Equipment:
- Vacuum line for the synthesis of polymers and composites using the ATRP method
- System for thin layers deposition (Layer-by-Layer method)
- Muffle furnace, vacuum driers, hydraulic press
- High-speed centrifuge with cooling system
- Pressure reactor (autoclave) (ROTH)
Parameters:
This laboratory is equipped with preparative fume cupboards where chemical syntheses of: (1) macromolecular compounds (polymers, organometallic complexes based on polymers), (2) nanoparticles of functional ceramic compounds and (3) precursors of structured metal oxides in the form of thin layers (LbL system ). The modern methods of material synthesis used are performed under atmospheric pressure, hydrothermal conditions (using an autoclave, max. pressure is 40 bar) or under reduced pressure (vacuum line for ATRP synthesis). The obtained compounds can then be centrifuged, dried/fired and pressed using available equipment.
Contact person: Aleksandra Wypych-Puszkarz, Izabela Bobowska
Selected publications:
- Wrzesińska, A., Bobowska, I., Maczugowska, P., Małolepsza, J., Błazewska, K. M., & Wypych-Puszkarz, A. (2020). Effect of metal-ligand coordination complexes on molecular dynamics and structure of cross-linked poly(dimethylosiloxane). Polymers, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/POLYM12081680
- Krysiak, E., Wypych-Puszkarz, A., Krysiak, K., Nowaczyk, G., Makrocka-Rydzyk, M., Jurga, S., & Ulanski, J. (2015). Core-shell system based on titanium dioxide with elevated value of dielectric permittivity: Synthesis and characterization. Synthetic Metals, 209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2015.06.028
- Bobowska, I., Wypych-Puszkarz, A., Opasinska, A., Maniukiewicz, W., & Wojciechowski, P. (2017). Effect of heat treatment on the structure and morphology of ZnO nanorod array and its composite with titania precursor. Phase Transitions, 90(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/01411594.2016.1212195
- Wypych-Puszkarz, A., Bobowska, I., Wrzesinska, A., Opasinska, A., Maniukiewicz, W., Wojciechowski, P., & Ulanski, J. (2017). Synthesis and Characterization of Low Loss Dielectric Ceramics Prepared from Composite of Titanate Nanosheets with Barium Ions. Journal of Nanomaterials, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1351085
- – Wypych, A., Bobowska, I., Tracz, M., Opasinska, A., Kadlubowski, S., Krzywania-Kaliszewska, A., Grobelny, J., & Wojciechowski, P. (2014). Dielectric properties and characterisation of titanium dioxide obtained by different chemistry methods. Journal of Nanomaterials, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/124814