prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Bartczak

Scientific career:

• 1980 – MSc Eng.(solid state physics), Technical University, Lodz, Poland
• 1988 – PhD, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• 2006 – DSc (habilitation), Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• 2007 – Associate Professor, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• 2014 – Professor (title conferred by President of the Republic of Poland)

Foreign laboratories:

• 1988-1991 – Post-doctoral Associate, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• 1984-1996 – Visiting Scientist (tot. 5 months), Institute of Technology and Rheology of Polymers, CNR, Arco Felice, Italy
• 1986-2008 – Visiting Researcher (tot. 4 months), Centre of Studies of Ionic Polymerization and Physical and Technological Properties of Macromolecular Systems / Centre of Studies of Multiphase and Biocompatible Macromolecular Materials, CNR, Pisa, Italy
• 1996-1997 – Visiting Scientist, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Current research area:

• structure and properties of crystalline polymers
• crystallization of polymers
• plastic deformation and orientation of polymeric materials
• polymer blends and composites.

Selected recent references:

A.Galeski, Z.Bartczak, A.Vozniak, A.Pawlak, R. Walkenhorst
‘Morphology and Plastic Yielding of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene’
Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 6063-6077
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02154

Z.Bartczak, A.Vozniak
‘Microbuckling instability and the second yield during deformation of semicrystalline polyethylene’
Polymers, 2020, 12, 2208
DOI: 10.3390/polym12102208

Z.Bartczak, A.Vozniak
’WAXS/SAXS study of plastic deformation instabilities and lamellae fragmentation in polyethylene’
Polymer, 2019, 177,  160-177
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.05.076

Z.Bartczak, A.Vozniak
‘Deformation instabilities and lamellae fragmentation during deformation of crosslinked polyethylene’
Polymers, 2019, 11, 1954
DOI:  10.3390/polym11121954

Z.Bartczak, M.Grala, A.Vozniak
‘Deformation Mechanisms of Isotactic Poly-1-Butene and its Copolymers Deformed by Plane-Strain Compression and Tension’
Crystals, 2019, 9, 194 (1-31)
DOI: 10/3390/cryst90401194

Z.Bartczak
‘Evaluation of effective density of the molecular network and concentration of stress transmitters in amorphous layers of semicrystalline PE’
Polymer Testing, 2018, 68, 261-269    
DOI:  10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.04.027

Z. Bartczak, M.Grala
‘Toughening of Semicrystalline and Amorphous Polylactide with atactic polyhydroxybutyrate’
Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 2017, 56 (1), 29-43.     
DOI:10.1080/03602559.2016.1185664

Z.Bartczak
‘Deformation of semicrystalline polymers – the contribution of crystalline and amorphous phases’
Polimery,   2017, 62, 803-815.   
DOI:  10.14314/polimery.2017.803

Z.Bartczak, M.Grala, E. Richaud, K.Gadzinowska
‘Erosion of the Molecular Network in the Amorphous Phase of Polyethylene upon High- Strain Compression’
Polymer, 2016, 99, 552-565
DOI:  10.1016/j.polymer.2016.07.068

M.Grala, Z. Bartczak, A.Różański
‘Morphology, thermal  and mechanical properties of polypropylene/SiO2 nanocomposites obtained by reactive blending’
Journal of Polymer Research,  2016, 23 (2), art.25, p. 1-19    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-015-0914-0

M.Grala, Z. Bartczak, A.Różański
Morphology, thermal  and mechanical properties of polypropylene/SiO2 nanocomposites obtained by reactive blending
Journal of Polymer Research, 2016,  23(2), 25 (1-19)    
DOI:10.1007/s10965-015-0914-0

M.Grala, Z. Bartczak,
Morphology and mechanical properties of high density polyethylene-POSS hybrid nanocomposites obtained by reactive blending
Polymer Engineering and Science, 2015, 55, 2058-2072
DOI: 10.1002/pen.24048

Z. Bartczak, A. Galeski,
Mechanical Properties of Polymer Blends,
in: L.A. Utracki, C.A. Wilkie (Eds.) Polymer Blends Handbook, 2nd Ed., Springer Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, 2014, chapter 11, pp. 1203-1297
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6064-6_13

Z. Bartczak, A. Rozanski, J. Richert,
Characterization of clay platelet orientation in polylactide–montmorillonite nanocomposite films by X-ray pole figures
European Polymer Journal, 2014, 61, 274-284.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.10.020

more references at RG: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zbigniew_Bartczak/contributions