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Get a PhD in physics!!!
Recruitment for
Warsaw Doctoral School of Physical, Chemical and BioMedical Sciences [Warsaw-4-PhD].

The Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IHPP PAS) announces recruitment to the Warsaw Doctoral School of Physical, Chemical and BioMedical Sciences [Warsaw-4-PhD] for the academic year 2025-2026. Students of the Doctoral School will study at the School for 4 years. Simultaneously, the students will conduct scientific research under the supervision of scientific tutors, independent research workers in the Laboratories of the IHPP PAS. It is assumed that the result of this research will be the preparation and defense of the PhD thesis.

Recruitment will begin on 19 May 2025 and will last until 8 July 2025

Invited talk at ISGN-8

Thursday, 19 June 2025 11:41 |

The 8th International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN-8) is a biennial international conference hosted on a rotating basis by different countries worldwide. This symposium focuses on the latest advancements and future directions in the growth of bulk crystals, thin films, and nanostructures of III-nitrides. Last edition of ISGN-7 was organized by our Institute in Warsaw, Poland.

This year ISGN-8 is organized in NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan on November 9-12, 2025. It comprises 10 parallel sessions and 1 special session. Prof. Michał Boćkowski, Director of Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS will have an invited talk in the Session S1. III-N Bulk Crystal Growth.

Abstract submission deadline is July 4, 2025.

Invited lecture at ION 2025 conference

Sunday, 08 June 2025 13:40 |

Professor Michał Boćkowski, Director of IWC PAN, has been invited to give an invited lecture at the ION 2025 – Ion Implantation and Other Applications of Ions and Electrons conference, which will take place from 24 to 26 June 2025 in Lublin, Poland, organized by Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and Lublin University of Technology.

The title of his talk is: “Shaping the Future of GaN-on-GaN Technology”. The lecture will focus on the development of advanced GaN-on-GaN structures and their potential in high-power and high-frequency applications.

Conference website: https://ion.umcs.pl

Two OPUS and one SONATA project granted by NCN for Unipress scientists

Monday, 02 June 2025 13:28 |

We are pleased to announce that the National Science Centre (NCN) has published the results of the OPUS 28 and SONATA 20 competitions, where scientists from the Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS have received funding for three projects. The winners are:

Dr. Hab. Eng. Grzegorz Cywiński, prof. IWC PAN, who will lead the OPUS project - "Interdisciplinary investigations towards integration of active and passive sub-THz elements into a single monolithic circuit fabricated in advanced nitride technology". The project will be carried out in a consortium with the Warsaw University of Technology.
Dr. Eng. Jacek Skiba will lead the OPUS project "Development of fabrication method of new seamless tubes from bioabsorbable Zn-Mg alloys using hydrostatic extrusion". The project will be carried out in a consortium with the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science. Aleksander Krupkowski Polish Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Mikołaj Amilusik will lead the SONATA project - The influence of dislocations passing on the diffusion of donor and acceptor impurities in gallium nitride.

Congratulations!

Konkurs SIMP „Osiągnięcie Techniczne 2024 Roku”

Tuesday, 17 June 2025 10:54 |

Gratulujemy zespołowi z Laboratorium Plastyczności pod Wysokim Ciśnieniem (NL1) zajęcia drugiego miejsca w Ogólnopolskim Konkursie XVIII edycja „Osiągnięcie Techniczne 2024 Roku” organizowanym przez Stowarzyszenie Inżynierów i Techników Mechaników Polskich (SIMP) w kategorii "osiągnięcia wdrożone w przemyśle (P)".

Osiągniecie „Innowacyjne elektrody do procesu drążenia elektroerozyjnego wgłębnego o podwyższonej żywotności” zgłoszone zostało przez Instytut Wysokich Ciśnień PAN - dr inż. Jacek Skiba, dr hab. Mariusz Kulczyk i firmę Gemet Elżbieta Czerwieniak z siedzibą w Józefowie - Paweł Czerwieniak. Gratulujemy!

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Invited talk at WOCSDICE - EXMATEC 2025

Sunday, 08 June 2025 13:02 |

Professor Michał Boćkowski, Director of the Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS, has been invited to deliver a lecture at the international WOCSDICE - EXMATEC 2025 conference, which will take place from 16 to 20 June 2025 in Cádiz, Spain.

This joint event merges the 48th Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits (WOCSDICE) and the 19th Workshop on Evaluation and Control of Compound Semiconductor Materials and Technologies (EXMATEC) – two renowned conferences in the field of compound semiconductor materials and technologies.

Professor Boćkowski will present an invited talk entitled “Shaping the Future of GaN Crystal Growth Technology”, highlighting IWC PAN's latest progress in gallium nitride (GaN) crystal growth and its applications in high-power electronics and wide bandgap technologies.

Conference website: https://we2025.eu

High-Tc iron-based superconductors by spark plasma sintering technique

Monday, 02 June 2025 13:12 |

In the recent study, Prof. Singh’s research team has investigated the effect of “spark plasma sintering (SPS)” process on the superconducting properties of iron-based superconductors in collaboration with Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan. They have also conducted a comparative analysis of conventional, high-gas-pressure, and SPS techniques to understand their impact on superconducting properties. Interestingly, the SPS process increased the critical current density without significantly affecting the critical transition temperature, which is attributed to the enhanced density of the samples. More details about this study can be found in the published paper by: Mohammad Azam, Tatiana Zajarniuk, Konrad Kwatek, Paolo Mele, and Shiv J. Singh entitled “Effect of spark plasma sintering on the superconducting properties of Sm-based oxypnictide” Cryogenics 150, 104125 (2025) (Elsevier); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2025.104125

Figure: The variations of (a) the onset transition temperature (T_c^onset), (b) the transition width (ΔT), (c) the room temperature resistivity (ρ_{300 K}), (d) the Residual Resistance Ratio (RRR = ρ_{300 K} / ρ_{60 K}), and (e) the critical current density (J_c) of different SmFeAsO_0.80F_0.20 bulks prepared by conventional (0 MPa), high gas pressure (500 MPa) and SPS (45 MPa) processes under the different growth pressures.