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NAME	DESCRIPTION
Chair of Analytical Chemistry	• Studies of interaction between metals and antibiotics/chemotherapeutics • Pesticides and huminic substances, research and determination of chemical species - Research of the role of transition metals in oxidising media - Interactions of laser light and organic materials - Characterisation and stabilisation of organic materials, in particular polymers • Studies of electrode processes and development of adsorption voltametric techniques • Studies of separation and pre-concentration procedures (dialysis, extraction on solid phase) • Analysis of foodstuffs, particularly wine, meat and cheese • Analysis of amino acids • Analysis of trace metals • Development of efficient systems for introducing samples into flame and plasma • Atmospheric chemistry and conservation chemistry
Chair of Mathematics and Physics
Chair of optodynamics and laser applications	• Research of optodynamic aspect of interactions between light and matter • Development of laser processing systems • Development of laser measuring devices
Computer Systems Department	• Computer vision • Pattern recognition • Real-time monitoring and visualization of a grid-connected photovoltaic facade
Computer Vision Laboratory	• Segmentor - a program for image segmentation based on a recover-and-select paradigm • Automatic Construction of CAD Models • Coded-Light Range Sensor • Acquiring Range Images Using High Dynamic Scale Radiance Maps • Building 3-D Models from Range Images • User Interface for Video Observation Over the Internet (PDF) • Localization Using Panoramic Images
Department of Complex Matter	• Structural and dynamic properties of holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals • Anchoring energy of liquid crystals on polymeric substrates
Department of Physics	• Biophysics and Biomedical Optics • Laser therapies (primarily in dermatology • Aesthetic surgery and stomatology • Pulsed photothermal radiometry for high-resolution depth profiling and tomographic imaging of strongly scattering biological tissues
Experimental Particle Physics	• Construction of a Positron Emission Tomograph based on multiwire proportional chambers and Pb-Bi photon converters • Development of a Si-aerogel Cherenkov counter for detection of radioactive Strontium in the environment • Digital mammography using silicon detectors • Development of silicon sensors, scintillators and read-out electronics for a Compton Prostate Probe as a part of Cameras for Imaging in Medical Applications
Institute of Automation: Laboratory for Electro-optics and sensor systems	• Fibre optic strain sensor based on inline FP int • Miniature fibre optic pressure sensor for bio-medical and industrial applications • Microlens design, fabrication and implementation • Fibre optic sensor for road monitoring (fibre optic axle detectors)
Institute of Automation: Process Automation Laboratory	• Acoustic and optical fibre sensors • Sensor structures
Laboratory for Alternative Technologies	• Abrasive water-jet cutting (AWJ) • Electrical discharge machining (EDM) • Water Jet Incremental Sheet Metal Forming (WJISMF) • Laser beam machining (LBM) • Grinding
Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics	• Development of new detector techniques in astroparticle physics and environmental sciences - Superconductive strip detectors - Remote sensing of air pollution and atmospheric properties • Synchrotron radiation research - Development of technologically important materials: microporous catalysts, superconducting and ferroelectric ceramics, surfactants, protective coatings, nanostructure materials and some macromolecules used in pharmacology) • Reconstruction analysis of the measured data - cosmic-ray source analysis - common software framework - Monte-Carlo simulation studies of the shower development in the Earth's atmosphere • Development of a lidar-based monitoring system for measuring atmospheric parameters for the fluoresence detector
Laboratory for experimental atomic physics	• Interactions of photons with matter • Studies of the collective dynamics in free or bound atoms (multiple photoexcitations - MPE) • Determination of atomic structure of new materials with EXAFS and XANES techniques • Investigations of exact atomic background for EXAFS spectra
Laboratory for metals testing and heat treatment
Laboratory for The Spectroscopy of Materials	• Synthesis of materials in bulk and thin film form which exhibit various optical, electrical and mechanical properties • Production of paints based on various pigment and resin binders, which are used for solar collector coatings with spectrally selective properties
Laboratory for Vacuum Science and Optoelectronics	• Vacuum Science • Vacuum Optoelectronics: - Residual atmosphere in compact photoelectron tubes - Characterisation of EGs based on a chosen alkali (Li, Na) or earth-alkali (Ca, Ba) metal alloyed with a metal partner exhibiting a negligible vapour pressure - Measurement of sorption properties of high-porosity NEGs consisted of a Zr alloy and Ti - Alkali vapour sources (VSs)
Laboratory of imaging technologies	• Medical imaging • Machine and computer vision
Laboratory of Lighting and Photometrics
Laboratory of Microsensor Structures	• Bipolar discrete devices processing • Silicon sensors processing • Developed devices - Si photosensors - Si phototransistors - Si solar cells - Planar power bipolar transistor - Zener diodes with double diffused technology - Silicon piezoresistive pressure sensors • Pilot Line: - Si photosensors - Quasi 3D solar cell modelling - Code development (SIMCELL) - Analysis of monocrystalline and amorphous solar cells and related devices - Study of lateral effects
Laboratory of robotics and biomedical engineering	• Rehabilitation engineering • Synthesis of simple walking pattern in spinal cord injured persons by using functional electrical stimulation • Actuation, sensory and cognitive systems
Laboratory of Semiconductor Devices	• Photovoltaics: Research and development of PV technologies - Research of materials - Research of semiconductor structures - Modelling and simulations of solar cells and solar modules - Design of PV systems - Standards • Optoelectronics: Research of photodetectors - Detectors of colour and of UV light - Optical spectrometry - Admittance spectroscopy - Characterisation of noise - Dynamical characterisation
Laboratory of Synergetics	• Droplet welding (2000-2004) • Monitoring of laser droplet formation (2000-2003) • Influence of process parameters on the properties of droplets • Alternative methods of droplet detachment • modellingof laser formation of pendant droplet • Modelling of absorption waves phenomena in material processing by laser beam
Liquid Crystal Laboratory	• Liquid crystals (ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals external fields and restricted geometries, volume stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystalline gels, polymer dispersed liquid crystals) • Incommensurate systems • Proton and deuteron glasses and disordered ferroelectrics • Fast protonic conductors • Synthesis of new fullerene materials (charge transfer complexes including magnetic fullerenes, fullerene nanostructures and organic fullerene derivatives) • Fullerene magnetic properties, especially TDAE-C60 and related materials • Thin films, surfaces, nanostructures and modulated phases
Radiation and Optics Laboratory	• Development and application of numerical methods in optical passive networks • Optical communication system planning and modelling of optical networks • Electronic circuits design for soliton laser stabilisation • Design and development of high speed electronics and electro-optical interfaces • Optical-fibre nonlinearities and PMD compensation
Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics	• Surface analysis - Auger Electron Spectroscopy-(AES) - X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy-(XPS) - Scanning Auger Microscopy-(SAM) - Scanning Electron Microscopy-(SEM) - Characterization of thin films and composite materials (TFA) • Investigation of reactions on surfaces and interfaces - Microanalysis of metals - Glasses - Ceramics etc. (EMPA - EDX) • Plasma science and technologies • Vacuum technique and design of vacuum systems • Study of field emission from nanostructured materials • Vacuum optoelectronic design - Miniature cathode ray tubes (CRT) - Dewars for IR detectors • Optoelectronic and luminescence materials • Vacuum thermal insulation • Development of new instruments for use at synchrotron radiation sources • Ion implantation • Consulting in the fields of surface and thin film technologies - Vacuum technique - Vacuum measurements - Plasma technologies - Materials and components for optoelectronics
Welding Laboratory