Prof. Dr. Dušan Galusek

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
Keywords	Alumina composites, Polymer-derived ceramics, aluminate glasses, luminescence, corrosion
Honours and awards	2020: Fellow of the European Ceramic Society 2019: Scientist of the Year of the Slovak Republic, category Personality of International Collaboration 2018: Scientific Team of the Year, head of the team, awarded by the Minister of Education of the Slovak Republic 2013: Doctor of Sciences 2013: Full Professor 2013: Vice rector for research and international collaboration of the Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin

Current contact address

Country	Slovakia
City	Trencin

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ralf Riedel	Fachgebiet Disperse Feststoffe, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael J. Hoffmann	Institut für Keramik im Maschinenbau, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship	01/06/2003

Programme(s)

2002	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2008	P. Sajgalík, J. Dusza, Z. Lencés, M. Hnatko, D. Galusek, K. Ghillányová: Bulk Ceramic Nanostructures. In: Ralf Riedel, I-Wei Chen, Ceramic Science and Technology, Vol. 1 Structures. Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2008. 347-373
2007	D. Galusek, J. Sedlácek, R. Riedel: Al2O3-SiC composites by warm pressing and sintering of an organosilicon polymer-coated alumina powder. In: J.Eur.Ceram.Soc, 2007, 2385-2392
2007	P. Lichvár, P. Sajgalík, M. Liska, D. Galusek:: CaO¿SiO2¿Al2O3¿Y2O3 glasses as model grain boundary phases for Si3N4 ceramics . In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2007, 429-436
2007	M. Balog, P. Sajgalík, M. Hnatko, J. Keckés, T. Schobel, F. Hofer, D. Galusek, Z. Lencés: Nano- and macro-hardness and fracture toughness of Si3N4/SiC micro/nano ¿composites. In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society,, 2007, 2145-2152
2007	D. Galusek, J. Sedlácek, P. Svancárek, R. Riedel, R. Satet, M. Hoffmann: The influence of post-sintering HIP on the microstructure, hardness, and indentation fracture toughness of polymer-derived Al2O3¿SiC nanocomposites. In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2007, 1237-1245
2007	K. Bodisová, D. Galusek, P. Svancárek, P. Sajgalík: Two-stage sintering of alumina with submicrometer grain size. In: J. Am. Ceram. Soc, 2007, 330-332
2006	P. Svancárek, D. Galusek, F. Loughran, A. Brown, R. Brydson, A. Atkinson, F. Riley: Microstructure-stress relationships in liquid phase sintered alumina modified by the addition of 5 weight % of calcia-silica additives. In: Acta Materialia, 2006, 4853-4863
2005	Galusek D., Riley F.L., and Liska M.: Determination of fracture toughness and fracture probability of LPS aluminas by Hertzian indentation. In: Key Eng. Mater , 2005, 308-311
2005	Sedlácek J., Galusek D., and Sajgalík P: Effect of rare earth oxide and rare earth-alumina-silica glass on mechanical properties of liquid phase sintered alumina ceramic. In: Key Eng. Mater, 2005, 121-128
2005	Galusek D., Riedel R., and Balog M.: Polymer-derived Al2O3-SiC nanocomposites: preparation route vs. microstructure. In: Key Eng. Mater, 2005, 246-249
2004	Svancárek P., Galusek D., Calvert C., Loughran F., Brown A., Brydson R., Riley F.L.: A Comparison of the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Two Liquid Phase Sintered Aluminas Containing Different Molar Ratios of Calcia-Silica Sintering Additives. In: J. Eur. Ceram. Soc, 2004, 3453-3463
2004	Sedlácek J., Galusek D., Svancárek P., Brown A., Brydson R.: Alumina-carbon composites with high hardness. In: Key Eng. Mater, 2004, 841-844
2004	Svancarek P., Galusek D, Loughran F., Calvert C., Brown A., Brydson R., Riley F.L.,: Investigation of grain boundaries in LPS aluminas by TEM. In: Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser., 2004, 273-276
2004	Hnatko M., Galusek D., ¿ajgalík P: Low-cost Preparation of Si3N4-SiC Micro/Nano Composites by in-situ Carbothermal Reduction of Silica in Silicon Nitride Matrix,. In: J.Eur.Ceram.Soc., 2004, 189-195