About us - Ewa Piorkowska-Galeska, D.Sc.

Ewa PIORKOWSKA-GALESKA, PhD, habilitation, docent, main field: physical chemistry of polymers

Affiliation:

Department of Polymer Physics
Tel.: +(48-42)-68-03-223, Fax: +(48-42)-68-03-260
e-mail: epiorkow@bilbo.cbmm.lodz.pl

Scientific career:

1978- till now Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
1979 M.Sc. in technical physics, Technical University of Lodz

1984 Ph.D. in physical chemistry of polymers, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
1985-1986 (one year) Post-doc fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1987 (2 months)
1989 (2months)
1990 (3 months)

 Visiting scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998 Habilitation: Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 Short term visiting scholar at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Member of scientific organization (nominated or elected):

member of European Scientific Association for Material Forming, ESAFORM
1997- till now member of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Subcommittee "Structure and Properties of Commercial Polymers"

Current research area:

Physical chemistry of polymers with particular interest in:

  • structure and properties of crystalline and amorphous polymers, filled polymers
  • crystallization of polymers - theory and experiments
  • thermal conductivity of polymers

Selected references:

Author or coauthor of 62 original papers in referred journals and 61 contributions to conferences.

  1. E.Piorkowska, A.Pawlak, J.P.Chapel, R.Nowacki:
    Crystallization of Polymers in Temperature Gradient.
    International Journal of Forming Processes, 7, 195-208 (2004)

  2. J. Morawiec, A.Pawlak, M.Slouf, A.Galeski, E.Piorkowska:
    Influence of compatibilizer type, polypropylene molecular weight and blending sequence on montmorillonite exfoliation in nanocomposites.
    Polimery, 49 (1), 52-55 (2004).

  3. R. Nowacki, B.Monasse, E. Piorkowska, A.Galeski, J.M.Haudin,
    Spherulite nucleation in isotactic polypropylene based nanocomposites with montmorillonite under shear.
    Polymer, 45 , 4877-4892 (2004).

  4. K.Gadzinowska, E.Piorkowska,
    Spherulite nucleation density from thin sections of bulk samples.
    Polimery, 49, 698-705 (2004).

  5. Y.Jin, M. Rogunova, A. Hiltner, E. Baer, R. Nowacki, A. Galeski, E. Piorkowska,
    Structure of Polypropylene Crystallized in Confined Nanolayers
    J.Polym.Sci, Part B, Polym.Phys., 42, 3380-3396 (2004).

  6. J. Morawiec, A. Pawlak, M. Slouf, A. Galeski, E. Piórkowska, N.Krasnikowa:
    Preparation and properties of compatibilized LDPE/organically modified montmorillonite nanocomposites,
    European Polymer Journal, 41, 1111-1122 (2005).

  7. B. Poon, M. Rogunova, A. Hiltner, E. Baer, S. P. Chum, A.Galeski, E.Piorkowska,
    Structure and Properties of Homogeneous Copolymers of Propylene and 1-Hexene,
    Macromolecules, 38, 1232-1243 (2005).

  8. E.Piorkowska, N.Billon, J.M.Haudin, K.Gadzinowska:
    Spherulitic structure development during crystallization in confined space. 2. Effect of spherulite nucleation at borders.
    J.Appl.Polym.Sci, 97, 2319-2329 (2005).

  9. Z.Kulinski, E.Piorkowska,
    Crystallization, structure and properties of plasticized poly(L-lactide)
    Polymer, 46,10290-10300 (2005).

  10. T.Bernal-Lara, R.Masirek, A.Hiltner, E.Baer, E.Piorkowska, A.Galeski,
    Morphology Studies of Multilayered HDPE/PS Systems.
    J.Appl.Polym.Sci, 99, 597-612 (2006)