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  1. Optimized closed-loop recycling of bio-based poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) using eutectic solvents

    Article • Sustainable Materials and Technologies, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  2. Superior barrier performance, mechanical properties and compostability in relation to supramolecular structure of renewable based poly(trimethylene furanoate) modified with suberic acid

    Article • European Polymer Journal, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  3. Study of the Crystal Structure and Hydrogen Bonding during Cold Crystallization of Poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate)

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  4. Removal of environmentally toxic sulfamethoxazole waste using TiO2-graphite systems and a tailor-made LED photoreactor: Unraveling the role of spectra-matching

    Article • Applied Surface Science, November 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Marcin Frankowski, Dr Anna Szymczyk

  5. Hytrel-like Copolymers Based on Furan Polyester

    Article • Molecules, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  6. TiO2-C nanocomposite synthesized via facile surfactant-assisted method as a part of less energy-consuming LED-based photocatalytic system for environmental applications

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  7. Inter and intra molecular dynamics in poly(trimethylene 2,5-furanoate) as revealed by infrared and Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopies

    Article • Polymer, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  8. Relaxation Dynamics of Biomass-Derived Copolymers With Promising Gas-Barrier Properties

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, June 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  9. Bio-based aliphatic/aromatic poly(trimethylene furanoate/sebacate) random copolymers: Correlation between mechanical, gas barrier performances and compostability and copolymer composition

    Article • Polymer Degradation and Stability, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  10. Thin polymer films based on poly(vinyl alcohol) containing graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide with functional properties

    Article • Polymer Engineering & Science, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  11. The effect of annealing on tensile properties of injection molded biopolyesters based on 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid

    Article • Polymer Engineering & Science, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  12. Biobased Thermoplastic Elastomers: Structure-Property Relationship of Poly(hexamethylene 2,5-furanodicarboxylate)-Block-Poly(tetrahydrofuran) Copolymers Prepared by Melt Polycondensation

    Article • Polymers, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  13. Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  14. Comparing Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Halloysite Nanotubes as Reinforcements in EVA Nanocomposites

    Article • Materials, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  15. Enhanced Functional Properties of Low-Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites Containing Hybrid Fillers of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Nano Carbon Black

    Article • Polymers, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  16. Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structuring of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) Films Containing Tungsten Disulfide Nanotubes

    Article • Polymers, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  17. Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer/halloysite nanotubes nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical and thermal properties

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  18. Magnetic Properties of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate‐ block ‐Poly(tetramethylene oxide) Copolymer Nanocomposites Reinforced by Graphene Oxide–Fe 3 O 4 Hybrid Nanoparticles

    Article • phys stat sol (a), October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  19. Functional Properties of Poly(Trimethylene Terephthalate)-Block-Poly(Caprolactone) Based Nanocomposites Containing Graphene Oxide (GO) and Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO)

    Article • Nanomaterials, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  20. Thermally and electrically conducting polycarbonate/elastomer blends combined with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

    Article • Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  21. Poly(ethylene furanoate) modified with dimerized fatty acid diol towards multiblock copolymers: Microstructure – Property relationship

    Article • Materials Today Communications, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  22. Influence of hybrid system of nanofillers on the functional properties of postconsumer PET‐G–based nanocomposites

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  23. Laterally-resolved mechanical and tribological properties of laser-structured polymer nanocomposites

    Article • Polymer, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  24. Graphene-Based Nanomaterials and Their Polymer Nanocomposites

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  25. Synthesis, structure, and physical properties of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)-block -poly(caprolactone) copolymers

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  26. Effect of thermal aging on the crystalline structure and mechanical performance of fully bio-based, furan-ester, multiblock copolymers

    Article • Polimery, September 2018, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  27. EPR Spectroscopy on Double-Walled and Multi- Walled Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites

    Article • June 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  28. Electrically and Thermally Conductive Low Density Polyethylene-Based Nanocomposites Reinforced by MWCNT or Hybrid MWCNT/Graphene Nanoplatelets with Improved Thermo-Oxidative Stability

    Article • Nanomaterials, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  29. Laser induced periodic surface structures formation by nanosecond laser irradiation of poly (ethylene terephthalate) reinforced with Expanded Graphite

    Article • Applied Surface Science, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  30. Interfacial interactions in PTT–PTMO/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanocomposites and their impact on mechanical, thermal, and dielectric properties

