Molecular Nanophotonics
Group leader
Dr. Sylwester Gawinkowski
Research topics
We conduct research on the optical and spectroscopic properties of nanostructures, nanoparticles, and nanomaterials, as well as their interactions with molecules and chemical compounds. Our goal is to understand the mechanisms governing the processes occurring in these nanosystems, which will enable their wide application in modern technologies. To this end, we apply and refine spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, especially those allowing for ultra-sensitive detection and identification at the single-molecule level. Our studies on the optical, electronic, and structural properties of materials and their components allow for a deeper understanding of how the structure and composition of optically active nanoassemblies affect their functionality and potential applications as photoactive materials, used in ultra-sensitive optical detection, photoelectronics, and photochemistry.







Members
- Dr. Mateusz Brzeziński
- MSc Małgorzata Karpiuk
- Dr. Daria Larowska-Zarych
- Dr. Eng. Kamila Łępicka
- MSc Eng. Patryk Pyrcz
Publications
2026
Dega-Szafran Zofia; Cholewińska Wirginia; Starzyk Justyna; Goldyn Mateusz; Bartoszak-Adamska Elżbieta; Cofta Grzegorz; Komasa Anna; Larowska-Zarych Daria , Interaction of amantadine with squaric acid and water; Crystal structure, spectroscopic and DFT analysis , JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2026
Gawinkowski Sylwester; Pyrcz Patryk , Supramolecular Stabilization of Single-Molecule SERS: Cucurbit[7]uril Encapsulation of Thionine , ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU 2026
Nogala Wojciech; Kushnir Susanna; Hołdyński Marcin; Zakalskiy Andriy; Stasyuk Nataliya; Zakalska Oksana; Slyvka Iryna; Demkiv Olha; Gawinkowski Sylwester; Larowska-Zarych Daria; Gonchar Mykhailo , Glycerol-selective biosensor and microbial biofuel cell based on recombinant yeast and glycerol dehydrogenase nanocomposite , MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2026
Bartoszak-Adamska Elżbieta; Pielach Weronika; Goldyn Mateusz; Sip Anna; Larowska-Zarych Daria; Komasa Anna; Dega-Szafran Zofia; Babijczuk Karolina , Salts of vitamin B6 with aliphatic dicarboxylic acids. Experimental and theoretical research , JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2026
Brzeziński Mateusz; Wegner Wojciech; Ostapko Jakub; Tyszka-Gumkowska Agata; Gawinkowski Sylwester; Gorski Aleksander; Potrzebowski Marek J.; Polczyk Tomasz , Aminal-linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Light Energy Upconversion , ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 2026
Łępicka Kamila; Rybakiewicz-Sekita Renata , Ambipolar polymer finite-space probing of voltage-driven counterion-insertion-coupled charge transport for wide-voltage energy storage , CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2026
Gawinkowski Sylwester; Szala Mateusz; Gonchar Mykhailo; Demkiv Olha; Kula Przemyslaw; Hay Sam; Yuen Michael; Nogala Wojciech; Larowska-Zarych Daria; Stasyuk Nataliya; Ratajczyk Tomasz; Zakalska Oksana , PETN reductase-coupled alcohol-selective enzymes for dual-mode PETN amperometric sensing and power generation , BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS 2026
Gonchar Mykhailo; Hołdyński Marcin; Stasyuk Nataliya; Zakalska Oksana; Zakalskiy Andriy; Smutok Oleh; Larowska-Zarych Daria; Nogala Wojciech; Gawinkowski Sylwester; Demkiv Olha , Amperometric detection of sarcosine and creatinine using creatinine deiminase and sarcosine oxidase coupled with nCuCd nanozyme , MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2026
Gawinkowski Sylwester , Single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman scattering: From exceptional sensitivity to reliable interpretation , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 2026
2025
Stasyuk Nataliya, Brzeziński Mateusz, Gawinkowski Sylwester, Hołdyński Marcin, Demkiv Olha, Szala Mateusz, Kula Przemysław, Nogala Wojciech, Gonchar Mykhailo , Artificial nitrate reductase-based electrodes: A dual-function approach for self-powered explosive-selective sensors and biofuel cells , CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 2025
