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NOVEL GREEN POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR MEDICAL PACKAGING AND DISPOSABLES TO IMPROVE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY

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Deliverables

Project website (opens in new window)

Preparation and launching the project website, preferably at .eu domain

Training schools and workshops (opens in new window)

Organizing training and seminars on bio-based polymer value chain; organizing closed and opened seminars referring to the sustainable medical packaging and disposables market; organizing group trainings with academic and business representatives; organizing workshops on building careers and team skill development

Medical packaging and disposables market survey (opens in new window)

Elaboration of medical packaging and disposables market survey collecting the most important and up-to-date information derived during the project.

Publications

Effect of enzymatic versus titanium dioxide/silicon dioxide catalyst on crystal structure of ‘green’ poly[(butylene succinate)-co-(dilinoleic succinate)] copolymers (opens in new window)

Author(s): Martyna Sokołowska, Ewa Stachowska, Michalina Czaplicka, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: Polymer International, Issue 70, 2020, Page(s) 514-526, ISSN 1097-0126
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/pi.6104

Modifying the properties of polyamide 6 with high‐performance environmentally friendly nano‐ and microsized reinforcing materials (opens in new window)

Author(s): László Mészáros, Ádám Bezerédi, Roland Petrény
Published in: Polymer Composites, Issue 45, 2024, Page(s) 6404-6413, ISSN 0272-8397
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/pc.28205

Vitamin E-loaded polymeric nanoparticles from biocompatible adipate-based copolymer obtained using the nanoprecipitation method (opens in new window)

Author(s): Martyna Sokołowska, Maja Marchwiana, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: Polimery, Issue 67, 2023, Page(s) 543-551, ISSN 0032-2725
Publisher: Industrial Chemistry Research Institute
DOI: 10.14314/polimery.2022.11.1

Photodegradation of polylactic acid: Characterisation of glassy and melt behaviour as a function of molecular weight (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ábris Dávid Virág, Csenge Tóth, Kolos Molnár
Published in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Issue 252, 2023, Page(s) 126336, ISSN 0141-8130
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126336

Mass Spectrometry of Esterified Cyclodextrins (opens in new window)

Author(s): Diana-Andreea Blaj, Marek Kowalczuk, Cristian Peptu
Published in: Molecules, Issue 28, 2023, Page(s) 2001, ISSN 1420-3049
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28052001

Susceptibility to Degradation in Soil of Branched Polyesterurethane Blends with Polylactide and Starch (opens in new window)

Author(s): Joanna Brzeska, Grzegorz Jasik, Wanda Sikorska, Barbara Mendrek, Jakub Karczewski, Marek Kowalczuk, Maria Rutkowska
Published in: Polymers, Issue 14(10), 2022, Page(s) 2086, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14102086

Polymer-Drug Anti-Thrombogenic and Hemocompatible Coatings as Surface Modifications (opens in new window)

Author(s): Barbara Zawidlak-Węgrzyńska, Joanna Rydz, Marta Musioł, Aneta Radziwon-Balicka
Published in: Pharmaceutics, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 432, ISSN 1999-4923
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16030432

Investigation of the correlations between the microstructure and the tensile properties multi-scale composites with a polylactic acid matrix, reinforced with carbon nanotubes and carbon fibers, with the use of the fiber bundle cell theory (opens in new window)

Author(s): L. Mészáros, A. Horváth, L.M. Vas, R. Petrény
Published in: Composites Science and Technology, Issue 242, 2024, Page(s) 110154, ISSN 0266-3538
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.110154

Enzymatically catalyzed furan-based copolyesters containing dilinoleic diol as a building block (opens in new window)

Author(s): Martyna Sokołowska, Jagoda Nowak-Grzebyta, Ewa Stachowska, Piotr Miądlicki, Magdalena Zdanowicz, Beata Michalkiewicz, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: RSC Advances, Issue 13, 2024, Page(s) 22234-22249, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03885h

