ZB 02 - Group of molecular films research (W. Kutner) - closed by 31th December 2018

Our research interests include:

(i) chemical sensors with recognition units using molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) films for selective determination of substances of biological, environmental, and societal importance;
(ii) artificial DNA sequences and model systems for biological membranes;
(iii) carbon nanomaterials and polymers for application in supercapacitors;
(iv) organized ultrathin films of organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials for chemical sensors;
(v) organic semiconducting materials for solar energy conversion and electrocatalysis.

Selected recent publications:

• Arnaboldi, S., Benincori, T, Cirilli, R., Kutner, W., Magni, M., Mussini, P. R., Noworyta, K., Sannicolò, F., Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 1706-1711, "Inherently chiral electrodes: the tool for chiral voltammetry".
• Huynh, T-P., Sharma, P. S., Sosnowska, M.  D’Souza, F., and Kutner, W., Prog. Polym. Sci. 2015, 47, 1–25, “Functionalized polythiophenes: Recognition materials for chemosensors and biosensors of superior sensitivity, selectivity, and detectability”.
• Dabrowski, M., Sharma, P. S., Iskierko, Z., Noworyta, K., Cieplak, M., Lisowski, W., Oborska, S., Kuhn, A., and Kutner, W., Biosens. Bioelectron. 2016, 79, 627–635, "Early diagnosis of fungal infections using piezomicrogravimetric and electric chemosensors based on polymers molecularly imprinted with D-arabitol".
• Huynh, T.-P., Wojnarowicz, A., Majka, A., Woznicki, P., Borowicz, P., D’Souza, F., and Kutner, W., ACS Sensors, 2016, 1, 636-639, “Chemosensor for selective determination of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol using a custom designed imprinted polymer recognition unit cross-linked to a fluorophore transducer”.
• Bartold, K., Pietrzyk-Le, A., Huynh T.-P., Iskierko, Z., Sosnowska, M., Noworyta, K., Lisowski, W., Sannicolò, F., Mussini, P. R., Cauteruccio, S., Licandro, E., D’Souza, F., and Kutner, W., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 3948-3958, "Programmed transfer of sequence information into molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for hexa(2,2’-bithien-5-yl) DNA analog formation towards single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection".
• Dabrowski, M., Cieplak, M., Sharma, P. S., Borowicz, P., Noworyta, K., Lisowski, W., D’Souza, F., Kuhn, A., and Kutner, W., Biosens. Bioelectron. 2017, 94, 155-161, "Hierarchical templating in deposition of semi-covalently imprinted inverse opal polythiophene film for femtomolar determination of human serum albumin".