Research Group
Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
State research institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) is a governmental scientific research institution established in 2010 by joining institutes of Chemistry, Physics, Semiconductor Physics in Vilnius and Textile institute in Kaunas (https://www.ftmc.lt). Over the recent years, the FTMC combining different science branches has become one of the leading scientific institutions in Lithuania carrying out a unique fundamental research and technological development works in scientific fields of functional materials, electrochemical material science, organic chemistry, electronics, laser technologies, optoelectronics, nuclear physics, bio and nanotechnologies, fuel cell technology, etc. FTMC is equipped with the modern laboratory facilities for providing a high level of research performance. FTMC is represented in this project by the Department of Catalysis, which has a long experience in design and development of various functional materials and novel electroless metal plating processes, which were successfully used in microelectronics, and fabrication of various catalysts for fuel cells.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Loreta Tamašauskaitė-Tamašiūnaitė
Chief Research Associate Head of Department of Catalysis
- loreta.tamasauskaite@ftmc.lt
- +370 5 2661291
- Vilnius, Lithuania
Project manager Dr. Loreta Tamašauskaitė-Tamašiūnaitė has over 21 years of experience in developing catalysts with various compositions using chemical, electrochemical, and microwave synthesis methods. She is also skilled in characterizing catalytic surfaces and studying their electrocatalytic properties. She is the author and co-author of more than 120 scientific articles and over 200 presentations at international scientific conferences, as well as the co-author of 18 international patents. Her h-index is 15. Additionally, she has project management experience:
- In 2010–2011 and 2012–2014, she coordinated NMP (Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials, and New Production Technologies) projects in the future energy program.
- From 2016–2018, she managed the “WoBaCat” project in collaboration with partners from the University of Tartu and the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry.
Project implementers group
Professor E. Norkus has extensive experience and expertise in studying various functional metal coatings formed through electroless metal deposition, as well as investigating autocatalytic reactions and patenting these processes. He is an experienced scientist with a long-standing background in developing new electrolyte-based metal deposition processes, including electroless deposition of copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, and others.
Professor Norkus, together with collaborators, holds 10 U.S. patents, 5 Japanese patents, and over 15 other international patents. His scientific work has been cited more than 1,900 times, and his h-index is 25.
He has significant experience in R&D collaboration, working with companies such as Ebara Udylite, Toyota Motors Corporation, and Lam Research Corporation. The professor is responsible for developing and patenting technologies for the preparation of anode and cathode catalysts for flexible low-temperature fuel cells.
Investigator
Prof. Habil. Dr. Eugenijus Norkus
Chief Research Associate
Dr. A. Zabielaitė has experience working with the electroless deposition of nickel, copper, cobalt, gold, platinum, palladium, and other metals using various reducing agents, as well as in researching the catalysts formed. She will design and develop anode and cathode catalysts for flexible fuel cells.
Investigator
Dr. Aušrinė Zabielaitė
Senior Research Associate
PhD student A. Nacys has been employed to contribute to the project’s objectives, gaining skills and qualifications through high-level scientific research. His work involves preparing new anode and cathode catalysts for flexible fuel cells, studying their electrocatalytic properties, determining their optimal compositions, and evaluating fuel cell parameters using modern research methods.
Investigator
PhD Student Antanas Nacys
Junior Research Associate
Contact
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