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I am engaged in the theoretical study of non-equilibrium systems. I have studied various problems from the structural and magnetic properties of surface nanostructures, through epitaxial growth on metallic and semiconductor surfaces, pulsed laser deposition, to surface phase transitions.
Lately, I have been focusing on the study of non-equilibrium processes in dense suspensions of nanoparticles.
We are addressing the movement of dense suspensions of active colloidal particles and studying the  jamming of nanoparticles in narrow pores [1].

[1] F. Slanina and M. Kotrla
Ratchet effect and jamming in dense mixtures of active and passive colloids in narrow pores
Phys. Rev. E 111, 015408 (2025).