From the 1960’s Wrocław was known in the world as a strong center of chemistry and physics. A characteristic of the school founded by the Trzebiatowskis was the appointment of interdisciplinary research teams.

Professor Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski together with Professor Roman S. Ingarden founded the PAN Institute of Low Temperatures and Structural Research and he was its first director. He also organized the PAN International Laboratory of Strong Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures. Wrocław owes him development of X-ray crystallography, as well as methods of studying the matter under extreme conditions – at very low temperatures and strong magnetic fields.

Professor Bogusława Jeżowska-Trzebiatowska created one of the strongest centers of chemistry and physicochemistry of coordination compounds in Europe. Studies conducted by Professor Trzebatowska involved both synthesis, as well as the structure of coordination compounds, their spectroscopic and magnetic properties, and their role in catalytic processes. Studies regarding rare earth metal compounds, including technetium, rhenium and uranium also deserve attention.

In the times of communism achievements of the Trzebiatowskis and their students attracted scholars from the entire world to come to Wrocław, giving the scientific community in Wrocław a chance for international contacts.