The Functional Organic Compounds Group is an interdisciplinary research team conducting research at the interface of organic, supramolecular, and materials chemistry.
Currently, our main research interests focus on the synthesis of polyaromatic compounds and their use as molecular receptors from simple inorganic ions and organic molecules, up to biologically relevant species. Our research also focuses on designing environmentally-friendly processes for the synthesis of target molecules, including mechanochemical or sonochemical procedures. We design receptors primarily for spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric detection, and, thanks to our collaboration with teams working in electrochemistry, we are also investigating their application in voltammetric and potentiometric sensors.
We also have extensive experience in designing modern drug delivery systems based on modified graphene derivatives, cyclodextrins, and magnetic nanoparticles.
A sub-group of our team (Dr. Mariola Koszytkowska-Stawińska, PhD DSc, and Dr. Ewa Mironiuk-Puchalska, PhD) is also investigating synthesis and biological applications of nucleotides, aminoacids and 5-fluorouracil derivatives, see: http://zcho.ch.pw.edu.pl/skl_koszy.html..

Main collaborations:

Prof. Hidehiro Sakurai, Osaka University, Japan – sumanene chemistry
http://www.chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~sakurai-lab/en/index.html

Prof. Anna M. Nowicka, University of Warsaw – voltammetric sensors

Prof. Wojciech Wróblewski, Warsaw University of Technology – potentiometric sensors

Prof. Ireneusz P. Grudziński, Medical University of Warsaw – nanomedicine
https://toksykolbromat.wum.edu.pl/

Dr. Bernd Schmidt, Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf, Germany – molecular cages, fluorinated molecules
https://www.supramolekularechemie.hhu.de/en/

Dr. hab. Piotr A. Guńka, Warsaw University of Technology – crystallographic analysis

Dr. hab. Krzysztof Durka, Warsaw University of Technology – photochemistry, DFT computations
https://lulinski.ch.pw.edu.pl/index.html