Acting Head:

Prof. Leszek Jarecki, Ph.D., Dr habil.

phone: +48 22 827 81 82; +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 209

room: 335

e-mail: ljarecki@ippt.gov.pl

Secretary:

Monika Węglowska

phone: +48 22 827 46 92; +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 219

room: 524

e-mail: mweglow@ippt.gov.pl

The Department has two Divisons:

Analytical Mechanics and Field Theory (Prof. Jan J. Sławianowski, Ph.D., Dr habil.)

Polymer Physics (Prof. Leszek Jarecki, Ph.D., Dr habil.)

and Research Group:

Nanophotonics (Prof. Wojciech Nasalski, Ph.D., Dr habil.)

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Staff:

Professors:

Jan J. Sławianowski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Leszek Jarecki, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Wojciech Nasalski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Associate Professors:

Zbigniew Banach, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Paweł Sajkiewicz, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Zygmunt Jacek Zawistowski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Senior Researchers:

Barbara Atamaniuk, Ph.D.

Anna Blim, Ph.D.

Barbara Gołubowska, Ph.D

Vasyl Kovalchuk, Ph.D.

Wiesław Larecki, Ph.D.

Agnieszka Martens, Ph.D.

Beata Misztal-Faraj, Ph.D.

Ewa E. Rożko, Ph.D.

Małgorzata Seredyńska, Ph.D.

Sławomir Piekarski, Ph.D.

Technicians:

Zbigniew Zawadzki

Ph.D. Students:

Arkadiusz Gradys, M.Sc.

Ewa Gobcewicz, M.Sc.

Dorota Kołbuk, M.Sc.

Agata Roszkiewicz, M.Sc.

Witold Szabelak, M.Sc.

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Current Research Activities:

• Non-linear dynamics of continuous and discrete systems.
• Hamiltonian mechanics - geometric foundations, symmetries, integrability and chaos.
• Mechanics of media with micro- and nanostructure.
• Non-linear transport theory, thermodynamics of continua.
• Variational principles, symmetries and conservation laws.
• Non-linear electrodynamics, generalized non-linearities of the Born-Infeld type, gauge theories, defects.
• Relativistic theories of continua with astrophysical aspects.
• Quantum and statistical foundations of the theory of continuous media, gases, quantum fluids and phonon gases.
• Non-linear theory of molecular orientation in polymers and experimental verification.
• Kinetics of non-stationary nucleation and crystallization of polymers under variable thermodynamic conditions - theory and experiment.
• Kinetics of polymorphic phase transitions in polymers - theory and experiment.
• Computer simulation of molecular dynamics in polymer systems.
• Mathematical modeling and computer simulation of fibers and nanofibers formation.
• Electrospinning of nanofibers for biotechnological applications.
• Linear and non-linear optical effects in nanophotonic structures.
• Nonspecular effects of reflection and transmission of electromagnetic field.
• Generation, propagation and diffraction of higher-order optical beams and pulses.
• Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams and pulses in resonance dielectric and metamaterial structures.
• Spin and orbital angular momentum, optical vortices, polarization of optical field.
• Generation, propagation and applications of surface plasmon polaritons.
• Nanovisualisation in optical near field, optical trapping of nanoparticles, self-assembling of nanostructures in optical fields.
• Optical solitons, optical bistability.
• Fast and slow optical pulses.

Key Words:

• deformable bodies, electromagnetic field, transport phenomena, quantum mechanics, phonons, symmetries, conservation laws, relativistic fields and particles;
• molecular orientation, non-linear elastooptics, molecular dynamics, nucleation, crystallization kinetics, non-isothermal crystallization, oriented crystallization, polymorphic phase transitions, computer modeling, electrospinning;
• photonics, plasmonics, spintronics, nanovisualisation, nanomanipulation, optical beams, optical pulses, optical vortices, non-specular effects, optical bi-stability, surface plasmon polaritons, meta-materials, optical resonators, optical concentrators.