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Just 24 years ago the Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry (IARC) at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland, joined the exclusive "club" of pulse radiolysis laboratories.

This event can be dated to May 1983, when 8 MeV LINAC and linked simple microsecond pulse-radiolysis set-up was officially opened and turned over to the team of chemists. Few months later Professor Jerzy Kroh, the Director of IARC, encouraged by the technical progress and scientific activity around new facilities proposed to organize, on premises of IARC, a dedicated international conference, tentatively named as PULS'85. The aim of this conference (first truly international in pulse radiolysis since 1967 Miller Conference held in Kazimierz Dolny) was to bring together the scientists who in different fields were exploring fascinating world of very fast processes and short living intermediates. Wide and very positive response to this idea showed that PULS filled the existing niche and soon became important forum for presenting results of experimental and theoretical studies of micro, nano, pico and femto time world. Tentative name PULS turned into the flag one. Each Conference took place at different location in Poland, giving the participants an opportunity to visit picturesque parts of our country.