Solid State Physics Seminar

In 1946, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Prof. Percy Williams Bridgman for his achievements in high-pressure research. His work is usually considered the birth of modern high-pressure physics. In Poland, Prof. L. Sosnowski proposed a new approach to high-pressure research, focused on the development of specialized high-pressure equipment and novel experimental methods—initially for semiconductors, and later extended to other classes of materials.I will discuss selected results of our pressure research, including studies on small-band-gap semiconductors, thermodynamics and growth of gallium nitride (GaN), as well as new materials such as glasses, ceramic nanocomposites, nanometals, and the crystallization of hBN for 2D electronics.In summary, I will present the scope of our experimental capabilities and indicate areas in which we are open to collaboration.