Piotr Ulański, D.Sc. Ph.D.
Head, Division of Applied Radiation Chemistry
e-mail:ulanskip@mitr.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
PUBLICATIONS
- S. Kadłubowski, P. Sawicki, S. Sowiński, B. Rokita, K.D. Bures, J.M. Rosiak, P. Ulański
Novel system for pulse radiolysis with multi-angle light scattering detection (PR-MALLS) – concept, construction and first tests
Radiat. Phys. Chem. (2017) (DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.04.010) - M. Matusiak, S. Kadłubowski, P. Ulanski
Radiation induced synthesis of poly(acrylic acid) nanogels
Radiat. Phys. Chem. (2017) (DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.01.037) - K. Szafulera, R. A. Wach, A. K. Olejnik, J. M. Rosiak, P. Ulanski
Radiation synthesis of biocompatible hydrogels of dextran methacrylate
Radiat. Phys. Chem. (2017) (DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.01.004) - W. Mozalewska, R. Czechowska-Biskup, A. K. Olejnik, R. A. Wach, P. Ulanski, J. M. Rosiak
Chitosan-containing hydrogel wound dressings prepared by radiation technique
Radiat. Phys. Chem. 134; 1–7 (2017) (DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.01.003) - The radiation chemistry of polysaccharides, Editors: Saphwan Al-Assaf, Xavier Coqueret, Khairul Zaman Haji Mohd Dahlan, Murat Sen, Piotr Ulanski; International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2016; pp. 467, ISBN: 978-92-0-101516-7
Chapters:- X. Coqueret, S. Sabharwal, H.M.D. Khairul Zaman, R. Czechowska-Biskup, R.A. Wach, J.M. Rosiak, P. Ulanski, S.K.H. Gulrez, S. Al-Assaf, Introduction to the radiation chemistry of polymers; in: The radiation chemistry of polysaccharides, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2016; p. 25 – 76.
- S. Al-Assaf, S.K.H. Gulrez, R. Czechowska-Biskup, R.A. Wach, J.M. Rosiak, P. Ulanski, Radiation modification of polysaccharides; in: The radiation chemistry of polysaccharides, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2016; p. 77 – 116.
- M. Sen, P. Taskin, P. Ulanski, R. Czechowska-Biskup, J.M. Rosiak, L. Raimond, S. Al-Assaf, Determination of the degree of deacetylation of chitosan using various techniques; in: The radiation chemistry of polysaccharides, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2016; p. 175 – 196.