prof. dr hab. Anna Kowalewska

Profesor, Dział Nanomateriałów Polimerowych

Telefon: (+48) (42) 68 03 350, (+48) (42) 68 03 319

Email:

Pokój: Budynek A, pokój 105

Scientific career:

• 1990 – MSc in Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, Technical University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry
• 1990 – Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz
• 1998 – PhD in Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz.
• 2000 – Assistant Professor (adjunct), Department of Heteroorganic Polymers, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• 2010 – DSc (habilitation) in Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz.
• 2013 – Leader of Hybrid Materials Physicochemistry Research Group (Department of Engineering of Polymer Materials, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz)
• 2015 – Associate Professor, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz

Foreign laboratories:

• 1998-1999 – Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Polymères CNRS – Université PARIS XII, France (Prof. S.Boileau)
• 1996 – Visiting Scientist (3 months), Collège de France, Paris, France (Prof. S.Boileau)
• 1996 – Visiting Scientist (1 month), University of Sussex, United Kingdom (Prof. C.Eaborn, Dr J.D.Smith)

Current research area:

• New organosilicon and hybrid materials – synthesis, physicochemical properties and applications.
• Silsesquioxanes – species of ladder-like structure and their polyhedral analogues.
• Well-defined thin polysilsesquioxane films for optoelectronics and biotechnology – structure and surface properties engineering.
• Supramolecular interactions in organosilicon materials.
• Polysilsesquioxane-based chemosensors.

Selected references:

1. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A., Plażuk, D., Makowski, T.
   “Hybrid polysilsesquioxanes for fluorescence resonance energy transfer”
   Dyes and Pigments 2019, 170, 107622 DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107622
2. Kręgiel, D., Rygała, A., Nowacka, M., Herc, A.S., Kowalewska, A.
   “Antimicrobial and antibiofilm N-acetyl-L-cysteine grafted siloxane polymers with potential for use in water systems”
   International journal of molecular sciences 2019, 20(8), 2011  DOI10.3390/ijms20082011
3. Nowacka, M., Rygała, A., Kolesińska, B., Kręgiel, D., Kowalewska, A.
   “Poly(silsesquioxanes) and poly(siloxanes) grafted with N-acetylcysteine for eradicating mature bacterial biofilms in water environment”
   Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2018, 172, pp. 627-634  DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.09.017
4. Kowalewska, A.
   “Self-assembly of POSS-containing materials”
   Chapter 3 in Polymer/POSS Nanocomposites and Hybrid Materials. Preparation, Properties, Applications. Eds.: Kalia, S., Pielichowski, K. Springer (2018) pp. 45-128   DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02327-0_3
5. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M., Włodarska, M., Zgardzińska, B., Zaleski, R., Oszajca, M., Krajenta, J., Kaźmierski, S.
   “Solid-state dynamics and single-crystal to single-crystal structural transformations in octakis(3-chloropropyl)octasilsesquioxane and octavinyloctasilsesquioxane”
   Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017, 19(40), pp. 27516-27529   DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05233b
6. Nowacka, M., Fischer, C., Kowalewska, A., Hebda, M., Hodor, K.
   “Thermally induced phenomena leading to degradation of poly(silsesquioxane) materials”
   European Polymer Journal 2017, 86, pp. 17-28  DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.11.015
7. Kowalewska, A.
   “Self-assembling polyhedral silsesquioxanes – Structure and properties”
   Current Organic Chemistry 2017, 21(14), pp. 1243-1264  DOI: 10.2174/1385272821666170303103747
8. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M., Makowski, T., Michalski, A.
   “Thermal stability of self-assembled surfaces and micropatterns made of ladder polysilsesquioxanes”
   Polymer 2016, 90, pp. 147-155   DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.03.002
9. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A., Makowski, T.
   “Structural studies on ladder phenylsilsesquioxane oligomers formed by polycondensation of cyclotetrasiloxanetetraols”
   Polymer 2016, 87, pp. 81-89    DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.01.058
10. A. Kowalewska, M. Nowacka, W. Maniukiewicz,
    „Octa(3-mercaptopropyl)octasilsesquioxane – A reactive nanocube of unique self-assembled packing morphology”
    J. Organomet. Chem. 810 (2016) 15-24, doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.02.040
11. A. Kowalewska, M. Nowacka, T. Makowski, A. Michalski,
    „Thermal stability of self-assembled surfaces and micropatterns made of ladder polysilsesquioxanes”
    Polymer 90 (2016) 147-155, doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2016.03.002
12. M. Nowacka, A. Kowalewska, T. Makowski,
    „Structural studies on ladder phenylsilsesquioxane oligomers formed by polycondensation of cyclotetrasiloxanetetraols”
    Polymer 87 (2016) 81-89, doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.01.058
13. A. Kowalewska, M. Nowacka, A. Tracz, T. Makowski,
    „Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Linear Oligosilsesquioxanes on Mica – AFM Surface Imaging and Hydrophilicity Studies”
    Soft Matter 11 (2015) 4818-4829, doi:10.1039/c5sm00787a
14. A. Kowalewska, M. Nowacka,
    „Synthesis of ladder silsesquioxanes by in situ polycondensation of cyclic tetravinylsiloxanetetraols”
    Silicon 7 (2015) 133–146, doi:10.1007/s12633-014-9209-z
15. A. Kowalewska, M. Nowacka, T. Makowski,
    „Macroporous materials by self-assembly of linear oligo(phenylsilsesquioxanes)”
    eXPRESS Polymer Letters 9 (2015) 984–1000, doi:10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.89
16. M. Nowacka, A. Kowalewska, T. Makowski,
    „Nanostructured surfaces by supramolecular self-assembly of linear oligosilsesquioxanes with biocompatible side groups”
    Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 6 (2015) 2377–2387, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.244
17. A. Żubrowska, E. Piórkowska, A. Kowalewska, M. Cichorek,
    „Novel blends of polylactide with ethylene glycol derivatives of POSS”
    Colloid Polym. Sci. 293 (2015) 23–33, doi:10.1007/s00396-014-3344-3
18. T. Pawlak, A. Kowalewska, B. Zgardzińska, M. J. Potrzebowski,
    „Structure, dynamics, and host−guest interactions in POSS functionalized cross-linked nanoporous hybrid organic−inorganic polymers”
    J. Phys. Chem. C 119 (2015) 26575−26587, doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08868
19. A. Kowalewska
    “Hybrid polymeric systems bearing bulky derivatives of tris(trimethylsilyl)methane”
    RSC Advances 4 (2014) 9622-9631, doi:10.1039/c3ra47272h
20. A. Kowalewska, M. Nowacka,
    “Silicones for Microfluidic Systems”
    Chapter 24, pp 371-379 in “Concise Encyclopedia of High Performance Silicones Eds. Atul Tiwari, Mark D. Soucek,
    Wiley-Scrivener, Edition1, ISBN: 978-1-118-46965-1 (2014)
21. A. Kowalewska, J. Kupcik, J. Pola, W.A. Stańczyk,
    “Laser irradiation of oligosiloxane copolymer thin films functionalized with side chain bulky carbosilane moieties”
    Polymer 49 (2008) 857-866, doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2007.12.022
22. A. Kowalewska,
    “Dendronized polystyrene supports for new catalytic systems”
    J. Organomet. Chem. 693 (2008) 2193-2199, doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.03.021
23. A. Kowalewska,
    “Photo-acid catalyzed sol-gel process”
    J. Mater. Chem. 15 (2005) 4997-5006, doi:10.1039/b508212a
24. A. Kowalewska, W. A. Stańczyk,
    “Highly thermally resistant UV-curable poly(siloxane)s bearing bulky substituents”
    Chem. Mater. 15 (2003) 2991-2997, doi:10.1021/cm021020y

The complete list of publications: [AKowalewska_list_of_publications_1993_2016.pdf]