Research areas
- Plasma processing of materials and biointerphases
- Inorganic and hybrid (organic/inorganic) coatings and nanomaterials
- Synthesis of carbon nanomaterials and their functionalization
Main objectives
- Develop plasma and microwave-based processes offering environmentally friendly and unique pathways for the synthesis and modification of nanomaterials such as polymer nanofibers or carbon nanoparticles
- Understand the interaction of low-temperature plasma with surfaces, especially in plasma polymerization and plasma-based atomic layer processes, for improved tunability and selectivity
- Develop atmospheric pressure plasma sources breaking the vacuum technology limitations
- Demonstrate the power of nanotechnologies by synthesis of functional nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes or nanowalls, graphene, modified polymer nanofibers, metal-based nanoparticles)
- Prepare novel biomaterials and biointerphases for biosensors, tissue engineering, wound healing, antimicrobial effects and theranostics purposes
- Prepare functional surfaces and interfaces with enhanced sensing properties, match-made surface free energy, or extremely large surface-to-volume ratio
- Develop methodology and standardization of the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) data analysis using the open-source software, Gwyddion
Content of research
Plasma polymers for medical use
- Amine modification of calcium phosphate by low-pressure plasma for bone regeneration, Sci. Rep. 11 (2021) 17870
- Cell type specific adhesion to surfaces functionalised by amine plasma polymers, Sci. Rep. 10 (2020) 9357
- Behaviour of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells on Amine Plasma-Coated Materials with Various Chemical Structures and Morphologies, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21 (2020) 9467
- Cyclopropylamine plasma polymer surfaces for label-free SPR and QCM immunosensing of Salmonella, Sens. Actuator B-Chem. 276 (2018) 447-455
Inorganic and hybrid materials
- Electrospun Biodegradable Nanofibers Coated Homogenously by Cu Magnetron Sputtering Exhibit Fast Ion Release. Computational and Experimental Study, Membranes 11 (2021) 965
- Manipulating MWCNT/TiO2 heterostructure morphology at nanoscale and its implications to NO2 sensing properties, Mater. Chem. Phys. 271 (2021) 124901
- Atomic Layer Deposition of Titanium Dioxide on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Ammonia Gas Sensing, Surf. Coat. Technol. 370 (2019) 235-243
- Unravelling local environments in mixed TiO2–SiO2 thin films by XPS and ab initio calculations, Appl. Surf. Sci. 510 (2020) 145056
Carbon nanomaterials
- Structure elucidation of multicolor emissive graphene quantum dots towards cell guidance, Mat. Chem. Front. 6 (2022) 145-154
- Exploring the Emission Pathways in Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots for Bioimaging, J. Phys. Chem. C 125 (2021) 21044-21054
- Evidence of flexoelectricity in graphene nanobubbles created by tip induced electric field, Carbon 179 (2021) 677-682
Fundamental research of plasma processes and plasma-surfaces interaction
- Deposition Penetration Depth and Sticking Probability in Plasma Polymerization of Cyclopropylamine, Appl. Surf. Sci. 540 (2021) 147979
- Molecular dynamics simulation of amine groups formation during plasma processing of polystyrene surfaces, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29(10) (2020) 105020
- Homogeneity and Penetration Depth of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerization onto Electrospun Nanofibrous Mats, Appl. Surf. Sci. 471 (2019) 835–841
Development and application of plasma sources working at atmospheric pressure
- Effect of Low Molecular Weight Oxidized Materials and Nitrogen Groups on Adhesive Joints of Polypropylene Treated by a Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet, Polymers 13 (2021) 4396
- Effects of additives on atmospheric pressure gliding arc applied to the modification of polypropylene, Surf. Coat. Technol. 372 (2019) 45-55
Methodology and standardization of the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) data analysis, the open-source software, Gwyddion
- Synthetic Data in Quantitative Scanning Probe Microscopy, Nanomaterials 11 (2021) 1746
- Estimation of roughness measurement bias originating from background subtraction, Meas. Sci. Technol. 31 (2020) 094010
- Determination of tip transfer function for quantitative MFM using frequency domain filtering and least squares method, Sci Rep 9 (2019) 3880
