Institute of High Pressure Physics

We are pleased to announce the signing of the agreement with Syntropiq regarding the improvement of spinal implants, including the use of the technology developed in the Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS, presented in the attached leaflet.

Syntropiq manufactures and markets novel technology and devices for spinal interbody fusion procedures. Complex spinal implants from the elemental titanium powder are produced using advanced additive manufacturing.

The Laboratory of Nanostructures of our Institute has developed an innovative technology for the synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and the technology for nanohydroxyapatite layer fabrication. Thanks to an innovative method of sonochemical nanoparticle deposition we can apply coatings on materials such as titanium, ceramics, glass, polymers, as well as temperature-sensitive biodegradable polymers. The results of in-vivo studies showed that the application of GoHAP^TM nanoparticles layer on the polymer implant highly accelerated the bone defect overgrowth process.

The joint effort undertaken by Syntropiq and Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS will improve the spinal implants.

The Editors of Applied Physics Letters featured recently published article resulting from the collaboration of the Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS (Warsaw) and Leibniz-Institut fur Kristallzuchtung (Berlin).

P. Kruszewski, A. Fiedler, Z. Galazka; The electric field influence on E_C-0.18 eV electron trap level in (100)-oriented β-Ga₂O₃ crystals grown by the Czochralski method. Appl. Phys. Lett. 126 (6): 062110, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0251567

In this study, we have shown that the electron trap level typically observed at Ec-0.18 eV in Czochralski-grown β-Ga2O3 crystals is actually a superposition of two distinct electron levels with closely matched activation energies, specifically Ec-0.196 eV and Ec-0.209 eV. Moreover, both trap states were found to be donors. This significant finding was achieved using the high-resolution Laplace DLTS technique, combined with carefully optimized experimental conditions.

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The high-pressure growth approach is now recognized as a useful technique for enhancing the quality of materials and also their superconducting properties. The potential candidate Sm-based oxypnictide (Sm1111) exhibits the highest critical temperature of 58 K among iron-based superconductors.

In the recent study, Dr. Singh's research team from our Institute conducted the first comprehensive investigation of the high-pressure development of Sm1111. Interestingly, the high-pressure technique led to only a small variation in the observed superconducting properties of Sm1111, which is the distinct behavior from other families of iron-based superconductors. More deatil about this study can be found in the published paper by Mohammad Azam, Manasa Manasa, Tatiana Zajarniuk, Ryszard Diduszko, Taras Palasyuk, Tomasz Cetner, Andrzej Morawski, Cezariusz Jastrzębski, Andrzej Szewczyk, Michał Wierzbicki, Shiv J. Singh entitled “High-pressure growth effects on the superconducting properties of Sm-based oxypnictide superconductors” Ceramics International (Elsevier) journal (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.208

Figure: The variation of (a) the onset transition temperature (T_c^onset) (b) the critical current density (J_c) values of various Sm1111 bulk samples prepared by high pressure growth technique with the growth pressure.

In the second research paper, Dr. Singh’s research team summarizes their findings based on the various families of iron-based superconductors under the effect of high-pressure growth techniques in the form of a short review. This paper is published by Priya Singh, Manasa Manasa, Mohammad Azam and Shiv J. Singh entitled “High-pressure growth effect on the properties of high-T_c iron-based superconductors: A short review” Cryogenics (Elsevier) 147, 104028 (2025)  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2025.104028