01.08.2022
KTU researchers Matas Guzauskas and Karolis Leitonas enjoyed over the summer an adventurous secondment to the National Taiwan University (NTU).
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, it was unsure until the last moment whether the two researchers would be issued with travel visas and be able to go on the secondment to Taiwan. Luckily, everything turned out fine in the end.
Upon landing in Taipei, they were met by local officials who immediately transported them to a quarantine hotel. The quarantine consisted of 10 days of total isolation plus a 7 days of self-health management isolation. After 17 days in two hotels, they were very pleased to finally meet friendly local people and to see the beautiful scenery of Taiwan.
Working in NTU’s laboratories proved to be very nice and straightforward. The KTU researchers enjoyed extensive interaction with the NTU researchers and students.
Taiwan is well known as being the best in semiconductor production, so the equipment for organic semiconductors available at NTU investigation was to the highest industry standards. This experience will help the KTU researchers with their future experiments as well as motivates them to continue as researchers and seek the highest quality.
Moreover, they had a unique opportunity to visit the facilities of the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, where Professor Jiun-Haw Lee’s group of researchers investigate the properties of thin organic films.
Nice weather at the weekends enabled them to investigate Taiwan island's beautiful nature. And, while exploring the island’s coastline, they even managed to make more new friends.
KTU researchers Matas Guzauskas and Karolis Leitonas enjoyed over the summer an adventurous secondment to the National Taiwan University (NTU).
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, it was unsure until the last moment whether the two researchers would be issued with travel visas and be able to go on the secondment to Taiwan. Luckily, everything turned out fine in the end.
Upon landing in Taipei, they were met by local officials who immediately transported them to a quarantine hotel. The quarantine consisted of 10 days of total isolation plus a 7 days of self-health management isolation. After 17 days in two hotels, they were very pleased to finally meet friendly local people and to see the beautiful scenery of Taiwan.
Working in NTU’s laboratories proved to be very nice and straightforward. The KTU researchers enjoyed extensive interaction with the NTU researchers and students.
Taiwan is well known as being the best in semiconductor production, so the equipment for organic semiconductors available at NTU investigation was to the highest industry standards. This experience will help the KTU researchers with their future experiments as well as motivates them to continue as researchers and seek the highest quality.
Moreover, they had a unique opportunity to visit the facilities of the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, where Professor Jiun-Haw Lee’s group of researchers investigate the properties of thin organic films.
Nice weather at the weekends enabled them to investigate Taiwan island's beautiful nature. And, while exploring the island’s coastline, they even managed to make more new friends.
