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 Research Interest:

1) Novel multicomponent graphene-based photocatalytic nanomaterials (dye/graphene oxide/Co catalyst)             

2) Porphyrins/graphene oxide materials effective  for photoinduced H2 production

3) Chemical, electrochemical and photochemical catalytic processes related to artificial photosynthesis, especially water

 4) Reaction Kinetics and Mechanistic Pathways Investigations related to molecular catalysts for water splitting

5) Ground and excited state proton-coupled electron transfer related to light driven processes in PSII

6) Photochemistry of transition-metal complexes

7) Electron, proton or hydrogen-atom transfer reactions in compounds of biological importance (tyrosine, methionine)

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, G. L. Hug, B. Marciniak, G.Hoerner, D. Swiatla-Wojcik, Water-Triggered Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Acetonitrile-Water Binary Solvent. Solvent Microstructure-Tuned Reactivity of Hydrophobic Solutes, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2020
  2. Gacka, G. Burdzinski, B. Marciniak, A. Kubas, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, Interaction of Light with Non-Covalent Zinc Porphyrin-Graphene Oxide Nanohybrid, PhysChemChemPhys, 2020
  3. D. Larowska, J. O’Brien, M. Senge, G. Burdzinski, B. Marciniak, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, Graphene Oxide Functionalized with Cationic Porphyrins as Materials for Photodegradation of Rhodamine B, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020
  4. Lewandowska-Andralojc, A. Malolepszy, A. Stritt, A. Grohmann, Modification of Eosin Y and Cobalt Molecular Catalyst System with Reduced Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, Cat. Sci. Technol, 2020
  5. Lewandowska-Andralojc A., Larowska D., Gacka E., Pędziński T., Marciniak B., How Eosin Y/graphene Oxide-Based Materials Can Improve Efficiency of Light-Driven Hydrogen Generation – Mechanistic Aspects,  J.Phys.Chem. C 2020
  6. A.Lewandowska-Andralojc, B.Marciniak,  Five Major Sins in Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Light-Harvesting Hybrid Materials, ACS Energy Letters,  2019doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01146
  7. D. Larowska, A. Wojcik, M. Mazurkiewicz-Pawlicka, A. Malolepszy, L. Stobiński, B. Marciniak, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, Cationic Porphyrin‐Graphene Oxide Hybrid: Donor‐Acceptor Composite for Efficient Photoinduced Electron Transfer,  ChemPhysChem 2019, 20, 1054
  8. E. Gacka, A. Wojcik, M. Mazurkiewicz-Pawlicka, A. Malolepszy, L. Stobiński, A. Kubas, G. L. Hug, B. Marciniak, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, Noncovalent Porphyrin–Graphene Oxide Nanohybrids: The pH-Dependent Behavior, J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 6, 3368-3380

  9. S. V. Lymar, M. Z. Ertem, A Lewandowska-Andralojc, D. E. Polyansky, Role of Hydrogen Bonding in PhotoinducedElectron–Proton Transfer from Phenols to a Polypyridine Ru Complex with a Proton-Accepting Ligand, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 4043, IF = 9,353
    doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01614

  10. Y. Xie,  D. W. Shaffer, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, D. J. Szalda, J. J. Concepcion, Water Oxidation by Ruthenium Complexes Incorporating Multifunctional Bipyridyl Diphosphonate Ligands, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 8067, IF=11,261,
    doi: 10.1002/anie.201601943

  11. K Garg, Y. Matsubara, M. Z. Ertem, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, S. Sato, D. J. Szalda, J. T. Muckerman, E. Fujita, Striking Differences in Properties of Geometric Isomers of [Ir(tpy)(ppy)H]+: Experimental and Computational Studies of their Hydricities, Interaction with CO₂, and Photochemistry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 14128, IF=11,261,
    doi: 10.1002/anie.201506961

  12. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, T. Baine, X. Zhao, J. Muckerman, James; E. Fujita, D. Polyansky, Mechanistic studies of hydrogen evolution in aqueous solution catalyzed by a tertpyridine-amine cobalt complex, Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 4310, IF=4,794
    doi: 10.1021/ic5031137

  13. T. Pedzinski, K. Bobrowski, M. Ignasiak, G. Kciuk, G.L. Hug, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, B. Marciniak, 3-Carboxybenzophenone (3-CB) as an efficient sensitizer in the photooxidation of methionyl-leucine in aqueous solutions: spectral, kinetic and acid-base properties of 3-CB derived transients, J.Photochem. Photobiol A, 2014, 287, 1 IF = 2,416,
    doi: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2014.04.004

