Dr. Juan Carlos Colmenares from the IPC PAS at the research equipment used in the studies on photocatalysts.Jan Paczesny, a PhD student from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, presents the roll-over mechanism of liquid crystal layers on the water surface that is responsible for formation of the 9-layer film.The electrodes coated with carbon nanoparticles deposited on silicate spheres, developed at the IPC PAS, allow detecting dopamine deficiency in the presence of interfering substances. They can be used to diagnose diseases of the nervous system. Pictured above: Anna Celebańska, a PhD student at the IPC PAS.Researchers from the IPC PAS developed a low cost, simply implementable method for chemical production of graphene coatings with a thickness of a few hundred nanometers. The picture shows Izabela Kamińska, a PhD student.Dr Volodymyr Sashuk from the IPC PAS deposits an ordered layer of gold nanoparticles on a glass plate.A state-of-the-art microfluidics laboratory has opened at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.IPC PAS became a co-owner of Scope Fluidics. Marcin Izydorzak, the managing director of SF, presents one of the microfluidic devices.Examination of changes in the rate of microdroplets merging as a function of parameters of external electric field. The picture shows Tomasz Szymborski.The number of students on summer internships at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the PAS in Warsaw has increased almost tenfold in the last four years.Fitted with molecular pincers, the polymer synthesized in collaboration between the IPC PAS and the Wichita State University, allowed fabricating a chemical sensor for determination of nicotine in solutions. The picture shows Dr. Eng. Krzysztof Noworyta.Dr Martin Jönsson-Niedziółka from the IPC PAS studies the methods of surface cleaning by removing bioparticles using electric-field-controlled microdroplets.Dr Yuriy Stepanenko from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the PAS in Warsaw at the optical table with a laser setup.D.Sc. Jacek Dobkowski from the IPC PAS at the experimental setup used to study hydrogen tunnelling in porphycene.Valentina Utochnikova, a PhD student, presents a sample of carbon nanotubes with europium complexes developed at the IPC PAS in Warsaw. When exposed to UV irradiation, the powder emits red light.Dr. Marcin Gronowski in the astrochemical laboratory of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.Selforganization of thin layer of polymers investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in the IPC PAS in Warsaw.Modern electrodes covered with carbon nanolayers are generated in the IPC PAS.PhD student Tomasz Jaroch from the IPC PAS during preparation of scanning tunneling microscope for the study of polymer films.New method of analysis of chemical reaction equilibrium consists in the examination of the flow of a liquid in a long and thin tube – a capillary. In the photo there is a PhD student Paulina Dobosz from the IPC PAS standing next to a liquid chromatograph, with a capillary in her hand.Dr Volodymyr Sashuk from the IPC PAS deposits an ordered layer of gold nanoparticles on a glass plate.PhD student, Ewelina Kalwarczyk with a sample in which fluorescent semiconductor nanoparcticles were separated.PhD Andrzej Żywociński and a PhD student Patrycja Nitoń near the Langmuir tank with the use of which they examine liquid-crystal monolayers on the water surface.Analysis of motion of nanoobjects using dynamic light scattering.Selforganization of thin layer of polymers investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in the IPC PAS in Warsaw.Dr Roman Luboradzki at an x-ray diffractometer used to examine crystal structures of xerogels.Katarzyna Winkler, a PhD student from the IPC PAS reviews electron microscope images showing substrates fabricated with gold microflowers.The viscosity does not depend only on the microscopic structure of a complex fluid (in the picture a cable coil represents polymer coils in a liquid), but also on the size of the probe used (represented by a tennis ball in the demonstration).Within the framework of the project "Quantum nanostructures", a prototype of a selective melamine sensor was developed.2020-12/1607119572_31The electrodes coated with carbon nanoparticles deposited on silicate spheres, allow detecting dopamine deficiency. They can be used to diagnose popular diseases of the nervous system. Pictured above: Anna Celebańska, a PhD student.2020-12/1607119574_27The statistical law, discovered by scientists from the IPC PAS, describes how a random disorder inside individual cells transforms into an order leading to a differentiation of population.A group of scientists from the IPC PAS, headed by Prof. Robert Hołyst (above), developed a new theoretical model describing water evaporation.Faezeh Pousaneh, a PhD student with a "kitchen-like" version of the mixture under study. The fruits symbolize colloid particles, white grains - water, dark - lutidine, red - water-preferring ions.Dr Sławomir Jakieła measures the speed of microdroplets in a microfluidic system.Students from Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw University, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University and Warsaw University of Life Sciences in the cleanroom during internship in the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.The separation of components in inhomogeneous blends can be accelerated even thousand-fold with an alternating electric field of adequately tuned frequency.2020-12/1607119574_41Pheromone-based agent developed at the CHEMIPAN will allow for a more efficient protection of beech trees.2020-12/1607119574_40Prof. Aleksander Jabłoński (left) at the multichamber spectrometer at the IPC PAS in Warsaw, during visit of ambassador of Japan.2020-12/1607119574_42