In this year’s sixth edition of the Secundus Prize two young researchers of Department of Nanometrology were recognized. Awardees – Ewelina Gacka MSc and Bartosz Pruchnik PhD – collected the highest sum of Ministry Listed points for scientific publications among researchers younger than 40 years old. Congratulations! We list their last year’s publications below:

Publications of Ewelina Gacka:

1. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Krzysztof Kwoka, Ewelina Gacka, Dominik Badura, Piotr M. Kunicki, Andrzej Sierakowski, Paweł Janus, Tomasz Piasecki, Teodor Gotszalk. New design of operational MEMS bridges for measurements of properties of FEBID-based nanostructures. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 2024, vol. 15, s. 1273-1282.
2. Ewelina Gacka, Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Magdalena Tamulewicz-Szwajkowska, Dominik Badura, Ivo Rangelow, Teodor Gotszalk. Fabrication of focused ion beam-deposited nanowire probes for conductive atomic force microscopy. Measurement (London). 2024, vol. 234, art. 114815, s. 1-7.
3. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Janusz Fidelus, Ewelina Gacka, Krystyna Mika, Leszek Zaraska, Grzegorz D. Sulka, Teodor Gotszalk. Atomic force microscopy in mechanical measurements of single nanowires. Ultramicroscopy. 2024, vol. 263, art. 113985, s. 1-15.
4. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Tomasz Piasecki, Ewelina Gacka, Mateus G. Masteghin, David Cox, Teodor Gotszalk. Improvement of MEMS thermomechanical actuation efficiency by focused ion beam-induced deposition. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2024, vol. 33, nr 3, s. 362-368.
5. Tomasz Piasecki, Krzysztof Kwoka, Ewelina Gacka, Piotr M. Kunicki, Teodor Gotszalk. Electrical, thermal and noise properties of platinum-carbon free-standing nanowires designed as nanoscale resistive thermal devices. Nanotechnology. 2024, vol. 35, art. 115502, s. 1-11.

Publications of Bartosz Pruchnik

1. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Krzysztof Kwoka, Ewelina Gacka, Dominik Badura, Piotr M. Kunicki, Andrzej Sierakowski, Paweł Janus, Tomasz Piasecki, Teodor Gotszalk. New design of operational MEMS bridges for measurements of properties of FEBID-based nanostructures. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 2024, vol. 15, s. 1273-1282.
2. Andrzej Sikora, Krzysztof R. Gajewski, Dominik Badura, Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Tomasz Piasecki, Kamil Raczkowski, Teodor Gotszalk. Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy—ultralow-current measurement systems for nanoscale imaging of a surface’s electrical properties. Sensors. 2024, vol. 24, nr 17, art. 5649, s. 1-13.
3. Ewelina Gacka, Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Magdalena Tamulewicz-Szwajkowska, Dominik Badura, Ivo Rangelow, Teodor Gotszalk. Fabrication of focused ion beam-deposited nanowire probes for conductive atomic force microscopy. Measurement (London). 2024, vol. 234, art. 114815, s. 1-7.
4. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Janusz Fidelus, Ewelina Gacka, Krystyna Mika, Leszek Zaraska, Grzegorz D. Sulka, Teodor Gotszalk. Atomic force microscopy in mechanical measurements of single nanowires. Ultramicroscopy. 2024, vol. 263, art. 113985, s. 1-15.
5. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Piotr Smagowski, Dominik Badura, Tomasz Piasecki, Wiktor Połacik, Piotr Putek, Teodor Gotszalk. Transformer bridge-based metrological unit for scanning thermal microscopy with resistive nanoprobes. Measurement Science & Technology. 2024, vol. 35, nr 8, art. 085901, s. 1-9.
6. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Andrzej Sikora, Krzysztof R. Gajewski, Bartosz Świadkowski, Piotr Smagowski, Dominik Badura, Krzysztof Kwoka, Tomasz Piasecki, Teodor Gotszalk. Educational scanning tunneling microscope – open architecture platform for nanotechnology teaching and nanometrology research. Przegląd Elektrotechniczny. 2024, R. 100, nr 6, s. 200-204.
7. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Tomasz Piasecki, Ewelina Gacka, Mateus G. Masteghin, David Cox, Teodor Gotszalk. Improvement of MEMS thermomechanical actuation efficiency by focused ion beam-induced deposition. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2024, vol. 33, nr 3, s. 362-368.
8. Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Piotr Putek, Teodor Gotszalk. Wavelet-based information theory in quantitative assessment of AFM images’ quality. Scientific Reports. 2024, vol. 14, art. 3996, s. 1-13.
9. Julia Pruchnik, Tomasz Piasecki, Bartosz Cz. Pruchnik, Piotr Prokaryn, Rafał Dobrowolski, Andrzej Sierakowski, Teodor Gotszalk. QEchemMEMS – a working electrode with high-resolution temperature sensing for studying electrochemical heat management systems. Sensors and Actuators. A, Physical. 2024, vol. 366, art. 114994, s. 1-8.