Photophysics and spectroscopy of photoactive systems

Research group no. 29

Photophysics and spectroscopy of photoactive systems

Group leader

prof. dr hab. Jacek Waluk

Research topics

Photophysics and photochemistry of  organic molecules. Electron, proton, and hydrogen transfer. Photoinduced conformational changes. Synthesis and photophysics of porhyrinoids. Single molecule fluorescence and Raman spectrooscopy. Techniques that use polarized light.

Members

  • Andrzej Ardasiewicz 
  • dr Agnieszka Gajewska 
  • dr Michał Gil 
  • dr Aleksander Gorski 
  • dr Izabela Kamińska 
  • mgr Michał Kijak 
  • mgr Idaresit Mbakara 
  • Grażyna Orzanowska 
  • prof. dr hab. Jerzy Sepioł 
  • dr Ila Ila
  • mgr Karolina Gronkiewicz
  • dr Daria Larowska-Zarych

Publications

2024

Lindner Aleksandra; Lesniewicz Aleksandra; Kolman Aleksander; Larowska-Zarych Daria; Marciniak Bronisław; Lewandowska-Andralojc Anna , When porphyrins meet 2D materials: spectroscopic and photocatalytic properties , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C , 2024, 12, 25, 9012- 9067

Waluk Jacek , Nuclear Quantum Effects in Proton or Hydrogen Transfer , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS , 2024, 15, 2, 598- 607

Cwilich Adam; Larowska-Zarych Daria; Kowalik Patrycja; Polok Kamil; Bujak Piotr; Duda Magdalena; KazimiercŻuk Tomasz; Gadomski Wojciech; Pron Adam; Klopotowski Łukasz , Carrier Dynamics and Recombination Pathways in Ag-In-Zn-S Quantum Dots , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS , 2024, 15, 42, 10479- 10487

Chernii Viktor; Tretyakova Iryna; Fedosova Natalia; Dovbii Yan; Chernii Svitlana; Losytskyy Mykhaylo; Górski Aleksander; Starukhin Alexandr; Pekhnyo Vasyl; Kovalska Vladyslava , Synthesis and spectral properties of mixed-ligand Zr and Hf phthalocyanine complexes with out-of-plane coordinated alkylamino-β-ketoenolate chromophores and decanoate , INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS , 2024, 161, 112066

Golec Barbara; Dutkiewicz Natalia; Ostapko Jakub; Waluk Jacek; Górski Aleksander , Photoinduced removal of molecular oxygen from solutions , PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 2024, 26, 47, 29496- 29501

Orzanowska Grażyna; Ryppa Claudia; Senge Mathias O.; Waluk Jacek , Fine-tuning of radiative properties by mild substituents: searching for a perfectly soft chromophore , PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 2024, 26, 25, 17944- 17950

Biegański Przemysław; Gazecka Monika; Nowak Rafał; Górski Aleksander; Dutkiewicz Natalia; Kawano Daniel Fabio; Zmora Paweł; Kowalski Konrad , Organometallic-Erlotinib Conjugates Active against Lung Cancer Cells and as Emerging Virus Entry Inhibitors , ORGANOMETALLICS , 2024, 43, 20, 2505- 2519

Kowalczyk Aleksandra; Karpowicz Rafał; Szczupak Łukasz; Gapińska Magdalena; Górski Aleksander; Dutkiewicz Natalia; Kutta Roger J.; Kowalski Konrad , Micelle encapsulated luminescent iridium(III)(ppy)2L complexes: Photophysics, photocytotoxic activity in HeLa cells and morphological confocal microscopy imaging in C. flavicans M. larva and L. sativum L. plant , JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY , 2024, 1006, 123017

Gronkiewicz Karolina; Richter Lars; Knechtel Fabian; Pyrcz Patryk; Leidinger Paul; Guenther Sebastian; Ploetz Evelyn; Tinnefeld Philip; Kamińska Izabela , Expanding the range of graphene energy transfer with multilayer graphene , NANOSCALE , 2024, 16, 28, 13464- 13470

Potopnyk Mykhaylo A.; Mech-Piskorz Justyna; Angulo Gonzalo; Ceborska Magdalena; Luboradzki Roman; Andresen Elina; Gajek Arkadiusz; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Resch-Genger Ute , Aggregation/Crystallization-Induced Emission in Naphthyridine-Based Carbazolyl-Modified Donor-Acceptor Boron Dyes Tunable by Fluorine Atoms , CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL , 2024, 30, 22, e202400004

2023

Richter Lars; Szalai Alan M.; Manzanares-Palenzuela C. Lorena; Kamińska Izabela; Tinnefeld Philip

Exploring the Synergies of Single-Molecule Fluorescence and 2D Materials Coupled by DNA

ADVANCED MATERIALS 2023 35 41 -2303152

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Zahringer Jonas; Cole Fiona; Bohlen Johann; Steiner Florian; Kamińska Izabela; Tinnefeld Philip

Combining pMINFLUX graphene energy transfer and DNA-PAINT for nanometer precise 3D super-resolution microscopy               

LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023 12 70

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Berus Sylwia M.; Nowicka Ariadna B.; Wieruszewska Julia; Niciński Krzysztof; Kowalska Aneta A.; Szymborski Tomasz R.; Drozdz Izabela; Borowiec Maciej; Waluk Jacek; Kamińska Agnieszka

SERS Signature of SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva and Nasopharyngeal Swabs: Towards Perspective COVID-19 Point-of-Care Diagnostics

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 2023 24 11 -9706

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Sukmanee Thanyada; Szuster Michal; Gorski Aleksander; Hołdyński Marcin; Gawinkowski Sylwester

Tunable-wavelength nanosecond laser tailoring of plasmon resonance spectra of gold nanop  colloids   

NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023 5 14 3697-3704

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Skiba Joanna; Kowalczyk Aleksandra; Gorski Aleksander; Dutkiewicz Natalia; Gapińska Magdalena; Strozek Jozef; Wozniak Krzysztof; Trzybiński Damian; Kowalski Konrad

Replacement of the phosphodiester backbone between canonical nucleosides with a dirhenium carbonyl click linker-a new class of luminescent organometallic dinucleoside phosphate mimics

DALTON TRANSACTIONS 2023   52 6 1551-1567

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Christ Andreas; Haertl Patrick; Seitz Manuel; Edelmann Tobias; Bode Matthias; Waluk Jacek; Leisegang Markus

Anisotropic coupling of individual vibrational modes to a Cu(110) substrate

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 2023 25 35 23894-23900

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Jaekel Simon; Durant Emile; Schied Monika; Persson Mats; Ostapko Jakub; Kijak Michal; Waluk Jacek; Grill Leonhard     

Tautomerization of single asymmetric oxahemiporphycene molecules on Cu(111)          

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 2023 25 2 1096-1104

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Golec Barbara; Buczyńska Joanna; Nawara Krzysztof; Gorski Aleksander; Waluk Jacek

Photodegradation of free base and zinc porphyrins in the presence and absence of oxygen

PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2023 22 2725-2734

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Waluk Jacek

Coupling between tautomerism and radiationless deactivation in porphycenes

PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2023 95 8 873-877

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Gajewska Agnieszka; Mbakara Idaresit; Waluk Jacek

2-nitro-71217-tri-tert-butylporphycene: Spectroscopy photophysics and tautomerism

JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES 2023  27 1 563-568

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Mbakara Idaresit; Gajewska Agnieszka; Nawara Krzysztof; Waluk Jacek

Instability of 9-aminoporphycenes

JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES 2023  27 07N10 1457-1464

2022

Pietrzak, M., Buczyńska, J., Buczyńska, B., Duus, F., Waluk, J., & Hansen, P. E.
Photoinduced and ground state conversions in a cyclic β-thioxoketone.
RSC Advances, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA09020H

Pszona, M., Gawinkowski, S., Jäger, R., Kamińska, I., & Waluk, J.
Influence of bulky substituents on single-molecule SERS sensitivity.
The Journal of Chemical Physics,  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0074840

Niedbała, P., Ceborska, M., Mehmet, M., Ignacak, W., Jurczak, J., & Dąbrowa K.
Anion Recognition by a Pincer-Type Host Constructed from Two Polyamide Macrocyclic Frameworks Jointed by a Photo-Addressable Azobenzene Switch.
Materials, https://doi.org/10.3390/MA15020692

Dobkowski, J., Kijak, M., Gawinkowski, S., Karpiuk, E., Pietrzak, M., Sazanovich, I. V., & Waluk, J.
Solving the Puzzle of Unusual Excited-State Proton Transfer in 2,5-Bis(6-methyl-2-benzoxazolyl)phenol.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A,  https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.JPCA.1C10030

Fausto, R., Kołos, R., Dobkowski, J., Sazanovich, I. V, Gorski, A., & Waluk, J.
Energy Relaxation of Porphycene in Atomic and Molecular Cryogenic Matrices.
Photochem, https://doi.org/10.3390/PHOTOCHEM2020021

Golec, B., Sałdyka, M., & Mielke, Z.
Photo-Induced Reactions between Glyoxal and Hydroxylamine in Cryogenic Matrices.
Molecules, https://doi.org/10.3390/MOLECULES27154797

Leśniewska, B., Coleman, A. W., & Suwińska, K.
Host–Guest Complexation of the para-Sulfonato-calix[4]arene Receptor with Biomolecules.
Crystal Growth & Design, https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.CGD.2C00578
X-ray analysis reveals binding sites of biomolecules such as 2-aminobenzimidazole, thiamine, spermine, streptidine in para-sulfonato-calix[4]arene receptor. 

