Since 2000 the university research centre NTC focuses on research and solutions for green technologies and advanced materials in the fields of ecological energy sources, smart transportation means and the quality of human life and health. NTC research teams: - Infrared technologies (measuring systems, IR-cameras, IR-detectors, analyses of optical properties, non-destructive material testing...) - Modelling and simulations in technical systems (fluid flow and technical systems under dynamic phenomena and extreme loading...) - Electrochemical processes (innovative types of redox flow batteries, energy storage, micro CT tomography…) - Advanced materials (thin-film photovoltaics and photonics materials, a study of structural, electrical, magnetic and spectroscopic properties of new materials…) - Human Body models (prevention of injury in automotive, healthcare and sport...) - Chemical processes and biomaterials (bioactive glass, responsive hydrogels, nanocomposite polymers... development and testing of fuel cells)