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12-13th January, IV National Student Conference "Closer to Chemistry”

We are pleased to announce that one of our team members Adrian Pietrzyk has won a prize for the best oral presentationat the fourth edition of the National Student Conference "Closer to Chemistry”. Congratulations!

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14th December, Competition named after Andrzej Pomianowski

We would like to inform you that one of our team members Piotr Wieczorek has won a prize for taking third place in the competition named after Andrzej Pomianowski for a master's thesis in chemistry, biology or physics on issues of surface physicochemistry and interfacial phenomena. Congratulations!

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25th January, Doctoral's thesis defence

We are pleased to announce that Malgorzata Janik-Hazuka has defended her doctoral thesis: "Multifunctional polysaccharide nanocapsules as theranostic platforms". Congratulations!

8th July, Doctoral's thesis defence

We are pleased to announce that Gabriela Grześ has defended her doctoral thesis: "Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of conjugated polymer nanobrushes based on poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene)". Congratulations!

9th September, Doctoral's thesis defence

We are pleased to announce that Anna Grobelny has defended her doctoral thesis: "Conductive polymer nanobrushes with donor-acceptor structure". Congratulations!

30th November, UK-Poland-Ukraine Bioinspired Materials Conference

We would like to inform you that one of our team members Justyna Bednorz won the award for the best poster presentation at the online conference organized by Newcastle University, entitled: "UK-Poland-Ukraine Bioinspired Materials Conference" held on November 29-30th, 2022.
 
"Physicochemistry of hyaluronic-acid based nanocapsules with oil cores for biomedical applications"
Justyna Bednorz, Krzysztof Smela, Szczepan Zapotoczny

15th December, Competition named after Andrzej Pomianowski

We are proud to announce that Anna Hatalak has won a prize for taking first place in the competition named after Andrzej Pomianowski for a master's thesis in chemistry, biology or physics on issues of surface physicochemistry and interfacial phenomena. Congratulations!
 
"Synthesis of functional polymer brushes by ATRP methods free of toxic copper compounds"

16th December, Doctoral's thesis defence

We are pleased to announce that Elżbieta Gumieniczek-Chłopek has defended her doctoral thesis: "Polymer nanocapsules with magnetic core for biomedical applications". Congratulations!

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17th March, POLYMAT 2022

We would like to inform that one of our team member Aneta Medaj won the prize for the best poster during The silesian meetings on polymer materials POLYMAT 2022 in memory of Prof. Andrzej Dworak, Zabrze, 17th of March, 2022,

"Polymer nanocapsules templated on liquid cores as a model photoreactors"
Aneta Medaj, Joanna Odrobińska-Baliś, Klaudia Minor, Aleksandra Kmak, Szczepan Zapotoczny

18th November, Sheng 2 Grant

We would like to inform that prof. Szczepan Zapotoczny is a laureate of the international competition SHENG 2. The project will be implemented in cooperation with the group of prof. Peiyi Wu from Donghua University. Congratulations!
Title of the project:  Smart fibres based on natural biopolymers (in Polish: Inteligentne włókna na bazie naturalnych biopolimerów)
Project leader: Prof. Szczepan Zapotoczny, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry
Foreign leader: Prof. Peiyi Wu, Donghua University  in Shanghai
Budget: 1 703 242 PLN 

13th March, SONATA Grant

We would like to inform that Karol Wolski, PhD, would be a partner of the consortium carrying out research under Sonata BIS 10 grant. Congratulations!
Title of the project: Vitamin B2 as an effective initiator, photoactivator and oxygen scavenger in cost-effective and simplified synthesis of advanced polymer materials by ATRP techniques (in Polish: Witamina B2 jako skuteczny inicjator, fotoaktywator i zmiatacz tlenu w ekonomicznej i uproszczonej syntezie zaawansowanych materiałów polimerowych technikami ATRP)
Leader of the consortium: Prof. Paweł Chmielarz, Ignacy Łukasiewicz University of Technology in Rzeszów, Faculty of Chemistry
Partner of the consortium: Karol Wolski, PhD, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry
Budget: 1 669 540 PLN (including 533 140 PLN for JU)
Expected time of start: June, 2021

28th February, Talent Management POB Anthropocene Grant for Anna Hatalak, BSc

We would like to inform that Anna Hatalak, BSc, received a POB Anthropocene grant. Congratulations!

Title of the project: Economical and simplified synthesis of functional polymer brushes using biocompatible ATRP techniques devoid of toxic copper compounds (in Polish: Ekonomiczna i uproszczona synteza funkcjonalnych szczotek polimerowych z wykorzystaniem biozgodnych technik ATRP pozbawionych toksycznych związków miedzi)
Budget: 43 000 PLN
Tutor: Karol Wolski, PhD
Expected time of start: April, 2021

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17th July, ETIUDA grant for Anna Gruszkiewicz, MSc

We are proud to inform that Anna Gruszkiewicz, MSc, received a ETIUDA grant. Congratulations!