Development of Polyhydroxybutyrate-Based Packaging Films and Methods to Their Ultrasonic Welding (opens in new window)

Author(s): Viktoriia Talaniuk, Marcin Godzierz, Alina Vashchuk, Maksym Iurhenko, Paweł Chaber, Wanda Sikorska, Anastasiia Kobyliukh, Valeriy Demchenko, Sergiy Rogalsky, Urszula Szeluga, Grażyna Adamus
Published in: Materials, Issue 16, 2023, Page(s) 6617, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma16206617

Current Trends and Future Prospects of Integrating Electrospinning With <scp>3D</scp> Printing Techniques for Mimicking Bone Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds (opens in new window)

Author(s): Kardo Khalid Abdullah, Kolos Molnár
Published in: Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, ISSN 2642-4150
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/pol.20241010

Tailoring the mechanical and rheological properties of poly(lactic acid) by sterilizing UV-C irradiation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ábris Dávid Virág, Csenge Tóth, Péter Polyák, Marta Musioł, Kolos Molnár
Published in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Issue 277, 2024, Page(s) 134247, ISSN 0141-8130
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134247

Organic recycling challenges of (bio)degradable packages: Degradation studies of polylactide/cork composites (opens in new window)

Author(s): Marta Musioł, Joanna Rydz, Wanda Sikorska, Henryk Janeczek, Sebastian Jurczyk
Published in: Express Polymer Letters, Issue 18, 2024, Page(s) 868-880, ISSN 1788-618X
Publisher: Budapesti Muszaki Egyetem, Department of Polymer Engineering
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2024.64

Life Cycle Assessment Of (Bio)degradable Polymers As A Tool To Achieve The Goals Of The Circular Economy (opens in new window)

Author(s): Simone Maranghi, Lorenzo Tosti, Adrian Domiński, Joanna Rydz
Published in: PACKAGING REVIEW, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) 13-21, ISSN 2720-7226
Publisher: Wydawnictwo SIGMA-NOT
DOI: 10.15199/42.2023.1.2

Surface modification of PHBV fibrous scaffold via lithium borohydride reduction (opens in new window)

Author(s): P. Chaber, G. Tylko, J. Włodarczyk, P. Nitschke, A. Hercog, S. Jurczyk, J. Rech, J. Kubacki, G. Adamus
Published in: Materials, Issue 15(21), 2022, Page(s) 7494, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma15217494

Polyesters and deep eutectic solvents: From synthesis through modification to depolymerization (opens in new window)

Author(s): Magdalena Zdanowicz, Sandra Paszkiewicz, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: Progress in Polymer Science, Issue 161, 2025, Page(s) 101930, ISSN 0079-6700
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2025.101930

From Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone to Biodegradable Poly (hydroxyalkanoate)s: Our Contributions in This Field (opens in new window)

Author(s): Grażyna Adamus, Adrian Domiński, Marek Kowalczuk, Piotr Kurcok, Iza Radecka
Published in: Polymers, Issue 13(24), 2021, Page(s) 4365, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13244365

3D printed and electrospun, transparent, hierarchical polylactic acid mask nanoporous filter (opens in new window)

Author(s): Haijun He, Min Gao, Balázs Illés, Kolos Molnar
Published in: International Journal of Bioprinting, Issue 6 (4), 2020, Page(s) 278, ISSN 2424-8002
Publisher: WHIOCE
DOI: 10.18063/ijb.v6i4.278

Effective Control against Broadleaf Weed Species Provided by Biodegradable PBAT/PLA Mulch Film Embedded with the Herbicide 2-Methyl-4-Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA) (opens in new window)

Author(s): H. R. Khan; Sharanjit Kaur; Timothy C. Baldwin; Iza Radecka; Guozhan Jiang; Inna Bretz; Khadar Duale; Grazyna Adamus; Marek Kowalczuk
Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Issue 8(13), 2020, Page(s) 5360-5370, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00991

