Physical chemistry of complex systems

Research group no. 13

Physical chemistry of complex systems

Group leader

Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Góźdź

Research topics

We are interested in mathematical modeling of physicochemical processes encountered in soft matter, active matter, and biological systems. We develop theories within the framework of statistical physic to describe, understand and predict the behavior, and discover new physical phenomena in studied systems. We perform molecular simulations  using methods of Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics to investigate  on a molecular scale complex physical systems. In our work we combine the knowledge from many discipline of science such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science.

Members

  • dr hab. Svyatoslav Kondrat, prof. instytutu
  • dr Dariusz Gołowicz
  • dr Vishnu Prasad Kurupath
  • mgr Daniele Paolini

Publications

2024

Raczyłło Edyta; Golowicz Dariusz; Skora Tomasz; Kazimierczuk Krzysztof; Kondrat Svyatoslav , Size Sensitivity of Metabolite Diffusion in Macromolecular Crowds , NANO LETTERS , 2024, 24, 16, 4801- 4809

Barbara Domżał Ewa Klaudia Nawrocka Dariusz Golowicz Michał Aleksander Ciach Błażej Miasojedow Krzysztof Kazimierczuk Anna Gambin , Magnetstein: An Open-Source Tool for Quantitative NMR Mixture Analysis Robust to Low Resolution, Distorted Lineshapes, and Peak Shifts , ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY , 2024, 96, 1, 188–196

Paolini Daniele; Antony Lintymol; Raju Ganji Seeta Rama; Kuzmak Andrij; Verkholyak Taras; Kondrat Svyatoslav , Tuning Electrode and Separator Sizes For Enhanced Performance of Electrical Double-Layer Capacitors , CHEMELECTROCHEM , 2024, 11, 18

Reinauer Alexander; Kondrat Svyatoslav; Holm Christian , Electrolytes in conducting nanopores: Revisiting constant charge and constant potential simulations , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 2024, 161, 10, 104101

Wang Gan; Nowakowski Piotr; Bafi Nima Farahmand; Midtvedt Benjamin; Schmidt Falko; Callegari Agnese; Verre Ruggero; Kall Mikael; Dietrich S.; Kondrat Svyatoslav; Volpe Giovanni , Nanoalignment by critical Casimir torques , NATURE COMMUNICATIONS , 2024, 15, 1, 5086

Nowakowski Piotr; Bafi Nima Farahmad; Volpe Giovanni; Kondrat Svyatoslav; Dietrich S. , Critical Casimir levitation of colloids above a bull's-eye pattern , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 2024, 161, 21, 214114

Litniewski Marek; Góźdź Wojciech T.; Ciach Alina , Adsorption on a Spherical Colloidal Particle from a Mixture of Nanoparticles with Competing Interactions , MOLECULES , 2024, 29, 13, 3170

2023

Kondrat, Svyatoslav; Feng, Guang; Bresme, Fernando; Urbakh, Michael; Kornyshev, Alexei A.

Theory and Simulations of Ionic Liquids in Nanoconfinement

CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2023 123, 10, 6668-6715

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Raju, Ganji Seeta Rama; Kondrat, Svyatoslav; Chodankar, Nilesh R.; Hwang, Seung-Kyu; Lee, Jeong Han; Long, Teng; Pavitra, Eluri; Patil, Swati J.; Ranjith, Kugalur Shanmugam; Rao, M. V. Basaveswara; Wu, Peng; Roh, Kwang Chul; Huh, Yun Suk; Han, Young-Kyu            

Electrolyte ions-matching hierarchically porous biochar electrodes with an extended potential window for next-generation supercapacitors

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A 2023 11, 28, 15540-15552

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Yang, Jie; Kondrat, Svyatoslav; Lian, Cheng; Liu, Honglai; Schlaich, Alexander; Holm, Christian

Solvent Effects on Structure and Screening in Confined Electrolytes

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS  2023  131, 11, 118201

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Skora, Tomasz; Janssen, Mathijs; Carlson, Andreas; Kondrat, Svyatoslav

Crowding-Regulated Binding of Divalent Biomolecules

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023 130, 25, 258401

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Janssen, Mathijs; Verkholyak, Taras; Kuzmak, Andrij; Kondrat, Svyatoslav           

Optimising nanoporous supercapacitors for heat-to-electricity conversion

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS 2023 371, 121093

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Seltmann, Anna; Verkholyak, Taras; Golowicz, Dariusz; Pamete, Emmanuel; Kuzmak, Andrij; Presser, Volker; Kondrat, Svyatoslav

Effect of cation size of binary cation ionic liquid mixtures on capacitive energy storage

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS 2023 391, 123369

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Mesarec, Luka; Gozdz, Wojciech; Kralj-Iglic, Veronika; Kralj, Samo; Iglic, Ales      

Coupling of nematic in-plane orientational ordering and equilibrium shapes of closed flexible nematic shells     

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  2023  13, 1, 10663

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Jaeger, Henrik; Schlaich, Alexander; Yang, Jie; Lian, Cheng; Kondrat, Svyatoslav; Holm, Christian

A screening of results on the decay length in concentrated electrolytes

FARADAY DISCUSSIONS 2023 246, 0, 520-539

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Serna, Horacio; Meyra, Ariel G.; Noya, Eva G.; Gozdz, Wojciech T.            

