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

Education and scientific degrees:

•  2022 – Professor in Chemical Sciences (in chemistry) awarded by the President of Poland
• 2010 – Doctor of Science (habilitation, in chemistry) – Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences Application of sterically hindered carbosilanes in polymer chemistry.
• 1998 – Doctor of Philosophy (in chemistry) – Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences, Synthesis and reactivity of sterically hindered silanes. (thesis advisor – Prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz A. Stańczyk).
• 1990 – Master of Science, engineer – Faculty of Chemistry of the Lodz University of Technology (specialization in chemistry and inorganic technology), Influence of the type of carrier on redispersion of deposited palladium in an oxidizing atmosphere. (scientific supervisor – Prof. dr. hab. Tadeusz Paryjczak)

Scientific career:

• 2022 – Professor (Department of Polymeric Nano-Materials, CMMS PAS in Lodz)
• 2015 – Associate Professor (Department of Engineering of Polymer Materials, CMMS PAS in Lodz)
• 2013 – Leader of Hybrid Materials Physicochemistry Research Group (Department of Engineering of Polymer Materials, CMMS PAS in Lodz)
• 2000 – Assistant Professor (adjunct), (Department of Heteroorganic Polymers, CMMS PAS in Lodz)
• 1993 – Research Assistant, (Department of Heteroorganic Polymers, CMMS PAS in Lodz)
• 1990 – present CMMS PAS in Lodz

Foreign laboratories:

•  2003 – short stay (2 weeks) at Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Dr. Josef Pola)
• 2002 – short stay (2 weeks) at Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Polymères CNRS – Université PARIS XII, Thiais, France (Dr. Sylvie Boileau)
• 1998 –1999 (19 months) – Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Polymères CNRS – Université PARIS XII, Thiais, France (Dr. Sylvie Boileau)
• 1996 (3 months) – Visiting Scientist, Collège de France, Paris, France (Dr. Sylvie Boileau)
• 1996 (1 month) – Visiting Scientist, University of Sussex, United Kingdom (Prof. Colin Eaborn and Dr. J. David Smith)

Research experience:

• 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 – structure and surface properties engineering.
• Supramolecular interactions in organosilicon materials.
• Organosilicon derivatioves of antimicrobial and antibiofilm properties.

Awards:

• 2022 – Gold Cross of Merit for scientific achievements (the President of Poland)
• 2020 – Polish Intellectual Development Award (Intelligent Development Forum) in the category Scientist of the future for projects titled “Studies of supramolecular interactions between reactive ribbon nanofillers of a new type and polymer matrices” (National Science Centre grant 2016/21/B/ST5/03070 OPUS 11) and “Studies on the synthesis and structurization of new hybrid materials” (National Science Centre grant 2011/03/B/ST5/02672 OPUS 2).

Supervision of students applying for the PhD degree:

• 2023 – Dr Anna Rygała (chemical engineering, conjointly with Prof. Dorota Kręgiel, Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering) “Biofilms in water systems and antibiofilm strategies with the use of organosilicon polymers”.
• 2022 – Dr Agata S. Herc (chemical sciences, CMMS PAS) “Hybrid composites of polylactide and organosilicon derivatives”.
• 2019 – Dr. Maria Nowacka (chemical sciences, CMMS PAS) “Functionalized linear polysilsesquioxanes – synthesis, properties and application”.

Selected references:

Anna Kowalewska (0000-0002-3197-8015) – ORCID

2024

1. Kowalewska, A., Majewska-Smolarek, K. Synergistic Self-Healing Enhancement in Multifunctional Silicone Elastomers and Their Application in Smart Materials. Polymers, 2024, 16(4), 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16040487

2023

2. Kowalewska, A., Majewska-Smolarek, K. Eugenol-Based Polymeric Materials—Antibacterial Activity and Applications. Antibiotics, 2023, 12(11), 1570. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12111570
3. Kowalewska, A., Majewska-Smolarek, K. Hybrid Perovskite-Based Materials Modified with Polyhedral Silsesquioxanes—Structure and Properties. Materials, 2023, 16(19), 6531. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16196531
4. Kowalewska, A., Majewska-Smolarek, K. Self-Healing Antimicrobial Silicones—Mechanisms and Applications. Polymers, 2023, 15(19), 3945. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15193945
5. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A., Rygala, A., Kregiel, D., Kaczorowski, W. Hybrid Bio-Based Silicone Coatings with Anti-adhesive Properties. Materials, 2023, 16(4), 1381. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16041381