Tyszka-Gumkowska Agata, Brzeziński Mateusz, Gawinkowski Sylwester, Polczyk Tomasz, Wegner Wojciech, Wlazło Mateusz, Bernatowicz Piotr, Nawrocki Jan, Gaweł Przemysław, Noworyta Krzysztof, Ostapko Jakub , Reductive Transformation of Imine Covalent Organic Frameworks into Emissive Polymers: Insights into Emission Quenching , CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 2025
Babijczuk Karolina, Komasa Anna, Gołdyn Mateusz, Bartoszak-Adamska Elzbieta, Larowska-Zarych Daria, Lipińska Paulina, Sell-Kubiak Ewa, Warzych Ewelina , Structural diversity of salts of vitamin B6 with gentisic acid and the impact of a dihydrate form on antioxidant activity and boar sperm viability , JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2025
Mierzejewska Monika, Lepicka Kamila, Kałęcki Jakub, Sharma Piyush Sindhu , Tailoring of poly[Ni(OH)2salen] nanoparticle-based electrocatalysts for effective urea remediation , CATALYSIS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2025
Cal Weronika, Goldyn Mateusz R., Grupa Oliwia, Starzyk Justyna, Larowska-Zarych Daria, Frackowiak Kamil, Bartoszak-Adamska Elzbieta , The Potential of Microwave Radiation and Mechanochemistry in the Formation of Purine Alkaloids Cocrystals Using Pyromellitic Acid as a Coformer: Synthesis, Structural, Spectroscopic, Thermal Analysis, and Biological Properties , CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2025
2024
Advancements in surface-enhanced femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy: exploring factors influencing detectability and shapes of spectra
P Pyrcz, S Gawinkowski
Nanophotonics (2024) https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0272
Genetically engineered yeast cells enriched with nanocomposites containing a natural enzyme and nanozyme for the construction of microbial sensors
N Stasyuk, A Zakalskiy, W Nogala, M Holdynski, S Gawinkowski, O Zakalska, O Demkiv, Y Salyha, M Gonchar
Electrochimica Acta (2024) 497, 144605, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144605
Expanding the range of graphene energy transfer with multilayer graphene
K Gronkiewicz, L Richter, F Knechtel, P Pyrcz, P Leidinger, S Günther, E Ploetz, P Tinnefeld, I Kamińska Nanoscale (2024) 16, 13464, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR01723D
Dissociation constants of relevant secondary organic aerosol components in the atmosphere
A Kołodziejczyk, A Wróblewska, M Pietrzak, P Pyrcz, K Błaziak, R Szmigielski Chemosphere, (2024) 351, 141166, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141166
2023
A reagentless amperometric biosensor for creatinine assay based on recombinant creatinine deiminase and N-methylhydantoin-sensitive CoCu nanocomposite
N Stasyuk, A Zakalskiy, W Nogala, S Gawinkowski, T Ratajczyk, M Bonarowska, O Demkiv, O Zakalska, M Gonchar
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (2023) 393, 134276, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2023.134276
Multimodal microscope system for hyperspectral imaging of scattering directionality and Raman excitation spectroscopy
A Amirsalari, S Razi, S Gawinkowski Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2023) 54 (9), 976, https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.6580
Toward the Detection Limit of Electrochemistry: Studying Anodic Processes with a Fluorogenic Reporting Reaction
S Linfield, S Gawinkowski, W Nogala Analitical Chemistry (2023) 95 (30), 11227–11235, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00694
Tuneable-Wavelength Nanosecond Laser Tailoring of Plasmon Resonance Spectra of Gold Nanoparticle Colloids
T Sukmanee, M Szuster, A Gorski, M Hołdyński, S Gawinkowski Nanoscale Advances (2023) 5, 3697-3704, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NA00225J
Financing
1. How to see the invisible? Dark plasmonic modes and dark electronic molecular states visualisation with Raman and luminescence excitation spectroscopy
NCN SONATA BIS 2023/50/E/ST4/00600 Project leader: S. Gawinkowski
2. Fast molecular dynamics in plasmonic nanocavities
NCN OPUS 2020/39/B/ST4/01523 Project leader: S. Gawinkowski
3. Crystalline organic porous polymers upconverting light energy
NCN SONATA 2022/47/D/ST5/01375 Project carried out in consortium with Ensemble3 Ltd.
