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Maciek Kopec

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20162020

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Research interests

We are interested in both fundamental and applied aspects of polymeric materials. We use controlled radical polymerisation techniques (ATRP & RAFT) to synthesize materials for applications in composites, water purification and energy conversion/storage. Current research topics include:

Kinetics of radical polymerisations

  • online reaction monitoring of controlled radical polymerisation
  • application of DOSY NMR to follow polymerisation kinetics

Polymer gels & networks

  • fundamental studies of gelation/cross-linking in free radical polymerisations
  • multicomponent and interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs)

Chemistry of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)

  • synthesis of PAN by controlled radical polymerisations
  • post-polymerisation modification of PAN
  • PAN-derived carbon fibres and nanomaterials 
  • aggregation-induced emission (AIE) in PAN

Education/Academic qualification

Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University

2009 → 2014

Chemical Engineering, Master of Engineering, Cracow University of Technology

2004 → 2009

External positions

Research Associate, University of Bristol

Mar 2019 → May 2019

4TU.HTM Research Fellow, University of Twente

2016 → 2018

Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University

2014 → 2016

Keywords

  • Polymers
  • Materials
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Kinetics & Mechanisms
  • Controlled Polymerisations
  • Carbon Materials
  • Polymer Networks

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