Colloids Team

Projects completed in 2024:

• Grant NCN UMO-2018/29/B/ST8/01721. “Methods for obtaining elongated spheroidal polymer particles and investigating their interactions with biological membranes in model and real systems”
  Project leader: prof. dr hab. T. Basińska
• Grant NCN, UMO- 2018/29/B/ST4/02178. “Amphiphilic copolymers of styrene and glycidol with diverse architecture and their functionalised derivatives – synthesis, properties, aggregation and use as enzyme carriers”
  Project leader: prof. dr hab. S. Słomkowski

• Synthesis and properties of amphiphilic copolymers and micelles formed from copolymers.
• Polymer materials with potential biomedical significance.
• Synthesis and properties of hydrophilic nano- and microspheres for biomedical applications, in particular medical diagnostic tests.
• Obtaining and properties of particles made of biodegradable polymers/copolymers as carriers of biologically active compounds (e.g. drugs, enzymes).
• Obtaining and properties of spheroidal particles and studying their interactions with surfaces of defined hydrophilicity.
• Formation of highly ordered three-dimensional structures by spheroidal particles elongated in one direction.

1. L. Otulakowski, M. Kasprow, M. Gadzinowski, S. Slomkowski, T. Makowski, T. Basinska, A. Forys, M. Godzierz, B. Trzebicka
   Influence of hydrophilic block length on the aggregation properties of polyglycidol–polystyrene–polyglycidol copolymers
   Soft Matter (2024) 20, 546-557.
2. D. Mickiewicz, M. Gadzinowski, T. Makowski, W. Szymański, S. Slomkowski, T. Basinska
   New class of polymer materials — Quasi-nematic colloidal particle self-assemblies: the case of assemblies of prolate spheroidal poly(styrene/polyglycidol) particles
   Polymers (2022), 14, 4859.
3. M. Morga, M. Nattich-Rak, Z. Adamczyk, D. Mickiewicz, M. Gadzinowski, T. Basinska
   Mechanisms of anisotropic particle deposition: prolate spheroid layers on mica
   J. Phys. Chem. C (2022), 126, 18550−18559.
4. Z. Adamczyk, A. Pomorska, M. Sadowska, M. Nattich-Rak, M. Morga, T. Basinska, D. Mickiewicz, M. Gadzinowski
   QCM-D investigations of anisotropic particle deposition kinetics: evidences of the hydrodynamic slip mechanisms
   Anal. Chem. (2022), 94, 10234-10244.
5. M. Gadzinowski, M. Kasprów, T. Basinska, S. Slomkowski, Ł. Otulakowski, B. Trzebicka, T. Makowski
   Synthesis, Hydrophilicity and Micellization of Coil–Brush Polystyrene‐b‐(polyglycidol‐g‐polyglycidol) Copolymer—Comparison with Linear Polystyrene‐b‐Polyglycidol.
   Polymers (2022), 14, 253.
6. P. Wacinski, M. Gadzinowski, M. Dabrowski, W. Szumilo, J. Wacinski, J. Oru, E. Vicaut, S. Czuczwar, J. Kocki, T. Basinska, S. Slomkowski
   Anti-Inflammatory Effect of very high dose local vessel wall statin administration: poly(L,L-Lactide) biodegradable microspheres with simvastatin for drug delivery system (DDS)
   Int. J. Mol. Sci. (2021), 22, 7486.
7. M. Gadzinowski, D. Mickiewicz, T. Basinska
   Spherical versus prolate spheroidal particles in biosciences: Does the shape make a difference?
   Polym Adv Technol. (2021), 32, 3867–3876.
8. A. Iovescu, G. Stîngă, M.E. Maxim, M. Gosecka, T. Basinska, S. Slomkowski, D. Angelescu, S. Petrescu, N. Stănică, A. Băran, D.-F. Anghel
   Chitosan-polyglycidol complexes to coating iron oxide particles for dye adsorption
   Carbohydrate Polymers (2020), 246, 116571.
9. L. Otulakowski, A. Dworak, A. Forys, M. Gadzinowski, S. Slomkowski, T. Basinska, B. Trzebicka
   Micellization of polystyrene-b-polyglycidol in dioxane and water/dioxane solutions
   Polymers (2020), 12, 200
10. D. Mickiewicz, T. Basinska, M. Gosecka, M. Gadzinowski, S. Slomkowski
    Colloidal liquid crystal type assemblies of spheroidal polystyrene core/polyglycidol‐rich shell particles (P[S/PGL]) formed at the liquid‐silicon‐air interface by a directed dewetting process
    Polym. Adv. Technol. 30 (2019), 1724-1731
11. P. Komar, M. Gosecka, M. Gadzinowski, M. Gosecki, T. Makowski, S. Slomkowski, T. Basinska
    Core-shell spheroidal microparticles with polystyrene cores and rich in polyglycidol shells
    Polymer 146 (2018), 6-11
12. Ł. Otulakowski, M. Gadzinowski, S. Slomkowski, T. Basinska, A. Forys, A. Dworak, B. Trzebicka
    Micellisation of polystyrene-b-polyglycidol copolymers in water solution
    Eur. Polym. J. (2018), 99, 72-79
13. M. Morga, Z. Adamczyk, T. Basinska, P. Komar, M. Gosecka, P. Żeliszewska, M. Wasilewska
    Spheroidal microparticle monolayers characterized by streaming potential measurements
    Langmuir (2017), 33, 9916−9925.
14. M. Gosecka, M. M. Chehimi, T. Basinska, S. Slomkowski, T. Makowski
    Adsorption and covalent binding of fibrinogen as a method for probing the chemical composition of poly(styrene/a-tert-butoxy- w-vinylbenzyl-polyglycidol) microsphere surfaces
    Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces  (2017), 160, 438–445.
15. A. Băran, A. Iovescu, M. Gosecka, G. Stîngă, S. Peretz, T. Basinska, S. Slomkowski, M. E. Maxim, D.-F. Anghel
    Peculiarities of linear and hyperbranched polyglycidols in water and aqueous surfactant solutions
    Eur. Polym. J. (2017), 94, 162–172.
16. M. Gosecka, J. Raczkowska, J. Haberko, K. Awsiuk, J. Rysz, A. Budkowski, M.M. Marzec, A. Bernasik, T. Basinska
    Multilayers of poly(styrene/alpha-tert-butoxy-omega-vinylbenzyl-polyglycidol) microspheres with core-shell morphology: Characterization by AFM, SIMS and XPS.
    Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects (2016), 507, 200–209.