Spectroscopic and microscopic (STM/AFM) studies of intermolecular interactions
Group leader
Prof. Dr. hab. Eng. Robert Nowakowski
Research topics
The research of the group is focused on the investigations of surface phenomena. High-resolution Scanning Probe Microscopy (STM / AFM) is the predominant research technique. The main research topics are: surface phenomena associated with the generation of rare earth metal hydrides, self-assembly processes of organic semiconductors, catalytic processes on the surfaces of bimetallic nanoparticles, surface processes in phospholipid layers and biological cells. The goal is to apply research in environmental conditions in a complementary manner, enabling the connection of local microscopic observation (providing information about the surface structure) with changes in other properties, relevant for practical applications (e.g. rheological, electrical, electronic, catalytic, optical).




Members
- Dr. Rahma Abid
- MSc Noor Ul Ain
- Dr. Patrycja Kowalik
- Dr. Eng. Claudia Janeth Limachi Nina
- Dr. Eng. Agnieszka Maranda-Niedbała
- MSc Eng. Sara Moczulska
- Dr. Olena Mozgova
- Dr. hab. Eng. Piotr Pięta
- MSc Eng. Weronika Rybińska
- Dr. hab. Izabela Stefanowicz-Pięta
- Dr. hab. Anna Śrębowata
Publications
2025
B. Zawadzki, R. Abid, A. J. Fernandez-Ropero, W. Patkowski, A.Błachowski, K. Matus, M. Krawczyk, D. Lisovytskiy, M. Inger, A. Śrębowata , Effect of iron oxidation state on the catalytic performance of Fe/C in liquid phase flow hydrogenation of 2-butyne-1,4-diol , FUEL 2025
Juchniewicz Karol, Pięta Izabela S., Mierzwa Bogusław, Pisarek Marcin, Kadam Ravishankar G., Mozgova Olena, Hołdyński Marcin, Malolepszy Artur, Borodziński Andrzej, Pięta Piotr , Codeposited Bimetallic Pt-Pd Catalyst Supported on MWCNTs/Carbon Cloth as an Efficient DFAFC Anode Material , ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2025
Aziz Ariba, Roguska Agata, Pięta Izabela S., Wittstock Gunther, Opałło Marcin, Nogala Wojciech , Imaging and measuring of oxygen flux produced by disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide by immobilized catalase with scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) , TALANTA 2025
Mozgova Olena, Chernyayeva Olga, Sroka-Bartnicka Anna, Pięta Piotr, Nowakowski Robert, Pięta Izabela S. , Physicochemical Characterization of Biodegradable Polymers for Biomedical Applications: Insights from XPS, DRIFT, and AFM Techniques , JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2025
Kraleva Elka, Armbruster Udo, Saladino Maria Luisa, Giacalone Francesco, Mizugaki Tomoo, Pięta Izabela S. , From CO2 to DME: catalytic advances, challenges, and alternatives to conventional gas-phase routes , CATALYSIS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2025
Maranda-Niedbała Agnieszka, Jaroch Tomasz, Walker Rebecca, Pięta Piotr, Górecka Ewa, Imrie Corrie T., Storey John M. D., Proń Adam, Nowakowski Robert , Supramolecular Organization in Monolayers of Pyrene-Functionalized Asymmetric Twist-Bend Nematic Dimers: Comparison with a Three-Dimensional Crystal Structure , LANGMUIR 2025
Cwilich Adam, Kowalik Patrycja, Sulowska Karolina, Joshi Pushkar, Bujak Piotr, Mackowski Sebastian, Pron Adam, Klopotowski Łukasz , Spectral diffusion of single Ag-In-Zn-S quantum dots elucidates the photoluminescence mechanism , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 2025
Dusiło Katarzyna, Siwiec Aleksandra, Warczak Magdalena, Holdyński Marcin, Pięta Piotr, Opałło Marcin , Biphasic oxygen reduction with electrochemical electron donor regeneration within supported molecular solvent or ionic liquid film , JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2025
O. Mozgova, M. Blazheyevskiy, V. Moroz, V. Diadchenko , Quantitative determination of Na-luminolate by chemiluminescence method in pharmaceutical preparations , CHEMICAL PAPERS 2025
