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Warsaw, 30th June 2014

Report summarizing activity within the Work Package WP6

“Institute Mobilization” of the NOBLESSE project during period

from 1 April 2014 to 30 June 2014

WP 6.1. Recruitment of the Project Manager

Completed

WP 6.2a. Support of the analytical potential by the purchase of SEM

Completed

WP 6.2b. Supporting the analytical lab through the purchase of a

rotating disk electrode

Completed

WP 6.2c. Purchase of the powder X-ray diffractometer

During the period of the present report, a dedicated laboratory has been

prepared for housing the diffractometer. This equipment has been delivered to the

Institute of Physical Chemistry on 16th June 2014 and after one week of installation

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procedure was ready for use. One person from the Institute (Kamil Sokołowski)

assisted the installation and has been trained in basic experimental procedures.

During the training, experiments on several samples have been performed.

According to the contract agreement signed on 24th February 2014, the

diffractometer was supposed to be prepared for work after 4 months. In agreement

with this deadline, on 24 June 2014, the powder X-ray diffractometer (PANalytical

Empyrean II) was taken over by Institute.

Fig. 1. General view of the X-ray powder diffractometer installed in the dedicated laboratory.

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WP 6.3. Creating an open-access Electronic Laboratory Equipment

Database of research equipment available in specialized

laboratories in Poland (ELAD)

Completed

WP 6.4. Organization of the short training events for IPC PAS staff

Training course in crystallography. The training course on basic applications of the X-ray diffractometer took place place between 22 - 27 June 2014 in Almelo, Holland in the company PANalytical B. V.

M. Sc. Michał Leszczyński has been delegated from IPC PAS to participate in

the above course. The training was conducted by the team of XRD application

specialists under the leadership of Natalia Dadivanyan. Participants of the course

composed an international group consisting, apart from Michał Leszczyński from IPC

PAS, of two people from Iraq, one person from Norway and another from the

Netherlands. The main goal of the course was to present a theoretical and practical

approach to X-ray diffraction techniques utilizing Empyrean – the most advanced and

multi-functional model of X-ray diffractometer manufactured by PANalytical, recently

purchased by IPC PAS within the NOBLESSE project.

The training course covered various aspects of maintenance and utilization of

the Empyrean diffractometer including the assembly and alignment of the

experimental setup for a number of techniques in order to optimize the time and

efficiency of the measurements. The course consisted of several blocks divided into

theoretical and practical parts covering the topics of: sample preparation, focusing X-

ray optics, dealing with fluorescent samples, using specialized software for data

treatment and analysis, 2D diffraction, parallel beam optics experiments,

transmission mode experiments and automatic processing of the data. Each part of

the training was first explained in detail during the theoretical session and then

practiced using either Empyrean diffractometer or PC software developed by

PANalytical.

The most important parts of the course were the practical trainings using

parallel beam optics and transmission mode setup because it provided a lot of insight

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to the possibilities of the Empyrean diffractometer in order to characterize various

samples. Experiments using parallel beam optics are very convenient tool to perform

low angle x-ray diffraction as well as the “grazing incidence” experiments allowing for

the analysis of multilayer solid samples. This kind of experiments uses constant

incident beam angle resulting in constant penetration depth of the radiation while

whole 2θ range can be scanned in order to characterize the crystalline phases

present in the sample. By changing the incident beam angle we can modulate the

depth of penetration, which enables the analysis of the structure of various layers

present in the sample. This technique is especially useful to analyze and identify

samples prepared by epitaxial growth, gas phase deposition or electrochemical

deposition which are commonly used methods for preparation of novel functional

materials.

Transmission mode experiment setup is a very useful tool to characterize air-

sensitive samples as well as samples exhibiting strong preferred orientation of

crystallites. Such experiments can be performed using samples locked between two

layers of transparent foil or in glass capillary. In both cases the radiation is being

transmitted through the sample to the detector. Performing experiments in

transmission mode rather than in traditional reflection mode gives possible

advantages such as proper relative intensities of the signals or even collecting

signals invisible in reflection mode. In general transmission mode experiments are

considered a complementary technique to reflection mode experiments as they can

disclose additional information about the sample structure, especially in the case of

organic samples.

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Participants of the training course and the staff. Michał Leszczyński at the top

row first from the right.

Additionally, an advanced training concerning the HighScore software

package was conducted. During this session, extensive valuable information was

presented, providing insight into efficient treatment and analysis of the data collected

during the experiments.

To summarize the training course was very successful but also challenging.

The information presented by the tutors was very detailed and well-explained, which

directly contributes to the skills and knowledge acquired by the participants during

this course. Dr. Natalia Dadivanyan provided great support to all the participants with

the possibility of further contact by email in case of any additional problems.

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WP 6.5. Industrial/intellectual property right in the IPC PAS

1. Trainings on industrial property rights

Completed

2. Trainings in evaluation of patent applications

Completed

3. Preparing and filing the patent applications

Until now, during the total period of realization of the project, 108 patent procedures

have been supported from resources of Noblesse, including 33 patents granted.

In the period of the present report, three patent procedures with numbers 106, 107

and 108 have been started. The filing dates were 22.May, 3 June and 11 June,

respectively.

No Territory Application Number Patent number

1 Poland P-379322 PL 213148

2 Poland P-386689 PL 211775

3 Poland P-386921 PL 211606

4 Poland P-387151 PL 213686

5 Poland P-387209 PL 213039

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6 Poland P-387292 PL 215550

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8 Poland P-388847 PL 212968

9 Poland P-389155 PL 211605

10 Poland P-389326 PL 214999

11 Poland P-389386 PL 213900

12 Poland P-389750 PL 217098

13 Poland P-391216

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15 Poland P-391456

16 Poland P-392222

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21 Poland P-392705

22 Switzerland CH 01957/10 CH 702369

23 Poland P-393195 PL 215011

24 Poland P-393196

25 Poland P-393311 PL 216936

26 Switzerland CH 00234/11 CH 703023

27 United Kingdom GB 1102589.7

28 Republic of India IN 564/MUM/2011

29 Ukraine UA 2011 02774

30 Russia RU 2011110372

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32 South Korea KR 10-2011-0025571

33 Europe EP 11159330.7

34 United Kingdom GB 1106992.9

35 United Kingdom GB 1106947.3

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