Welcome to Research Team

Science does not happen in a vacuum. It is a social and intellectual institution, rooted in historical and economic contexts.
Therefore, our team fills the void with discoveries in photochemistry and photopolymerization,
bearing in mind the needs of the current market. Feel free to invite us to collaborate with you.
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Research Areas

(1) Novel photoinitiators for polymerization of monomers.

Synthesis of new photoinitiators for cationic polymerisation processes and study of their effectiveness and efficiency in photo-polymerisation of coating materials by Fluorescence Probe Technology (FPT), Real-Time FT-IR (RT-FTIR) and Photo Differential Scanning Calorimetry (p-DSC).


(2) New accelerators for polymerization and photopolymerization processes.

Synthesis of new accelerators for polymerisation and photopolymerisation processes (e.g., ring-opening polymerisation and unique polymerisation processes; free-radical photo-polymerisation of multifunctional monomers, the photo-polymerisation of a mixture of multifunctional monomers or oligomers that polymerise by different mechanisms leads to the build-up of two interpenetrating polymer networks (IPN).


(3) 3D printing processes (3D SLA, 3D-DLP, 2PP 3D printing).

3D-VAT printing processes and materials for additive manufacturing (AM)/rapid prototyping/solid free-form fabrication processes (e.g., 3D printing processes for photocurable polymeric materials: technologies, materials, and machines. A fundamental understanding of the interplay between light and matter in photo-initiating systems guides 3D printing.


(4) Fluorescent probes for special applications – studying the properties of investigated media.

(5) Application of fluorescent probes in monitoring the progress of chemical reactions, including polymerization and photopolymerization processes (e.g., photocured layers).

Synthesis of fluorescent compounds for the role of fluorescent probes for special applications – studying the properties of investigated media (e.g., cationic photopolymerisation and the application of Fluorescence Probe Technology for monitoring the progress of cationic photopolymerisation processes).


(6) Intelligent luminescent molecular sensors for selective detection in biochemistry and chemistry.

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Minister of Science and Higher Education Scholarship results announced!!! On 17 March 2025. - out of 1,084 applications fulfilling the conditions for receiving the scholarship - the Minister of Science and Higher Education awarded the scholarship to 398 students whose applications were positively recommended by the Evaluation Team. Among the awarded students from the Cracow University of Techno...
We are pleased to announce that our student, Weronika Walczyk, from the #OrtylPhotoLab group at the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Kraków University of Technology's Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, has been awarded and recognised at the #RscPoster online conference organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry publishing house 🌐 This scientific event took place on 4-5 March on the LinkedIn pl...
The International π Day is celebrated annually on 14 March. The date was not chosen by accident - 3.14 in American notation means exactly 14 March, and it is also the most widely used approximation of the number π. Interestingly, it is also the birthday of Albert Einstein and the eminent Polish mathematician Władysław Sierpiński. Since 2020, by UNESCO proclamation, 14 March has been given the s...
#RSCPoster 2025 is a global, free online poster conference organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry on LinkedIn. The event lasted 24 hours and gathered a large number of participants, including 23 members from the #OrtylPhotoLab team. Activity summary of #OrtylPhotoLab members: A total of 982 reactions were received on their posters, Their work generated 68 comments, Posters were shared 75 ...
🪷🌹🌺🌷On the occasion of Women's Day, the male part of the Ortyl Photo Lab team from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology in Krakow would like to wish you all the best, achieve more and more scientific success and a lot of joy while doing your research and participating in the scientific adventure.💐🥀⚘️🪻 💐🌼🌺We wish you that ...
🚀🚀🚀🚀We would like to congratulate our research group colleague, M.Sc. Andrzej Świeży , who successfully defended his doctoral thesis on 4 March 2025 at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of PK! 🎓 ➡️Topic of his dissertation : ‘Design and synthesis of novel single-component radical photoinitiators undergoing photolytic dissociation exhibiting absorption characteristics in th...