Electrospun Fibers Group

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Description
Research topics are related to biomaterials and nanomaterials in tissue engineering, for energy and water harvesting including: • studies of adhesion/wetting forces at the nanoscale using AFM and SEM, • studying the properties of soft condensed matter at the nanoscale, • mechanical and surface properties of soft condensed matter, • polymer nanofibers and composites fabricated by electrospinning, • biomimetics and biomaterials • biocompatibility and cell-material interactions using confocal microscopy.
Laboratories:
The Electrospinning Laboratory - Room 419 - 421, Building C 5
Cells Culture and Biomaterials Laboratory - Room 503, Building C 6
Projects:
Bioinspired Composites Strategies for Saving Energy (BioCom4SavEn) (ERC-2020-STG)
Cell responses to electrospun polymer fibers with controlled surface potential, conductivity and stiffness for tissue engineering applications, National Science Centre in Poland (UMO-2019/33/B/ST5/01311)
Electrospun cellulose acetate 3D nanofiber scaffold for bone-cartilage tissue regeneration (3D-CA) (PPN/BCN/2019/1/00067/U/00001)
Investigation of Regenerative Effects of CRISPR / Cas9 Functionalized Piezoelectric Nerve Conduits on in vitro and in vivo Spinal Cord Injury Models (PIECRISCI) (2021/03/Y/ST5/00231)
Cooperation:
University of Cambridge (UK)
University of Birmingham (UK)
University of Nottingham (UK)
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
University of Porto (PT)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Czech Republic)
Silesian University of Technology (PL)
University of Belgrade (RS)
University of Maribor (SK)
University of Bayreuth (DE)
Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) (ES)

Contact


pawilon A-2, piętro 1, pokój 15
12 617 52 30

Leading unit

Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science - Department of Physical & Powder Metallurgy

Team leader

Stachewicz Urszula

Team members

  • Karbowniczek Joanna
  • Berniak Krzysztof
  • Szewczyk Piotr K.
  • Knapczyk-Korczak Joanna
  • Ura Daniel P.
  • Das Madhurima
  • Sukumaran Sunija
  • Polak Martyna
  • Moradi Ahmadreza
  • Kopacz Michał
  • Nagalekshmi Uma Thanu Krishnan Neela

IDUB research areas

  • Sustainable energy technologies, renewable sources of energy, energy storage, and resource management. Design, production, application, synergy, and process integration
  • Materials, technologies, and processes inspired by nature: biotechnology, bioinspirations in engineering and materials science, biosensors, bioenergetics, biocatalysis, biocomputers, and biocomputation
  • Design, production, and testing of modern materials and the technologies of the future based on a multidisciplinary approach combining materials engineering with chemistry, physics, mathematics, and medicine

Keywords

electrospinningpolymersfibersbiomimeticsnanotechnologybiomaterialstissue engineeringnanotechnologiestriboelectricitypiezoelectricitywettability