The chair was created on August 2, 2011 at the initiative of the president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Academician Paton B. E. and the rector of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Zgurovsky M.Z. The head of the department is the academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, doctor of technical sciences, professor, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology and international scientific prizes Khalatov Artem Artemovich.

In the 2014/2015 academic year, the department first released bachelors in the field of Applied Physics, specializing in the field of physics of power systems.

In the 2016/2017 academic year, the department first released masters in the field of “105 Applied Physics and Nanomaterials”, specializing in the field of physics of power systems.

In the 2017/2018 academic year, the department began training PhDs in the field of “Applied Physics and Nanomaterials”. The first aspirant of the department for this specialty is Muliarchuk Maria.