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  31. Effect of chemical structure on the subglass relaxation dynamics of biobased polyesters as revealed by dielectric spectroscopy: 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid vs. trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  32. New functional nanocomposites based on poly(trimethylene 2,5-furanoate) and few layer graphene prepared by in situ polymerization

    Article • eXPRESS Polymer Letters, January 2018, Department of Polymer Engineering, Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  33. Synthesis and characterization of new reactive polymer blends based on post-consumer glycol-modified poly(ethylene terephthalate) foils and poly(tetramethylene oxide)

    Article • Polimery, January 2018, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  34. Characterization of polypropylene/poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) blends with improved thermal stability

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  35. Synthesis and structure – property relationship of biobased poly(butylene 2,5-furanoate) – block – (dimerized fatty acid) copolymers

    Article • Polymer, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  36. Laser induced periodic surface structures on polymer nanocomposites with carbon nanoadditives

    Article • Applied Physics A, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  37. Elektrycznie i termicznie przewodzące nanokompozyty polimerowe na bazie polietylenu o małej gęstości z dodatkiem nanopłytek grafenowych

    Article • PRZEMYSŁ CHEMICZNY, September 2017, Wydawnictwo SIGMA-NOT, sp. z.o.o.

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  38. Nanocomposites Based on Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomers

    Article • August 2017, IntechOpen

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  39. Electrically and thermally conductive thin elastic polymer foils containing SiC nanofibers

    Article • Composites Science and Technology, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  40. Microstructure, thermal stability, and mechanical properties of modified polycarbonate with polyolefin and silica nanoparticles

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  41. Electrical and rheological characterization of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) hybrid nanocomposites filled with COOH functionalized MWCNT and graphene nanosheets

    Article • Polymer Composites, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  42. Synthesis and characterization of new poly(ethylene terephthalate)/poly(phenylene oxide) blends

    Article • Polimery, February 2017, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  43. Synthesis and characterization of poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-1,4-cyclohexanedimethylene terephtlatate)-block-poly(tetramethylene oxide) copolymers

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  44. Improvement of barrier properties of glycol modified poly(ethylene terephthalate) based nanocomposites containing graphene derivatives forms

    Article • Polimery, January 2017, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  45. Comparative study on the properties of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) -based nanocomposites containing multi-walled carbon (MWCNT) and tungsten disulfide (INT-WS2 ) nanotubes

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  46. Electrical conductivity and transparency of polymer hybrid nanocomposites based on poly(trimethylene terephthalate) containing single walled carbon nanotubes and expanded graphite

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  47. Fully biobased multiblock copolymers of furan-aromatic polyester and dimerized fatty acid: Synthesis and characterization

    Article • Polymer, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  48. Graphene Derivatives in Semicrystalline Polymer Composites

    Article • August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  49. Phase Separation and Elastic Properties of Poly(Trimethylene Terephthalate)-block-poly(Ethylene Oxide) Copolymers

    Article • Polymers, June 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  50. Mechanical and thermal properties of hybrid nanocomposites prepared by in situ polymerization

    Article • Polimery, March 2016, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  51. Magnetic properties of PTMO-block-PEN copolymer /0.7(Fe2O3)/0.3(ZnO) nanocomposites

    Article • Materials Science-Poland, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  52. Formation of LIPSS in nanocomposites of Poly (ethylene terephthalate)/Expanded Graphite by using UV nanosecond laser pulses

    Article • January 2016, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  53. Improved Thermal Conductivity of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate-block -poly(tetramethylene oxide) Based Nanocomposites Containing Hybrid Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene Nanoplatelets Fillers

    Article • Advances in Polymer Technology, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  54. Synergetic effect of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) in electrically conductive PTT-block-PTMO hybrid nanocomposites prepared by in situ polymerization

    Article • Composites Science and Technology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  55. Effect of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets’ size on the phase structure, electrical, and barrier properties of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)-based nanocomposites

    Article • Polymer Engineering & Science, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Jaroslav Mosnacek, Dr Zdeno Spitalsky, Dr Anna Szymczyk

  56. The influence of different shaped nanofillers (1D, 2D) on barrier and mechanical properties of polymer hybrid nanocomposites based on PET prepared byin situpolymerization