Stefaniuk, A., Gawinkowski, S., Golec, B., Gorski, A., Szutkowski, K., Waluk, J., & Poznański, J.
Isotope effects observed in diluted D2O/H2O mixtures identify HOD-induced low-density structures in D2O but not H2O.
Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23551-9

Golec, B., Gorski, A., Thummel, R. P., Sierakowski, M., & Waluk, J.
Solvent effects on the photooxidation of indolepyrazines. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/S43630-022-00317-W

2021

Kelm, A., Ostapko, J., Gajewska, A., Sánchez-Iglesias, A., & Waluk, J.
Spectral and photophysical modifications of porphyrins attached to core–shell nanoparticles. Theory and experiment.
Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/AC1400

Takele, W. M., Piatkowski, L., Wackenhut, F., Gawinkowski, S., Meixner, A. J., & Waluk, J.
Scouting for strong light–matter coupling signatures in Raman spectra.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01863A

Takele, W. M., Wackenhut, F., Liu, Q., Piatkowski, L., Waluk, J., & Meixner, A. J.
Tailoring Tautomerization of Single Phthalocyanine Molecules through Modification of Chromophore Photophysics by the Purcell Effect of an Optical Microcavity.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.JPCC.1C02600

Kurzydłowski, D., Chumak, T., Rogoża, J., & Listkowski, A.
Hydrogen-Bonded Cyclic Dimers at Large Compression: The Case of 1H-pyrrolo[3,2-h]quinoline and 2-(2′-pyridyl)pyrrole.
Molecules, https://doi.org/10.3390/MOLECULES26133802

Waluk, J., Listkowski, A., Masiera, N., Kijak, M., Luboradzki, R., & Leśniewska, B.
Controlling emissive properties by intramolecular hydrogen bonds: alkyl and aryl meso‐substituted porphycenes.
Chemistry – A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202005440

Sepioł, J. S., Ramanenka, A., Karczewski, R., & Grabowska, A.
Searching for a near-infrared fluorescence band supporting a hypothetical double proton transfer in ESIPT reaction of 2,5-bis(2′-benzoxazolyl) hydroquinone (BBHQ), as requested by theoreticians.
Journal of Molecular Structure, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130069

Bednarz, A. M., Kaminska, I., Jamrozik, A., Zielonka, K., Listkowski, A., & Waluk, J.
Substituent Screening Effect on Single-Molecule Photostability: Comparison of Three Differently Substituted Porphycenes.
Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/abfcac

Krause, S., Ploetz, E., Bohlen, J., Schüler, P., Yaadav, R., Selbach, F., Steiner, F., Kamińska, I., & Tinnefeld, P.
Graphene-on-Glass Preparation and Cleaning Methods Characterized by Single-Molecule DNA Origami Fluorescent Probes and Raman Spectroscopy.
ACS Nano, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c08383

Kamińska, I., Bohlen, J., Yaadav, R., Schüler, P., Raab, M., Schröder, T., Zähringer, J., Zielonka, K., Krause, S., & Tinnefeld, P.
Graphene Energy Transfer for Single‐Molecule Biophysics, Biosensing, and Super‐Resolution Microscopy.
Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101099

Dąbrowa, K., Ceborska, M., & Jurczak, J.
Stabilization of Near Identical Hydrogen Bonded Octameric Water Clusters in Crystal Structures of Three Distinct Non-Charged Polyamide Macrocyclic Host Molecules.
Molecules, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26092787

Szyszka, Ł., Cmoch, P., Górecki, M., Ceborska, M., Potopnyk, M. A., & Jarosz, S.
Chiral Molecular Cages Based on Cyclotriveratrylene and Sucrose Units Connected with p-Phenylene Linkers.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202001482

Gabler, T., Krzesniak, A., Janik, M., Mysliwiec, A. K., Koba, M., Buczyńska, J., Jönsson-Niedziółka, M., & Smietana, M.
Electrochemistry in an optical fiber microcavity - optical monitoring of electrochemical processes in picoliter volumes.
Lab on a Chip, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1LC00324K

Berus, S. M., Adamczyk-Popławska, M., Młynarczyk-Bonikowska, B., Witkowska, E., Szymborski, T., Waluk, J., & Kamińska, A.
SERS-based sensor for the detection of sexually transmitted pathogens in the male swab specimens: A new approach for clinical diagnosis.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2021.113358

Takele, W. M., Piatkowski, L., Wackenhut, F., Gawinkowski, S., Meixner, A. J., & Waluk, J.

Scouting for strong light-matter coupling signatures in Raman spectra.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01863A

Jamrozik, A., Przewoznik, J., Krysiak, S., Korecki, J., Trykowski, G., Małolepszy, A., Stobiński, L., & Burda, K.

Effect of Grinding and the Mill Type on Magnetic Properties of Carboxylated Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes. 

Materials, https://doi.org/10.3390/MA14144057

Waluk, J.

Izomery porfiryny: podobieństwa i różnice (Porphyrin isomers: similarities and differences) (in Polish).

Wiadomości Chemiczne, https://ptchem.pl/storage/pages/June2021/zeszyt_5_6_2021.pdf

Ceborska, M., Kędra-Królik, K., Narodowiec, J., & Dąbrowa, K.
Influence of Hydroxyl Group Position and Substitution Pattern of Hydroxybenzoic Acid on the Formation of Molecular Salts with the Antifolate Pyrimethamine.
Crystal Growth & Design,  https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.CGD.1C00558

Ceborska, M., Dąbrowa, K., Cędrowski, J., & Zimnicka, M.
Hydrogen-bonded supramolecular assemblies of folic acid with simple hexoses.
Journal of Molecular Structure, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MOLSTRUC.2021.131904