2nd Finnish-Polish Symposium on Nitride Semiconductor Science and Technology
From May 18–20, 2026, our representatives participated in a Polish-Finnish networking meeting aimed at highlighting the collaboration between researchers from Poland and Finland in the field of nitride semiconductors. Prof. Andrzej Wysmołek delivered an overview presentation on the potential of our boron nitride, titled “Epitaxial BN: growth, properties and applications.” Additionally, Bartosz Furtak presented our capabilities in defect research with his talk: “Positron annihilation spectroscopy framework for vacancy type defect investigation in epitaxial boron nitride.” During the event, participants discussed new directions and collaborative research areas to pursue with our Finnish colleagues.
Boron Nitride Workshop 2026 in Pohang
At BNW 2026 in Pohang, Korea, held from May 18 to May 22, 2026, our team introduced fresh, innovative ideas centered around MOVPE-grown BN to the conference. Johannes Binder delivered an invited talk on BN membranes, and Izabela Rogala presented a contributed talk on Moiré structures in our BN. Their presentations sparked great interest. Jakub Iwański and Bazlul Karim complemented the program with posters which led to many valuable discussions. Jakub Iwański’s poster received the Bronze Winner prize for the Best Poster Award. Our team, as always, handled everything with ease, and we are already looking forward to meeting again next year!
1st Layered Materials Gathering at Chęciny
On March 13–15, our group held the 1st Layered Materials Gathering at the ECGE in Chęciny. After check-in,
Prof. Andrzej Wysmołek presented the history of the Faculty
of Physics, the Solid State Physics Division, and the early beginnings of our group. Saturday was devoted to presentations by all group members, followed by an evening discussion summarizing the results and outlining new research directions and project ideas. On Sunday, after check-out, we visited the Raj Cave together. The meeting was especially valuable as an opportunity to share results, introduce new students to the group’s work, and spend time together outside the daily laboratory routine.
