The scientific work of the department is mainly related to the interdisciplinary research of advanced functional materials for applications in electronics, optics, optoelectronics, gas sensors and medicine with high innovation/industrial potential. The laboratories are focused on theoretical/practical approaches of design and development of thin film PVD techniques synergistically connected with characterization by high-tech devices (NanoESCA, AFM, STM, SEM, EPR, Mass spectrometry, Ellipsometry).