  14. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, D. C. Grills, J. Zhang, R. M. Bullock, A. Miyazawa, Y. Kawanishi, E. Fujita, Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of Carbon-to-Metal Hydrogen Atom Transfer Involving Os-Centered Radicals: Evidence for Tunneling, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3572,  IF = 11,44,
    doi:10.1021/ja4123076

  15. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, D. E. Polyansky, C-H. Wang, W-H Wang, Y. Himeda, E. Fujita Efficient water oxidation with organometallic iridium complexes as precatalysts,Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 11976, IF = 4,198,
    doi:10.1039/c3cp55101f.

  16. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, D.E. Polyansky, R. Zong, R. P. Thummel, E. Fujita, Enabling Light-Driven Water Oxidation Via a Low-Energy RuIV=O Intermediate. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 14058. IF = 4,198,
    doi:10.1039/C3CP52038B

  17. M. Zamadar, A. Cook, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, Holroyd, Richard; Y. Jiang, J. Bikalis, J. Miller Electron Transfer by Excited Benzoquinone Anions: Slow Rates for Two-Electron Transitions, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 8360, IF = 2,775,
    doi: 10.1021/jp403113u

  18. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, D.E. Polyansky, Mechanism of the Quenching of the Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) Emission by Persulfate: Implications for Photo-Induced Oxidation Reactions, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 10311, IF = 2,775,
    doi: 10.1021/jp407573d

  19. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, F. Kazmierczak, G.L. Hug, G. Hörner, B. Marciniak, Photoinduced CC-coupling Reactions of Rigid Diastereomeric Benzophenone-Methionine Dyads, Photochem.Photobiol, 2013, 89, 14, IF = 2,287,
    doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01210.x.

  20. A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, G.L. Hug, G. Hörner, T. Pedzinski, B. Marciniak, Unusual photobehavior of benzophenone triplets in hexafluoroisopropanol. Inversion of the triplet character of benzophenone, J.Photochem.Photobiol A, 2012,244, 1, IF = 2,416,
    doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.06.010

  21. A. Lewandowska, I. Carmichael, G. Hörner, G. L. Hug, B. Marciniak, Steric Effects on Intramolecular Reactivity in Cyclic Dipeptides: Conformational Analysis Validated by a Combined MD/DFT Approach, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2011, 512, 123, IF = 2.337,
    doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.06.086

  22. A. Lewandowska, G. L. Hug, G. Hörner, D. Pogocki, F. Kazmierczak, B. Marciniak, Intramolecular H-atom transfer reactions in rigid peptides. Correlated of solvent and structural effects, Can. J. Chem, 2011, 89, 266, IF = 1.242,
    doi: 10.1139/V10-110

  23. A.Lewandowska, G. L. Hug, G. Hörner, T. Pedzinski, P. Filipiak, B. Marciniak, Efficient Photochemical Oxidation of Anisole in Protic Solvents. Electron Transfer driven by Specific Solvent-Solute Interactions, ChemPhysChem. 2010, 11, 2108, IF = 3.412,
    doi:10.1002/cphc.201000196.

  24. A. Lewandowska, G. L. Hug. G.Hörner, I. Carmichael, F. Kazmierczak, B. Marciniak, Chiral discrimination in the hydrogen-atom transfer between tyrosine and benzophenone in rigid peptides Chem. Phys. Lett. 2009, 473, 348, IF = 2.291,
    doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.03.085

  25. G. Hörner, G. L. Hug, A. Lewandowska, F. Kazmierczak, B. Marciniak, Stereoselectivity of the Hydrogen-Atom Transfer in Benzophenone–Tyrosine Dyads: An Intramolecular Kinetic Solvent Effect Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 3061, IF = 5.382,
    doi: 10.1002/chem.200802674.

  26. G. Hörner, G. L. Hug, A. Lewandowska, B. Marciniak, Solvent Effects on the Intramolecular Hydrogen-Atom Transfer between Tyrosine and Benzophenone. Diverting Reaction Mechanisms in Protic and Nonprotic Media J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 11695, IF = 4.224,
    doi: 10.1021/jp901740z

  27. A. Lewandowska, J. Konarski, Infuence of the Molecular Shape on Its Thermodynamic Functions ActaPhysicaPolonica A, 2008 113, 1113, IF = 0.34