Research seminar

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: https://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: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn305073e

This website is dedicated to the research in directed self-assembly of block copolymers, liquid crystals and to the synthesis of the functional nanostructures conducted by Dr. Pawel W. Majewski’s group.

This website is dedicated to the research in directed self-assembly of block copolymers, liquid crystals and to the synthesis of the functional nanostructures conducted by Dr. Pawel W. Majewski’s group.