Welcome to the Department of Theory of Continuous Media and Nanostructures Official Website!
Here is an extensive list of our activities. Click on the tabs to learn more about the current research projects and achievements. We are also especially proud to show you our state-of-the-art research equipment. For our employees’ contact details, just scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Employees and Teams
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Prof. Michał Giersig, PhD, DSc phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 410 room: 420 e-mail: |
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Monika Węglowska phone: +48 22 826 98 41 / +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 219 room: 524 e-mail: / |
Department structure units:
Division of Polymer Physics
Head: Zdzisław Nowak, PhD, DSc |
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| Employee | Position | Ext. phone | Room | |
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| Wojciech Dera, MSc | Specialist | 107 | 120 | |
| Leszek Frąś, PhD | Research Specialist | 107 | 120 | |
| Prof. Leszek Jarecki, PhD, DSc | Professor | 209 | 210 | |
| Beata Misztal-Faraj, PhD, DSc | Assistant Professor | 209 | 210 | |
| Zdzisław Nowak, PhD, DSc | Associate Professor | 454 | 117 |
Analytical Mechanics and Field Theory
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| Employee | Position | Ext. phone | Room | |
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| Piotr Chudziński, PhD, DSc | Assistant Professor | 240 | 224 | |
| Wasyl Kowalczuk, PhD, DSc | Assistant Professor | 135 | 114 | |
| Wiesław Larecki, PhD, DSc | Assistant Professor | 175 | 118 | |
| Ewa Rożko, PhD, DSc | Senior Specialist | 433 | 116 | |
| Ryszard Wojnar, PhD, DSc | retiree | 433 | 116 |
Division of Acoustoelectronics
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| Employee | Position | Ext. phone | Room | |
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| Andrzej Balcerzak, PhD | Research Specialist | 223 | 530 | |
| Prof. Piotr Kiełczyński, PhD, DSc | Associate Professor | 416 | 531 | |
| Krzysztof Wieja, MSc | Programmer | 165/223 | 530 |
Research
Current Research Activities:
- Non-linear dynamics of continuous and discrete systems.
- Hamiltonian mechanics - geometric foundations, symmetries, integrability and chaos.
- Mechanics of media with micro- and nanostructure.
- Non-linear transport theory, thermodynamics of continua.
- Variational principles, symmetries and conservation laws.
- Non-linear electrodynamics, generalized non-linearities of the Born-Infeld type, gauge theories, defects.
- Relativistic theories of continua with astrophysical aspects.
- Quantum and statistical foundations of the theory of continuous media, gases, quantum fluids and phonon gases.
- Non-linear theory of molecular orientation in polymers and experimental verification.
- Kinetics of non-stationary nucleation and crystallization of polymers under variable thermodynamic conditions - theory and experiment.
- Kinetics of polymorphic phase transitions in polymers - theory and experiment.
- Computer simulation of molecular dynamics in polymer systems.
- Mathematical modeling and computer simulation of fibers and nanofibers formation.
- Electrospinning of nanofibers for biotechnological applications.
- Linear and non-linear optical effects in nanophotonic structures.
- Nonspecular effects of reflection and transmission of electromagnetic field.
- Generation, propagation and diffraction of higher-order optical beams and pulses.
- Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams and pulses in resonance dielectric and metamaterial structures.
- Spin and orbital angular momentum, optical vortices, polarization of optical field.
- Generation, propagation and applications of surface plasmon polaritons.
- Nanovisualisation in optical near field, optical trapping of nanoparticles, self-assembling of nanostructures in optical fields.
- Optical solitons, optical bistability.
- Fast and slow optical pulses.
- Ultrasonic sensors for investigations of the physical properties of materials (solids and liquids):
- measurements of liquid viscosity under high pressures,
- application of the SH bulk and surface acoustic waves (Love and Bleustein-Gulyaev) for investigation of the rheological parameters of liquids,
- acoustic sensors for detection and measurement of the concentration of the flammable and hazardous,
- determination of the elastic parameters of thin solid films.
Key Words:
- deformable bodies, electromagnetic field, transport phenomena, quantum mechanics, phonons, symmetries, conservation laws, relativistic fields and particles;
- molecular orientation, non-linear elastooptics, molecular dynamics, nucleation, crystallization kinetics, non-isothermal crystallization, oriented crystallization, polymorphic phase transitions, computer modeling, electrospinning;
- photonics, plasmonics, spintronics, nanovisualisation, nanomanipulation, optical beams, optical pulses, optical vortices, non-specular effects, optical bi-stability, surface plasmon polaritons, meta-materials, optical resonators, optical concentrators.
