September 1985 - June 1991, study at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague (MFF UK)
June 21, 1991, graduated at MFF UK: M.S. Solid State Physics - Magnetism
February 13, 1997, Ph.D. in Solid State Physics, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (UvA)
Feb. 1997- Apr. 1997 postdoctoral fellow, UvA
May. 1997- Oct. 1997 researcher associate, MFF UK
Oct. 1997 - Oct. 1998 JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
Nov. 1998 - present - postdoctoral fellow at Hahn-Meitner Institut, Berlin (HMI)
Thesis
M.S. thesis
Distribution of magnetic flux in some high-temperature superconductors, Advisor - Dr J. Hrebik, MFF UK
Ph.D. thesis
'Magnetism in uranium intermetallic compounds, Advisors - Prof. Dr F.R. de Boer (UvA), Prof. Dr P.F. de Châtel (UvA) and Prof. Dr V. Sechovsky (MFF UK)
Professional Interest
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science:
Electronic properties of strongly correlated electron systems
Magnetism in f-electron systems
Experimental Techniques
Sample preparation: polycrystalline materials by arc-melting, single crystals by a modified Czochralski tri-arc method;
Powder X-ray diffraction;
Crystal and magnetic structure determination by Rietveld method;
Orientation of single crystals by Laue method;
Measurements of magnetic, thermal, transport and other related physical properties at low temperatures and their interpretation: specific heat in zero field and in magnetic fields, AC and DC magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, magnetoresistance, Hall effect, ultrasonic measurements;
High-magnetic fields: steady magnetic fields up to 20 T and pulse fields up to 60 T;
Powder-neutron diffraction;
Neutron-scattering experiments on single crystals under different environments: magnetic fields, hydrostatic pressure, low temperatures; polarised-neutron experiments, inelastic-neutron scattering experiments, use of group theory;
A. Purwanto, R.A. Robinson, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, P. Svoboda, H. Nakotte, K. Prokes, F.R. de Boer, A. Seret, J.M. Winand, J. Rebizant, J.C. Spirlet, Magnetic ordering in U2Pd2Sn and U2Pd2In, Phys. Rev. B. 50 (1994) 6972-6801
M. Mihálik, S. Matas, K. Prokes, H. Nakotte, N.H. Kim-Ngan, A.A. Menovsky, Effect of Ce substitution on Antiferromagnetic Transition in the Heavy-Electron Compound URu2Si2, IEEE Trans. Magn. 30 (1994) 1142-1144
P.C.M Gubbens, A.A. Moolenaar, P. Dalmas de Reotier, A. Yaouanc, F. Kayzel, J.J.M. Franse, K. Prokes, C.E. Snel, P. Bonville, J.A. Hodges, P. Imbert, P. Pari, Spin dynamics in ReNi5 ferromagnets by m SR measurements, Hyperfine Interactions 85 (1994) 239-244
H. Nakotte, K. Prokes, E. Brück, P.F. de Châtel, F.R. de Boer, V.Sechovsky, L. Havela, H. Fujii, Comparison of giant magnetoresistance in multilayer systems and uranium compounds, J. Appl. Phys. 75 (1994) 6522
H. Nakotte, A. Purwanto, R.A. Robinson, K. Prokes, J.C.P. Klaasse, P.F. de Chatel, F.R. de Boer, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, L.C.J. Pereira, J.M. Winand, A. Seret, J. Rebizant, J.C. Spirlet, F. Trouw, Hybridization effects in U2T2X Compounds, Magnetic Structures of U2Rh2Sn and U2Ni2In, Phys. Rev. B 53 (1996) 3263-3271
