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Department of Theory of Continuous Media
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.)

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.

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.
   
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Last updated: December, 2009