Research Interest:
1) Photophysics and Photochemistry of Organosilicon Compounds
> intramolecular electron transfer through silicon bridge
> designing new light-emitting materials
> photoisomerization
> photodegradation
> analysis of transient (LFP) and stable products (HPLC, GC) of photoinduced reactions
2) Spectroscopy and Photophysics
> electronic absorption/emission
> time-resolved techniques
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Bayda, M.; Majchrzak, M.; Wieczorek, K.; Kozubek, H.; Marciniec, B.; Marciniak, B.; Cis-trans photoisomerization of silylene-vinylene-p-phenylene polymers and their model compounds; Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2008, 195, 30.
2. Majchrzak, M.; Ludwiczak, M.; Bayda, M.; Marciniak, B.; Marciniec, B.; Highly stereo-efficient synthesis and luminescence properties of novel trans-regular vinylene- silylene-thiophene polymers; Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2008, 46, 127.
3. Bayda, M.; Hug, G. L.; Lukaszewicz, J.; Majchrzak, M.; Marciniec, B.; Marciniak, B.; Kinetics of reversible photoisomerization: Determination of the primary quantum yields for the E-Z photoisomerization of silylenephenylenevinylene derivatives; Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2009, 8, 1667.
4. Burdzinski, G.; Bayda, M.; Hug, G. L.; Majchrzak, M.; Marciniec, B.; Marciniak, B.; Time-resolved studies on the photoisomerization of a phenylene-silylene-vinylene type compound in its first singlet excited state; Journal of Luminescence 2011, 131, 577.
5. Redwood, C.; Bayda, M.; Saltiel, J.; Photoisomerization of Pre- and Provitamin D3 in EPA at 77 K: One-Bond-Twist, Not Hula-Twist.; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 716-721.
6. Ludwiczak, M.; Majchrzak, M.; Bayda, M.; Marciniak, B.; Kubicki, M.; Marciniec, B.; Stereoselective synthesis and luminescence properties of novel trans-regular N-alkylcarbazolylene-silylene-vinylene polymers; Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2014, 750, 150-161.
7. Bayda, M.; Ludwiczak, M.; Hug, G. L.; Majchrzak, M.; Marciniec, B.; Marciniak, B.; Intramolecular Charge Transfer Photoemission of a Silicon-Based Copolymer Containing Carbazole and Divinylbenzene Chromophores. Electron Transfer across Silicon Bridges; J. Phys. Chem. A, 2014, 118, 4750-4758.
8. Ludwiczak, M.; Bayda, M.; Dutkiewicz, M.; Frąckowiak, D.; Majchrzak, M.; Marciniak, B.; Marciniec, B.; New Arylene-Germylene-Vinylene Compounds: Stereoselective Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties; Organometallics 2016, 35, 2454-2461.
9. Bayda, M.; Dumoulin, F.; Hug, G. L.; Gorniak, R.; Wojcik, A., Fluorescent H-aggregates of an asymmetrically substituted mono-amino Zn(II) phthalocyanine. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46 (6), 1914-1926.
10. Bayda, M.; Redwood, C.; Gupta, S.; Dmitrenko, O.; Saltiel, J., Lumisterol to Tachysterol Photoisomerization in EPA Glass at 77 K. A Comparative Study. J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121, 2331−2342.
11. Bayda, M.; Angulo, G.; Hug, G. L.; Ludwiczak, M.; Karolczak, J.; Koput, J.; Dobkowski, J.; Marciniak, B., Electron Transfer in Silicon-Bridged Adjacent Chromophores: The Source for Blue-Green Emission. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 11404-11415.
12. Rachuta, K.; Bayda, M.; Majchrzak, M.; Koput, J.; Marciniak, B., Unusual Emission Properties of the Selected Organosilicon Compounds Containing a Styryl-Carbazole Chromophore: Inversion of the Singlet Excited States. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 11698-11705.
13. Krystkowiak, E.; Przybyl, A. K.; Bayda, M.; Jozkowiak, J.; Maciejewski, A., Spectral and Photophysical Behaviour of Cytisine in n-hexane. Experimental Evidence for the S1(n,p*)®S0 Fluorescence. J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121 (30), 5597–5604.
14. Rachuta, K.; Bayda-Smykaj, M.; Majchrzak, M.; Koput, J.; Marciniak, B., Emission properties of Si-based styryl-carbazole derivatives: role of meta- and para- vinyl substituents and silicon atom. J. Lumin. 2018, 196, 57–63.
15. Krystkowiak, E.; Przybyl, A. K.; Bayda-Smykaj, M.; Koput, J.; Maciejewski, A., Spectral and photophysical properties of cytisine in acetonitrile – Theory and experiment.Spectrochim. Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2018, 203, 375–382