In the newest paper published in Angewandte Chemie entitledDisclosing Interfaces of ZnO Nanocrystals Using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization: Sol‐Gel versus Organometallic Approach, Małgorzata Wolska-Pietkiewicz, PhD, Eng. and Prof. Janusz Lewiński, along with colleagues from Grenoble, achieved another milestone in the obtaining unique ZnO quantum dots for high technologies and nanomedicine applications. Using highly advanced DNP-NMR technique it has been unambiguously proven that QDs obtained with the Faculty of Chemistry WUT proprietary organometallic method OSSOM declasses QDs obtained with other, traditional sol-gel method, both in terms of stability, surface character and degree of ordering of the organic layer passivating inorganic ZnO core.

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Article of Piotr Guńka, PhD, Eng. of Chair of Inorganic Chemistry describing predicting and synthesis of so-called „superdiamond” – carbon-boron clathrate which traps strontium atoms and that have unique physical properties – has just been published in the Science Advances (IF=12.804) journal. New "superdiamond" material is characterized by the hardness comparable to that of diamond and exchange of cations trapped in the anionic lattice vacancies allows to tune its electronic properties from semiconducting, through metallic to superconducting ones. Described compound was obtained under ca. 55 GPa pressure and ca. 2500 K temperature and is stable upon pressure decrease to atmospheric one and temperature decrease to the room one. Dr Guńka participated in developing model of the compound structure based on synchrotron X-ray diffraction during his scientific internship at Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science finances by the scholarship of The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej, NAWA).

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The best (sorted by Impact Factor) articles authored by our Faculty employees in the present year (last update: 01-10-2018):

1. H. Zhang, C. Li, M. Piszcz, E. Coya, T. Rojo, L.M. Rodriguez-Martinez, M. Armand, Z. Zhou, Single lithium-ion conducting solid polymer electrolytes: Advances and perspectives, CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, 2018, 46, 797-815. IF: 38,618
2. D. Kubicki, D. Prochowicz, A. Hofstetter, M. Saski, P. Yadav, D. Bi, N. Pellet, J. Lewinski, S.M. Zakeeruddin, M. Grätzel, L. Emsley, Formation of stable mixed guanidinium-methylammonium phases with exceptionally long carrier lifetimes for high efficiency lead iodide-based perovskite photovoltaics, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2018, 140, 3345-3351. IF: 13,858
3. J. Szlachetko, A. Kubas, A.M. Cieślak, K. Sokołowski, Ł. Mąkolski, J. Czapla-Masztafiak, J. Sá, J. Lewiński, Hidden gapless states during thermal transformations of preorganized zinc alkoxides to zinc oxide nanocrystals, MATERIALS HORIZONS, 2018, 5, 905-911. IF: 13,183

Perspektywy educational monthly has published annual Engineering University Courses Ranking 2018. Our Biotechnology and Chemical Technology courses have been ranked as the best engineering university courses in their respective categories. Biotechnology course hold the title as the best Biotechnology course in Poland for the second year in the row, while Chemical Technology Course holds the title as the best Chemical Technology course for the sixth time in the row, keeping the title since the establishing of the ranking (since individual engineering courses are ranked).

Manufacturing method of the natural rose aroma (2-phenylethanol) with use of yeast developed by Jolanta Mierzejewska PhD and Karolina Chreptowicz PhD, Eng from the Chair of Drug and Cosmetics Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, has been awarded with Silver Medal at the International Warsaw Inventions Show - IWIS 2018. Participation in the Show has been financed by „KEPP - Commercialization – effective, friendly and professional” project conducted under „Innovations Incubator +” programme as a non-call Ministry of Science and Higher Education project co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund under Smart Growth Operational Programme. Show has taken place on October 15-17, 2018. Invention has been presented by the employees of the Commercialisation and Technology Transfer Department of the Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer Management of Warsaw University of Technology.

Prototype of the vibroisolator based on the shear thickening fluids for buildings protection against seismic shocks application developed by the team of employees and PhD students of the Faculty of Chemistry and of the Faculty of Materials Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology working under supervision of Prof. Mikołaj Szafran, PhD DSc Eng, Prof. Gabriel Rokicki, PhD DSc Eng and Prof. Marcin Leonowicz PhD, DSc, Eng has been awarded with Gold Medal at the International Fair Taiwan Innotech Expo, held on August 27-29, 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. Inventors' team has been represented by Łukasz Wierzbicki, PhD Eng and Małgorzata Głuszek, MSc Eng.

Perspektywy educational monthly has published annual Engineering University Courses Ranking 2018. Our Biotechnology and Chemical Technology courses have been ranked as the best engineering university courses in their respective categories. Biotechnology course hold the title as the best Biotechnology course in Poland for the second year in the row, while Chemical Technology Course holds the title as the best Chemical Technology course for the sixth time in the row, keeping the title since the establishing of the ranking (since individual engineering courses are ranked).

Perspektywy educational monthly published annual Engineering University Courses Ranking 2017. Our Biotechnology and Chemical Technology courses have been ranked as the best engineering university courses in their respective categories. Chemical Technology course holds the title of the best chemical technology course in Poland for the fifth time in the row!

On June 8 Perspektywy Educational monthly has published Higher Education Ranking and Study Course Ranking 2016.
Chemical Technology course at Faculty of Chemistry, WUT has won among all 15 faculties in Poland and it was the fourth time it has been awarded as the best study course in 'Chemical Technology and Engineering' category.
Biotechnology course at Faculty of Chemistry, WUT held 4. place among technical universitiesin 'Biotechnology' category.

Prof. Janusz Lewiński was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). FRSC title is given annually to ca. 40 scientists who have made significant contribution to the chemical sciences.