Research seminar - Majewski Research Group

22.05.2020	Paulina Rybak Title: “Strongly fluorescent mesogens based on quinoxaline derivatives”
15.05.2020	Przemyslaw Pula Title: “Gas sensing element fabrication based on utilization of block copolymer self-assembly phenomena”
01.05.2020	Muhammad Ali Title: “Diffraction gratings formed by bent-core liquid crystals in the twist- bend nematic phase”
24.04.2020	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Macroscopic Alignment of Block Copolymers on Silicon Substrates by Laser Annealing – article presentation”
07.01.2020	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Thermal degradation of polymers”
22.10.2019
15.10.2019	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Polystyrene” Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Poly (methyl methacrylate)” Przemysław Puła Title: “Polyethylene”
15.07.2019	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Block copolymers beyond 2D. A path from highly-aligned to the unknown.” Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Combinatorial studies on block copolymers” Przemysław Puła Title: “Block copolymer based nanomeshes as a core of miniaturized sensing devices”
02.07.2019	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Reguła faz Gibbsa na przykładzie roztworów polimerowych”
25.06.2019	Marta Wrońska Title: “Applying block copolymer organization methods for assembling liquid crystalline nanotubes” Przemysław Puła Title: “Viscoelasticity”
11.06.2019	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Wpływ gradientu grubości i temperatury na porządkowanie warstw lamelarnych kopolimerów blokowych”
04.06.2019	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Weak Segregation Limit. Strong Segregation Limit.”
28.05.2019	Przemysław Puła Title: “Flory-Huggins theory and phase diagrams”
21.05.2019	Marta Wrońska Title: “Real chains”
12.03.2019	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Thermodynamics of polymer mixing-introduction to Flory-Huggins theory”
05.03.2019	Marta Wrońska Title: “Real chains. Monomer-solvent interactions, types of solvents, free energy”
26.02.2019	Muhammad Ali Title: “Conference review”
22.01.2019	Przemysław Puła Title: “Atomic Layer Deposition of tin dioxide films – details”
10.01.2019	Muhammad Ali Title: “Spontaneous Formation of Polarization Diffraction Gratings in Surface-Stabilized Cells Filled with Liquid Crystals in the Modulated Nematic Mode”
20.12.2018	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Block copolymers at interfaces”
11.12.2018	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Transformacja Fouriera”
04.12.2018	Marta Wrońska Title: “Ideal chains: conformations, parameters, models, free energy and methods of measuring”
27.11.2018	Przemysław Puła Title: “Mathematical description of polymer chains length and theory underlying experimental methods for determination of polymer molecular weight”
20.11.2018	Prof. Paweł Kebliński Title: “Heat at Interfaces”
13.11.2018	Marta Wrońska Title: “Fantastic polymers and where to find them – properties and applications of polymers and copolymers”
30.10.2018	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Thin Layers – Coating Methods”
23.10.2018	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Laser Annealing Methods”
09.10.2018	Marta Wrońska Title: “Przejście szkliste i jego znaczenie w polimerach i kopolimerach”
02.07.2018	Prof. Richard Spontak Title: “Direct Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers as a Route to Novel Hierarchical Superstructures”
12.06.2018	Przemysław Puła Title: “Diffusion, Adsorption and Reaction Equilibria in Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Block Copolymers”
05.06.2018	dr Paweł Majewski Title: “Self-Assembly beyond 2D – Interactions in Muliti-Layered Block Copolymer Films”
29.05.2018	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Block Copolymer Graphoepitaxy”
22.05.2018	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Directed Self-Assembly of Asymmetric Block Copolymers in Thin Films Driven by Uniaxially Aligned Topographic Patterns” Paper review Title: “Directed Self-Assembly of Asymmetric Block Copolymers in Thin Films Driven by Uniaxially Aligned Topographic Patterns” Authors: Thomas Russel et al. Journal and publication date:2018, ACS Nano, 12(2), pp. 1642-1649
17.05.2018	Magdalena Fedorczykc Title: “Various methods of polymers synthesis”
8.05.2018	Rebecca Walker Title: “Liquid Crystal Dimers and the Twist-Bend Nematic Phase” Paper review Title: “Spontaneous chirality through mixing achiral components: a twist-bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen-bonding between unlike components” Authors: Rebecca Walker et al. Journal and publication date:Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 3383
24.04.2018	Karolina Łempicka Title: “Magneto-optical activity in thin films of transition metal-doped liquid crystal” Paper review Title: “Spin Exchange Interaction in Substituted Copper Phthalocyanine Crystalline Thin Films” Authors: Naveen Rawat et al. Journal and publication date: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2015
27.03.2018	Prof. Natasa Vaupotic Title: “Nanoscale-modulated helical phases with homogeneous electron density distribution”
