Laboratory for Soft Matter Research
- Laboratory leader: Dr. Eng. Agnieszka Wiśniewska
- Name: Laboratory for Soft Matter Research

Our activity covers research on the physical chemistry of soft matter. In the laboratory we measure:
- dynamic and static light scattering,
- Zeta potential,
- viscoelastic properties and viscosity,
- refractive index,
- thermogravimetry and thermal effects GA, TGA-DSC, TGA-DSC-MS, DSC, VP-Capillary DSC,
- using a polarizing microscope,
- using a gel permeation chromatography.




Members
- Dr. Eng. Anna Brzozowska-Elliott
Research
Publications
Barbara Golec, Natalia Dutkiewicz, Karolina Gałamaga, Jarosław Kowalski, Agnieszka Wiśniewska, Karolina Kędra, Robert Nowakowski, Jacek Waluk, Aleksander Gorski , Effect of microviscosity on photostability and singlet oxygen generation quantum yield of meso-tetraarylporphyrins embedded in Pluronic F-127 micelles , JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2026
Kutsiy Stepan; Bezvikonnyi Oleksandr; Hotynchan Andrii; Volyniuk Dmytro; Luboradzki, Roman; Zinchenko, Hanna M.; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Stakhira Pavlo; Grazulevicius, Juozas Vidas; Potopnyk, Mykhaylo A., Donor-Acceptor Boron Difluoride Complexes for Bipolar Exciplex Emitters in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes , ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2025
Rangam Neha Venkatesh; Ahmad Shakeel; Koronkiewicz Roksana; Foik Ilona Paulina; Borowicz Paweł; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Hołdyński Marcin; Toth Jozsef; Kover Laszlo; Roszko Marek Łukasz; Lesiak-Orlowska Beata; Sudagar Alcina Johnson , Bactericidal efficiency of silver nanocomposites obtained using Brewer's spent grains , APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 2024
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
Kutsiy Stepan; Volyniuk Dmytro; Sahoo Smruti Ranjan; Ceborska Magdalena; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Stakhira Pavlo; Grazulevicius Juozas Vidas; Baryshnikov Glib V.; Potopnyk Mykhaylo A. , Sterically Tuned Ortho-Phenylene-Linked Donor-Acceptor Benzothiazole-Based Boron Difluoride Complexes as Thermally-Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes , ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024
Kaczmarek Agata; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Mościcki Tomasz; Hoffman Jacek , The Luminescence of Laser-Produced Carbon Nanodots: The Effect of Aggregation in PEI Solution , MATERIALS 2024
Celikkin Nehar; Presutti Dario; Maiullari Fabio; Volpi Marina; Promovych Yurii; Giżyński Konrad; Dolińska Joanna; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Opałło Marcin; Paradiso Alessia; Rinoldi Chiara; Fuoco Claudia; Świeszkowski Wojciech; Bearzi Claudia; Rizzi Roberto; Gargioli Cesare; Costantini Marco, Combining rotary wet-spinning biofabrication and electro-mechanical stimulation for the in vitro production of functional myo-substitutes, BIOFABRICATION 2023
Sareen Sakshi; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Kwapiszewska Karina; Hołyst Robert, Comment on "Fluorimetric sensing of ATP in water by an imidazolium hydrazone based sensor'' by S. Farshbaf and P. Anzenbacher Jr. Chem. Commun. 2019, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2023
Agasty Airit; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Kalwarczyk Tomasz; Koynov Kaloian; Hołyst Robert, Macroscopic Viscosity of Polymer Solutions from the Nanoscale, ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS 2021
Agasty Airit; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Kalwarczyk Tomasz; Koynov Kaloian; Holyst Robert, Scaling equation for viscosity of polydimethylsiloxane in ethyl acetate: From dilute to concentrated solutions, POLYMER 2020
Czakaj Agnieszka; Kannan Aadithya; Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Grześ Gabriela; Krzan Marcel; Warszyński Piotr; Fuller Gerald G., Viscoelastic interfaces comprising of cellulose nanocrystals and lauroyl ethyl arginate for enhanced foam stability, SOFT MATTER 2020
Wiśniewska Agnieszka; Kalwarczyk Tomasz; Szymański Jędrzej; Kryszczuk Katarzyna; Matula Kinga; Hołyst Robert, Cell extract gels as an example of active matter, RHEOLOGICA ACTA 2020
Apparatus
- Dynamic and Static Light Scattering DLS: Brookhaven Instruments Co BI-200SM

- Brookhaven Instruments Particle Size Analyser 90Plus

- Measurements of viscosity and viscoelastic properties: Rotational rheometer Malvern Kinexus Pro

- Thermal effects measurements:
Mettler Toledo TGA/DSC 3+

SETARAM TG-DSC 111

Mettler Toledo DSC 3

MICROCAL VP-CAPILLARY DSC

- Refractive index tests: DSR_λ refractometer

- Nikon ECLIPSE E400 polarizing microscope, with liquid nitrogen cooling kit

Pricing
Please send questions regarding the price to labsoftmatter@ichf.edu.pl
ATTENTION! Price changes from October 2023