About

The Division is engaged in the production of luminescent materials with potential applications in optoelectronics, photonics, telecommunications and studies of their dielectric and optical properties.

The head of the department is prof. dr hab. Przemysław Dereń

Research

• Synthesis, determination, and study of phase transition mechanisms, structural, thermal, electrical, dielectric, magnetic, luminescence, and phonon properties of new functional organic-inorganic hybrid compounds for optoelectronic applications
• Synthesis and characterization of structural, phonon, and emission properties of selected oxide materials
• Synthesis and optical characterization of colloidal luminescent nanoparticles.
• Synthesis of colloidal quantum dots of binary compounds i.e., binary compounds (CdSe, CdS etc.) belonging to the II-VI group and ternary compounds (AgInS2, CuInS2 etc.) belonging to the I-III-VI system
• Synthesis of nanoparticles exhibiting the quasi-2D quantum confinement effect, i.e. CdSe nanoplatelets.
• Special attention is also devoted to the synthesis of the so-called "artificial molecules", i.e. colloidal systems of mutually interacting quantum dots which are joined together in a fully intentional way.
• Phosphors for lighting, medicine, horticulture, and securities and photon cutting, photon shifters
• Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of new MOF@biomaterial composites (biomaterial = hydroxyapatite, bioactive glass) toward bioapplication
• Preparation and studies of properties of new luminescent materials useful for applications in optoelectronics, photonics and telecommunications.
• Investigation of transfer of excitation energy responsible for the Stokes and anti-Stokes emission in phosphors containing lanthanide ions and transition metals.
• Studies of matrix-activator interactions and interconfigurational transitions in scintillation materials and high-energy radiation to visible light converters.
• Testing of emission properties of nanomaterials in the form of nanoparticles, nanoceramics and thin layers in relation to their morphology and particle size.
• Investigation of laser-induced white emission in nanocrystalline materials of lanthanide compounds and carbon materials.
• Investigating the phenomenon of hydrogen generation using photocatalytic processes.
• New compounds and materials for optical storage, persistent phosphors, laser and scintillating ceramics