CARBON NANOMATERIALS

The research group conducts interdisciplinary studies in the field of physics and nanomaterials engineering, focusing on thin films based on carbon nanostructures, such as graphene, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanohorns, as well as on their hybrid systems with organic and inorganic materials. An important area of the team’s activity is the controlled fabrication of structures — from single layers of nanomaterials to multilayer functional coatings — with designed morphology, density and functional properties. For this purpose, Langmuir techniques, layer transfer methods onto solid substrates and surface coating methods are used.

The conducted research includes self-organization processes at interfaces, percolation phenomena, charge transport, and relationships between the microstructure of materials and their electrical, optical, mechanical and sorption properties. An important area of the group’s activity is also the development of materials and measurement methods for modern sensors, transparent electronics, photoelectrochemical systems and energy storage. Both new active materials and dedicated experimental setups enabling precise characterization of their properties are developed. By combining fundamental research with an application-oriented approach, the team aims to create lightweight, transparent and high-performance functional materials for future sensing, energy and electronic technologies.

LOCATION: Piotrowo Campus: Building A21b,  Buildingk A1 BM (5th floor)

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and modification of thin films based on carbon nanomaterials.

Fabrication and characterization of transparent conductive networks.

Self-organization of nanostructures at the water–air interface.

Investigation of percolation phenomena and charge transport in carbon nanomaterial systems.

Design of functional materials for humidity sensors.

Studies of materials for energy storage and electrochemical energy conversion systems.

Development of fabrication methods and advanced physical characterization of thin films and nanomaterials.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  1. Carbon nanostructures in a biopolymer matrix – influence of functional groups in cellulose acetate derivatives on the electrical conductivity, microstructure, and mechanical properties of the composite
    NCN PRELUDIUM 24, 2026-2029, 2025/57/N/ST11/03613, PI: Anna Martin, M.Sc.
  2. Development of a technology for manufacturing wooden furniture with a heating function using thin-film technologies
    NCBR TANGO IV, 2020-2022,  TANGO-IV-A/0014/2019-00, PI: Damian Łukawski, Ph.D.
  3. Development of methods for obtaining transparent electrodes based on carbon nanotubes and graphene using Langmuir techniques
    NCN PRELUDIUM 11, 2017-2021, 2016/21/N/ST8/03557, PI: Karol Rytel, M.Sc.
  4. Physicochemical properties of selected diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives in two-dimensional molecular layers
    NCN MINIATURA 1, 2017-2018,  2017/01/X/ST4/01247, PI: Andrzej Biadasz, Ph.D.
  5. Preparation and characterization of carbon nanotube coatings on the surface of wood
    NCN PRELUDIUM 10, 2016-2019,  2015/19/N/ST8/02184 , PI: Damian Łukawski, M.Sc.
  6. Thin layers of carbon nanotubes as electrodes for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells
    NCN PRELUDIUM 9, 2016-2020,  2015/17/N/ST8/00295, PI: Kamil Kędzierski, M.Sc.