B., Effects of top electrode material in hafnium-oxide-based memristive systems on highly-doped Si, Scientific Reports 10 (2020) 19541. Cited article: Vidiš, M., Plecenik, T., Moško, M., Tomašec, S., Roch, T., Satrapinskyy, L., Grančič, B., Plecenik, A.: Gasistor: A memristor based gas-triggered switch and gas sensor with memory, Applied Physics Letters 115 (2019) 093504.

3

Park, Hyoungwon; Kim, Jae-Hun; Vivod, Dustin; et al., Chemical-recognition-driven selectivity of SnO2-nanowire-based gas sensors, Nano Today 40 (2021) 101265. Cited article: Li, Z., Yao, Z., Haidry, A.A., Plecenik, T., Xie, L., Sun, L., Fatima, Q.: Resistive-type hydrogen gas sensor based on TiO2: A review, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43 (2018) 21114-21132.

4

Alenezy, E. K.; Sabri, Y. M.; Kandjani, A. E.; Korcoban, D.; Rashid, S. S. A. A. H.; Ippolito, S. J.; Bhargava, S. K., Low-Temperature Hydrogen Sensor: Enhanced Performance Enabled through Photoactive Pd-Decorated TiO2 Colloidal Crystals, ACS Sensors 5 (2020) 3902-3914. Cited paper: Krsko O., Plecenik T.; Roch T.; Grancic B.; Satrapinskyy L.; Truchly M.; Durina P.; Gregor M.; Kus P.; Plecenik A., Flexible highly sensitive hydrogen gas sensor based on a TiO2 thin film on polyimide foil, Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical 240 (2017) 1058-1065.

5

Lee, J. H.; Mirzaei, A.; Kim, J. H.; Kim, J. Y.; Nasriddinov, A. F.; Rumyantseva, M. N.; Kim, H. W.; Kim, S. S., Gas-sensing behaviors of TiO2-layer-modified SnO2 quantum dots in self-heating mode and effects of the TiO2 layer, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical 310 (2020) 127870. Cited article: T. Plecenik, M. Mosko, A.A. Haidry, P. Durina, M. Truchly, B. Grancic,M. Gregor, T. Roch, L. Satrapinskyy, A. Mosková, M. Mikula, P. Kúsa, A. Plecenik, Fast highly-sensitive room-temperature semiconductor gas sensor based on the nanoscale Pt–TiO2–Pt sandwich, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 207 (2015) 351–361.

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

2022 - 2026, APVV-21-0053, Semiconductor gas sensors with intrinsic memory based on resistive switching, principal investigator

2

2022 - 2025, VEGA 1/0062/22, New generation of chemiresistive gas sensors with capacitor-like electrode arrangement and built-in memory, principal investigator

3

2024 - 2026, 09I05-03-V02-00058, NEURALSENS:Smart gas and temperature sensors with neural-network-based low-level in-sensordata processing capability, principal investigator for FMFI UK

4

2020 - 2023, APVV-19-0303, Long-range proximity effect in superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures, investigator

5

2020 - 2023, APVV-19-0365, Fabrication, physics and correlated states in metallic 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, investigator

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

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the Scientific Board Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2018 - present
Member of the Academic Senate Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2018 - present
President of the Commission for Economic Affairs and Development of the AS FMPI CU Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2018 - present

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

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester Rochester, NY, USA 3 months, 09/2006 - 12/2006 bilateral collaboration
Institute for Physical High Technology Jena, Germany 1 month, 08/2004 - 09/2004 bilateral collaboration

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-03-02