Structural characterization of systems with competing interactions confined in narrow spherical shells

SOFT MATTER 2023 19, 27, 5103-5117

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Slyk, Edyta; Skora, Tomasz; Kondrat, Svyatoslav

Minimal Coarse-Grained Model for Immunoglobulin G: Diffusion and Binding under Crowding

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 2023 127, 34, 7442-7448

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Horacio Serna, Wojciech T. Gozdz

The influence of obstacles on the collective motion of self-propelled objects

PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS 2023  625, 129042

2022

Groda, Y., Dudka, M., Oshanin, G., Kornyshev, A. A., & Kondrat, S.
Ionic liquids in conducting nanoslits: How important is the range of the screened electrostatic interactions?
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/AC6307

Otero-Mato, J. M., Montes-Campos, H., Gómez-González, V., Montoto, M., Cabeza, O., Kondrat, S., & Varela, L. M.
Structure, dynamics and conductivities of ionic liquid-alcohol mixtures.
Journal of Molecular Liquids, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MOLLIQ.2022.118955

Kondrat, S., Krauss, U., & von Lieres, E.
Enzyme co-localisation: Mechanisms and benefits.
Current Research in Chemical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CRCHBI.2022.100031

Kondrat, S., & von Lieres, E.
Mechanisms and Effects of Substrate Channelling in Enzymatic Cascades.
Methods in Molecular Biology: Multienzymatic Assemblies, Springer, Humana New York 2022, ed. Haralambos Stamatis, 
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2269-8_3

Słyk, E., Skóra, T., & Kondrat, S.
How macromolecules’ softness affects diffusion under crowding.
Soft Matter, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM00357K

Serna, H., Meyra, A. G., Noya, E. G., & Góźdź, W. T.
Self-Assembly of Optimally Packed Cylindrical Clusters inside Spherical Shells.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B., https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.JPCB.2C04850

Verkholyak, T., Kuzmak, A., Kornyshev, A. A., & Kondrat, S.
Less Is More: Can Low Quantum Capacitance Boost Capacitive Energy Storage?
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,  https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.JPCLETT.2C02968

Janssen, M., Verkholyak, T., Kuzmak, A., & Kondrat, S. 
Optimising nanoporous supercapacitors for heat-to-electricity conversion.
Journal of Molecular Liquids,  https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MOLLIQ.2022.121093

2021

Skóra, T., Popescu, M., & Kondrat, S.
Conformation-changing enzymes and macromolecular crowding.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP06631A

Cruz, C., Kondrat, S., Lomba, E., & Ciach, A.
Capillary Ionization and Jumps of Capacitive Energy Stored in Mesopores.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c00624

Mo, T., Zeng, L., Wang, Z., Kondrat, S., & Feng, G. 
Symmetrizing cathode-anode response to speed up charging of nanoporous supercapacitors. 
Green Energy & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2021.05.001

Mesarec, L., Iglič, A., Kralj-Iglič, V., Góźdź, W., Virga, E. G., & Kralj, S.
Curvature Potential Unveiled Topological Defect Attractors.
Crystals, https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11050539

Serna, H., Pozuelo, A. D., Noya, E. G., & Góźdź, W. T.
Formation and internal ordering of periodic microphases in colloidal models with competing interactions.
Soft Matter, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SM00445J

Góźdź, W. T.
Multicontinuous structures with intertwined networks of channels with different topology.
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126715

Lv, J.-Q., Chen, P.-C., Guan, L.-Y., Góźdź, W. T., Feng, X.-Q., & Li, B.
Collective migrations in an epithelial–cancerous cell monolayer.
Acta Mechanica Sinica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-021-01083-1

Marino, E., Vasilyev, O., Kluft, B. B., Stroink, M. J. B., Kondrat, S., & Schall, P.
Controlled Deposition of Nanoparticles with Critical Casimir Forces.
Nanoscale Horizons, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NH00670J

Verkholyak, T., Kuzmak, A., & Kondrat, S.
Capacitive energy storage in single-file pores: Exactly-solvable models and simulations.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0066786

Zeman, J., Kondrat, S., & Holm, C.
Ionic screening in bulk and under confinement.
The Journal of Chemical Physics,  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0069340