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Ferroelectrics Laboratory

Head of Laboratory:

Prof. Dr. Hab. Czesław Pawlaczyk

Scientific Staff:

Prof. Dr. Hab. Bożena Hilczer
Dr hab. Maria Polomska
Dr Jan Kulek
Dr Antoni Pawlowski
Dr Ludwik Szczesniak
Dr Katarzyna Pogorzelec-Glaser
Dr Izabela Szafraniak
M.Sc. Jacek Wolak
M.Sc. Paweł Ławniczak

Former coworkers:

Dr. Jan Kułek
M.Sc. Ludosława Szczepańska

Fields of activity:

Ferroelectrics, ferroelastics, superionics, composites.
Charge storage properties: electrets, piezopolymers.

Scientific problems:

Phase transitions: ferroelectric, ferroelastic, superionic, diffuse.

Low-energy electrodynamics of ferroelectrics, ferroelastics, superionics, composites and polymers; Raman and dielectric spectroscopy of these materials.

Dynamics of ferroelectric and ferroelastic domains.

Charge storage properties in piezoelectric polymers and pyroelectric properties.

Research equipment:

NIR - FT - Raman spectrometer (IFS 66 FRA 106, Bruker)

Raman microscope with helium cryostat - financed by the Foundation for Polish Science, 1996.

Equipment for dielectric spectroscopy in frequency range 10 - 10⁹ Hz and temperature range 10 - 500 K.

Equipment for electric conductivity measurements from d.c. to 10⁹ Hz.

Equipment for optical study in temperature range 70 - 870 K (Linkam).

Differential scanning calorimeter - Netzsch DSC 200

Scanning electron microscope - Tesla BS 300

Scientific cooperation:

Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Institute of Physics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine
Max-Plank-Institut fuer Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle, Germany
Institute of Physics, University of Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany
Laboratory of Surface Physics, CNRS, Nantes, France
Laboratory of Electron Microscopy Applications, CNRS, Marseille, France
Laboratory of Ceramics, Ecole Polytechnique Federal Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Physics of Condensed Matter, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, Universitaet Wien

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