Coordination metal complexes and functional materials

Research group no. 9

Coordination metal complexes and functional materials

Group leader

prof. dr hab. Janusz Lewiński

Research topics

The research of the Lewinski Group is centred at the interface between design and synthesis of molecular precursors, self-assembly processes and macroscopic properties of the materials. Basing on the strong background from fundamental inorganic and organometallic chemistry, we rationally design the suitable precursors for the bottom-up synthesis of functional materials such as:

  • perovskite materials for photovoltaic applications;
  • semiconducting nanoparticles (primarily ZnO) for biomedical and solar cell applications;
  • non-covalent porous materials (NPMs) and porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas storage and drug delivery.

The group also specialises in mechanochemical synthesis, which we succeeded in applying to various types of materials ranging from molecular complexes to MOFs and semiconductor nanocrystals.

Members

  • mgr inż. Krzysztof Budny-Godlewski
  • dr inż. Elżbieta Chwojnowska
  • mgr inż. Anna Cieślak
  • dr hab. inż. Marek Cinal
  • dr inż. Iwona Justyniak
  • mgr inż. Arkadiusz Kornowicz 
  • mgr inż. Piotr Krupiński 
  • dr inż. Michał Leszczyński 
  • mgr inż. Wojciech Marynowski
  • mgr Marcin Saski
  • dr Kamil Sokołowski
  • mgr inż. Katarzyna Sołtys-Brzostek
  • dr Omoboyede Femi Igbari
  • mgr inż. Karolina Opała
  • mgr inż. Dawid Kornacki
  • mgr inż. Habibollah Atigheh
  • mgr inż. Adam Trzaska

Publications

2024

Badoni Saumya; Terlecki Michał; Carret Sebastien; Poisson Jean-Francois; Charpentier Thibault; Okuno Hanako; Wolska-Pietkiewicz Małgorzata; Lee Daniel; Lewiński Janusz; De Paepe Gael , Atomic-Level Structure of the Organic-Inorganic Interface of Colloidal ZnO Nanoplatelets from Dynamic Nuclear Polarization-Enhanced NMR , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY , 2024, 146, 40, 27655- 27667

Saski Marcin; Sobczak Szymon; Ratajczyk Paulina; Terlecki Michał; Marynowski Wojciech; Borkenhagen Aleksandra; Justyniak Iwona; Katrusiak Andrzej; Lewiński Janusz , Unprecedented Richness of Temperature- and Pressure-Induced Polymorphism in 1D Lead Iodide Perovskite , SMALL , 2024, 20, 38

Olejnik-Feher Natalia; Jędrzejewska Maria; Wolska-Pietkiewicz Małgorzata; Lee Daniel; De Paepe Gael; Lewiński Janusz , On the Fate of Lithium Ions in Sol-Gel Derived Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals , SMALL , 2024, 20, 28

Runjhun Rashmi; Alharbi Essa A.; Druzyński Zygmunt; Krishna Anurag; Wolska-Pietkiewicz Małgorzata; Skorjanc Viktor; Baumeler Thomas P.; Kakavelakis George; Eickemeyer Felix; Mensi Mounir; Zakeeruddin Shaik M.; Graetzel Michael; Lewiński Janusz , High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells with Zwitterion-Capped-ZnO Quantum Dots as Electron Transport Layer and NH4X (X = F, Cl, Br) Assisted Interfacial Engineering , ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS , 2024, 7, 5, e12720

Leszczyński Michał K.; Niepiekło Katarzyna; Terlecki Michał; Justyniak Iwona; Lewiński Janusz , Chromium(II)-isophthalate 2D MOF with Redox-Tailorable Gas Adsorption Selectivity , ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES , 2024, 16, 34, 45100- 45106

Obrebowski Szymon; Ćwik Kamila; Srivatsa Shreyas; Uhl Tadeusz; Jagielski Jacek; Wolska Anna; Klepka Marcin; Khosravizadeh Zeinab; Jakiela Rafał; Trzyna-Sowa Małgorzata; Wojciechowski Tomasz; Szwacki Nevill Gonzalez; Marynowski Wojciech; Lewiński Janusz; Zybala Rafał; Borysiewicz Michał A. , Ion implanted MXene electrodes for selective VOC sensors , APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY , 2024, 39, 102343

Pietrzykowski Antoni; Justyniak Iwona; Szejko Vadim; Skrok Tomasz; Radzymiński Tomasz; Suwińska Kinga; Lewiński Janusz , A New Structural Motif in Aggregation of Methylalumoxanes: Non-Hydrolytic Route by the Alkylation of Dicarboxylic Acids , CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL , 2024, 30, 52, e202402021