Title of the project: Conductive polymer nanobrushes with a donor-acceptor structure (in Polish: Przewodzące nanoszczotki polimerowe o strukturze donorowo-akceptorowej)
Budget: 150 264 PLN
Expected time of start: January, 2021

More details: https://www.ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wyniki/2020-07-17-etiuda8, https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2019-12-16/streszczenia/475037-pl.pdf, https://chemia.uj.edu.pl/wydzial/osiagniecia/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_tPy2TrAMDowl/41638/145691217 (all in Polish).

24th June, Interview with Karol Wolski, PhD

We would like to inform that a new, very interesting interview with Dr. Karol Wolski, entitled "Conductive binary nanobrushes – properties and potential applications", was published on a portal "Rzecz o innowacjach".
We encourage you to acquaint yourself with its content: https://rzeczo.pl/blog/2020/06/24/przewodzace-binarne-nanoszczotki-wlasciwosci-i-potencjalne-zastosowanie/.

31st January, Start of a new grant

We are proud to inform that a new project headed by Prof. Zapotoczny starts today in our research group. It is founded by the National Science Centre as a Beethoven Classic 3 project.

Title of project: Fusion of core-shell capsules serving as model nanoreactors (in Polish: Fuzja kapsuł typu rdzeń-powłoka służących jako modelowe nanoreaktory)
Budget: 1 327 600 PLN
Project duration: 36 months

More information: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=431896, https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/opisy/431896-pl.pdf (both in Polish).

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6th July, New publication

Tannic acid‐inspired star‐like macromolecules via temporally controlled multi‐step potential electrolysis

Next article prepared by a member of our group was recently published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Congratulations!

Zaborniak, I., Chmielarz, P., Wolski, K., Grześ, G., Isse, A. A., Gennaro, A., Zapotoczny, S., Sobkowiak, A.
Tannic acid‐inspired star‐like macromolecules via temporally controlled multi‐step potential electrolysis
(2019) Macromo. Chem. Phys., 220 (13), 1900073. DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900073

19th June, Master's theses defence

We are proud to inform that our students:
  • Joanna Rokita, BSc,
  • Dominika Kędra, BSc,
  • Paweł Piszko, BSc,

have defended their master's theses and become Masters of Science in chemistry. Congratulations!

8th June, International Conference Nordic Polymer Days 2019, Trondheim (the Kingdom of Norway)

Anna Gruszkiewicz, Gabriela Grześ, Joanna Rokita and Małgorzata Janik presented their posters on the international conference Nordic Polymer Days 2019 – 56th edition, which took place from June 5th to 7th, in Trondheim (the Kingdom of Norway).
Anna Gruszkiewicz gave also an oral presentation concerning the latest results of her research.

  1. Gruszkiewicz, A., Zapotoczny, S. Low-bandgap donor-acceptor polymer brushes.
  2. Grześ, G., Wolski, K., Zapotoczny, S. Synthesis and characterization of surface-grafted conductive polymer brushes.
  3. Rokita, J., Gruszkiewicz, A., Wolski, K., Zapotoczny, S. Optimization of self-templating polymerization towards a facile and efficient synthesis of polythiophene-based brushes.
  4. Janik, M., Sobolewska, K., Zapotoczny, S. Polysaccharide-based liquid-core nanocapsules as perfluorocarbons delivery systems.

More information: website of the NPD2019 Conference, Book of Abstracts.

26th May, SONATA grant for Karol Wolski, PhD

We are proud to inform that Karol Wolski, PhD, received a SONATA grant. Congratulations!

Title of the project: Conductive binary-mixed nanobrushes as molecularly ordered and self-doped thin polymer layers (in Polish: Przewodzące, binarne nanoszczotki jako molekularnie uporządkowane i samodomieszkujące się cienkie warstwy polimerowe)
Budget: 798 654 PLN
Expected time of start: October, 2019

More details: https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2018-09-14/streszczenia/424538-en.pdf (abstract in English), https://www.ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wyniki/2019-05-15-opus16-preludium16-sonata14?language=en (Sonata, ST5, no. 12 – results in English), https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2018-09-14/streszczenia/424538-pl.pdf (abstract in Polish), https://www.ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wyniki/2019-05-15-opus16-preludium16-sonata14 (Sonata, ST5, no. 12 – results in Polish).

17th May, International Conference NanoOstrava 2019, Ostrava (Czech Republic)

Monika Słowikowska, Paula Nalepa, Dominika Kędra, Tomasz Kuciel and Artur J. Wójcik presented their posters on the international conference NanoOstrava 2019 – 6th Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Meeting, which took place from May 13th to 16th, in Ostrava (Czech Republic).

