The Terahertz project is focused on the development of new technologies and materials that can be used to create enhanced control capabilities of terahertz radiation. The international team of specialists in the field of materials synthesis and terahertz range science will focus their efforts on the development of innovative quasi-optical technologies that will help to find solutions for the effective use of crystalline materials (including nanocomposites and coplanar structures), as well as for their application as functional elements in terahertz radiation control devices.
As part of the implementation of this new project, which is part of the Horizon Europe program, the kick-off meeting «New technologies and materials for the control of terahertz radiation» (TeraHertz) was held within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (Exchange of scientific and innovative personnel) in the premises of the main building of Lviv Polytechnic National University on March 1, 2023. Representatives of seven project participants – from Lviv Polytechnic, Ukrainian institutions, Polish and French universities – took part in the meeting in a mixed format (online and offline).
– Due to the war in Ukraine, the meeting took place in a hybrid format, as our beneficiaries from Poland and France could not come to Ukraine. I remember how exactly five years ago in this hall we organized a similar meeting under our IMAGE project of the same program, when Mr. Christian Danielsson, Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, visited Polytechnic to participate in the launch of the project, said Professor Anatolii Andrushchak, a project coordinator, Head of the Department of Applied Physics and Nanomaterials Science, Lviv Polytechnic.
The participants of the event were also greeted by Nataliya Chukhray, Vice-Rector for Education and International Relations, Lviv Polytechnic, and Roman Nebesny, Head of the University Research and Development Department. They presented the best achievements of Lviv Polytechnic on the international arena in the field of science and technology.
– Over the next four years, a team of professionals from three participating countries will work on studying the properties of new materials and the possibilities of their use in the terahertz frequency range. As a result of the project, we plan to create a unique terahertz radiation control device with improved efficiency, said Nazarii Andrushchak, an administrative manager of the TeraHertz project, Head of the Lviv Polytechnic Project Office.
The TeraHertz project brings together an international interdisciplinary network of academic and industrial organizations that will coordinately work on an innovative research program of quasi-optical technologies and related materials engineering. Participants will exchange knowledge and skills, strengthening relations between partner countries and promoting interaction between the involved sectors of the economy.