Abid Rahma, Moczulska Sara, Zawadzki Bartosz, Krawczyk Mirosław, Lisovytskiy Dmytro, Słowik Grzegorz, Śrębowata Anna , Liquid phase flow synthesis of butane-1,4-diol over palladium immobilized on the polymeric resin , REACTION KINETICS, MECHANISMS AND CATALYSIS 2025
Zazhigalov V. O., Sanzhak O. V., Bacherikova I. V., Diyuk O. A., Nowakowski R. , Surface Morphology of Aluminum Foil with Implanted Titanium , THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY 2025
V. Varchenko, O. Mozgova, M. Blazheyevskiy, V. Moroz , Differential Pulse Cathodic Voltammetric Determination of Metopimazine in Dosage Forms through Treatment with Oxone , French-Ukrainian Journal of Chemistry 2025
O. Mozgova, M. Blazheyevskiy, V. Moroz, O. Kryskiv, I. S. Pięta , Quantitative Estimation of Dimenhydrinate in Pharmaceuticals Using Redox Reaction with Oxone , Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry 2025
O. Mozgova, M. Blazheyevskiy, S. Karpova, N. Bondarenko, T. Tomarovska , Voltammetric determination of hydrogen peroxide content in peracetic acid disinfectant , Modern Medicine, Pharmacy and Psychological Health 2025
2024
Kahraman Bilge; Yumusak Cigdem; Mayr Felix; Wielend Dominik; Kotwica Kamil; Irimia Cristian Vlad; Leeb Elisabeth; Cobet Munise; Sariciftci Niyazi Serdar; Irimia-Vladu Mihai , Industrial vat orange dyes for organic field effect transistors, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C , 2024, 12, 11
Charyton Marek K.; Crepelliere Jonathan; Kotwica Kamil; Gora Monika; Le William; Frache Gilles; Grysan Patrick; Guiłłot Jerome; Baba Kamal; Boscher Nicolas D. , Chemical vapor deposition of high charge carrier mobility benzothiadiazole-based conjugated polymer thin films , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C , 2024, 12, 30, 11368- 11377
Kowalik Patrycja; Bujak Piotr; Penkala Mateusz; Iuliano Anna; Wielgus Ireneusz; Peret Karolina; Pron Adam , Ag-In-Zn-S alloyed nanocrystals as photocatalysts of controlled light-mediated radical polymerization , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS , 2024, 60, 32, 4326- 4329
Pilch Joanna; Potega Agnieszka; Kowalik Patrycja; Kowalczyk Agata; Bujak Piotr; Kasprzak Artur; Paluszkiewicz Ewa; Nowicka Anna Maria , In vitro biological evaluation of a novel folic acid-targeted receptor quantum dot-β-cyclodextrin carrier for C-2028 unsymmetrical bisacridine in the treatment of human lung and prostate cancers , PHARMACOLOGICAL REPORTS , 2024, 76, 4, 823- 837
Krysa Mikolaj; Susniak Katarzyna; Song Cai Li; Szymańska-Chargot Monika; Zdunek Artur; Pięta Izabela S.; Podleśny Janusz; Sroka-Bartnicka Anna; Kazarian Sergei G. , Multimodal Spectroscopic Studies to Evaluate the Effect of Nod-Factor-Based Fertilizer on the Maize (Zea mays) Stem , APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY , 2024, 78, 6, 591- 604
Mozgova Olena; Blazheyevskiy Mykola; Kryskiw Liubomyr; Kucher Tetyana; Shliusar Oksana; Moroz Valeriy , Determination of prothipendyl by difference spectrophotometric method based on the absorption of its sulfoxide , CHEMICAL PAPERS , 2024, 78, 1, 23- 34, s11696-023-03266-5
Mozgova Olena; Blazheyevskiy Mykola; Kryskiw Liubomyr; Kucher Tetyana; Shliusar Oksana; Moroz Valeriy , A new spectrophotometric method for the quantitative determination of Metopimazine based on the absorbance of its sulfoxide , CHEMICAL PAPERS , 2024, 78, 11, 6585- 6591
Abid Rahma; Zawadzki Bartosz; Kocik Jaroslav; Slowik Grzegorz; Ryczkowski Janusz; Krawczyk Mirosław; Kaszkur Zbigniew; Pięta Izabela S.; Śrebowata Anna , Catalytic Performance of CuZnAl Hydrotalcite-Derived Materials in the Continuous-Flow Chemoselective Hydrogenation of 2-Methyl-2-pentanal toward Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Intermediates , MOLECULES , 2024, 29, 14, 3345
2023
Kowalik Paweł; Krysa Mikolaj; Antoniak-Jurak Katarzyna; Prochniak Wiesław; Pięta Piotr; Lisowski Wojciech; Nowakowski Robert; Sroka-Bartnicka Anna; Pięta Izabela S.
