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Poland
AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow
Different topics concern silicate an composites chemistry
Director : Prof. DSc. Eng. Maciej SITARZ
Email : msitarz@agh.edu.pl
Phone : +48 12 6172530
Address : AGH University of Science and Technology Faculty of Material Science and Ceramic Department of Ceramic and Refractory Materials 2 Akademicka St., Building B8, 30-059 Kraków
Research topics :
- Black glasses as bulk and coatings on metallic substrates for various applications: Designing and structural studies of amorphous SiOC materials obtained by various methods (sol-gel, CVD, 3D printing) for bone tissue engineering, catalysis and corrosion protection.
- Silicate and phosphate-silicate bioactive glasses: Design and studies of melt-derived and sol – gelderived glasses for biological applications.
Contact information:
Contact name: Prof. DSc. Eng. Maciej SITARZ
Tel: +48 12 617 23 95
Email: msitarz@agh.edu.pl - Polymer derived ceramics - boron, iron and zinc modified silicon oxycarbide materials for catalysis and energy storage applications: Sol-gel synthesis, structural and microstructural studies of porous and bulk preceramic ladder-like silsesquioxanes as well as heat treated Si(B,Fe,Zn)OC ceramic materials.
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr Eng. Piotr JELEO
Tel: +48 12 6172232
Email: pjelen@agh.edu.pl - Design and synthesis of functional porous materials: for catalystis, electrocatalysis, energy storage and optics based on nanoparticles in the form of thin films, coatings, powders and free-standing membranes and monoliths (e.g. YAG:Ce, IrO2, Li4Ti5O12, TiO2, SiO2, Ir, Rh, Ru). Strong emphasis on the processing methods of colloids.
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr Eng. Mateusz ODZIOMEK
Tel: +48 12 6172232
Email: mateuszodziomek@gmail.com - Coatings based on Polymer Derived Ceramics: Optimization of coatings production including sol-gel synthesis, various deposition techniques (dip- and spin-coating, electrophoretic deposition), thermal treatment (annealing temperature, heating curve) with a subsequent determination of their structure (GIXRD, FTIR, Raman, EDS), microstructure (SEM, AFM) and following properties:
- Bioactivity, biocompatibility, wettability and surface free energy for medical applications (SiOC and
SiPOC glasses),
- Resistance to corrosive environment at high temperatures for applications in power engineering and
automotive industries (SiOC and SiAlOC glasses).
Contact information:
Contact name: MSc. Eng. Magdalena Gawęda, MSc. Eng. Maciej Bik
Tel: +48 12 6172232
Email: mgaweda@agh.edu.pl, mbik@agh.edu.pl - Sol-gel synthesis of ceramic materials: aluminum, silica, cerium: Preparation of materials for thin coatings on metal substrates and catalysis.
Contact information:
Contact name: MSc. Izabela Rutkowska
Email: irutkowska@agh.edu.p - 3D printing of ceramic - materials for tissue engineering and catalysis: Preparation of polymerderived ceramic scaffolds with designed architecture. Direct methods based on the crosslinking of
synthesized photopolymers using digital light processing (DLP) and the extrusion of paste materials
using direct ink writing (DIW). Indirect method based on polymer matrices prepared by fused
deposition modeling (FDM).
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr Eng. Jakub Marchewka
Tel: +48 12 6172232
Email: jmar@agh.edu.pl - Glass and glass-ceramics for waste immobilization: Influence of waste elements on structure and properties of glasses and glass-ceramics, structure of phosphate and silicate glasses, classical and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, thermal properties of glasses, glass crystallization.
Contact information:
Contact name : Prof. DSc. Eng. Paweł Stoch
Tel : +48 12 6175220
Email: pstoch@agh.edu.pl - Structural studies of aluminosilicates: Structure and properties of aluminosilicates, in particular hydrated tectoaluminosilicates from the zeolite group and materials obtained by alkaline activation - the so-called geopolymers.
