Publications

• Aluminium-based MOF nano cuboids and nanoflakes with embedded gold nanoparticles for carbon dioxide fixation with epoxides into cyclic ester

G. Kopacka, K. Wasiluk, P.W. Majewski, M. Kopyt, P. Kwiatkowski, E. Megiel

International  Journal of Molecular Sciences  2024, Volume 25, Issue 2, 1020

(doi.org/10.3390/ijms25021020)

• Fluoride enhances polystyrene nanoparticles cytotoxicity in colonocytes in vitro model
  K.P. Steckiewicz, A. Adamska, M. Narajczyk, E. Megiel, I. Inkielewicz-Stępniak
  Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2022, 367, 110169
  (DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2022.110169)
• The Pharmacological Effects of Silver Nanoparticles Functionalized with Eptifibatide on Platelets and Endothelial Cells
  J. Hajtuch, E. Iwicka, A. Szczoczarz, E. Megiel, P.Cieciórski, M.W. Radomski, M.J. Santos-Martinez, I. Inkielewicz- Stępniak
  International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2022, 17, 4383-4400
  (DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S373691)
• Silver nanoparticles densely grafted with nitroxides as a recyclable green catalyst in the selective oxidation of alcohols
  A. Krogul-Sobczak, N. Pisarek, P. Cieciórski, E. Megiel
  Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 2542
  (DOI: 10.3390/nano12152542)
• Utilizing a polymer containing squaramide-based ion pair receptors for salt extraction
  M. Zaleskaya-Hernik, E. Megiel, J. Romański
  Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 361, 119600
  (DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119600)
• Silver Nanoparticles as Chlorhexidine and Metronidazole Drug Delivery Platforms: Their Potential Use in Treating Periodontitis
  P. Steckiewicz, P. Cieciórski, E. Barcińska, M. Jaśkiewicz, M. Narajczyk, M. Bauer, W. Kamysz, E. Megiel, I. Inkielewicz-Stepniak
  International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2022, 17, 495-517
  (DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S339046)
• New Photoresponsive Poly(meth)acrylates Bearing Azobenzene Moieties Obtained via ATRP Polymerization Exhibiting Liquid-Crystalline Behavior
  P. Cieciórski, P.W. Majewski, E. Megiel
  Polymers, 2021, 13, 2172
  (DOI: 10.3390/polym13132172)
• Ferrocene functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes as supercapacitor electrodes
  G.A.M. Ali, E. Megiel, P. Cieciórski, M.R. Thalji, J. Romański, H.Algarni, K.F. Chong
  Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 318, 114064
  (DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114064)
• Silver-Polystyrene (Ag/PS) Nanocomposites Doped with Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)-Fabrication and Bactericidal Activity
  A. Krzywicka, E. Megiel
  Nanomaterials, 2020, 10, 2245
  (DOI: 10.3390/nano10112245)

• A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of Amphiphilic and Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-b-Polystyrene Block Copolymers via ATRP
  M. Fedorczyk, A. Krzywicka, P. Cieciórski, J. Romański, E. Megiel
  Polymers, 2019, 11, 1484
  (DOI: 10.3390/polym11091484)
• A wide potential window symmetric supercapacitor by TEMPO functionalized MWCNTs
  G.A.M. Ali, E. Megiel, J. Romański, H. Algarni, K.F. Chong
  Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018, 271, 31-39
  (DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.08.123)
• Surface modification using TEMPO and its derivatives
  E. Megiel
  Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 250, 158-184
  (DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.08.008)
• High-density polystyrene-grafted silver nanoparticles and their use in the preparation of nanocomposites with antibacterial properties
  P. Krystosiak, W. Tomaszewski, E. Megiel
  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 498, 9-21
  (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.03.041)
• The role of nanomaterials as effective adsorbents and their applications in wastewater treatment
  H. Sadegh, G.A.M. Ali, V.K. Gupta, A.S.H. Makhlouf, R. Shahryari-ghoshekandi, M.N. Nadagouda, M. Sillanpää, E. Megiel
  Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 2017, 7, 1-14
  (DOI: 10.1007/s40097-017-0219-4)
• Nitroxide-coated silver nanoparticles: synthesis, surface physicochemistry and antibacterial activity
  M. Gozdziewska, G. Cichowicz, K. Markowska, K. Zawada, E. Megiel
  RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 58403-58415
  (DOI: 10.1039/c5ra09366j)
• A smart synthesis of gold/polystyrene core-shell nanohybrids using TEMPO coated nanoparticles
  K. Zawada, W. Tomaszewski, E. Megiel
  RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 23876-23885
  (DOI: 10.1039/c4ra01770f)
• Application of a new unimolecular initiator in the synthesis of (α,ω) ketone functionalized polystyrene in nitroxide mediated polymerization
  E. Megiel
  Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013, 127, 4858-4864
  (DOI: 10.1002/app.38086)
• TEMPO coated Au nanoparticles: synthesis and tethering to gold surfaces
  O. Swiech, R. Bilewicz, E. Megiel
  RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 5979-5986
  (DOI: 10.1039/C3RA23106B)
• One-pot synthesis of gold nanoparticles densely coated with nitroxide spins
  A. Kaim, J. Szydłowska, P. Piotrowski, E. Megiel
  Polyhedron, 2012, 46, 119-123
  (DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2012.08.012)
• Theoretical and experimental studies on stability of the C-ON bond in new ketone functionalized N-alkoxyamines
  E. Megiel, A. Kaim, M.K. Cyrański
  Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2010, 23, 1146-1154
  (DOI: 10.1002/poc.1685)