2022

6. Herc, A.S., Dudek, M.K., Kaźmierski, S., Bojda, J., Kaczorowski, W., Januszewicz, B., Kowalewska, A. Spontaneous formation of hierarchical structures in some polylactide/polysilsesquioxane blends. CrystEngComm, 2022, 24(42), 7465–7481. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE00900E
7. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A. Self-Healing Silsesquioxane-Based Materials. Polymers, 2022, 14(9), 1869. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14091869

2021

8. Kowalewska, A., Herc, A.S., Bojda, J., Nowacka, M., Svyntkivska, M., Piórkowska, E., Kaczorowski, W., Szymański, W. Phase structure and properties of ternary polylactide/ poly(methyl methacrylate)/polysilsesquioxane blends. Polymers, 2021, 13(7), 1033.
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13071033
9. Nowacka, M., Rygała, A., Krȩgiel, D., Kowalewska, A. New antiadhesive hydrophobic polysiloxanes. Molecules, 2021, 26(4), 814. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26040814
10. Kowalewska, A., Herc, A.S., Bojda, J., Palusiak, M., Markiewicz, E., Ławniczak, P., Nowacka, M., Sołtysiak, J., Różański, A., Piorkowska, E. Supramolecular interactions involving fluoroaryl groups in hybrid blends of polylactide and ladder polysilsesquioxanes. Polymer Testing, 2021, 94, 107033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.107033

2020

11. Nowacka, M., Makowski, T., Kowalewska, A. Hybrid fluorescent poly(silsesquioxanes) with amide-and triazole-containing side groups for light harvesting and cation sensing. Materials, 2020, 13(20), 4491. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13204491
12. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M. Supramolecular interactions in hybrid polylactide blends-the structures, mechanisms and properties. Molecules, 2020, 25(15), 3351. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25153351
13. Nowacka, M., Herc, A.S., Kowalewska, A. Thiol-ene addition of mercaptoalcohols to poly(vinylsiloxanes) under visible light photocatalysis – An approach towards cross-linkable hydrophilic silicones. Polyhedron, 2020, 185, 114588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2020.114588
14. Herc, A.S., Bojda, J., Nowacka, M., Lewiński, P., Maniukiewicz, W., Piorkowska, E., Kowalewska, A. Crystallization, structure and properties of polylactide/ladder poly(silsesquioxane) blends. Polymer, 2020, 201, 122563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122563
15. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A., Kręgiel, D. Farnesol-Containing Macromolecular Systems for Antibiofilm Strategies. Surfaces, 2020, 3(2), 197–210. https://doi.org/10.3390/surfaces3020015
16. Herc, A.S., Lewiński, P., Kaźmierski, S., Bojda, J., Kowalewska, A. Hybrid SC-polylactide/poly(silsesquioxane) blends of improved thermal stability. Thermochimica Acta, 2020, 687, 178592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2020.178592
17. Herc, A.S., Włodarska, M., Nowacka, M., Bojda, J., Szymański, W., Kowalewska, A. Supramolecular interactions between polylactide and model cyclosiloxanes with hydrogen bonding-capable functional groups. Express Polymer Letters, 2020, 14(2), pp. 134–153. https://doi.org/10.3144/expresspolymlett.2020.12

2019

18. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A., Plażuk, D., Makowski, T. Hybrid polysilsesquioxanes for fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 170, 107622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107622
19. Kregiel, D., Rygala, A., Kolesinska, B., 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. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20082011

2018

20. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02327-0_3
21. Nowacka, M., Rygała, A., 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.09.017

2017

22. 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), 27516–27529. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP05233B
23. Kowalewska, A. Self-assembling polyhedral silsesquioxanes – Structure and properties. Current Organic Chemistry, 2017, 21(14), pp. 1243–1264. https://doi.org/10.2174/1385272821666170303103747
24. 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, 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.11.015

2016

25. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M., Maniukiewicz, W. Octa(3-mercaptopropyl)octasilsesquioxane – A reactive nanocube of unique self-assembled packing morphology. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2016, 810, 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.02.040
26. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M., Makowski, T., Michalski, A. Thermal stability of self-assembled surfaces and micropatterns made of ladder polysilsesquioxanes. Polymer, 2016, 90, 147–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.03.002
27. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A., Makowski, T. Structural studies on ladder phenylsilsesquioxane oligomers formed by polycondensation of cyclotetrasiloxanetetraols. Polymer, 2016, 87, 81–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.01.058

