dr inż. Magdalena Diak

Research Interests

• Photocatalysis and biomedicine;
• Submarine groundwater discharge;
• Analytical chemistry;
• Denitrification.

Books Chapters

• M. Marchelek, M. Diak, M. Kozak, A. Zaleska-Medyńska, E. Grabowska, Some Unitary, Binary, and Ternary Non-TiO₂ Photocatalysts, Semiconductor Photocatalysis - Materials, Mechanisms and Applications, Prof. Wenbin Cao (Ed.), InTech, DOI: 10.5772/62583.

Awards

• Scholarship for significant scientific achievements in the 2015/2016 academic year.

Publications

1. 1. A. Mikolajczyk, A. Gajewicz, E. Mulkiewicz, B. Rasulev, M. Marchelek, M. Diak, S. Hirano, A. Zaleska-Medynska, and T. Puzyn. Nano-QSAR modeling for ecosafe design of heterogeneous TiO₂-based nano-photocatalysts, Environmental Science: Nano 5, no. 5 (2018): 1150-1160.
2. M. P. Kobylański, P. Mazierski, A. Malankowska, M. Kozak, M. Diak, M. J. Winiarski, T. Klimczuk, W. Lisowski, G. Nowaczyk, and A. Zaleska-Medynska. TiO₂Co_xO_y composite nanotube arrays via one step electrochemical anodization for visible light–induced photocatalytic reaction, Surfaces and Interfaces 12 (2018): 179-189.
3. J. F. Gomes, I. Leal, K. Bednarczyk, M. Gmurek, M. Stelmachowski, M.Diak, M. E. Quinta-Ferreira, R. Costa, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, R. C. Martins, Photocatalytic ozonation using doped TiO₂ catalysts for the removal of parabens in water, Science of The Total Environment 609 (2017): 329-340.
4. P. Mazierski, A. Malankowska, M. Kobylański, M. Diak, M. Kozak, M. J. Winiarski, T. Klimczuk, W. Lisowski, G. Nowaczyk, A. Zaleska-Medynska, Photocatalytically Active TiO₂/Ag₂O Nanotube Arrays Interlaced with Silver Nanoparticles Obtained from the One-Step Anodic Oxidation of Ti–Ag Alloys, ACS Catalysis 7.4 (2017): 2753-2764, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00056.
5. G. Ewelina, M. Diak, T. Klimczuk, W. Lisowski, A. Zaleska-Medyńska, Novel decahedral TiO₂ photocatalysts loaded with Ru or Rh NPs: Insight into the mechanism, Journal of Molecular Catalysis: A, 434 (2017),154-166.
6. M. Diak, M. Klein, T. Klimczuk, W. Lisowski, H. Remita, A. Zaleska-Medynska, E. Grabowska, Photoactivity of decahedral TiO₂ loaded with bimetallic nanoparticles: Degradation pathway of phenol-1-13C and hydroxyl radical formation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 200 (2017): 56-71, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.06.067.
7. A. Zaleska-Medynska, M. Marchelek, M. Diak, E. Grabowska, Noble metal-based bimetallic nanoparticles: the effect of the structure on the optical, catalytic and photocatalytic properties, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 229 (2016): 80-107, DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2015.12.008.
8. M. Diak, E. Grabowska, A. Zaleska, Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of noble metal-modified TiO₂ nanosheets with exposed {001} facets, Applied Surface Science 347 (2015): 275-285, DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.04.103.
9. M. Stelmachowski, M. Marchwicka, E. Grabowska, M. Diak, A. Zaleska, The Photocatalytic Conversion of (Biodiesel Derived) Glycerol to Hydrogen - A Short Review and Preliminary Experimental Results Part 2: Photocatalytic Conversion of Glycerol to Hydrogen in Batch and Semi-batch Laboratory Reactors, Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies 17.2 (2014): 179-186, ISSN 1203-8407.
10. M. Stelmachowski, M. Marchwicka, E. Grabowska, M. Diak, A. Zaleska, The Photocatalytic Conversion of (Biodiesel Derived) Glycerol to Hydrogen - A Short Review and Preliminary Experimental Results Part 1: A Review, Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies 17.2 (2014): 167-178, ISSN 1203-8407.