room 104/107 (building H6) Phone: +48 71 320-23-83 piotr.cyganowski@pwr.edu.pl

Research interests

• Polymeric nanocomposites;
• Functional polymeric materials;
• Ion exchange resins;
• Separation and recovery of noble metals;
• Nanoparticles of transition-groups metals

Research projects

• Catalytic-separation processes of nitroaromatic compounds hydrogenation with the use of multi-functional polymer nanocomposites with rhenium nanoparticles (UMO-2020/39/D/ST8/01352); Financing institution:  National Science Center (competition SONATA 16); implementation period:  Jul. 2021 r.-Jul. 2024 r. (36 months); role: Principal Investigator
• Anion exchange resins for controllable synthesis of nano- and micro-partcles of noble metals (2017/01/X/ST5/01666); Financing institution:  National Science Center (competition MINIATURA 1); implementation period:  Jan. 2018 r.-Jan. 2019 r. (12 months); role: Principal Investigator
• Impregnated suspension compolymers for sorption of noble metals (order no. B50526/W-3); Financing institution: Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education; implementation period: Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2016. (12 months); role: Principal Investigator
• Application of cold atmospheric pressure plasmas generated in contact with a flowing liquid for direct degradation of antibiotics and limitation of multi-drug resistance in the natural environment (UMO-2019/35/D/ST8/04107); Financing institution:  National Science Center (competition SONATA 15); implementation period: Jun. 2020 (36 months); role: Key-Investigator (Principal Investigator: dr inż. Anna Dzimitrowicz, PWr)
• Integrated Development Program of Wrocław University of Science and Technology (ZPR PWr); Financing institution: Eurpean Social Fund, OP Knowledge Education; implementation period: Oct. 2018 r. (48 months); role: executor
• EIT KIC KAVA6,  Development of higher education of solid-liquid separations  (Pre-AMSOLI- 18487 -2019):  Financing institution: EIT Raw Materials; implementation period: Jul. 2019 r. (18 months): role: investigator (Principal Investigator: prof. Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland)
• Geothermal Water Management-Energy and Water Recovery (Geotherm); Financing institution: National  Centre  for  Research  and  Development (competition POLTUR2); implementation period: Dec. 2018 r. (36 months); role: investigator (principal investigator: prof. dr hab. inż. Marek Bryjak, PWr)
• Innovative Materials for Water Treatment (CHILTURPOL2, FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES); Financing institution: EU 7th Framework Programme; implementation period: May 2010 r.-May 2014 r. (48 months); role: investigator wykonawca (principal investigator: prof. dr hab. inż. Marek Bryjak, PWr)

Wybrane publikacje

• Piotr Cyganowski, Anna Dzimitrowicz: Heterogenous nanocomposite catalysts with rhenium nanostructures for the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol. Scientific Reports 12(2022) 6228.
• Piotr Cyganowski, Anna Dzimitrowicz: Nanocomposite membranes with Au nanoparticles for dialysis-based catalytic reduction-separation of nitroaromatic compounds. Reactive and Functional Polymers 170(2022) 105119.
• Piotr Cyganowski, Anna Dzimitrowicz: Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma as a powerful tool for the synthesis of rhenium-based nanostructures for the catalytic hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol. RSC Advances 11(2021) 38596 - 38604.
• Piotr Cyganowski, Anna P. Dzimitrowicz, Piotr Jamróz, Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak,Paweł Pohl: Rhenium nanostructures loaded into amino-functionalized resin as a nanocomposite catalyst for hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitroaniline. Polymers. 13/21(2021) 1-14
• Piotr Cyganowski: Fully recyclable gold-based nanocomposite catalysts with enhanced reusability for catalytic hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol. Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 612(2021)1-10 (art. 125995)
• Piotr Cyganowski, Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, Anna Leśniewicz, Paweł Pohl, Anna P. Dzimitrowicz: Highly efficient and convenient nanocomposite catalysts produced using in-situ approach for decomposition of 4-nitrophenol. Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 590(2020)1-30 (art. 124452)
• Piotr Cyganowski, Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, Piotr Jamróz, Paweł Pohl, Anna P. Dzimitrowicz: Hydrogel-based nanocomposite catalyst containing uncoated gold nanoparticles synthesized using cold atmospheric pressure plasma for the catalytic decomposition of 4-nitrophenol. Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2019(582)1-7 (art.123886)
• Piotr Cyganowski, Anna Leśniewicz, Izabela Polowczyk, Jacek Chęcmanowski, Tomasz Koźlecki, Paweł Pohl, Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak: Surface-activated anion exchange resins for synthesis and immobilization of gold and palladium nano- and microstructures. Reactive & Functional Polymers 124(2018)90-103
• Piotr Cyganowski, Agata Cierlik, Anna Leśniewicz, Paweł Pohl, Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak: Separation of Re(VII) from Mo(VI) by anion exchange resins synthesized using microwave heat. Hydrometallurgy 185(2019)12-22
• Piotr Cyganowski, Anna Leśniewicz, Anna P. Dzimitrowicz, Joanna Wolska, Paweł Pohl, Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak: Molecular reactors for synthesis of polymeric nanocomposites with noble metal nanoparticles for catalytic decomposition of 4-nitrophenol. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 541(2019)226-233