K. Prokes, E. Brück, F. R. de Boer, M. Mihalik, A.A. Menovsky, P. Burlet, J.M. Mignot, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, GMR and Magnetic Phase Diagram of UNiGa, J. Appl. Phys. 79 (1996) 6396
L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, K. Prokes, H. Nakotte, H. Fujii, A. Lacerda, Giant Magnetoresistance Effects in 5f-Materials, Physica B 223&224 (1996) 245-250
H. Nakotte, A. Purwanto, R.A. Robinson, Z. Tun, K. Prokes, A.C. Larson, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, H. Maletta, E. Brück and F.R. de Boer, Commensurate and incommensurate magnetic structure of UNiGe, Phys. Rev. B 54 (1996) 7201-7209
H. Nakotte, K. Prokes, E. Brü ck, K.H.J. Buschow, F.R. de Boer, A.V. Andreev, M.C. Aronson, A. Lacerda, M.S. Torikachvili, R.A. Robinson, M.A.M. Bourke, A.J. Schultz, Non-Fermi-liquid scaling in heavy-fermion UCu3.5Al1.5 and UCu3Al2, Phys. Rev. B. 54 (1996) 12176-12183
P. Schobinger - Papamantellos, G.H. Niewenhuys, K. Prokes and K.H.J. Buschow, Magnetic Properties of CeNi0.84Sn2 studied by Magnetisation and Neutron Diffraction, J. Phys., Condens. Matter 8 (1996) 8635
Y. Kobayashi, Y. Aoki, H. Sugawara, H. Sato, V. Sechovsky, L. Havela, K. Prokes, M. Mihalik, and A. Menovsky, Hall effect and thermoelectric power in UNiGa, Phys. Rev. B. 54 (1996) 15330-15334
A. Hiess, L. Havela, K. Prokes, R.S. Eccleston, G.H. Lander, Magnetic response function in URhAl, Physica B 230-232 (1997) 89-91
A.M. Mulders, A. Yaouanc, P. Dalmas de Reotier, P.C.M Gubbens, A.A. Moolenaar, B. Fåk, E. Ressouche, K. Prokes, A.A. Menovsky and K.H.J. Buschow, PrRu2Si2: A giant anisotropic induced magnet with a singlet crystal-field ground state, Phys. Rev. B 56 (1997) 8752-8759
M. Olsovec, J. Schweitzer, L. Paolasini, V. Sechovsky and K. Prokes, Magnetization densities and uranium form factor in UNiGa and UNiAl, Physica B 241-243 (1998) 678-680
K. Prokes, F. Bourdarot, P. Burlet, P. Javorsky, M. Olsovec, V. Sechovsky, E. Brück, F.R. de Boer and A.A. Menovsky, Antiferromagnetic structure of UNiAl, Phys. Rev. B 58 (1998) 2692-2698
F. Honda, K. Prokes, M. Olsovec, F. Bourdarot, P. Burlet, T. Kagayama, G. Oomi, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, A.V. Andreev, E. Brü ck F.R. de Boer, A.A. Menovsky and M. Mihalik, Magnetic Phases and Magnetoelastic Phenomena in UNiGa under Pressure, J. Alloys Comp. 271-273 (1998) 495-498
F.R. de Boer, K. Kindo, H. Nakotte, K. Prokes, V. Sechovsky, U2T2X (T=Co, Ni, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt; X=In, Sn) compounds in high magnetic fields, Physica B 246-247 (1998) 129-134
K. Prokes, T. Fujita, N.V. Mushnikov, S. Hane, T. Tomita, T. Goto, V. Sechovsky, A.V. Andreev, A.A. Menovsky, Magnetic properties of UNiAl under pressure, Phys. Rev. B 59 (1999) 8720-8724
K. Prokes, T. Fujita, E. Brück, F.R. de Boer and A.A. Menovsky, Magnetic properties of UPt single crystals, Phys. Rev. B 60 (1999) 730-733
K. Prokes, T. Tahara, T. Fujita, H. Goshima, T. Takabatake, M. Mihalik, A.A. Menovsky, S. Fukuda, J. Sakurai, Electronic properties of a UIrGe single crystal, Phys. Rev. B 60 (1999) 9532-9538
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