  1. Nalepa, P., Górka, W., Kuciel, T., Szuwarzyński, M., Zapotoczny, S. Magnetically-responsive polymeric scaffolds for cell cultures.
  2. Kędra, D., Baliś, A., Zapotoczny, S. Photoactive mesoporous nanoparticles as photochemical reactors.
  3. Kuciel, T., Nalepa, P., Górka, W., Szuwarzyński, M., Zapotoczny, S. Nanocomposite systems based on polymer brushes and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.
  4. Wójcik, A. J., Słowikowska, M., Wolski, K., Zapotoczny, S. New acetylene and pyridine derivatives as monomers for conductive polymer brushes fabrication.

9th May, International Thermoelectric Workshop, Kraków (Poland)

Gabriela Grześ and Artur J. Wójcik presented their posters on the International Thermoelectric Workshop on New Materials for Direct Conversion of Heat into Electricity in Kraków (Poland), which took place from May 8th to 9th. The workshop was organized by our scientific partner – Prof. Krzysztof Wojciechowski.

  1. Grześ, G., Wolski, K., Zapotoczny, S. Surface grafted conjugated polymer brushes.
  2. Wójcik, A. J., Wolski, K., Zapotoczny, S. A synthetic route to a new bifunctional 3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole-based monomer for production of novel thermoelectric materials.

20th April, Happy Easter

Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal and New life.
Celebrate this Easter with heart filled with peace, joy and cheer!

Have a happy Easter!

29th March, Next article published

New article prepared by a member of our group was recently published in Materials. Congratulations!

Kmita, A., Lachowicz, D., Żukrowski, J., Gajewska, M., Szczerba, W., Kuciakowski, J., Zapotoczny, S., Sikora, M.
One-step synthesis of long term stable superparamagnetic colloid of zinc ferrite nanorods in water
(2019) Materials, 12 (7), 1048. DOI: 10.3390/ma12071048

28th March, Next paper

New article prepared by a member of our group was recently published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Congratulations!

Wójtowicz, A., Majda, A., Zapotoczny, S., Wietecha-Posłuszny, R.
Direct analysis from DBS cards surface with Direct Probe Mass Spectrometry – evaluation study
(2019) Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8447

27th March, New article published

Next publication based on the results of the TEAM project has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B:

Lachowicz, D., Górka, W., Kmita, A., Bernasik, A., Żukrowski, J., Szczerba, W., Sikora, M., Kapusta, C., Zapotoczny, S.
Enhanced hyperthermic properties of biocompatible zinc ferrite nanoparticles with a charged polysaccharide coating
(2019) J. Mater. Chem. B, 7, 2962–2973. DOI: 10.1039/C9TB00029A

19th March, Next publication

New article prepared by members of our group was recently published in Nanoscale. Congratulations!

Górka, W., Kuciel, T., Nalepa, P., Lachowicz, D., Zapotoczny, S., Szuwarzyński, M.
Homogeneous embedding of magnetic nanoparticles into polymer brushes during simultaneous surface-initiated polymerization
(2019) Nanomaterials, 9 (3), 456. DOI: 10.3390/nano9030456

10th March, New paper

Next publication based on the results of the TEAM project has been published in European Polymer Journal:

Pomorska, A., Wolski, K., Wytrwał-Sarna, M., Bernasik, A., Zapotoczny, S.
Polymer brushes grafted from nanostructured zinc oxide layers–spatially controlled decoration of nanorods
(2019) Eur. Polym. J., 112, 186–194. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.01.012

1st March, New PostDoc

We would like to inform that Tomasz Kruk, PhD, joined our group. He holds a position of PostDoc (Research Senior assistant) in the TEAM project.

27th February, New article published

New article prepared by members of our group was recently published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Congratulations!

Odrobińska, J., Gumieniczek-Chłopek, E., Szuwarzyński, M., Radziszewska, A., Fiejdasz, S., Strączek, T., Kapusta, C., Zapotoczny, S.
Magnetically navigated core-shell polymer capsules as nanoreactors loadable at the oil/water interface
(2019) ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 11 (11), 10905–10913. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b22690

26th February, First publication in 2019

We are happy to inform that an article prepared by members of our group was recently published in Cellulose. Congratulations!

Rojewska, A., Karewicz, A., Baster, M., Zając, M., Wolski, K., Kępczyński, M., Zapotoczny, S., Szczubiałka, K., Nowakowska, M.
Dexamethasone-containing bioactive dressing for possible application in post-operative keloid therapy
(2018) Cellulose, 26 (3), 1895–1908. DOI: 10.1007/s10570-018-2182-8

1st February, Archives materials

We would like to inform that all of the archive materials published previously on our website (before 2019) are available for people interested in them. In such cases please write an email to our webmaster with a request for sending them to you: artur.wojcik@doctoral.uj.edu.pl.

31st January, Modern version of our website

We would like to present a new, modern version of our website. We hope that it will serve you in a trouble-free way.

If you have any questions concerning our new website, please do not hesitate to contact our webmaster:
Artur J. Wójcik, artur.wojcik@doctoral.uj.edu.pl.