• Factors influencing the C-ON bond strength of the alkoxyamines in the styrene-acrylonitrile-TEMPO copolymerization system
  E. Megiel, A. Kaim
  Journal of Polymer Science Part A – Polymer Chemistry, 2008, 46, 1165-1177
  (DOI: 10.1002/pola.22456)
• Transition states for deactivation reactions in the modeled 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy-mediated free-radical polymerization of acrylonitrile
  A. Kaim, E. Megiel
  Journal of Polymer Science Part A – Polymer Chemistry, 2006, 44, 914-927
  (DOI: 10.1002/pola.21203)
• Transition structures and reaction barriers in the styrene-acrylonitrile copolymerization system according to quantum mechanical calculations
  A. Kaim, E. Megiel
  Journal of Polymer Science Part A – Polymer Chemistry, 2005, 43, 1827-1844
  (DOI: 10.1002/pola.20652)
• Penultimate unit effects in the free-radical copolymerization of styrene with acrylonitrile according to theoretical thermochemistry
  P. Cieplak, E. Megiel, A. Kaim
  Journal of Polymer Science Part A – Polymer Chemistry, 2002, 40, 3592-3603
  (DOI: 10.1002/pola.10464)
• Hydrogen Bonding between Phenols and Fatty Acid Esters:  ¹H NMR Study and ab Initio Calculations
  G. Litwinienko, E. Megiel, M. Wojnicz
  Organic Letters, 2002, 4, 2425-2428
  (DOI: 10.1021/ol0261837)
• Molecular geometry and electronic structure of molecules in free-radical copolymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate derived from density functional calculations
  E. Megiel, A. Kaim
  Journal of Polymer Science Part A – Polymer Chemistry, 2001, 39, 3761-3769
  (DOI: 10.1002/pola.10024)
• A theoretical and experimental 14N NMR study of association of pyridine
  E. Megiel, T. Kasprzycka-Guttman, A. Jagielska, L. Wróblewska
  Journal of Molecular Structure, 2001, 569, 111-119
  (DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2860(01)00467-7)

• Excess Enthalpies for 4-Methyltoluene + Pyridine, +2-Methylpyridine, +3-Methylpyridine, +4-Methylpyridine, +2,4-Dimethylpyridine, +2,6-Dimethylpyridine, +2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine at 298.15 K
  H. Wilczura-Wachnik, E. Megiel, T. Kasprzycka-Guttman
  Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 1996, 41, 1514-1516
  (DOI: 10.1021/je960208t)
• Volumes of mixing 2,4-dimethylpyridine with n-alkanes
  T. Kasprzycka-Guttman, H. Wilczura, E. Megiel
  Journal of Solution Chemistry, 1996, 25, 1019-1028
  (DOI: 10.1007/BF00972596)
• Enthalpy of mixing for binaries: M-xylene plus pyridine bases. Experimental data at 298.15K and theoretical description
  H. Wilczura, T. Kasprzycka-Guttman, E. Megiel
  Thermochimica Acta, 1996, 274, 53-59
  (DOI: 10.1016/0040-6031(95)02503-0)
• Excess volumes of binary systems formed by a 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine and n-alkane
  T. Kasprzycka-Guttman, E. Megiel
  Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1995, 113, 139-149
  (DOI: 10.1016/0378-3812(95)02767-1)
• Heats of mixing of binary mixture of pyridine bases and o-xylene. Experimental results and description according to the theory
  H. Wilczura, T. Kasprzycka-Guttman, E. Megiel
  Thermochimica Acta, 1994, 247, 237-243
  (DOI: 10.1016/0040-6031(94)80124-X)