20.03.2018	Przemyslaw Pula Title: “Gas sensors – working principle, examples and details” Paper review Title: “A Highly Sensitive and Fast-Responding SnO2 Sensor Fabricated by Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition” Authors: Ying Liu, Erik Koep, and Meilin Liu Journal and publication date: Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3997-4000 Title: “Sulphonated polystyrene-b-poly(4-vinylpyridine) with nanostructures induced by phase separation as promising humidity sensitive material” Authors: Yang Li ∗, Huijie Zhao, Mingfei Jiao, Mujie Yang Journal and publication date: Sensors and Actuators B 257 (2018) 1118–1127
6.03.2018	Dr. Jadwiga Szydlowska Title: “Electronic properties of semiconductors”
15.02.2018	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Sequential Infiltration of Self-Assembled Block Copolymers: A Study by Atomic Force Microscopy” Paper review Title: “Sequential Infiltration of Self-Assembled Block Copolymers: A Study by Atomic Force Microscopy” Authors: Matteo Lorenzoni et al. Journal and publication date:J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 3078−3086
8.02.2018	Dr. Damian Pociecha Title: “X-ray diffraction as a tool for structural studies of liquid crystals. Part 2”
1.02.2018	Dr. Damian Pociecha Title: “X-ray diffraction as a tool for structural studies of liquid crystals. Part 1”
25.01.2018	Catriona Crawford Title: “Liquid crystal blue phases and measures of controlling their structure” Paper review Title: “Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals” Authors: Jose A. Martinez-Gonzalez et al. Journal and publication date:NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2017 Title: “Strain-induced alignment and phase behaviour of blue phase liquid crystals confined to thin films” Authors: Emre Bukusoglu et al. Journal and publication date: Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 8999
18.01.2018	Dr. Pawel Majewski Title: “Surface cleaning methods and surface functionalization techniques in self-assembling materials research”
11.01.2018	Dr. Mirosław Salamończyk Title: “Chirality in liquid crystalline phases”
21.12.2017	Arkadiusz Leniart Title: “Rapid thermal processing” Paper review Title: “Pathway-engineering for highly-aligned block copolymer arrays” Authors: F Ferrarese Lupi et al Journal and publication date: Nanotechnology 24 315601, 2013 Title: “Rapid thermal processing of self-assembling block copolymer thin films” Authors: Y Choo, P W Majewski, M Fukuto, C O Osuji and K G Yager Journal and publication date: Nanoscale, 2018,10, 416-427
14.12.2017	Muhammad Ali Title: “Birefringence Measurements” Paper review Title: “The temperature dependence of the heliconical tilt angle in the twist-bend nematic phase of the odd dimer CB7CB” Authors: C. Meyer, G. R. Luckhurst and I. Dozov Journal and publication date: J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 318.
7.12.2017	Magdalena Fedorczyk Title: “Combinatorial chemistry” Paper review Title: “Application of Combinatorial Chemistry and High- Throughput Methods in the Syntheses and Investigations of Polymer Materials” Authors: M. El Fray, M. Putrej Journal and publication date: Polimery, 3 (2009), pp. 179-188 Title: “Structure–property correlations in a combinatorial library of degradable biomaterials” Authors: Brocchini S., James K., Tangpasuthadol V., Kohn J. Journal and publication date: Journal of Biomaterials Research, 1 (199*), pp. 66-75.
16.11.2017	Prof. Ewa Gorecka Title: “Chirality in Materials Built of Non-Chiral Molecules”
9.11.2017	Andrzej Sitkiewicz Title: “Silicon Nanowires for Gas Sensing Applications”
2.11.2017	Karolina Lempicka Title: “Preparation of thin organic materials films for magneto-optical Faraday rotation measurements”
26.10.2017	Przemyslaw Pula Title: “Chemical and Physical Methods of Conversion of Block-copolymer Templates into Inorganic Nanostructured Materials”
19.10.2017	Dr. Jaroslaw Majewski Prof. Adjunct University of California, Davis, National Science Foundation, Los Alamos National Laboratory Title: “Neutrons: Production and Utilization for Structure and Dynamic Studies”
12.10.2017	Dr. Jadwiga Szydlowska Title: “Time-of-Flight (TOF) Charge Mobility Measurements”
5.10.2017	Arkadiusz Leniart Paper review Title: “Ultrafast Self-Assembly of Sub-10 nm Block Copolymer Nanostructures by Solvent-Free High-Temperature Laser Annealing” Authors: Jing Jiang, Alan G. Jacobs, Brandon Wenning, Clemens Liedel, Michael O. Thompson and Christopher K. Ober Affiliation: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States Journal and publication date: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 31317−31324 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00774 Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b00774
28.09.2017	Muhammad Ali Title: “Interference, diffraction, diffraction gratings and index gratings in liquid crystals”
21.09.2017	Magdalena Fedorczyk Paper review Title: “Selective Separation of Similarly Sized Proteins with Tunable Nanoporous Block Copolymer Membranes” Authors: Xiaoyan Qiu, Haizhou Yu, Madhavan Karunakaran, Neelakanda Pradeep, Suzana P. Nunes and Klaus-Viktor Peinemann Affiliation: Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center and Water Desalination and Reuse Center, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Journal and publication date: ACS Nano, 2013, 7(1), pp 768-776 DOI: 10.1021/nn305073e Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn305073e