The National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS has published the first report on its work. It covers the period 2016-2018 and consists of 13 chapters. The publication is available in both Polish and English.
The SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre (NSRC) is a national science centre providing open access to research infrastructure. As a unique source of synchrotron radiation in Central Europe, it opens new perspectives in many areas of basic and applied research, offering a wide spectrum of modern research techniques. The SOLARIS NSRC serves as a platform for the development of national and international cooperation, as well as an incubator of new technologies. In cooperation with the national and international scientific community, the Centre designs, creates and provides access to research infrastructure to carry out measurements using unique experimental methods based on synchrotron radiation properties. The Centre’s infrastructure serves basic and applied research in such areas as catalysis, biomedical engineering, nanomaterials, pharmacology or geology. It facilitates the search for new energy sources and solutions for future electronics.
The SOLARIS NSRC stimulates the cooperation of Polish scientists with industry in finding new technical solutions with commercial potential. It is also an important centre of science communication. The SOLARIS Centre is part of the Jagiellonian Uni-versity, located at the Campus of the 600th Anniversary of the Jagiellonian University Revival. The centre was built in 2011–2014. Its construction was co-funded by the European Union
The report about the work of SOLARIS during the years 2016-2018 is available at this link.
