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I. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Project POIR.04.01.04-00-0123/17 titled: “Development and implementation of the first Polish camera based on an uncooled focal plane array of type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodetectors for the 3 µm to 5 µm band”, aimed at the production of infrared detector arrays. Conducted under NCBiR in cooperation with the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (Ł-IMiF) in Warsaw.
Research team: Dr. hab. Agata Jasik, Prof. Ł-IMiF (Head of MBE III-V group at Ł-ITE), Dr. Dariusz Płoch, Dr. Michał Marchewka, MSc Paweł Śliż, MSc Eng. Piotr Krzemiński, Dr. Eng. Dawid Jarosz, MSc Eng. Marta Ruszała.
Project end date: September, 2024
Project value for UR: PLN 2,498,750 - Project TECHAMTSTRATEG-III/0038/2019 titled: “Technology for manufacturing photonic heterostructures for infrared detection”, carried out under NCBiR in consortium with the Institute of Electronics and Photonics in Warsaw and SeenSemiconductors Ltd.
Research team: Dr. hab. Agata Jasik, Prof. Ł-ITE (Head of MBE III-V group at Ł-IMiF), Dr. Dariusz Płoch, Dr. Michał Marchewka, MSc Paweł Śliż, MSc Eng. Piotr Krzemiński, Dr. Eng. Dawid Jarosz, MSc Eng. Kinga Maś, MSc Eng. Marta Ruszała, Eng. Anna Juś.
Project end date: June, 2025
Project value: PLN 2,257,625 - Technologies for the fabrication of Hg₁₋ₓCdₓTe/Hg₁₋ᵧCdᵧTe quantum wells, under the international MAB program "International Centre for Interfacing Magnetism and Superconductivity with Topological Matter (MagTop)", in cooperation with the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IF PAN) in Warsaw and the Institute of Physics at the University of Würzburg.
Research team: Prof. Dr. hab. Tomasz Dietl (IF PAN), Prof. Dr. hab. Tomasz Wojtowicz (IF PAN), Dr. Michał Marchewka (UR), MSc Paweł Śliż (UR), MSc Eng. Jakub Grendysa (UR), Dr. Eng. Iwona Rogalska (UR).
Project value: PLN 40,000,000
Value of upgraded MBE equipment at CDNMiN: PLN 1,000,000 - Technologies for the fabrication of HgTe quantum wells, under the international MAB program "Center for Terahertz Research and Applications", in cooperation with the High Pressure Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
Research team: Prof. Dr. hab. Wojciech Knap, Prof. IWC, Dr. hab. Eng. Grzegorz Cywiński, Dr. Michał Marchewka (UR), MSc Paweł Śliż (UR), MSc Eng. Jakub Grendysa (UR), Dr. Eng. Iwona Rogalska (UR).
Project value: PLN 40,000,000 - Project titled: “Characterization of thin semiconductor layers from II-VI and III-V materials” (supervisors: Dr. Eng. Ewa Bobko, Dr. Renata Wojnarowska-Nowak), under the program "Student Scientific Circles Create INNOVATIONS".
Project value: PLN 70,000
Project duration: May 2021 – July 23, 2022
II. COMPLETED PROJECTS UNDER PCI Sp. z o.o
- Research project funded by PCI Sp. z o.o., titled: "GaAs/AlGaAs-based structures for QWIP detectors".
Research team: Dr. M. Marchewka, MSc P. Śliż, Dr. D. Jarosz, MSc R. Kuna, Dr. R. Wojnarowska-Nowak, Eng. A. Juś, Dr. M. Inglot – Rzeszów University of Technology, Prof. Dr. hab. V. Dugaev – Rzeszów University of Technology.
Project value: PLN 391,023.10 - Research project funded by PCI Sp. z o.o., titled: "Standards for SIMS method for quantitative characterization of MBE-grown structures".
Research team: Dr. M. Trzyna-Sowa, Dr. D. Płoch, Dr. hab. M. Pociask-Biały, Prof. Dr. hab. W. Suszkiewicz, Dr. Eng. D. Jarosz.
Project value: PLN 173,723.50 - Research project funded by PCI Sp. z o.o., titled: "Development of a silicon photovoltaic module model operating in an extended spectral range using micron-scale air concentrators between polymer layers".
Research team: Dr. hab. M. Pociask-Biały, Dr. hab. Eng. M. Oleksy – Rzeszów University of Technology, Prof. Dr. hab. Eng. D. Mazur – Rzeszów University of Technology, Dr. D. Płoch, Dr. P. Potera, Eng. A. Juś.
Project value: PLN 183,817.50
III. MINISTRY GRANTS
- Funds for the maintenance of scientific research equipment or research positions (SPUB)
Special research device: Dual MBE - Dual Compact 21T 3-5 & MCT
Grant value for 2019-2021: PLN 1,788,500
Grant value for 2022-2024: PLN 3,259,780 - 3D Confocal Laser Microscope (2021)
Grant value: PLN 649,891.27
IV. GRANTS FROM THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE
- Targeted grant – Equipment for the Nanopreparation Lab of CDNMiN, College of Natural Sciences, UR: upgrading the value of a Raman Spectrometer with an AFM/SIM microscope and accessories by adding a T96 THMS600 temperature chamber system with control and analysis software and a cryostat.
Purchase value: PLN 363,034.50 - Targeted grant – Hall effect measurement system for semiconductor structures
Purchase value: PLN 184,500.00 - Targeted grant – Purchase of equipment and software for control and data analysis for the MBE Technology Laboratory at the Didactic and Scientific Center of Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów
Purchase value: PLN 340,000.00
V. PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Patent Application P.443805 titled “Method of producing GaSb layers on GaAs substrates” – inventors: Dawid Jarosz, Marcin Stachowicz, Dariusz Płoch, Michał Marchewka, Piotr Krzemiński, Anna Juś, Marta Ruszała, Małgorzata Trzyna-Sowa, Ewa Bobko, Jakub Grendysa, Iwona Rogalska, Kinga Maś, Paweł Śliż, Renata Wojnarowska-Nowak (University of Rzeszów)
- Patent Application P.442423 titled “GaAs-based structures doped with GaTe” – inventors: Michał Marchewka, Paweł Śliż, Dawid Jarosz, Rafał Kuna, Renata Wojnarowska-Nowak, Anna Juś, Michał Inglot, Vitalii Dugaev (University of Rzeszów)
- Patent Application P.438628 titled “Method of determining the relative sensitivity coefficient using implanted semiconductor material standards for the TOF SIMS method and a set containing such a standard” – inventors: Małgorzata Trzyna-Sowa, Rafał Jakieła, Małgorzata Pociask-Biały, Wojciech Szuszkiewicz, Dariusz Płoch, Dawid Jarosz
VI. COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS
Execution of commercial research contracts from 2021 to 2025 – approx. PLN 1,000,000