The team conducts research at the Centre for Organic and Nanohybrid Electronics (CONE) and the Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Faculty of Chemistry (RCh4), Silesian University of Technology. The group specializes in (1) functionalization (modification) of surface of materials applying (electro)chemical methods, and in (2) surface characterization using spectroscopic, electrochemical and microscopic techniques. The main area of interest is the formation of organic layers for application in photochemical processes and in (opto)electronic devices.
Our Team
Team Manager
PhD, DSc, Eng.
Agata Blacha-Grzechnik, prof. SUT
Email: Agata.Blacha-Grzechnik@polsl.pl
Phone No.: 322371024
Research equipment to which Team Members have access
UV-Vis(-NIR) spectrometers (HP, Ocean Optics)
FT-IR spectrometer equipped with an ATR method (Perkin Elmer)
Raman confocal microscope (Renishaw InVia)
photoemission systems, XPS, UPS, IPES (Prevac, Kratos)
potentiostats (CHI, Autolab, Biologic)
atomic force microscope (AFM)
scanning electron microscope (SEM) (Phenom)
optical profilometer
fluorimeter (FluoroSens)
singlet oxygen detection system using UV-Vis spectroscopy equipped with a set of diode lasers and white light sources
Selected research projects
Zwiększenie możliwości badawczych Politechniki Śląskiej w zakresie Elektroniki Organicznej - zakup zintegrowanego systemu badawczego XPS, UPS i IPES
Scientific publications and patents from the last 3 years
- Influence of carbon support structure on cathode catalysts durability
- Electrochemically deposited zinc (tetraamino)phthalocyanine as a light-activated antimicrobial coating effective against S. aureus
- Dual-photofunctional organogermanium compound based on donor–acceptor–donor architecture
- C60ThSe2/ ITO interface formation: photoemission-based charge-transfer recognition for organic electronics applications
- Singlet oxygen formation from photoexcited P3HT:PCBM films applied in oxidation reactions
- New approach in the application of conjugated polymers: the light-activated source of versatile singlet oxygen molecule
- Chemical and electronic structure characterization of electrochemically deposited nickel tetraamino-phthalocyanine: a step toward more efficient deposition techniques for organic electronics application
- Heavy-atom free spiro organoboron complexes as triplet excited states photosensitizers for singlet oxygen activation
- Covalent immobilization of organic photosensitizers on the glass surface: toward the formation of the light-activated antimicrobial nanocoating
- Efficient generation of singlet oxygen by perylene diimide photosensitizers covalently bound to conjugate polymers
- Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical comparative study of macrocyclic thermally activated delayed fluorescent compounds: molecular charge stability vs OLED EQE Roll-Off
- Revealing topological influence of phenylenediamine unit on physicochemical properties of donor-acceptor-donor-acceptor thermally activated delayed fluorescent macrocycles
- Thermally activated delayed fluorescent donor-acceptor-donor-acceptor π-conjugated macrocycle for organic light-emitting diodes
- Electrochemically deposited poly(selenophene)-fullerene photoactive layer: tuning of the spectroscopic properties towards visible light-driven generation of singlet oxygen
- Electrochemically polymerized terthiopehene-C60 dyads for the photochemical generation of singlet oxygen
- Formation of poly(Azure A)-C60 photoactive layer as a novel approach in the heterogeneous photogeneration of singlet oxygen
- Paprika, gallic acid, and visible light: the green combination for the synthesis of biocide coatings
- In-situ Raman spectroelectrochemical studies on thionine layer electrochemically grafted to the gold surface
- Photogeneration of singlet oxygen by the phenothiazine derivatives covalently bound to the surface-modified glassy carbon
- Phenothiazines grafted on the electrode surface from diazonium salts as molecular layers for photochemical generation of singlet oxygen
- Phenol degradation in heterogeneous system generating singlet oxygen employing light activated electropolymerized phenothiazines
- Photogeneration of singlet oxygen by thionine molecular layer grafted on electrode surface from its diazonium salt
- In situ Raman spectroscopic studies on potential-induced structural changes in polyaniline thin films synthesized via surface-initiated electropolymerization on covalently modified gold surface
- Electropolymerized phenothiazines for the photochemical generation of singlet oxygen
- Pedot brushes electrochemically synthesized on thienyl-modified glassy carbon surfaces
