Fluorescence or photoluminescence can be enhanced by the strong electric field close to metal nanostructures. This is known as metal enhanced luminescence. However, the effect is strongly dependent of the distance between the metal structure and the luminescent particle. If the distance is too small, nonradiative processes begin to dominate, […]
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We are very happy that Magda got funding in the latest round of the Sonata programme from The National Science Centre Poland (NCN)! Within this grant, Magda will study the interaction of metal ions with mutants of β-amyloid peptides, associated with the familial form of Alzheimer’s disease, using a range […]
In this follow-up to our previous paper on MnO2 as a catalyst for H2O2 decomposition Veronika investigated the effect of doping the MnO2-film with Co2+-ions. The doping, which is done by depositing the manganese oxide electrochemically from a solution also containing a cobalt salt, significantly increases the catalytic performance of […]
Within her SONATINA grant, Magda is conducting research on a new potential therapeutic molecule: TDMQ20. In our previous posts, we described her electrochemical studies, which helped better understand the redox properties of TDMQ20 itself and its complexes with copper ions (Cu(II)). The next stage of the project focused on investigating the extent […]
A new study on boranil photocatalysts just dropped! Collaboration is very important for our research group. For this reason, Magda once again supported the team of Prof. Tomasz Kliś from Warsaw University of Technology by carrying out voltammetric studies as part of their research on halogenated boranil complexes. In this […]
A little late update, but at the end of last year a press note was published by our Institute highlighting Magda’s work on the electrochemical properties of TDMQ20, a molecule that has been proposed as a potential drug for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The press note concerns the two papers […]
A paper was just published in ACS Materials Letters by our former PhD student, Marcin S. Filipiak, with Martin as one of the co-authors. The paper describes a conductive hydrogel based on a combination of GelMA, PEDOT:PSS, and tetramethacrylated PEDOT:TOS. This material is a conductive 3D scaffold that can be […]
In January, Natalia attended a Winter School of Electrochemistry organised by the University of Bath. The school is organised by Prof Petra Cameron with a team from the Department of Chemistry at Bath. Among the organisers are Prof Frank Marken and Dr Sara Dale, both of whom have visited IChF […]
As a nice New Year’s gift, our article about Amyloid-β adsorbed at the ITIES was published in ACS Electrochemistry. In this paper, we investigate the behaviour of two different peptides, Aβ(1-16) and Aβ(4-16), at the liquid|liquid interface. There are many publication describing the adsorption of proteins at the ITIES (e.g. […]
We are very happy to welcome Ketley Caroline Rocha Pereira to our group. Ketley joins the Warsaw4PhD doctoral school in our new Opus project. She will be working together with Natalia to develop sensors for biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases. Ketley joins us from Brazil, where she studied at the Mackenzie Presbyterian […]