Teaching activities
- Laboratory of Biomaterials for medical application
- Laboratory project I, II (specializations: Biomaterials, Inorganic non-metallic materials, Drug production)
- Supervision of B.Sc. theses and M.Sc. theses
Focus of scientific work
- Preparation of adhesive Ti, Si, Zr a Ca-P coatings on glass and metal substrate by sol-gel method and dip-coating technique with antibacterial and bioactive properties
- in vitro testing of bioactive, glass-ceramic and resorbable materials in tested medium at conditions close to living organisms
Education
- 1996-2001 TU KE, specialization: Inorganic technologies and materials
- 2004-2007 internal doctoral studies, TU KE, specialization: Inorganic technologies and materials
- 2008 dissertation defense: The influence of surface treatments of Ti-substrate on the formation of hydroxyapatite from solution
Employment
- 2007-2011 researcher, Department of Glass and Ceramics, FCT, UCT Prague
- 2012 - assistant professor, Department of Glass and Ceramics, FCT, UCT Prague
Memberships
- Czech glass society
Publications
Journal articles
- D. Horkavcová, A. Stříbny, K. Schuhladen, P. Bezdička, A.R. Boccaccini, D. Rohanová: Effect of buffer in simulated body fluid on morphology and crystallinity of hydroxyapatite precipitated on 45S5 bioactive glass derived glass-ceramic scaffolds: comparison of Good’s buffer systems and TRIS; Materials Today Chemistry 21 (2021) 100527. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2021.100527
- D. Horkavcová, Q. Doubet, G. L. Lecomte-Nana, E. Jablonská, A. Helebrant: Development of Adhesive, Bioactive and Antibacterial Titania Sol-Gel Coating on Titanium Substrate by Dip-Coating Technique. Coatings 2021, 11(2), 243 DOI: 10.3390/coatings11020243
- D. Horkavcová, D. Rohanová, A. Stříbny, K. Schuhladen, A. R. Boccaccini, P. Bezdička: Interaction of MOPS buffer with glass-ceramic scaffold: Effect of (PO4)3- ions in SBF on kinetics and morphology of formatted hydroxyapatite. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials (2020) 108B:1888-1896. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34530
- D. Horkavcová, P. Novák, I. Fialová, M. Černý, E. Jablonská, J. Lipov, T. Ruml, A. Helebrant: Titania sol-gel coatings containing silver on newly developed TiSi alloys and their antibacterial effect; Materials Science and Engineering C 76 (2017) 25-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.02.137
- D. Horkavcová, Z. Zmeškal, L. Šanda, Z. Zlámalová Cílová, E. Jablonská, A. Helebrant: Preparation of titania sol-gel coatings containing silver in various forms and measuring of their bactericidal effects against E. Coli; Ceramics - Silikáty 59 (3) (2015) 238-243.