Current Projects:

National Science Centre, OPUS 26

Development of a new approach to the production and compatibilization of polyester blends using hybrid organic-inorganic additives (siliCOMP)

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The siliCOMP project aims to develop novel, effective methods of biobased and biodegradable immiscible poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(ethylene furanoate) (PEF) blends compatibilization by tailoring dedicated functional nano additives based on silsesquioxanes (SQs) and processing procedures.

  • The consortium of West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Adam Mickiewicz Univerisity in Poznan and Poznan University of Technology: Prof. ZUT dr hab. Sandra Paszkiewicz, prof. UAM dr hab. Beata Dudziec, Prof. PUT dr hab. Mateusz Barczewski
  • Duration Time: 48 months (07. 2024 – 07. 2027)
  • Financial Support: 2 372 028 PLN
OPUS 21

National Science Centre, OPUS 21

Advanced coordination materials designed on the basis of functional silsesquioxanes

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The project is devoted to the design and development of synthetic strategies to obtain silsesquioxane-based coordination systems with diverse structure topology and selected transition metal ions, exhibiting interesting physicochemical properties.

  • Principal Investigator: prof. UAM dr hab. Beata Dudziec
  • Duration Time: 48 months (01. 2022 – 01. 2026)
  • Financial Support: 1 673 924 PLN

Former Projects:

OPUS 12

National Science Centre, OPUS 12

New perspectives for tetrafunctional double-decker silsesquioxanes as molecular scaffolds for reactive organic groups

Website: NCN Project info page

 

The main scientific goal of the project is to design selective methods for synthesising novel tetrafunctional double-decker silsesquioxane derivatives in which the Si-O-Si core is an anchor to four organic reactive groups (FG). As a result, a wide range of new molecular DDSQ-based derivatives will be developed which will serve as precursors for further transformations, incl. determination of their properties and reactivity.

  • Principal Investigator: prof. UAM dr hab. Beata Dudziec
  • Duration Time: 36 months (04. 2017 – 04. 2021)
  • Financial Support: 984 470 PLN