Terlecki Michał; Kornowicz Arkadiusz; SacharcŻuk Kornel; Justyniak Iwona; Lewiński Janusz , Synthesis, polymorphism, and shape complementarity-induced co-crystallization of hexanuclear Co(II) clusters capped by a flexible heteroligand shell , DALTON TRANSACTIONS , 2024, 53, 16, 7012- 7022

Cinal M. , Intraband terms of magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy in layered systems without inversion symmetry , PHYSICAL REVIEW B , 2024, 109, 2, 24424

Chwojnowska Elzbieta; Kowalska Aneta A.; Kamińska Agnieszka; Lewiński Janusz , Direct Readout of Homo- vs Heterochiral Ligand Shell of Quantum Dots , ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES , 2024, 16, 28, 37308- 37317

Kornowicz Arkadiusz; Pietrzak Tomasz; Korona Krzesimir; Terlecki Michał; Justyniak Iwona; Kubas Adam; Lewiński Janusz , Fresh Impetus in the Chemistry of Calcium Peroxides , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY , 2024, 146, 28, 18938- 18947

Budny-Godlewski Krzysztof; Piekarski Dariusz G.; Justyniak Iwona; Leszczyński Michał K.; Nawrocki Jan; Kubas Adam; Lewiński Janusz , Uncovering Factors Controlling Reactivity of Metal-TEMPO Reaction Systems in the Solid State and Solution , CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL , 2024, 30, 54

Korona Krzesimir; Justyniak Iwona; Pogrebetsky James; Lemieszka Marta; Bernatowicz Piotr; Pietrzykowski Antoni; Kubas Adam; Lewiński Janusz , Controlled hydrolysis of AlMe3 to tetramethylalumoxane and a new look at incipient adducts with water , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS , 2024, 60, 70, 9392- 9395

2023

Kumar, Sandeep; Mohan, Brij; Fu, Chuya; Gupta, Vijay; Ren, Peng           

Decoration and utilization of a special class of metal-organic frameworks containing the fluorine moiety

COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2023  476, 214876

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Wolska-Pietkiewicz, Malgorzata; Jedrzejewska, Maria; Tokarska, Katarzyna; Wielgorska, Julia; Chudy, Michal; Grzonka, Justyna; Lewinski, Janusz            

Towards bio-safe and easily redispersible bare ZnO quantum dots engineered via organometallic wet-chemical processing

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 2023 455, 140497

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Jedrzejewska, Maria; Wolska-Pietkiewicz, Malgorzata; Druzynski, Zygmunt; Lewinski, Janusz

Organometallic one-pot synthesis of ZnO quantum dots coated by sulfoxides as L-type ligands

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 2023  11, 43, 15016

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Chwojnowska, Elzbieta; Grzonka, Justyna; Justyniak, Iwona; Ratajczyk, Tomasz; Lewinski, Janusz

A modular design approach to polymer-coated ZnO nanocrystals            

ISCIENCE 2023  26, 1, 105759

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Chwojnowska, Elzbieta; Grzonka, Justyna; Justyniak, Iwona; Ratajczyk, Tomasz; Lewinski, Janusz

A modular design approach to polymer-coated ZnO nanocrystals

ISCIENCE 2023  26, 1, 105759

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Gupta, Vijay; Justyniak, Iwona; Chwojnowska, Elzbieta; Szejko, Vadim; Lewinski, Janusz

Multinuclear Zinc-Magnesium Hydroxide Carboxylates: A Predesigned Model System for Copolymerization of CO2 with Epoxides

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2023  62, 40, 16274-16279

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Terlecki, Michal; Justyniak, Iwona; Leszczynski, Michal K.; Bernatowicz, Piotr; Lewinski, Janusz  

Factors controlling the structure of alkylzinc amidinates: on the role of N-substituents 

DALTON TRANSACTIONS 2023  52, 9, 2712-2721

2022

Kornowicz, A., Terlecki, M., Justyniak, I., Prochowicz, D., Van Leusen, J., Kögerler, P., & Lewiński, J. L.
Cyclodextrin-Templated Co(II) Grids: Symmetry Control over Supramolecular Topology and Magnetic Properties.
Inorganic Chemistry,  https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.INORGCHEM.1C03344

Stephen, D. W., Tulewicz, A., Szejko, V., Justyniak, I., Wolska-Pietkiewicz, M., & Lewiński, J.
Exploring the reactivity of homoleptic organozincs towards SO2: Synthesis and structure of a homologous series of organozinc sulfinates.
Dalton Transactions, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT00577H

