We actively cooperate with scientific teams and industry representatives mostly within fabrication and comprehensive characterization of nanostructures.

Our expertise includes the following activities:

• fabrication of nanostructures for energy conversion and storage devices, such as ordered oxide nanotube layers obtained on metallic and transparent substrates, metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, and 2D metal carbide structures (MXenes),
• development of nanostructures for ultra-sensitive electrochemical detection and SERS (Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy),
• deposition of thin layers of various materials using magnetron sputtering techniques,
• surface modification employing an Nd:YAG laser beam (266, 355, 532, and 1064 nm),
• characterization of morphology, structure, optical and photocatalytic properties of materials,
• electrochemical and photoelectrochemical tests, including recording of the response under material exposure to visible and UV-visible light and tracking wavelength-dependent photoelectrochemical performance.

Examples of nanostructures fabricated in our team

Top row: gold nanoparticles on ITO substrate, nanodimples in titanium foil, titanium dioxide nanotubes (cross-section)
Middle row: copper oxide-embedded TiO₂ nanotubes, MXenes - 2D titanium carbide, spaced TiO₂ nanotubes (cross-section)
Bottom row: spaced TiO₂ nanotubes (top view), laser-sealed TiO₂ nanotubes - top view and cross section