Proposed Ph.D. Projects:
Achievements
Patents
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| 448589 2024-05-17 - - |
Osial M., Pręgowska A., Pietrzyk-Thel P., Bąk F. Sposób wytwarzania superparamagnetycznych nanocząstek z ciekłych, w szczególności pochodzących z niepełnego spalania podczas wytwarzania nanostruktur węglowych, uzyskiwanych metodą osadzania z fazy gazowejPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | - - - |
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| 443206 2022-12-20 BUP 26/2024 2024-06-24 |
Giersig M., Wilczewski S., Pokorska-Służalec I., Osial M. Nanowypełniacz do zaczynów cementowych i betonu na bazie wielowymiarowych nanostruktur węglowych, sposób jego wytwarzania, nanokompozyt, konstrukcja, kompozycja zaczynu zawierająca nanowypełniacz oraz sposoby ich wytwarzania i ich zastosowaniaPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | - - - |
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| 443177 2022-12-19 BUP 26/2024 2024-06-24 |
Osial M., Pietrzyk-Thel P., Giersig M., Pręgowska A., Wilczewski S. Sposób wytwarzania cieczy magnetoreologicznej i wytworzona nim ciecz magnetoreologicznaPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | - - - |
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| 441075 2022-04-30 BUP 45/2023 2023-11-06 |
Osial M., Abramowicz M., Urbańska W., Warczak M., Pręgowska A. Ciecz magnetoreologiczna na bazie tlenków metali oraz sposób jej otrzymywaniaPL, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Politechnika Wrocławska, Instytut Chemii Fizycznej PAN, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | - - - |
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| 440895 2022-04-07 BUP 41/2023 2023-10-09 |
Kiełczyński P. M., Wieja K., Balcerzak A., Szalewski M., Szymański P., Ptasznik S. Method of identifying different types of mechanically separated meat using mass density measurementsPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | - - - |
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| 436749 2021-01-25 BUP 31/2022 2022-08-01 |
Bąk F., Pręgowska A., Osial M. Set of substrates with variable hardnessPL, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | - - - |
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| 436600 2020-12-30 BUP 27/2022 2022-07-04 |
Kiełczyński P. M., Wieja K., Szalewski M., Balcerzak A., Szymański P., Ptasznik S. Ultrasonic identification method for different types of mechanically separated meatPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | - - - |
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| 431859 2019-11-20 BUP 11/2021 2021-05-31 |
Jarząbek D. M., Milczarek M., Dziekoński C. Method of producing measuring probes for atomic force microscopesPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 244906 WUP 13/2024 2024-03-25 |
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| 424702 2018-02-27 BUP 06/2020 2020-03-09 |
Frąś L.J., Jarząbek D.M., Pręgowska A., Chrzanowska-Giżyńska J. Measuring instrument for microscopic observation and measurement of deformation of materials in real timePL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 235566 WUP 13/2020 2020-09-07 |
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| 422789 2017-09-08 BUP 06/2019 2019-03-11 |
Kujawska T., Dera W., Dziekoński C. Bimodal ultrasonic instrument for non-invasive destruction of solid neoplastic tumors in small animalsPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 233294 WUP 09/2019 2019-09-30 |
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| 421696 2017-05-24 BUP 25/2018 2018-12-03 |
Frąś L.J., Kołbuk-Konieczny D., Pręgowska A. Measuring holder for the split Hopkinson bar and method for measuring behaviour of a material, in which the split Hopkinson bar is usedPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 234657 WUP 03/2020 2020-03-31 |
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| 419571 2016-11-23 BUP 12/2018 2018-06-04 |
Jarząbek D.M., Dera W., Dziekoński C. Device for measuring viscosity of thin layers of viscoelastic materialsPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 230958 WUP 01/2019 2019-01-31 |
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| 267678 1987-09-10 1989-03-20 |
Lewandowski J. Ultrasonic method and apparatus for determining the mass fraction of damaged seedsPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN, Instytut Agrofizyki | 153518 1991-11-29 |
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| 224942 1980-06-13 1982-01-04 |
Dobrzański M.M., Aleksiejuk M., Larecki W. Arrangement for measurement of phonon spectrum in investigated solid specimenPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 129466 1986-04-15 |
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| 214566 1979-03-31 1980-11-03 |
Kiełczyński P. Method and apparatus for scanning of two-dimensional optical imagesPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 121815 1984-01-31 |
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| 214564 1979-03-31 1980-11-03 |
Kiełczyński P. Acoustoelectronic apparatus for correlation analysis of two-dimensional optical imagePL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 119948 1983-08-08 |
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| 214565 1979-03-31 1980-11-03 |
Kiełczyński P. Acoustoelectronic apparatus for autocorrelation analysis of two-dimensional optical imagesPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 119873 1985-04-30 |
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| 210193 1978-10-11 1980-06-16 |
Kiełczyński P., Kiełczyński P., Pajewski W. Method for scanning of two dimensional optical images and device thereofPL, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN | 117476 1983-02-25 |
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Apparatus
Proposed PhD
Proposed Ph.D. Projects:
