Radosław A. Wach, Ph.D.
Research officer
e-mail: radoslaw.wach@p.lodz.pl
phone: (+48) (42) 631 31 64
room: 208
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Hydrogels of natural and synthetic polymers, stimuli-responsive hydrogels
- Radiation modification of natural polymers, particularly polysaccharides
- Radiation modification of synthetic biodegradable homo- and copolymers
- Mechanisms and kinetics of radiation-induced reactions of macromolecules, mainly in aqueous systems, as studied by fast kinetic methods, e.g. pulse radiolysis
- Radiation- & radical-induced degradation and inter- vs. intramolecular crosslinking of polymers
- Synthesis and properties of nano- and micro-gels
- Synthesis and characterization of novel polymeric biomaterials
- Biodegradable polymeric biomaterials
- Sterilization of biomaterials and medical devices
- Biocompatibility of biomaterials and medical devices
- FDM for biodegradable and biocompatible polymers
- Thermophysical properties of extraterrestrial matter – meteorites
CURRENT and RECENT PROJECTS
- H2020: Optogenerapy – Optogenetic Protein Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
- FP7: BIP-UPy – Bioactive Implantable Polymers based on UreidoPyrimidinone
- NCN: Effects of ionizing radiation on biodegradable synthetic polymers
- FP7: NerveRegeneration – Nerve Guidance Channels Based on Synthetic Polymer-Polysaccharide Biomaterials
- FP6: CustomIMD – SME Supply Chain Integration for Enhanced Fully Customisable Medical Implants, Using New Biomaterials and Rapid Manufacturing Technologies, to Enhance the Quality of Life for EU Citizens
- M-ERA.NET 2: AnBaCo – Antibacterial Coatings Containing Carbon Nanoparticles Obtained by Sol-Gel Method
- POIR: Development of an absorbable wound dressing based on active exogenous tropocollagen from fish skin with the addition of modified carbon nanopowders
TEACHING
- Chemistry, IFE (I st), sem 1
- Podstawy nanotechnologii, Technologia Chemiczna (I st), Chemia (I st.)
- Inżynieria Radiacyjna, Technologia Chemiczna (I st.)
- Makrocząsteczka w roztworze, Technologia Chemiczna (II st.)
- Fizykochemia roztworów polimerowych, Nanotechnologia (I st.)
- Polimery w medycynie, Nanotechnologia (I st.)
- Metody badania nanomateriałów funkcjonalnych, Nanotechnologia (I st.)
- Nanomateriały dla medycyny, Nanotechnologia (II st.)
- Biomateriały, Towaroznawstwo (I st.)
- Projekt Technologiczny, Technologia Chemiczna (II st.)
- Środowisko Kosmosu – Materiały w polu promieniowania, Inżynieria Kosmiczna (I st.)
SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION:
- 2002 PhD thesis: ‘Radiation-induced crosslinking of cellulose ethers in water’; Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Gunma University, Kiryu/Takasaki, Japan; supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Mitomo
- 1997 master thesis: ‘Radiation-induced transformation of poly(vinyl methyl ether) in aqueous solution’; Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Poland; supervisor: Prof. Janusz M. Rosiak
OTHERS
- Expert for sterilization of the Polish Centre for Testing and Certification (PCBC, notified entity no. 1434)
- Member of the Technical Committee for Sterilization no. 295 of Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- C. Altunayar-Unsalan, O. Unsalan, M. Szurgot, R. Wach
Specific heat and thermal history of the Sariçiçek howardite
Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56(11) 2103-2117 (2021) (DOI:10.1111/maps.13754) - M. Kozicki, M. Jaszczak, P. Maras, R. Naglik, M. Dudek, S. Kadłubowski, R. Wach
Preliminary study on a 3D lung mimicking dosimeter based on Pluronic F-127 matrix
Radiation Physics and Chemistry 185, 109479 (2021) (DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109479) - M. Makiewicz, R.A. Wach, K. Nawrotek;
Investigation of Parameters Influencing Tubular-Shaped Chitosan-Hydroxyapatite Layer Electrodeposition
Molecules 26(1), 104 (2021) (DOI:10.3390/molecules26010104) - K. Nawrotek, M. Tylman, A. Adamus-Wlodarczyk, K.Rudnicka, J. Gatkowska, M. Wieczorek, R. Wach
Influence of chitosan average molecular weight on degradation and stability of electrodeposited conduits
Carbohydrate Polymers 244, 116484 (2020) (DOI:10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116484) - R.A. Wach, A. Adamus-Wlodarczyk, A.K. Olejnik, M. Matusiak, C. Tranquilan-Aranilla, P. Ulanski
Carboxymethylchitosan hydrogel manufactured by radiation-induced crosslinking as potential nerve regeneration guide scaffold
Reactive and Functional Polymers 152, 104588 (2020) (DOI:10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2020.104588) - M. Kozicki, M. Jaszczak, K. Kwiatos, P. Maras, S. Kadlubowski, R. Wach, M. Dudek
Three-dimensional radiochromic and polymer gel dosimeters with Pluronic F-127 matrix – A review of current research
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1305(1), 012035 (2019)
(DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1305/1/012035)
PATENTS and PATENT APPLICATIONS
- R.A. Wach, A. Adamus, P. Ulanski, J.M. Rosiak, Sposób wytwarzania biodegradowalnych rurek polimerowych z wypełnieniem, przeznaczonych zwłaszcza do regeneracji nerwów obwodowych (Method of manufacturing of biodegradable polymeric tubes with internal filling for peripheral nerve regeneration) Polish Patent PL227595 (B1), 2017.09.14. (application 2014.09.22)