Nematic-to-Isotropic Phase Transition in Poly(L-Lactide) with Addition of Cyclodextrin during Abiotic Degradation Study. (opens in new window)

Author(s): Joanna Rydz, Khadar Duale, Henryk Janeczek, Wanda Sikorska, Andrzej Marcinkowski, Marta Musioł, Marcin Godzierz, Aleksandra Kordyka, Michał Sobota, Cristian Peptu, Neli Koseva, Marek Kowalczuk
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 23(14), 2022, Page(s) 7693, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147693

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY FOR MODERN PACKAGING (opens in new window)

Author(s): ADRIAN DOMIŃSKI, KHADAR DUALE, TOMASZ KONIECZNY, PIOTR KURCOK, MAREK KOWALCZUK, JOANNA RYDZ, ALEXANDER GRUNDMANN, SIMON T. KAYSSER
Published in: PACKAGING REVIEW, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 6-15, ISSN 2720-7226
Publisher: SIGMA-NOT
DOI: 10.15199/42.2024.1.1

Melt and solution processability of poly(butylene succinate‐dilinoleic succinate) copolymers modified with poly(ethylene glycol) using<scp>3D</scp>printing and electrospinning (opens in new window)

Author(s): Moein Zarei, Marek J. Żwir, Ewa Wiśniewska, Beata Michalkiewicz, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Issue 34, 2023, Page(s) 3586-3602, ISSN 1042-7147
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/pat.6159

Specific Condis Crystal-like Mesophase of Poly(butylene succinate-<i>co</i>-butylene adipate) (opens in new window)

Author(s): Khadar Duale, Henryk Janeczek, Marcin Godzierz, Ákos György Juhász, Joanna Rydz
Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering, Issue 12, 2024, Page(s) 9534-9540, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03285

Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm, and Antioxidant Activity of Functional Poly (Butylene Succinate) Films Modified with Curcumin and Carvacrol (opens in new window)

Author(s): Łukasz Łopusiewicz, Szymon Macieja, Artur Bartkowiak, Mirosława El Fray
Published in: Materials, Issue 14(24), 2021, Page(s) 7882, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma14247882

Disposal of compostable plastic packaging materials under controlled industrial conditions in view of life cycle (opens in new window)

Author(s): Wanda Sikorska, Joanna Rydz, Adrian Domiński, Marta Musioł, Grażyna Adamus, Marek Kowalczuk, Simone Maranghi, Lorenzo Tosti
Published in: Packaging Review, 2023, ISSN 2720-7226
Publisher: Alfa-Print Sp. z o.o.
DOI: 10.15199/42.2023.2.2

Bioactive (co) oligoesters as potential delivery systems of p-anisic acid for cosmetic purposes (opens in new window)

Author(s): Martinka Maksymiak, Magdalena, Magdalena Zięba, Arkadiusz Orchel, Monika Musiał-Kulik, Marek Kowalczuk, Grazyna Adamus
Published in: Materials, Issue 13(18), 2020, Page(s) 4153, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma13184153

Cast Extruded Films Based on Polyhydroxyalkanoate/Poly(lactic acid) Blend with Herbal Extracts Hybridized with Zinc Oxide (opens in new window)

Author(s): Magdalena Zdanowicz, Małgorzata Mizielińska, Agnieszka Kowalczyk
Published in: Polymers, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 1954, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym16141954

Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Electrospun Polysuccinimide-Based Fiber Mats (opens in new window)

Author(s): Kristof Molnar, Rita Varga, Benjamin Jozsa, Dora Barczikai, Eniko Krisch, Krisztina S. Nagy, Gabor Varga, Angela Jedlovszky-Hajdu, Judit E. Puskas
Published in: Polymers, Issue 12(10), 2020, Page(s) 2324, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym12102324

Estimation of the Mechanical Properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from IR Data (opens in new window)

Author(s): P. Polyák, F. Mackei, Á. Tóth, M. Bredács
Published in: Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2023, ISSN 1566-2543
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-023-02934-7

