1. Vibrational spectroscopy of molecules at the surfaces. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) - mechanisms and application to the study of organic molecules at the electrode surfaces. In situ IR, Raman studies of electroconducting polymers. (prof. Jolanta Bukowska,dr hab. Andrzej Kudelski)
2. Methodology of modern NMR spectroscopy and its applications in Chemistry and Biochemistry. Development of new experimental techniques for fast and accurate determination of spectral parameters including determination of scalar and residual dipolar copuling constants. Development of methods of fast acquisition of multidimensional NMR spectra. Methods of chiral recognition. (dr hab. Wiktor KoĽmiński)
3. Design of new familes of superconducting materials. Hydrides of the chemical elements for the storage and production of hydrogen (dr Wojciech Grochala)
4. Molecular interaction investigations by quantum chemical methods. Prediction of spectroscopic (vibrational IR and Raman, NMR chemical shifts and spin-spin coupling constants) parameters of molecular clusters. Molecular electric, magnetic and optical properties of the molecules and they complexes calculated by ab initio methods. (prof. Joanna Sadlej,dr Magdalena Pecul-Kudelska)