• chemistry and photochemistry of coordination compounds;
• heterogeneous and homogenous catalysis;
• photochemistry in biology, medicine and environment;
• new functional materials and nanochemistry (chemosensors, chemical logic gates, information transport, optical markers etc.)

• laser flash photolysis system LKS.60, Applied Photophysics Ltd.;
• picosecond UV-Vis-NIR spectrofluorimeter Horiba Jobin Yvon Fluorolog 3 equipped with a helium cryostat Advanced Research Systems CS202Al-DMX-1SS;
• stopped-flow spectrophotofluorimeter Applied Photophysics SX20;
• UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer Perkin Elmer Lambda 950;
• pump and chamber for high-pressure experiments up to 250 MPa – as an accessory compatible with the above-mentioned instruments (except for the stopped-flow system).

• the equipment is dedicated to conduct research in the field of photochemistry, photophysics and kinetics of chemical reactions;
• diversity in the characteristics of light sources (lamps, LED, laser) allows the analysis of systems requiring both continuous and pulsed excitation within the range of 180 – 3300 nm;
• time resolution is 1,2 ms  for chemical reactions investigated with stopped-flow technique (there is a possibility to collect up to 1500 full range spectra per second) and about 5 ns for laser photolysis technique.
• with the single-photon module, it is possible to determine the lifetimes of excited electronic states in the picosecond scale.
• tested samples – both solutions (each apparatus) and solids (UV-Vis spectrophotometer, spectrofluorimeter) – are stabilized during the measurement within a wide temperature (5 – 250 K) and pressure range (0.1 – 250 MPa);
• steady-state and time-resolved studies of photochemical and photophysical processes;
• classical kinetic studies on the reactions in solutions;
• spectrophotometric analysis of liquid and solid samples;
• determinations of the properties of materials under extreme conditions (temperature, pressure);
• investigation of the effect of pressure and temperature on the functioning of biological systems;
• detection of singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen species.

Methods and research techniques:

• UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometry;
• stopped-flow with both absorption and emission detection in UV-Vis range;
• steady-state and time-resolved (picosecond) UV-Vis-NIR spectrofluorimetry;
• nanosecond laser flash photolysis;
• low-temperature and high-pressure techniques.

• cooperation with Bolarus S.A.
• etermination of the photophysical properties and investigation of the photochemical generation of reactive oxygen species for semiconductor photocatalysts.