Honorable Invitations !

We are pleased to announce that in recognition of the large number of 'downloads' and a significant number of citations of our team's publications that appeared in the Nanomaterials magazine, we have received as many as 5 special invitations to publish in this journal 'free of charge':

 

• 2 publications in Nanomaterials Special Issue "The impact of nanoparticles on phase transitions in liquid

   crystals' - editors Prof. Sylwester J. Rzoska and Prof. Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska,

• 1 'invited' review report in Nanomaterials  "Impact of nanoparticles and pressure on soft matter systems."

    (A. Drozd-Rzoska)

• 2 'invited' publications in Nanomaterials concern the simultaneous impact of high pressures and nanoparticles on

    materials relevant to new generations of batteries. (write whether they have been published or will be published

   soon)

                              It is worth emphasizing that Nanomaterials (MDPI) is a broadly valued Open Access journal

                                                             with a high Impact Factor IF=5.3.

X-PressMatter Group' IHPP PAS

Soft  Matter  Blog

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Discover the secrets of Soft Matter with us!

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Maciej, a student of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, will be carrying out his student practice & research in our NL10/X-PressMatter laboratory in Celestynów, in August and September 2024.

 

During the practice, he will learn to study dielectric properties in various soft matter systems, from liquid crystals and their nanocolloids to materials forming plastic crystalline phases. He will also become familiar with 'the specifics of preparing' "soft" matter samples and implementing high-pressure techniques, which are an integral part of our Soft Matter Group research.

 

Currently, Mr. Maciej is working in the X-PressMatter laboratory on a research project, the results of which should be presented as the abstract for the 3rd Polish-Slovenian International Seminar on Soft Matter, September 26-28, 2024.

 Student Practice in the X-PressMatter Lab!

* 1. Popularization of knowledge, especially regarding Soft Matter Physics and the impact of High Pressure 

* 2. Promoting achievements of young scientists  associated with the X-PressMatter IHPP PAS Laboratory

* 3. Promoting knowledge about personalities of the world of science

* 4. Supporting co-organization/ organization of the "Show Yourself in Science" Workshop & International Seminar on Soft Matter

This WEBSITE was created to realize the following, main  GOALS:

Soft Matter systems have common features, such as the dominance of elements or local structures on the mesoscale, combined with their relatively weak interactions, which turns out to be sufficient to obtain a tendency to self-organize with even a small change in parameters. This additionally leads to extraordinary sensitivity to even minor endogenous and exogenous factors, e.g., nanoparticles and pressure. In the case of the latter, relatively low pressures P~1 GPa, or even much lower ones, can lead to phases/states with exotic features, often persisting after decompression.

Worth stressing, that for "classical hard matter" systems, a pressure similar to that at the Earth's core (~300 GPa) is typically required, and the resulting "exotic" properties most often disappear upon decompression.

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