Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials

Prof. Wojciech Grochala

Title	Project Leader	Project period	Project funding
Enhancement of magnetic interactions in lanthanide compounds using Ag(II) as spin-superpolarizer	Wojciech Grochala	2018 - 2021	BEETHOVEN, NCN
Investigation of the catalytic properties of vanadium compounds for decomposition of diborane and efficient solid-state hydrogen stores	Piotr Orłowski	2016 - 2020	Diamentowy Grant, MNiSW
Hi-Ox: Journey to the core of the atom – pushing the limits of the reachable oxidation states of metal atoms.	Paweł Szarek	2017 - 2019	OPUS, NCN
High-pressure synthesis and characterization of the chemical compounds based on boron, hydrogen, and selected main-group elements	Tomasz Jaroń	2017 - 2019	SONATA, NCN
HYDRA. From efficient hydrogen stores in the solid state to novel multinary and composite functional materials	Wojciech Grochala	2015 - 2018	OPUS, NCN
Nowoczesne materiały funkcjonalne oparte o lantanowce i bor	Wojciech Wegner	2014 - 2018	Diamentowy Grant, MNiSW

Title	Deadline for applications
Postdoc in the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials	10/07/2019
PhD student	28/02/2019
Student	31/01/2019
Student in the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials	21/10/2018
Student to the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials	01/09/2018
PhD Student in the Laboratory of Technology Novel Functional Materials	31/08/2018
Postdoc positions in the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials	12/06/2018
PhD student position in the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials	12/06/2018
Positions for students in the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials	12/06/2018

Project title:
SILVERLAND. Unique silver route to superconducting cuprate analogs.

Duration:
2018 – 2021 / 22

Grant Agreement No.:
UMO-2017/26/A/ST5/00570

Project description:

Project is highly interdisciplinary and is conducted in broad international cooperation. Four world-class experts from Slovenia, Italy, USA and Singapore are official partners of Polish scientists. Moreover, many more researchers from China, Great Britain, Switzerland, Georgia, Slovak Rep., Italy, USA and Poland are participating in the project. So called silver difluoride (AgF2) is the main precursor material; it will undergo numerous modifications using advanced crystal engineering, as well as will constitute the basis for a number of unprecedented chemical stoichiometries. We will investigate the structure of materials (i.e. the way atoms are arranged in the solids), the nature of chemical bonds, as well as superconducting behaviour. Substantial support in the project is offered by the state-of-the-art theoretical calculations using supercomputers at ICM, The University of Warsaw; the calculations and modeling will give us better understanding of the manufactured samples.

Our ambitious goal is to generate new better superconductors, which could be used without necessity of cooling them at all – this alone constitutes a nontrivial scientific goal and every step counts which we can make towards that dream. We would also like to preserve the lead position of the Warsaw team in the research on fluoroargentates, which we gained during nearly 2 decades of hard work on many chemical systems. Several young scientists will be trained to take the lead in the future. In a more distant perspective, one may think of important consequences for the country and the society. According to the US Geological Survey, Poland has the largest documented silver ore deposits in the world. Perhaps, based on the basic research contained in this project, new interesting applications could be found for this valuable semi-precious metal, while benefiting our society and civilization.