Hybrid Materials Physicochemistry Team

1.  Study of supramolecular interactions between reactive ribbon nanofillers of new type and polymer matrices. Grant NCN OPUS 112016/21/B/ST5/03070 (2017-2021).
2. New hybrid polymeric materials with fluorescent properties – study of the effect of polymer structure on the way the lateral chromophore groupings are organized. Grant NCN PRELUDIUM 11 2016/21/N/ST5/03362 (2017-2020).
3. Investigation of fabrication and structuring processes of new hybrid materials. Grant NCN OPUS 22011/03/B/ST5/02672 (2012-2015).

– Hybrid silicon-organic materials – synthesis, physicochemical properties and applications of silsesquioxane derivatives including supramolecular interactions.

– New methods for the synthesis of linear polysquioxanes with ladder main chain structure (LPSQ).

– Study of structural changes and phase transformations in silsesquioxane-containing materials (linear LPSQS and octahedral POSS).

– Hydrophilic and hydrophobic organosilicon materials with anti-adhesion and antibiofilm properties.

1. Kowalewska, A.S.Herc, J.Bojda, M.Nowacka, M.Svyntkivska E.Piórkowska, W.Kaczorowski, W.Szymański, Phase structure and properties of ternary PLA/PMMA/polysilsesquioxane blends. Polymers 13 (2021) 1033. IF = 4.329
2. Kowalewska, A.S.Herc, J.Bojda, M.Palusiak, E.Markiewicz, P.Ławniczak, M.Nowacka, A.Różański, E.Piórkowska, Supramolecular interactions involving fluoryaryl groups in hybrid polymer blends – structure and properties of polylactide compositions with linear polysilsesquioxanes. Polymer Testing 94 (2021) 107033. IF = 4.282
3. Svyntkivska, T.Makowski, E.Piorkowska, M.Brzezinski, A.Herc, A.Kowalewska, Modification of polylactide nonwovens with carbon nanotubes and ladder poly(silsesquioxanes). Molecules 26 (2021) 1353. IF = 4.411
4. Nowacka, A.Rygała, D.Kręgiel, A.Kowalewska, New antiadhesive hydrophobic polysiloxanes. Molecules 26 (2021) 814. IF = 4.411
5. Nowacka, T.Makowski, A.Kowalewska, Hybrid fluorescent poly(silsesquioxanes) with amide- and triazole-containing side groups for light harvesting and cation sensing. Materials 13 (2020) 4491. IF = 3.623
6. Kowalewska, M.Nowacka, Supramolecular interactions in polylactide composites – the mechanisms, properties and bio-applications. Molecules 25 (2020) 3351. IF = 4.411
7. Nowacka, A.S.Herc, A.Kowalewska, Thiol-ene addition of mercaptoalcohols to poly(vinylsiloxanes) under visible light photocatalysis – an approach towards cross-linkable hydrophilic silicones. Polyhedron 185 (2020) 114588. IF = 3.052
8. S.Herc, J.Bojda, M.Nowacka, P.Lewiński, W.Maniukiewicz, E.Piorkowska, A.Kowalewska; Crystallization, structure and properties of polylactide/ladder poly(silsesquioxane) blends. Polymer 201 (2020) 122563. IF = 4.43
9. S.Herc, P.Lewiński, S.Kaźmierski, J.Bojda, A.Kowalewska, Hybrid SC-polylactide/poly(silsesquioxane) blends of improved thermal stability. Thermochimica Acta 687 (2020) 178592. IF = 3.115
10. S.Herc, M.Włodarska, M.Nowacka, J.Bojda, W.Szymański, A.Kowalewska, Supramolecular interactions between polylactide and model cyclosiloxanes with hydrogen bonding-capable functional groups. eXPRESS Polymer Letters 14 (2020) 134-153. IF = 4.161
11. Nowacka, A.Kowalewska, D.Plażuk, T.Makowski, Hybrid polysilsesquioxanes for fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Dyes and Pigments 170 (2019) 107622. IF = 4.889
12. Kregiel, A.Rygala, B.Kolesinska, M.Nowacka, A.S.Herc, A.Kowalewska, Antimicrobial and antibiofilm N-acetyl-L-cysteine grafted siloxane polymers with potential for use in water systems. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20 (2019) 2011 (Open Access). IF = 5.923