The effect of support on surface Ni-V species arrangement and consequences for catalytic DME dry reforming reaction
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 2023 474 145369
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Kowalik Patrycja; Bujak Piotr; Penkala Mateusz; Tomaszewski Waldemar; Lisowski Wojciech; Sobczak Janusz W.; Siepietowska Dominika; Maron Anna M.; Polak Justyna; Bartoszek Mariola; Proń Adam
Ag-In-Zn-S Quaternary Nanocrystals Prepared from InCl2 Precursor: Photophysical and Spectroscopic Properties and Application as Visible Light Photocatalysts of Aromatic Aldehyde Photoreduction
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 2023 35 16 6447-6462
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Pięta Piotr; Sęk Sławomir; Lipkowski Jacek
Imaging biomolecules in bilayers supported at electrode surfaces
CURRENT OPINION IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2023 40 101318
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Zawadzki Bartosz; Ropero Antonio J. Fernandez; Abid Rahma; Matus Krzysztof; Krawczyk Mirosław; Patkowski Wojciech; Rarog-Pilecka Wioletta; Lisovystkiy Dmytro; Śrębowata Anna
Mesoporous carbon supported Cu as the efficient catalyst for flow hydrogenation processes toward formation of products with pharmaceutical potential
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS 2023 362 112803
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Saadi Donia; Mayr Felix; Yumusak Cigdem; Wielend Dominik; Cobet Munise; Kahraman Bilge; Irimia Cristian Vlad; Kanbur Yasin; Bednorz Mateusz; Kotwica Kamil; Ben Fredj Amel; Romdhane Samir; Scharber Markus C.; Sariciftci Niyazi Serdar; Irimia-Vladu Mihai
NN′-Substituted quinacridones for organic electronic device applications
MATERIALS ADVANCES 2023 4 9 2214-2225
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Charyton Marek K.; Reiker Tobias; Kotwica Kamil; Góra Monika; Zacharias Helmut; Boscher Nicolas D.
Unsubstituted thiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole conjugated polymer thin films via oxidative chemical vapor deposition - electronic behavior
MATERIALS ADVANCES 2023 4 12 2625-2635
2022
Kowalewski, E., & Śrębowata, A.
Catalytic hydrogenation of nitrocyclohexane as an alternative pathway for the synthesis of value-added products.
Catalysis Science & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CY00790H
Kowalewski, E., Matus, K., Gajek, A., & Śrębowata, A.
Catalytic Hydrogenation of Nitrocyclohexane with CuCo/SiO2 Catalysts in Gas and Liquid Flow Reactors.
Catalysts, https://doi.org/10.3390/CATAL12091062
2021
Kowalewski, E., Zawadzki, B., Matus, K., Nikiforow, K., Śrębowata,
A Continuous-flow hydrogenation over resin supported palladium catalyst for the synthesis of industrially relevant chemicals.
Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-020-01922-5
Kowalewski, E., Krawczyk, M., Słowik, G., Kocik, J., Pieta, I. S., Chernyayeva, O., Lisovytskiy, D., Matus, K., Śrębowata, A.
Continuous-flow hydrogenation of nitrocyclohexane toward value-added products with CuZnAl hydrotalcite derived materials.
Applied Catalysis A: General, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2021.118134
Fernández-Ropero, A. J., Zawadzki, B., Kowalewski, E., Pieta, I. S., Krawczyk, M., Matus, K., Lisovytskiy, D., Śrębowata, A.
Continuous 2-Methyl-3-Butyn-2-ol Selective Hydrogenation on Pd/γ-Al2O3 as a Green Pathway of Vitamin A Precursor Synthesis.
Catalysts, https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11040501
Majewska, M., Zamlynny, V., Pieta, I. S., Nowakowski, R., & Piet, P.
Interaction of LL-37 human cathelicidin peptide with a model microbial-like lipid membrane.
Bioelectrochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.107842
Lach, P., Cieplak, M., Noworyta, K. R., Pieta, P., Lisowski, W., Kalecki, J., Chitta, R., D’Souza, F., Kutner, W., & Sharma, P. S.
Self-reporting molecularly imprinted polymer with the covalently immobilized ferrocene redox probe for selective electrochemical sensing of p-synephrine.
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.130276
