{"id":25936,"date":"2025-03-17T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifd.uwr.edu.pl\/?page_id=25936"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T13:33:28","slug":"surface-physics-and-nanomaterials-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ifd.uwr.edu.pl\/en\/institute-structure\/surface-physics-and-nanomaterials-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Physics and Nanomaterials Division"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill bs-news-page bs-page-links\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/wfa.uwr.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/216\/2023\/02\/1-4-of-49-1024x683-1.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wfa.uwr.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/216\/2023\/02\/1-4-of-49-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Czytanie ksi\u0105\u017cki\" class=\"wp-image-45681 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bonasoft-modular-breadcrumbs-block\"><div class=\"bs_add_breadcrumb_trail\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide bs-border-kontakt\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading bs-naglowek-podstrony\"><strong>Surface Physics and Nanomaterials Division<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Head:<br>prof. dr hab. Leszek Jurczyszyn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members:&nbsp;<br>dr Bartosz Brzostowski<br>dr hab. Wojciech Kami\u0144ski<br>prof. dr hab. Adam Kiejna<br>dr hab. Robert Kucharczyk, prof. UWr<br>dr Tomasz Ossowski<br>dr Barbara Pieczyrak<br>dr Agnieszka Puchalska<br>dr Agata Sabik<br>dr Rafa\u0142 Topolnicki<br>dr Elwira Wachowicz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PhD Students:\u00a0<br>mgr Adrian W\u00f3jcik<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research conducted at the Division of Surface Physics and Nanomaterials is theoretical in nature and is based on first-principles calculations, mostly using density functional theory. These calculations are performed using a plane wave basis or a localized orbital pseudo-atomic basis. The research focuses on the structural and electronic properties of metals and semiconductors and their surfaces. It covers a wide range of processes occurring on these surfaces, such as adsorption, surface diffusion, the formation of oxidized layers, and the creation of ordered low-dimensional structures and molecular systems. The research explores various possibilities for modifying the chemical reactivity of semiconductor surfaces to initiate the ordered aggregation of diffusing atoms into nanostructures with specific geometric and electronic properties. The work conducted at the Division also includes the formation and properties of a two-dimensional spin-polarized electron gas in multilayer systems in the context of potential applications in spintronic electron transport. The scientific profile of the Division also encompasses the study of electron transport in out-of-equilibrium systems (e.g., under scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) conditions) as well as molecular dynamics and electronics. Theoretical scientific work at the Division is related to the experimental data collected by research groups based on measurements conducted using techniques such as STM, STS, LEED, XPS, and ARPES.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6984,"featured_media":0,"parent":25927,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25936","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","menu-24x24":"","menu-36x36":"","menu-48x48":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Surface Physics and Nanomaterials Division Head:prof. dr hab. 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