Cyclodextrin-Oligocaprolactone Derivatives—Synthesis and Advanced Structural Characterization by MALDI Mass Spectrometry (opens in new window)

Author(s): Cristian Peptu, Diana-Andreea Blaj, Mihaela Balan-Porcarasu, Joanna Rydz
Published in: Polymers, Issue 14(7), 2022, Page(s) 1436, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14071436

Preparation of surgical meshes using self-regulating technology based on reaction-diffusion processes (opens in new window)

Author(s): Péter Polyák, Katalin Fodorné Vadász, Dóra Tátraaljai, Judit E. Puskas
Published in: Medical &amp; Biological Engineering &amp; Computing, 2024, ISSN 0140-0118
Publisher: Institute of Electrical Engineers
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-024-03141-9

Poly(butylene-succinate)-based blends with enhanced oxygen permeability (opens in new window)

Author(s): Nina Kantor-Malujdy, Sandra Skowron, Beata Michalkiewicz, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: Materials Today Communications, Issue 33, 2022, Page(s) 104306, ISSN 2352-4928
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104306

Ring‐opening (co)polymerization strategies of selected oxacyclic monomers to control and provide tailored polymers with desired properties (opens in new window)

Author(s): Barbara Trzebicka, Wojciech Wałach, Piotr Kurcok, Marek Kowalczuk
Published in: Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Issue 35, 2024, ISSN 1042-7147
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/pat.6418

Preparation of Highly Porous Scaffolds with Controllable Pore Size from Microbial Polyesters (opens in new window)

Author(s): Péter Polyák, Ágoston Tóth, Dóra Tátraaljai
Published in: Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, Issue 67, 2023, Page(s) 592-602, ISSN 0324-5853
Publisher: Budapesti Muszaki es Gazdasagtudomanyi Egyetem/Budapest University of Technology and Economics
DOI: 10.3311/ppch.22771

Bioconversion Process of Polyethylene from Waste Tetra Pak® Packaging to Polyhydroxyalkanoates (opens in new window)

Author(s): Itohowo Ekere, Brian Johnston, Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia, David Townrow, Szymon Wojciechowski, Adam Marek, Jan Zawadiak, Khadar Duale, Magdalena Zieba, Wanda Sikorska, Grazyna Adamus, Tomasz Goslar, Marek Kowalczuk, Iza Radecka
Published in: Polymers, Issue 14(14), 2022, Page(s) 2840, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14142840

Improving the Sustainability of Enzymatic Synthesis of Poly(butylene adipate)-Based Copolyesters: Polycondensation Reaction in Bulk vs Diphenyl Ether (opens in new window)

Author(s): Martyna Sokołowska, Kristof Molnar, Judit E. Puskas, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: ACS Omega, 2024, ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c00814

Exploring the Future of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Composites with Organic Fillers: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities (opens in new window)

Author(s): Abhishek Thakur, Marta Musioł, Khadar Duale, Marek Kowalczuk
Published in: Polymers, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 1768, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: Basel, Switzerland
DOI: 10.3390/polym16131768

Separation of monodisperse poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) particles by fractionation: Theory and practice (opens in new window)

Author(s): P. Polyák, J. Móczó, B. Pukánszky
Published in: Powder Technology, 2022, ISSN 0032-5910
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117383

Environmentally friendly packaging foams: Investigation of the compostability of poly(lactic acid)-based syntactic foams (opens in new window)

Author(s): Katalin Litauszki, Dániel Gere, Tibor Czigany, Ákos Kmetty
Published in: Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Issue 35, 2024, Page(s) e00527, ISSN 2214-9937
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2022.e00527

Poly(<scp>l</scp>-Lactide) Liquid Crystals with Tailor-Made Properties Toward a Specific Nematic Mesophase Texture (opens in new window)