2015

28. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M., Makowski, T. Macroporous materials by self-assembly of linear oligo(phenylsilsesquioxanes). Express Polymer Letters, 2015, 9(11), 984–1000. https://doi.org/10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.89
29. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M., Tracz, A., Makowski, T. Supramolecular self-assembly of linear oligosilsesquioxanes on mica-AFM surface imaging and hydrophilicity studies. Soft Matter, 2015, 11(24), 4818–4829. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SM00787A
30. Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M. Synthesis of Ladder Silsesquioxanes by in situ Polycondensation of Cyclic Tetravinylsiloxanetetraols. Silicon, 2015, 7(2), 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-014-9209-z
31. Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A., Makowski, T. Nanostructured surfaces by supramolecular self-assembly of linear oligosilsesquioxanes with biocompatible side groups. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2015, 6(1), 2377–2387. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.6.244
32. Zubrowska, A., Piorkowska, E., Kowalewska, A., Cichorek, M. Novel blends of polylactide with ethylene glycol derivatives of POSS. Colloid and Polymer Science, 2015, 293(1), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3344-3
33. Pawlak, T., Kowalewska, A., Zgardzińska, B., Potrzebowski, M.J. Structure, dynamics, and host−guest interactions in POSS functionalized cross-linked nanoporous hybrid organic−inorganic polymers. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015, 119(47), 26575–26587. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08868

Before 2015

34. Kowalewska, A. Hybrid polymeric systems bearing bulky derivatives of tris(trimethylsilyl)methane. RSC Advances 2014, 4(19), pp. 9622–9631. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra47272h
35. Kwaśny, M., Kowalewska, A., Wodnicka, K., Handke, M. Mesoporous silica obtained by polycondensation of octahydridooctasilsesquioxane. Journal of Materials Science, 2013, 48(15), 5188–5195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7306-9
36. Handke, M., Kowalewska, A. Siloxane and silsesquioxane molecules – Precursors for silicate materials. Spectrochimica Acta – Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2011, 79(4), 749–757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2010.08.049
37. Kowalewska, A. Preparation of Microporous Hybrid Materials by Thermal Removal of Sterically Hindered Carbosilane Side Groups. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 2011, 21(2), 244–253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-010-9440-z
38. Handke, M., Handke, B., Kowalewska, A., Jastrzebski, W. New polysilsesquioxane materials of ladder-like structure. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2009, 924-926(C), 254–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.11.039
39. Kowalewska, A., Fortuniak, W., Handke, B. New hybrid silsesquioxane materials with sterically hindered carbosilane side groups. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2009, 694(9-10), 1345–1353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.12.027
40. Kowalewska, A., Kupcik, J., Pola, J., Stańczyk, W.A. Laser irradiation of oligosiloxane copolymer thin films functionalized with side chain bulky carbosilane moieties. Polymer, 2008, 49(4), 857–866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2007.12.022
41. Kowalewska, A. Dendronized polystyrene supports for new catalytic systems. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2008, 693(12), 2193–2199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.03.021
42. Kowalewska, A. Photo-acid catalyzed sol-gel process. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15(47), 4997–5006. https://doi.org/10.1039/b508212a

Patents:

• 2019 patent application (granted 2024) at the Polish patent Office PL WIPO ST10/C PL429452 „Functionalized linear poly(silsesquioxanes), the method of their preparation and their compositions with biodegradable polyesters and the method of their preparation.” Kowalewska, A., Piórkowska, E., Herc, A.S., Nowacka, M., Bojda, J.
• 2020 Polish patent PL 235567 „Application of polymeric derivatives of Nacetylcysteine” Kręgiel, D., Rygała, A., Nowacka, M., Kowalewska, A.
• 2016 Polish patent PL 224474 „Method for the preparation of linear silsesquioxanes of regular structure” Kowalewska, A., Nowacka, M.
• 2016 Polish patent PL 223678 „Modified composition containing polylactide and the method for its preparation” Piórkowska-Gałęska, E., Żubrowska, A., Kowalewska, A.
• 2014 Polish patent PL 215638 „Method for the preparation of cage oligo-3-chloropropylsilsesquioxanes and the method for the preparation of intermediate 3-chloropropylsilano-polyols” Chojnowski, J., Fortuniak, W., Kowalewska, A., Wijas, K.
• 2012 Polish patent PL 211806 „Method for the preparation of siloxanes of regular structure” Kowalewska, A., Chojnowski, J., Handke, M., Wijas, K.
• 2006 US Patent 7,090,923 “Paper release compositions having improved adhesion to paper and polymeric films” Griswold, R.M., Eckberg, R.P., Rubinsztajn, S., Slomkowski, S., Kowalewska, A., Sosnowski, S.
• 2001 US Patent 6,271,280 “Diacetylenic polyorganosiloxanes, intermediates therefor and cured compositions prepared therefrom” Boileau, S., Kowalewska, A., Bouteiller, L., Butts, M., Rubinsztajn, S.