Contact information:
Contact name: Prof. DSc. Eng. Włodzimierz MOZGAWA
Tel: +48 12 6172340
Email: mozgawa@agh.edu.pl - Synthesis of zeolites from waste materials: Controlled synthesis, structure and sorption properties of zeolite and zeolite-like materials obtained on the basis of waste raw materials.
Contact information:
Contact name: Prof. DSc. Eng. Magdalena KRÓL
Tel: +48 12 6175220
Email: mkrol@agh.edu.pl - Structural studies of selected ladders as well as cage silsesquioxanes: Based on the Reverse Monte Carlo simulation and Powder Diffraction measurements.
- Organosilicon Thin Films: Self-assembly of cage silsesquioxane thin films.
Contact information:
Contact name : Prof. DSc. Bartosz HANDKE
Tel : +48 12 6174692, +48 12 6172524
Email: bhandke@agh.edu.pl
Exceptional facilities :
- Laboratory of molecular spectroscopy (FT-IR - KBr or PE pellet, DRS and DRIFT, ATR with diamond, ZnSe or KRS-5 crystals, temperature measurements up to 700°C; Raman - mapping, temperature measurements up to 1500°C) equipped with:
- FT-IR spectrometers - Bruker Vertex 70v (MIR and FIR), Bio-Rad FTS-60V (MIR), Bio-Rad FTS-6000 (MIR
and NIR), Bio-Rad Excalibur (MIR);
- Raman spectrometers - Horiba LabRAM HR UV-Vis-NIR (532 nm laser) and Witec Alpha 300M+ (488
nm and 633 nm lasers); - Laboratory of X-ray diffraction (XRD, GID, XRR, SAXS/WAXS, mapping, WDXRF) equipped with:
- Philips/PANalytical X'Pert Pro powder diffractometer (Bragg-Brentano geometry, gracing-incidence
powder diffraction, reflectometry, temperature measurements up to 1400°C);
- PANalytical Empyrean diffractometer;
- PANalytical AxiosmAX X-ray fluorescence spectrometer; - Laboratory of zeolite synthesis equipped with:
- Parr high pressure stainless steel reactor (temperature controller up to 350°C);
- Retsh RM200 mortar grinder;
- Heidolph Vibramax 110 laboratory shaker;
- Mbraun Intergas Systeme Labstar glovebox (for working in a controlled atmosphere); - Laboratory of sol-gel synthesis equipped with:
- Custom-made devices for electrophoretic deposition and dip-coating;
- Krüss DSA25E drop shape analyzer;
- Olympus SZX7 optical microscope; - Laboratory of 3D printing (FDM, DIW, DLP) equipped with:
- Wanhao Duplicator 7 Plus DLP 3D printer;
- RepRapPro Mendel FDM 3D printer adapted for DIW method;
- UBOT 3D S+ FDM 3D printer; - Laboratory of thermal processing equipped with:
- Nabertherm HT04/17 and L08/14 high temperature chamber furnaces (heating up to 1750°C);
- tubular furnaces (heating up to 1200°C); - Laboratory of SEM and AFM equipped with:
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom XL Scanning Electron Microscope;
- Leica EM ACE200 vacuum coater;
- Bruker MultiMode 8 Atomic Force Microscope; - Organosilicon Thin Film Laboratory equipped with:
- UHV system with 3·10-10 mbar base pressure, equipped with low temperature effusion cell dedicated
for organic materials evaporation, e-beam evaporation source for metallic materials, RF plasma
source and ion gun for sputtering. Facility is constantly under the development.
Financial support programmes :
- European funds and National fundings from the National Centre for Research and Development and the National Science Centre.
Last news
May 16, 2024
New YCN Special Issue on Open Ceramics - Young Ceramists leading the Future
The special issue will accept hitherto unpublished original results submitted both in the form of full-length scientific papers and short communications, but also review papers on the topics in the list.
May 6, 2024
Results of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest
The ECerS Bioceramics Network is delighted to announce the winners of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest, which took place online from 17 to 18 April 2024!
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