Author(s): Henryk Janeczek; Khadar Duale; Wanda Sikorska; Marcin Godzierz; Aleksandra Kordyka; Andrzej Marcinkowski; Anna Hercog; Marta Musioł; Marek Kowalczuk; Darinka Christova; Joanna Rydz
Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Issue 10(10), 2022, Page(s) 3323-3334, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c08282

Co-delivery of 8-hydroxyquinoline glycoconjugates and doxorubicin by supramolecular hydrogel based on α-cyclodextrin and pH-responsive micelles for enhanced tumor treatment (opens in new window)

Author(s): A. Domiński, T. Konieczny, M. Godzierz, M. Musioł, H. Janeczek, A. Foryś, M. Domińska, G. Pastuch-Gawołek, T. Piotrowski, P. Kurcok
Published in: Pharmaceutics, Issue 14(11), 2022, Page(s) 2490, ISSN 1999-4923
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112490

Enzymatic Catalysis in Favor of Blocky Structure and Higher Crystallinity of Poly(Butylene Succinate)-Co-(Dilinoleic Succinate) (PBS-DLS) Copolymers of Variable Segmental Composition (opens in new window)

Author(s): Martyna Sokołowska; Jagoda Nowak-Grzebyta; Ewa Stachowska; Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: Materials, Issue 15(3), 2022, Page(s) 1132, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma15031132

Oligopeptide-based molecular labelling of (bio)degradable polyester biomaterials (opens in new window)

Author(s): Joanna Rydz, Khadar Duale, Wanda Sikorska, Marta Musioł, Henryk Janeczek, Andrzej Marcinkowski, Mariola Siwy, Grażyna Adamus, Przemysław Mielczarek, Jerzy Silberring, Jan Juszczyk, Ewa Piętka, Iza Radecka, Abhishek Gupta, Marek Kowalczuk
Published in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Issue 268, 2024, Page(s) 131561, ISSN 0141-8130
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131561

Forensic Engineering of Advanced Polymeric Materials-Part VII: Degradation of Biopolymer Welded Joints. (opens in new window)

Author(s): Wanda Sikorska; Magdalena Zięba; Marta Musioł; Marek Kowalczuk; Henryk Janeczek; Paweł Chaber; O Masiuchok; V.L. Demchenko; V Talanyuk; Maksym Iurzhenko; Judit E. Puskas; Grazyna Adamus
Published in: Polymers, Issue 12 (1167), 2020, Page(s) 1167, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym12051167

Template‐Assisted Electrospinning and <scp>3D</scp> Printing of Multilayered Hierarchical Vascular Grafts (opens in new window)

Author(s): Moein Zarei, Marek J. Żwir, Beata Michalkiewicz, Jarosław Gorący, Miroslawa El Fray
Published in: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Issue 113, 2024, ISSN 1552-4973
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.35525

Biodegradable and biomimetic fibrous composites of hierarchical structure

Author(s): Moein Zarei
Published in: 2023, Page(s) 1-151
Publisher: West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

Monomers from renewable sources in the synthesis of sustainable polyesters for medical applications

Author(s): Martyna Sokołowska
Published in: 2023, Page(s) 1-204
Publisher: West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

Synthesis and Characterization of Plasma Crosslinked Electrospun Fiber Mats from Allyl-Functionalized Polysuccinimide

Author(s): Molnár, Kristóf, Eniko Krisch, Benjamin Jozsa, Dora Barczikai, Angéla Jedlovszky-Hajdú, Miroslawa El Fray, and Judit E. Puskas
Published in: Sustainability & Green Polymer Chemistry Volume 1: Green Products and Processes, 2020, ISBN 9780841298538
Publisher: American Chemical Society

Physico-chemical, rheological, and antiviral properties of poly(butylene succinate) composites with terpene-hydrophobized montmorillonites (opens in new window)

Author(s): Magdalena Zdanowicz, Mateusz Barczewski, Małgorzata Mizielińska, Piotr Miądlicki
Published in: ChemRxiv, 2024
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-v73kb

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