{"id":69380,"date":"2024-11-09T15:18:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/meet-us\/advanced-materials-research-group\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:53:37","slug":"advanced-materials-and-circular-economy-research-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/meet-us\/advanced-materials-and-circular-economy-research-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Materials and Circular Economy (CE) Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Advanced Materials and Circular Economy (CE) Research Group<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Research Group specializes in two main areas. The first involves developing technologies for the production and modification of synthetic resins (epoxy, phenolic, and polyurethane). The second focuses on the processing of thermoplastic materials (polyolefins, PVC) and bio-based materials. The work covers both synthetic biopolymers (PLA, TPS) and natural biopolymers such as chitosan and starch. The Group also conducts extensive research on plastics recycling in line with the principles of the circular economy.<\/p>

The team has broad expertise in designing, synthesizing, and characterizing polymer materials with defined performance parameters. Its research activities are grounded in a comprehensive analysis of structure\u2013property relationships across a wide range of polymeric materials, supported by extensive experimental work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Technologies for producing basic epoxy resins and glycidyl ethers from biomass and fossil-based raw materials, along with their chemical modification for various applications such as composites and prepregs based on natural feedstocks, coatings, and adhesives. The team participated in the ESTELLA project (Horizon Europe), which developed composite materials based on recyclable epoxy vitrimers,<\/li>
  • Synthesis of phenol\u2013formaldehyde resins and formaldehyde\u2011free, lignin\u2011based resins for applications such as natural\u2011fiber\u2011reinforced gelcoats, particleboards, waterproof plywood, wood\u2011wool boards, and foams,<\/li>
  • Synthesis of fully biobased non\u2011isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPU). The Group took part in the BIOMOTIVE project (Horizon 2020), focused on NIPU applications in the automotive industry,<\/li>
  • Synthesis of polyurethane foams and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) derived from biopolyols,<\/li>
  • Plasticization of starch and chitosan,<\/li>
  • Grafting and crosslinking of polymers,<\/li>
  • Development of polyolefin vitrimers \u2013 crosslinked thermoplastics with recyclability potential,<\/li>
  • Natural materials (sodium alginate, starch, cellulose, chitosan, etc.) for coating applications, including PFAS\u2011free, antibacterial, and water\/oil\u2011resistant coatings,<\/li>
  • Development of new biopolymer materials (composites, films, foams, packaging materials etc.), including polysaccharides and polyesters, using fully biodegradable biomodifiers, biofillers, and flame retardants derived from renewable resources,<\/li>
  • Development of new types of fiber\u2011reinforced composites, multimaterial systems, and highly filled materials,<\/li>
  • Determination of mechanical and rheological properties of polymer materials,<\/li>
  • Mechanical and chemical recycling of polymeric and biopolymeric materials, aligned with circular Eeonomy concepts, including the use of recyclates.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Damian Kie\u0142kiewicz, PhD – Head of Research Group<\/strong><\/p>

    tel.: 77 487 33 61
    mob.: 664 718 940
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    Simona Furgo\u0142, MSc. Eng. – Deputy Head of Research Group<\/strong><\/p>

    tel.: 77 487 34 62
    mob.: 694 465 930
    e-mail: simona.furgol@icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Advanced Materials and Circular Economy (CE) Research Group The Research Group specializes in two main areas. The first involves developing technologies for the production and modification of synthetic resins (epoxy, phenolic, and polyurethane). The second focuses on the processing of thermoplastic materials (polyolefins, PVC) and bio-based materials. The work covers both synthetic biopolymers (PLA, TPS) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"parent":69309,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 09:47:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69380"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72273,"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69380\/revisions\/72273"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icso.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}