About us

Szoszlab Research Group

Our research is within physico-chemical properties of various engineering surfaces and within single-molecule biophysics of proteins and peptides. Currently, we strive to understand the mechanisms of global/local oxidation of selected 2D materials and to develop methods of learning about structural changes within single biological molecules from changes of their nanomechanical properties. We use advanced research techniques such as AFM, SEM, Raman, XPS, Auger, XANES and EDS spectroscopies. Our research has been supported by generous funding from the polish government, and since 2025 we are nationally accredited by the Polish Centre of Accreditation in several AFM methods including topography and KPFM imaging.

You can also read about us here: https://cnbch.uw.edu.pl/blog/research_groupes/laboratorium-fizykochemii-materialow/