Strona: Department of Polymers and Biopolymers / Wydział Chemiczny

Academic staff:

• Assoc. Prof. Łukasz Byczyński, PhD., DSc. Eng. - Department Head
• Prof. Piotr Król, DSc, PhD, Eng.
• Assoc. Prof. Barbara Pilch-Pitera, PhD., DSc.
• Joanna Nizioł, PhD, DSc.
• Joanna Wojturska, PhD, Eng.

PhD students:

• Katarzyna Pojnar, MSc, Eng.

Technical staff:

• Małgorzata Kowal, MSc, Eng.
• Katarzyna Bazan-Strama, MSc, Eng.

• identification of polymer chemical composition,
• synthesis and application of polyurethane ionomers as intermediates for production of waterborne paints, dispersion, glues, and ecological polyurethane coatings,
• kinetics of diisocyanate and polyols polyaddition, reactivity assessment of polyurethane materials,
• processing and application of polyurethane powder coatings, synthesis of poly (urethane-siloxane) and poly(urethane-acryl) as hydrophobic coating materials,
• study on polyurethane biodegradation,
• thermo stability of polymers as measured by thermogravimetry,
• study on polymer coating properties including surface properties using goniometric measurements of contact angles and evaluation of surface free energy.