    Article • Polymer Composites, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  57. Thermoplastic elastomers containing 2D nanofillers: montmorillonite, graphene nanoplatelets and oxidized graphene platelets

    Article • Green Sciences, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  58. Oxygen Barrier Properties and Melt Crystallization Behavior of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites

    Article • Journal of Nanomaterials, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Zdeno Spitalsky, Dr Jaroslav Mosnacek, Dr Anna Szymczyk

  59. Enhanced thermal and mechanical properties of poly(trimethylene terephthalate-block-poly(tetramethylene oxide) segmented copolymer based hybrid nanocomposites prepared by in situ polymerization via synergy effect between SWCNTs and graphene nanoplatelets

    Article • eXPRESS Polymer Letters, January 2015, Department of Polymer Engineering, Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  60. Influence of expanded graphite (EG) and graphene oxide (GO) on physical properties of PET based nanocomposites

    Article • Green Sciences, December 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr Jaroslav Mosnacek, Dr Zdeno Spitalsky, Dr Anna Szymczyk

  61. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of nanocomposites based on PVDF and expanded graphite

    Article • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, August 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  62. Structure and properties of nanocomposites based on PTT-block-PTMO copolymer and graphene oxide prepared by in situ polymerization

    Article • European Polymer Journal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jaroslav Mosnacek, Dr Zdeno Spitalsky, Dr Anna Szymczyk

  63. Effect of addition of expanded graphite (EG) on the synthesis and characteristics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) modified with cyclohexanedimethanol (PETG)

    Article • Polimery, November 2013, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

    Dr Jaroslav Mosnacek, Dr Zdeno Spitalsky, Dr Anna Szymczyk

  64. Electrical conductivity of poly(ethylene terephthalate)/expanded graphite nanocomposites prepared byin situpolymerization

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Zdeno Spitalsky, Dr Anna Szymczyk

  65. Influence of intercalated organoclay on the phase structure and physical properties of PTT–PTMO block copolymers

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  66. Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures Nanofabricated on Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) Spin-Coated Films

    Article • Langmuir, May 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  67. Poly(trimethylene terephthalate-block-tetramethylene oxide) elastomer/single-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites: Synthesis, structure, and properties

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  68. Non-isothermal crystallization of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/single-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites

    Article • Polimery, March 2012, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  69. Preparation and characterization of nanocomposites based on COOH functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and on poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

    Article • eXPRESS Polymer Letters, January 2011, Department of Polymer Engineering, Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  70. The influence of soft segment length on structure and properties of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)-block-poly(tetramethylene oxide) segmented random copolymers

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  71. Design, synthesis, characterization and optimization of PTT-b-PEO copolymers: A new membrane material for CO2 separation

    Article • Journal of Membrane Science, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  72. Magnetic properties of carbon nanotube poly(ether-ester) nanocomposites

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, September 2010, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  73. Structure and properties of new polyester elastomers composed of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) and poly(ethylene oxide)

    Article • European Polymer Journal, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  74. Influence of preparation procedure on the conductivity and transparency of SWCNT-polymer nanocomposites

    Article • Composites Science and Technology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  75. Nematic-to-isotropic photo-induced phase transition in azobenzene-doped low-molar liquid crystals

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  76. FMR and DSC study of maghemite nanoparticles in PMMA polymer matrix

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  77. New multiblock poly(ether-ester)s based on poly(trimethylene terephthalate) as rigid segments

    Article • European Polymer Journal, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  78. Oxidation of (Ti,W)C ceramic powders

    Article • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  79. Synthesis, Structural and Magnetic Resonance Studies of YxEr2-xCu2O5Compounds

    Article • Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  80. Poly(ether-block-sulfonated ester) copolymers. III. Morphology and ionic aggregation in PESE

    Article • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B, June 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  81. POLY(ETHER-BLOCK-SULFONATED ESTER)COPOLYMERS. I. PHASE STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES*

    Article • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B, November 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  82. POLY(ETHER-BLOCK-SULFONATED ESTER) COPOLYMERS. II. MECHANICAL AND DIELECTRIC RELAXATION*

    Article • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B, November 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  83. Sulfonated poly(ether–block–ester) ionomers with anions in the polyester hard segments

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, October 1999, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk

  84. Sulfonated poly(ether-block-ester) ionomers with anions in the polyester hard segments

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, October 1999, Wiley

    Dr Anna Szymczyk