Professor Piotr Ulański, D.Sc. Ph.D.
Head, Division of Applied Radiation Chemistry
e-mail: piotr.ulanski@p.lodz.pl
phone: (+48) (42) 631 31 96 and 631 31 84
room: 224
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Synthesis of polymeric nanogels by radiation-induced intramolecular crosslinking
- Nanogels of stimuli-sensitive polymers and their properties
- Radiation-induced reactions of synthetic polyelectrolytes and other water-soluble polymers (co-operation with prof. Clemens von Sonntag, Max-Planck-Institute of Radiation Chemistry, Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany and Institute of Surface Modification, Leipzig, Germany)
- Sonochemistry of polymers in aqueous solution
- Mechanism of radical reactions in solution as studied by kinetic methods, product analysis and simulation (in co-operation with prof. Jeremiasz K. Jeszka, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Science)
- Application of radiation-chemical and sonochemical techniques for regulating the molecular weight of chitosan (with Dr. Anna Wojtasz-Pajak, Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, Poland)
- Hydrogels for biomedical purposes (in co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna)
- Radiation-based synthesis of thermoresponsive hydrogels based on Pluronic copolymers (in co-operation with prof. Alan T. Hatton and dr Lev Bromberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)
- Synthesis and sterilization of new, porous polymeric scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration (in co-operation with prof. Małgorzata Lewandowska-Szumiel, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland)
TEACHING
Podstawy nanotechnologii, Technologia Chemiczna (I st), Chemia (I st), sem 6
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of Polish Radiation Research Society (PTBR)
- Member of Polish Chitin Society (PTChit)
SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. thesis:Radiolysis of Poly(acrylic acid) and Selected Model Compounds in Aqueous Solution
1996, Lodz
Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry
Lodz University of Technology
supervisor: Prof.Janusz M. Rosiak
- master thesis: Radiation-induced Transformations of Chitosan
1990, Lodz
Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry
Lodz University of Technology
supervisor: Prof.Janusz M. Rosiak
MOST CITED PUBLICATIONS
- J.M. Rosiak, P. Ulański
Synthesis of hydrogels by irradiation of polymers in aqueous solution
Radiation Physics and Chemistry 55(2) (1999) 139-151; Times cited: 225.
(DOI:10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00319-3) - R. Czechowska-Biskup, B. Rokita, S. Lotfy, P. Ulański, J.M. Rosiak
Degradation of chitosan and starch by 360-kHz ultrasound
Carbohydrate Polymers 60(2) (2005) 175-184; Times cited: 203.
(DOI:10.1016/j.carbpol.2004.12.001) - J.M. Rosiak, P. Ulański, L.A. Pajewski, F. Yoshii, K. Makuuchi
Radiation formation of hydrogels for biomedical purposes. Some remarks and comments
Radiation Physics and Chemistry 46(2) (1995) 161-168; Times cited: 182.
(DOI:10.1016/0969-806X(95)00007-K) - P. Stasica, P. Ulański, J.M. Rosiak
Melatonin as a hydroxyl radical scavenger
Journal of Pineal Research 25 (1998) 65-66 ; Times cited: 155.
(DOI:) - P. Ulański, E. Bothe, J. Rosiak, C. von Sonntag
OH-radical-induced crosslinking and strand breakage of poly(vinyl alcohol) in aqueous solution in the absence and presence of oxygen. A pulse radiolysis and product study
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 195, (1994) 1443-1461; Times cited: 97.
(DOI:10.1002/macp.1994.021950427)
(According to Web of Science, actualized: 4th May 2020)