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Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials

 


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Prof. Wojciech Grochala
e-mail: w.grochala@cent.uw.edu.pl
phone: +48 22 55 40828
room: 3079 (II building)
ORCID: 0000-0001-7317-5547
SCOPUS ID: 6603641442 

The group explores the synthesis and physicochemical properties of new chemical compounds – both in the solid state (‘extended’ i.e. 1D, 2D, 3D) and molecular (‘0D’). Combinations of diverse chemical elements together with a offer / a rich diversity of structures and properties of stoichiometries appearing in the phase diagrams. We focus on their electric, magnetic, thermal, and other properties, as well as their chemical reactivity.

Our interdisciplinary research is situated at the intersection of chemistry of novel materials, physical chemistry, solid state physics, and computer modeling (utilizing quantum chemistry methods). The groups of most intensely explored systems encompass novel magnetic and electronic materials based on divalent silver, Ag2+ (in particular fluorides), silver-based oxidizers as initiators of organic reactions (CH bond activation and CC coupling), materials and technologies for hydrogen storage (notably the N- and B-rich systems), and novel noble gas compounds (particularly for He and Ne, explored only theoretically).

Leader

Wojciech Grochala – CV

Team

Leader
Prof. Wojciech Grochala

Postdocs
Łukasz Wolański, PhD, Eng
Bartłomiej Sadowski, PhD
Karol Jan Fijałkowski, PhD
Mateusz Domański, PhD

PhD Students
Daniel Jezierski, MSc
Piotr Szkudlarek, MSc
Dawid Ciszewski, MSc
Katarzyna Kuder, MSc
Daniel Jezierski, MSc
Magdalena Grochowska-Tatarczak, MSc
Michał Jadwiszczak, MSc
Agnieszka Prus, MSc

Selected projects

Title Leader Years Funding
M(Ag)NET. Nowe Magnesy Kwantowe i Prekursory Materiałów Nadprzewodzących Oparte o Srebro Dwuwartościowe W. Grochala 2025-2028 NCN OPUS
CHEMCAP. Physicochemical properties and phenomena in a novel chemical capacitor setup. W. Grochala 2022-2026 NCN OPUS
Electrochemically-enabled methods for aryl radicals generation and their synthetic utility B. Sadowski 2022-2026 NCN SONATA
Theoretical insight into the single-layer systems exhibiting strong antiferromagnetic coupling – a quest for precursors of novel superconductors M. Domański 2021-2025 NCN PRELUDIUM
CYCLO – Ag(II) promoted cycloaddition processes P. Leszczyński 2020-2023 NCN OPUS
Enhancement of magnetic interactions in lanthanide compounds using Ag(II) as spin-superpolarizer W. Grochala 2018-2022 NCN BEETHOVEN
SILVERLAND: Unique silver route to superconducting cuprate analogs W. Grochala 2018-2022 NCN MAESTRO
BEACs: new allotropic forms of carbon. Synthesis, doping, and electronic and adsorption properties A. Szczurek 2017 – 2022 NCN SONATA BIS
Salts of [BH3NH2BH2NH2BH3]- anion as cubic boron nitride precursors and ionic conductors R. Owarzany 2018 – 2022 NCN PRELUDIUM
Kompresja perowskitów podwójnych: badanie wysokociśnieniowych struktur fluorosrebrzanów metali alkalicznych M2AgF4 (M=Na-Cs) J. Gawraczyński 2018 – 2022 NCN PRELUDIUM
Luminescent magnetic materials based on lanthanides and boron W. Wegner 2018 – 2022 NCN PRELUDIUM
Hi-Ox: Journey to the core of the atom – pushing the limits of the reachable oxidation states of metal atoms P. Szarek 2017 – 2021 NCN OPUS
High-pressure synthesis and characterization of novel compounds of silver and chlorine A. Grzelak 2018 – 2021 NCN PRELUDIUM
Investigation of the catalytic properties of vanadium compounds for decomposition of diborane and efficient solid-state hydrogen stores P. Orłowski 2016 – 2020 Diamentowy grant, MNiSW
ACTIVE-OX. Oxidative C-H bond activation in light alkanes by Ag(II) salts containing weakly coordinating anions P. Leszczyński 2016 – 2020 NCN OPUS
BIS-TRIS. Theoretical modeling of redox-tailored bi and tri-heterometallic transition metal complexes as devices for molecular electronics P. Szarek 2016 – 2020 NCN OPUS
HYDRA. From efficient hydrogen stores in the solid state to novel multinary and composite functional materials W. Grochala 2015 – 2018 NCN OPUS
Nowoczesne materiały funkcjonalne oparte o lantanowce i bor W. Wegner 2014 – 2018 Diamentowy grant, MNiSW

