Profesor Instytutu, Dział Nanomateriałów Polimerowych
Telefon: (+48) (42) 68 03 223
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Scientific career:
2015 – Associate Professor, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz
2014 – D.Sc. (habilitation), materials engineering, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, “Examination of cavitation phenomenon occurring in semi crystalline polymers deformed in solid state”.
1995 – Ph.D., chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, “The changes of three-dimensional mechanical stress distribution due to presence of inclusions in transparent polymers”.
1981 – M. Sc., physics, Technical University of Lodz
Long term visits in foreign laboratories:
1996-97 – Postdoctoral fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA, group of professor Eric Baer.
Awards:
2012 – Bronze Cross of Merit (Brązowy krzyż zasługi), for scientific achievements. President of Poland
Scientific interests:
mechanical properties of polymers,
crystallization,
polymer blends, polymer composites and nanocomposites,
biodegradable polymers
Selected references:
Pawlak A. Rozanski, A. Galeski, “Thermovision studies of plastic deformation and cavitation in polypropylene”, Mechanics of Materials 67, 104-118 (2013)
Pawlak, A. Galeski, A. Rozanski, “Cavitation during deformation of semicrystalline polymers” Prog. Polym. Sci. 39, 921-958 (2014)
Krajenta, A. Pawlak, A. Galeski, „Deformation of Disentangled Polypropylene Crystalline Grains into Nanofibers”, J. Polym. Sci., B. Polym. Phys. 54, 1983-1994 (2016)
Merkel, J. Lenża, H. Rydarowski, A. Pawlak, R. Wrzalik, „Characterization of structure and properties of polymer films made from blends of polyethylene with poly(4-methyl-1-pentene)”, Journal of Materials Research 32, (2), 451-464, (2017)
Pawlak, J. Krajenta, A. Galeski, „The Crystallization of Polypropylene with Reduced Density of Entanglements”, J. Polym. Sci., B. Polym. Phys., 55, 748–756 (2017)
Krajenta, A. Pawlak, “All-polymer nanocomposites: A new approach with use of partially disentangled polypropylene and polylactide”, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1981, 11 (July 2018), Article number 020060.
Pawlak, J. Krajenta, A. Galeski, “Cavitation phenomenon and mechanical properties of partially disentangled polypropylene”, Polymer 151, 15-26 (2018)
Pawlak, “The Entanglements of macromolecules and Their Influence on the Properties of Polymers”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 1900043 (2019)
Krajenta, M. Safandowska, A. Pawlak, “The re-entangling of macromolecules in polypropylene”, Polymer, 175, 215-226 (2019)
