Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Zoriana Danel

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsExperimental and Theoretical Physics of Polymers,Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics
KeywordsPolymers at surfaces and interfaces, theory, surfaces, soft matter, colloids
Honours and awards

2015: Project coordinator of Joint Research Project between Polish and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

2009: DAAD Fellowship, Duisburg - Essen University, Duisburg, Germany.

2009: Research grant from von Humboldt Foundation (computer grant).

2007: Grant from von Humboldt Foundation, Humboldt Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany.

2006: Fellowship from the Foundation for Polish Science in the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.

2003: Two times Scientific Research in the frames of the Queen Jadwiga Fellowship of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.

2002: NATO grant in Soft Condensed Matter Department, Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

2000: Two times Grant from National Science Council at the Laboratory of Statistical and Computational Physics, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

1999: Grant from National Science Council for scientific visit of : a) Taipei University, Taiwan; b) Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; c) Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan.

Current contact address

CountryPoland
CityKrakow
InstitutionCracow University of Technology
InstituteInstitute of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe SommerLeibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. (IPF), Dresden
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2007

Programme(s)

2006Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2025Maciej Dudek and Zoriana Danel: Investigation of the elastic properties of star polymers in semi-infinite space. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2952, 2025, 012016
202439. Z. Danel, J. Halun, P. Karbowniczek: Analytical and numerical investigation of star polymers in confined geometries. In: Int. J. Mol. Sci. 25, 2024, 9561
2023P. Kuterba, Z. Danel, W.Janke: Entropic force in a dilute solution of real ring polymer chains with different topological structures in a slit of two parallel walls with mixed boundary conditions. In: Cond. Matt. Phys., 26, 2023, 43605
2023P. Kuterba, H. Christiansen, Z. Danel and W. Janke: Molecular dynamics simulations of the monomer density profiles of knotted ring polymer chains confined in a slit of two parallel walls with one attractive and another repulsive surface. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2436, 2023, 012031
2021J. Halun, P. Karbowniczek, P. Kuterba, Z. Danel: Investigation of ring and star polymers in confined geometries: theory and simulations. In: Entropy, 23, 2021, 242
2020G. Lewińska, K. Khachatryan, K.S. Danel, Z. Danel, J. Sanetra, K.W. Konstanty: Investigations of the optical and thermal properties of the pyrazoloquinoline derivatives and their application for OLED design. In: Polymers, 12, 2020, 2707
2020G. Lewińska, K.S. Danel, A. Wisła-Świder, Z. Usatenko, J. Kanak, Ł. Walczak, P. Kuterba, J. Sanetra, K. W. Marszalek: Photoelectrical properties and surface examination of luminescent copolymer compounds. In: Applied Surface Science, 533, 2020, 147366
2019K.S. Danel, G. Lewi?ska, Z. Usatenko, T. Lemek and A.Wis?a-Swider: Two interesting scaffolds derived from pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinolines: synthesis and applications. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019,
2018K.S. Danel, O. Michalski, Z. Usatenko, J. Sanetra, E.M. Nowak: Dicyanovinyl end-capped 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl) anthracenes for organic solar cells. In: Technical Transactions, 2018, 47-59
2017Z. Usatenko, P. Kuterba, H. Chamati, J. Halun: Investigation of ring polymers in confined geometries. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series , 2017, 012002-1-012002-10
2017Z.Usatenko, P.Kuterba, H.Chamati, D.Romeis: Linear and ring polymers in confined geometries. In: Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 2017, 651-665
2017Z. Usatenko, J. Halun: Ring polymer chains in confined geometries: the massive field theory approach. In: J. Stat. Mech.: Theory and Experiment, 2017, 013303-1-013303-24
2016Z.Usatenko, J.Halun, P.Kuterba: Ring polymers in confined geometries. In: Condensed Matter Physics, 2016, 43602-1-43602-6
2015P. Szlachcic, K. S. Danel, M. Gryl, K. Stadnicka, Z. Usatenko, N. Nosidlak, G. Lewi?ska, J. Sanetra, W. Ku?nik: Organic light emiting diodes (OLED) based on helical structures containing 7 – membered fused rings. In: Dyes and Pigments, 2015, 184-195
2014Zoryana Usatenko: Stretching of anchored to the surface a real polymer chain in a good solvent: the massive field theory approach . In: Macromolecular Symposia, 2014, 14-21
2014Zoryana Usatenko: Stretching of polymer chain anchored to a surface: the massive field theory approach. In: J. Stat. Mech.: Theory and Experiment, 2014, P09015-1-P09015-21
2013M. Borowko, W. Rzysko, S. Sokolowski, Z. Sokolowska, and Z. Usatenko: Stretching tethered polymer chains: Density functional approach. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2013, 204707-1-204707-7
2011Zoryana Usatenko: Monomer density profiles for polymer chains in confined geometries: Massive field theory approach. In: J.Chem.Phys., 2011, 024119-1-024119-10
2011Zoryana Usatenko: Monomer density profiles of real polymer chains in confined geometries. In: J.Mol.Liq., 2011, 59-65
2009D. Romeis, Z. Usatenko : Massive field theory approach for polymer chains in confined geometries. In: AIP Conference Proceedings , 2009, 144-155
2009Dirk Romeis, Zoryana Usatenko: Polymer chains in confined geometries:Massive field theory approach. In: Phys.Rev.E, 2009, 041802-1-041802-14
2008Zoryana Usatenko, Jens-Uwe Sommer: Calculation of the Segmental Order Parameter for a Polymer Chain in Good Solvent. In: Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 2008, 39-44
2007Zoryana Usatenko, Jens-Uwe Sommer: The influence of long-range correlated surface and near surface disorder on the process of adsorption of long-flexible polymer chains. In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2007, 10006-1-10006-29