Janusz Wojciech Sobczak,Ph.D.
M.Sc., 1970 - Chemistry Department, WrocławUniversity of Technology
Ph.D., 1998 - Institute of Physical Chemistry of the PolishAcademy of Sciences, Warsaw
Education and training:
1970-1976Fertilizers Institute, Pulawy
1978/1979Institute of CatalysisSiberian Branch of RussianAcademy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
1988Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Academy of SciencesCzechRepublic, Praha,
1980, 2001, 2003,2005, 2006, 2007Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
1990-1991Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Łotwa
1998, 2000-2002Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor HASYLAB at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY,Hamburg, Germany
1999-2000Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse (LMSPC), CNRS-ECPM-ULP Strasbourg, France
2002LASMEA, Mixed Unit of ResearchBlaisePascalUniversity, Clermont-Ferrand,- CNRS, Aubierre, France
1992, 2004 - advanced training courses, - VG Scientific, East Grinstead, England
Professional affiliations:
Polish Chemical Society
Polish Catalysis Club
Polish Synchrotron Radiation Society (Council member 2002-2006)
Research areas:
Structure and catalytic reactivity of highly dispersed metals
Stereoselective hydrogenation
Studies of solids byx-ray photoelectron spectroscopy -qualitative and quantitative analysis of solid surfaces
Conducting polymers doted by metals - structure studies by synchrotron radiation methods XANES, EXAFS,
Catalysis by supported gold
Selected papers:
1.Sobczak J.W., and Wernisch J.
Effects of distribution of Palladium and Phosphorus in PolystyreneAttached Catalysts on their Catalytic Behaviour.
Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie N.F., Bd. 137, 119-123 (1983)
2.Sobczak J.W., Pawłowska H, Bolesławska T., Palczewska W.
Stereoselective hydrogenation over palladium catalysts for syntheses of insect sex pheromones.
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis,41, 197-201 (1988) (Fine Chemistry and Catalysis)
3.Sobczak J.W., Lesiak B. , Jabłoński A., Kosiński A., PalczewskaW.
Polyaniline Doped with Platinum or Palladium as Novel Catalysts in Alkyne Hydrogenation.
Polish J. Chem. 69, 1732-1737 (1995)
4.Sobczak J.W., Kosiński A., Biliński A., Pielaszek J., Palczewska W.
Surface Chemical Sensivity of Polyaniline Doped with Palladium or Platinum Compounds.
Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics8, 295-302 (1998)
5.Sobczak J.W., Sobczak E., Lesiak B., Kosiński A., Palczewska W.
EXAFS investigations of Pd- doped conductive polymers.
J. Alloys and Compounds286, 98-102 (1999)
6.Sobczak J.W., Kosinski A., Jablonski A. and Palczewska W.
Catalytic reactivity and surface chemistry of polyaniline(EB)--Pd--H2O systems.
Topics in Catalysis, 11-12, 307-316 (2000)
7.Sobczak J.W.,Andreeva D.
XPS Study of Au/TiO2 catalytic systems.
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 130D, 3303-3308 (2000)
8.Sobczak J.W.,Sobczak E., A. Kosiński, Biliński A.
XANES investigations of Pd- doped polyaniline.
J. Alloys and Compounds328, 132-134 (2001)
9.Katrib A., Sobczak J.W., Krawczyk M., Zommer L., Benadda A., Jabłoński A, Maire G.
Surface studies and catalytic properties of the bifunctional bulk MoO2 system.
Surface Interface Analysis, 34, 225-229 (2002)
10.Sobczak J.W., Sobczak E., Drelinkiewicz A., Hasik M., Wenda E.
Local structure of Pd-doped polymer investigated by a linear combination of XANES spectra.
J. Alloys and Compounds , 362, 162-166 (2004)
11.Tabakova T., Boccuzzi F., Manzoli M., Sobczak J.W., Idakiev V., Andreeva D.
Effect of synthesis procedure on the WGS activity of Au/ceria catalysts.
Applied Catalysis B:Environmental49(2), 73-81 (2004)
12.Krupa D., Baszkiewicz J., Kozubowski , J.A., Barcz A., Sobczak J.W., Biliński A., Lewandowska-Szumieł M., Rajchel B.
Effect of dual ion implantation of calcium and phosphorus on the properties of titanium.
Biomaterials, 26(16), 2847-2856 (2005)
13.Andreeva D., Petrova P., Sobczak J.W., Ilieva L., Abrashev M.
Gold supported on ceria and ceria-alumina promoted by molybdena for complete benzene oxidation
Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 67, 237-245 (2006)
14.Wachowski L., Sobczak J.W., Hofman M.
Speciaton of functional groups formed on the surface of ammoxidised carbonaceous materials by XPS metod
Applied Surface Science. 253, 4456-4461 (2007)
15.L. Ilieva, G. Pantaleo, J.W. Sobczak, I. Ivanov, A.M. Venezia and D. Andreeva
NO reduction by CO in the presence of water over gold supported catalysts on CeO2-Al2O3 mixed support, prepared by mechanochemical activation
Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 76, 107-114 (2007
16.Winkler K., Grodzka E., Sobczak J.W., Balch A.L.
Charge transfer process in bilayers and copolymers composed of C60Pd and 2’-ferrocenypyrrolidyno-[3’,4’,:1,2]C60Pd two-component polymers
J.Materials Chemistry., 17, 572-581 (2007)
17.A. Zaleska, P. Górska, J. W. Sobczak, J. Hupka
Thioacetamide and thiourea impact on visible light activity of TiO2
Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 76, 1-8(2007)
Complete list of publications (117 - in PDF format)