Leszczyński, M. K., Kornacki, D., Terlecki, M., Justyniak, I., Miletić, G. I., Halasz, I., Bernatowicz, P., Szejko, V., & Lewiński, J.
Mechanochemical vs Wet Approach for Directing CO2 Capture toward Various Carbonate and Bicarbonate Networks.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,  https://doi.org/10.1021/ACSSUSCHEMENG.1C08402

Korona, K., Terlecki, M., Justyniak, I., Magott, M., Żukrowski, J., Kornowicz, A., Pinkowicz, D., Kubas, A., & Lewinski, J.
A new look at molecular and electronic structure of homoleptic diiron(II,II) complexes with N,N-bidentate ligands: Combined experimental and theoretical study.
Chemistry – A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/CHEM.202200620

Marynowski, W., Saski, M., Pałuba, B., Pisarek, M., & Lewiński, J. L.
An Innovative Solid-State Approach to Zinc Orthostannate: Remarkable Sintering Temperature Reduction via Lithium Doping and Mechanochemical Activation of Low-Melting Precursors.
ACS Applied Electronic Materials,  https://doi.org/10.1021/ACSAELM.2C00078

Krupiński, P. K., Terlecki, M., Kornowicz, A., Justyniak, I., Prochowicz, D., Van Leusen, J., Kögerler, P., & Lewiński, J. L.
Tetrahedral M4(μ4-O) Motifs Beyond Zn: Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of Oxido–Amidate Clusters via a Transmetalation/Hydrolysis Approach.
Inorganic Chemistry,  https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.INORGCHEM.2C00456

Chavan, R. D., Wolska-Pietkiewicz, M., Prochowicz, D., Jędrzejewska, M., Mahdi Tavakoli, M., Yadav, P., Kook Hong, C., Lewiński, J.
Organic Ligand-Free ZnO Quantum Dots for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells.
Advanced Functional Materials,  https://doi.org/10.1002/ADFM.202205909
The team led by J. Lewiński developed a novel approach to organic ligand-free ZnO QDs and low-temperature processed pure ZnO electron transport layers (ETLs) for highly stable perovskite sollar cells (PCSs). The champion sollar cells achieved a power conversion efficiency over 20% which is the state-of-the-art performance among reported non-passivated pure-ZnO ETL-based PSCs (!)

Korona, K., Kornowicz, A., Justyniak, I., Terlecki, M., Błachowski, A., & Lewiński, J.
Non-redox reactivity of V(II) and Fe(II) formamidinates towards CO2 resulting in the formation of novel M(II) carbamates.
Dalton Transactions, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT02274E

2021

Sahm, C., Mates-Torres, E., Eliasson, N., Sokolowski, K., Wagner, A., Dalle, K., Huang, Z., Scherman, O. A., Hammarström, L., Garcia-Melchor, M., Reisner, E.
Imidazolium-modification enables enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction on ZnSe quantum dots.
Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc01310f

Budny-Godlewski, K., Michał, L. K., Tulewicz, A., Justyniak, I., Pinkowicz, D., Sieklucka, B., Kruczała, K., Sojka, Z., Lewinski, J.
A Case Study on the Desired Selectivity in the Solid-state Mechano- and Slow-chemistry, Melt, and Solution Methodologies.
ChemSusChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/CSSC.202101269

Zelga, K., Pietrzak, T., Han, T., Justyniak, I., Chwojnowska, E., Sobota, P., Lewinski, J.

Effectiveness of the Oxygenation over Classical Protonolysis Reactions: A Case of Alkylzinc Complexes Incorporating an Aminoalcoholate Ligand.

Chemistry – A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/CHEM.202102172

Pietrzak, T., Justyniak, I., Zelga, K., Nowak, K., Ochal, Z., Lewiński, J.

Towards deeper understanding of multifaceted chemistry of magnesium alkylperoxides.

Communications Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00560-9

Sokołowski, K., Huang, J., Földes, T., McCune, J. A., Xu, D. D., de Nijs, B., Chikkaraddy, R., Collins, S. M., Rosta, E., Baumberg, J. J., & Scherman, O. A.
Nanoparticle surfactants for kinetically arrested photoactive assemblies to track light-induced electron transfer.
Nature Nanotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-00949-6

Terlecki, M., Justyniak, I., Leszczyński, M. K., & Lewiński, J.
Effect of the proximal secondary sphere on the self-assembly of tetrahedral zinc-oxo clusters.
Communications Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00574-3