Selected publications

  • Gawraczyński J., Leszczyński P.J., Cyrański M.K., Dobrzycki Ł., Koźmiński W., Fijałkowski K.J., Grochala W., Jaroń T.
    Synthesis and structural trends in a series of simple tetraalkylphosphonium salts
    (2024) CrystEngComm, 26 (20), pp. 2673 – 2682
    DOI: 10.1039/d4ce00210e
  • Jezierski D., Mazej Z., Grochala W.
    Novel ternary AgIICoIIIF5 fluoride: synthesis, structure and magnetic characteristics
    (2024) Dalton Transactions, 53 (33), pp. 13731 – 13742
    DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00419a
  • Jezierski D., Grochala W.
    Polymorphism of two-dimensional antiferromagnets, AgF2 and CuF2
    (2024) Physical Review Materials, 8 (3), art. no. 034407
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.034407
  • Prus A., Owarzany R., Jezierski D., Rzepecka M., Grochala W., Połczyński P., Fijalkowski K.J.
    Reinvestigation of the ionic conductivity of a layered Li(BH3NH2BH2NH2BH3) salt
    (2024) Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
    DOI: 10.1039/d4qi01595a
  • Domański M., Mazej Z., Grochala W.
    A Unique Two-Dimensional Silver(II) Antiferromagnet Cu[Ag(SO4)2] and Perspectives for Its Further Modifications
    (2023) Chemistry – A European Journal, 29 (62), art. no. e202302042
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302042
  • Jezierski D., Koteras K., Domański M., Połczyński P., Mazej Z., Lorenzana J., Grochala W.
    Unexpected Coexisting Solid Solutions in the Quasi-Binary Ag(II)F2/Cu(II)F2 Phase Diagram**
    (2023) Chemistry – A European Journal, 29 (52), art. no. e202301092
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301092
  • Grochala W.
    A focus on penetration index – a new descriptor of chemical bonding
    (2023) Chemical Science, 14 (42), pp. 11597 – 11600
    DOI: 10.1039/d3sc90191b
  • Grzelak A., Lorenzana J., Grochala W.
    Separation-Controlled Redox Reactions
    (2021) Angewandte Chemie – International Edition, 60 (25), pp. 13892 – 13895
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103886
  • Wolański Ł., Domański M.A., Grochala W., Szarek P.
    PtXas the limit of high oxidation states in oxide-nitride species
    (2020) Chemical Communications, 56 (86), pp. 13137 – 13140
    DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05361a
  • Gawraczynski J., Kurzydłowski D., Ewings R.A., Bandaru S., Gadomski W., Mazej Z., Ruani G., Bergenti I., Jaron T., Ozarowski A., Hill S., Leszczynski P.J., Tokár K., Derzsi M., Barone P., Wohlfeld K., Lorenzana J., Grochala W.
    Silver route to cuprate analogs
    (2019) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (5), pp. 1495 – 1500
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1812857116

Contact

Prof. Wojciech Grochala
e-mail: w.grochala@cent.uw.edu.pl
phone: +48 22 55 40828
room: 3079 (II building)