• the melt growth of single crystals of inorganic compounds: chalcogenides and complex superconducting cuprates.
• a physical-chemical study of these compounds and systems where they originate of in order to facilitate their single crystal growth, or to achieve some desirable properties of these crystals.
• preparation of carbon nanostructures and investigation of their properties. 
• preparation of semiconductor nanostructures and investigation of their properties.

Fields of research:

1. Crystal growth of zinc and cadmium chalcogenides from the melt for manufacturing transmitting, outletting and focusing optics of IR-devices, e.g. CO₂ -lasers. 
2. Single crystal growth of these compounds for manufacturing solid-state elements of devices for modifying or modulating IR-beams, e.g., polarizers, electrooptical and mechanical modulators, etc.
3. Single crystal growth of these compounds for manufacturing seeds or substrates for growth of films and bulk crystals from the vapour phase.
4. Single crystal growth of these compounds for manufacturing detectors of the ionizinig radiations.
5. Single crystal growth of some Tl-based HTSC-phases in the system Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-O. The single crystals have sizes up to 3x2x0.2 mm and can be used for various optical, structural and magnetic measurements.
6. Preparation of the MgB₂ superconducting ceramics and investigation of its properties.
7. Physical-chemical study of systems with above mentioned compounds, especially investigation of T-x diagrams.
8. Experimental investigations of some properties of melts: volume effects of crystallization, surface tension, viscosity.
9. Growth of the carbon nanostructures (CNS) and investigation of their properties.
10. Preparation of semiconductor nanostructures and investigation of their properties

The Laboratory has equipment for the crystal growth by high-pressure Bridgman method (HPVB) and high-pressure vertical zone melting (HPVZM). The growth of different crystals can be carried out, the composition and unit cell parameters of produced crystals being determined in the neighboring laboratories. The structure of crystals revealed by the relevant study, the devices and materials for the DTA and the chemical etching being available in the Laboratory. The Laboratory also has an equipment for the investigation of properties of the refractory compound's melts. LPCBC  possesses the devices for carbon nanostructures preparation in the electric arc discharge and for experimental study of the hydrogen absorption and desorption in CNS.