Scientific Interests

• Recovery of precious metals and rhenium
• Sorption processess
• Ion-exchange resins
• Biodegradable and oxodegradable polymers
• Microwave-assisted processes for resins preparation
• Microwave-assisted sorption of valuable metals
• Nanoparticles
• Biosorbents

List of most important publications

P. Cyganowski, A. Dzimitrowicz, P. Jamróz, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, P. Pohl, Polymerization-driven immobilization of dc-APGD synthesized gold nanoparticles into a quaternary ammonium-based hydrogel resulting in a polymeric nanocomposite with application for heat transfer, Polymers 10, 377, 2018

P. Cyganowski, A. Leśniewicz, I. Polowczyk, J. Chęcmanowski, P. Pohl, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, Surface-activated anion exchange resins for synthesis and immobilization of gold and palladium nano- and microstructures, React. Funct. Polym. 124, 90-103, 2018

P. Cyganowski, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, Experimental review of microwave-assisted methods for synthesis of functional resins for sorption of rhenium(VII) Solvent Extr. Ion Exch., 2018, article in press

P. Cyganowski, K. Garbera, A. Leśniewicz, J. Wolska, P. Pohl, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, The recovery of gold from the aqua regia leachate of electronic parts using a core–shell type anion exchange resin Recovery of gold from the aqua regia leachate of electronic parts, J. Saudi. Chem. Soc. 21, 741-750

D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, P. Cyganowski, Effect of microwave radiation on the ion-exchange resins synthesis. A comparative study, Solvent Extr. Ion Exc. 33, 510-521, 2015

D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, B.N. Kolarz, Poly(4-vinylpyridine) resins towards perrhenate sorption and desorption, React. Funct. Polym. 71, 95-103, 2007