Polymer chemistry consulting

Choose and build the molecular structure needed for the application.

• Functional monomers and small-molecule synthesis.
• Controlled radical polymerization, including ATRP and RAFT.
• Amphiphilic polymers, molecular bottlebrushes, and tailored architectures.
• Composition and functionalization to tune solubility, stability, and interactions.

Use those structures to control how polymers interact with cargo, water, surfaces, and biological environments.

• Packaging hydrophobic cargo for hydrophilic and aqueous environments.
• Polymeric carriers and formulation strategies for drug delivery.
• Surface polymer brushes and functional interfaces.
• Tailored biological interactions, anti-fouling behavior, and lubrication.

My current research in the Zapotoczny Group at Jagiellonian University focuses on surface polymer brushes.

Apply the same structure–reactivity understanding to modifying existing polymers and evaluating their chemical recycling.

• Household and commodity plastics as feedstocks.
• Chemical modification, degradation, and depolymerization routes.
• Reaction assessment, literature review, and experimental planning.
• Relationships between polymer composition, reactivity, and potential products.

Related research: depolymerization of poly(n-butyl methacrylate).

Experimental design, synthesis troubleshooting, literature evaluation, and interpretation of GPC/SEC, NMR, FTIR, DLS, DSC, and UV/VIS data support work across these areas.