The project aims to explore the solid-solid phase transition in tin and its effect on morphology and plasmonic properties of tin nanostructures. The phase transition from metallic β-Sn to non-conductive α-Sn, notoriously known as tin pest, has so far been considered undesirable, especially in electrical and semiconductor devices. However, the phase change could be employed on the nanoparticle level for temperature-driven plasmonic switching and, as a result, in phase-changing plasmonic devices.

CEITEC VUT-J-26-9040

Czech

Foltýn Michael, Ing. - principal person responsible
Křápek Vlastimil, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. - fellow researcher

Central European Institute of Technology BUT
- responsible department (28.1.2026 - not assigned)
Central European Institute of Technology BUT
- beneficiary (1.1.2026 - 31.12.2026)

Responsibility: Foltýn Michael, Ing.