13. Kowalewska “Self-assembly of POSS-Containing Materials.” Chapter 3 w “Polymer/POSS Nanocomposites and Hybrid Materials, Preparation, Properties, Applications”, Eds S.Kalia, K.Pielichowski, Springer (Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, ISSN 2364-1878), pp. 45-128 (2018)
14. Nowacka, A.Rygała, D.Kręgiel, A.Kowalewska; Poly(silsesquioxanes) and poly(siloxanes) grafted with N-acetylcysteine for eradicating mature bacterial biofilms in water environment. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 172 (2018) 627-634. IF = 5.268
15. Nowacka, C.Fischer, A.Kowalewska, M.Hebda, K.Hodor, Thermally induced phenomena leading to degradation of poly(silsesquioxane) materials. European Polymer Journal 86 (2017) 17-28. IF = 4.598
16. Kowalewska, M.Nowacka, M.Włodarska, B.Zgardzińska, R.Zaleski, M.Oszajca, J.Krajenta, S.Kaźmierski, Solid-state dynamics and single-crystal to single-crystal structural transformations in octakis(3-chloropropyl)octasilsesquioxane and octavinyloctasilsesquioxane. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (2017) 27516-27529. IF = 3.676
17. Kowalewska, Self-assembling polyhedral silsesquioxanes – Structure and properties. Current Organic Chemistry 21 (2017) 1243-1264. IF = 2.18
18. Kowalewska, M.Nowacka, W.Maniukiewicz, Octa(3-mercaptopropyl)octasilsesquioxane – A reactive nanocube of unique self-assembled packing morphology. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 810 (2016) 15-24. IF = 2.369
19. Kowalewska, M.Nowacka, T.Makowski, A.Michalski, Thermal stability of self-assembled surfaces and micropatterns made of ladder polysilsesquioxanes. Polymer 90 (2016) 147-155. IF = 4.43
20. Nowacka, A.Kowalewska, T.Makowski, Structural studies on ladder phenylsilsesquioxane oligomers formed by polycondensation of cyclotetrasiloxanetetraols. Polymer 87 (2016) 81-89. IF = 4.43
21. 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. IF = 3.679
22. Kowalewska, M.Nowacka, Synthesis of Ladder Silsesquioxanes by in situ Polycondensation of Cyclic Tetravinylsiloxanetetraols. Silicon 7 (2015) 133-146 (Open Access). IF = 2.67
23. Nowacka, A.Kowalewska, T.Makowski, Nanostructured surfaces by supramolecular self-assembly of linear oligosilsesquioxanes with biocompatible side groups. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 6 (2015) 2377-2387 (Open Access). IF = 3.649
24. Kowalewska, M.Nowacka, T.Makowski, Macroporous materials by self-assembly of linear oligo(phenylsilsesquioxanes). eXPRESS Polymer Letters 9 (2015) 984-1000 (Open Access). IF = 4.161
25. Kowalewska, Hybrid polymeric systems bearing bulky derivatives of tris(trimethylsilyl) methane. RSC Advances 4 (2014) 9622-9631. IF = 3.361
26. Kowalewska, M.Nowacka, “Silicones for Microfluidic Systems” Chapter 24 w “Concise Encyclopedia of High Performance Silicones”, A.Tiwari, M.D. Soucek (Eds.), Wiley-Scrivener, Edition1, ISBN: 978-1-118-46965-1 (2014) (pp 371-379)
27. Kwaśny, A.Kowalewska, K.Wodnicka, M.Handke, Mesoporous silica obtained by polycondensation of octahydridooctasilsesquioxane. Journal of Materials Science 48 (2013) 5188-5195. IF = 4.22
28. Kowalewska, Preparation of Microporous Hybrid Materials by Thermal Removal of Sterically Hindered Carbosilane Side Groups. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 21 (2011) 244-253. IF = 3.543
29. Handke, A.Kowalewska, Siloxane and silsesquioxane molecules – Precursors for silicate materials. Spectrochimica Acta – Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 79 (2011) 749-757. IF = 4.098
30. A.Kowalewska, Photoacid catalyzed sol-gel process. Journal of Materials Chemistry 15 (2005) 4997-5006. IF = 6.626