Student Practice in the X-PressMatter Lab !

Supervisor: dr hab. Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska, prof. IHPP PAS (Institute of High Pressure Physics, PAS)

May  02, 2025

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X-PressMatter Group' IHPP PAS

Soft  Matter  Blog

Discover the secrets of Soft Matter with us!

* 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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Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska, Universal behavior of the apparent fragility in ultraslow glass forming systems, Scientific Reports 9, 6816 (2019).

Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska,  Pressure-related universal previtreous behavior of the structural relaxation time and apparent fragility, Frontiers in Materials: Glass Sci. 6, 103 (2019).

Prof. dr hab. Sylwester J. RZOSKA (IWC PAN, X-PressMatter Lab NL10) became one of the Scientific Leaders organizing lecture sessions

during the International Discussion Meeting on Relaxation in Complex Fluids (10th IDMRCS), SPAIN, July 20-25, 2025.

Prof. dr. hab. Sylwester J. Rzoska (X-PressMatter Lab NL 10) also chairs this important "innovative" section:

"Linear and nonlinear dielectric dynamics."

We would like to inform you that Dr. Tuchar Rajvanshi won the competition for the PostDoc position in the NL10 Ceramics and Glass Laboratory within the NCN OPUS Project: 2022/45/BST5/04005.

Dr. Tushar Rajvanshi, in his previous activities, focused on soft matter systems and their dielectric properties.

Dr. Tushar Rajvanshi obtained his PhD diploma at the Universita di Campagnia, Italia.

The International Discussion Meeting on Relaxation in Complex Fluids is one of the largest and most valued congresses

in the field of dynamics of broadly understood soft matter systems, attended by over 1,000 participants.

This year marks the 10th edition of IDMRCS, which will be held in Barcelona, ​​Campus Polytecnica de Catalunya,

SPAIN, on July 20-25, 2025

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.

Dr. Tushar Rajvanshi won the position of PostDoc in the NL10 !!!

We congratulate Dr. Eng. Joanna Łoś and Dr. Eng. Jakub Kalabiński on receiving their academic titles!!! 

Congratulations to Dr. Eng. A. Szpakiewicz-Szatan !!!

Congratulations to Dr. Eng. J. ŁOŚ and Dr. Eng. J. Kalabiński !!!

 Mrs. Joanna ŁOŚ and Mr. Jakub KALABIŃSKI were awarded the degree of doctor by the Scientific Council

IHPP PAS on June 18, 2025.

  Mr. Aleksander  Szpakiewicz-Szatan has been awarded the degree of Doctor by the Scientific Council

IHPP PAS on April 24, 2025.

Supervisors: Prof. S. J. Rzoska (IHPP PAS) and Prof. Jerzy Garbarczyk (Warsaw University of Technology)

April 25, 2025