Maria Janik-Czachor,
 Professor
 Organizer and Head of Physical Chemistry of Materials Center
  • M.Sc., 1963 - Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Warsaw

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  • Ph.D., 1968 - Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw

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  • D.Sc., 1984 - Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw

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  • Professor, 2003 - Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw
 
 Education and training:
  • 1974-75 - Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung, Dusseldorf, Germany

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  • 1980 - Visiting Research Fellow at Chemistry Dept., Northwestern University, Evanston, USA and Consultant there (several times during 1981-85)

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  • 1983 - Consultant, Corrosion Research Centre, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  • 1986 - Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung, Dusseldorf, Germany

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  • 1989 - Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Fellow, Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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  • 1996 - Visiting Professor, University of Geneve, Switzerland

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  • 2000 - Visiting Professor, Institute National Politechnique de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
     
 
 Research areas:
  • Corrosion and degradation of metals

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  • Passivity and stability of the passive state of metals and alloys

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  • Surface analysis (electron and optical spectroscopies)

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  • Reactivity of novel materials
 
  
 Other activities:
  • Initiator, co-organizer, and member of the scientific committee of the cyclic symposia on Electrochemical/Chemical Reactivity of Metastable Materials.
     - Chairperson of the 9th International Symposium on Electrochemical/Chemical Reactivity of Metastable Materials (cyclic Symposia) within the frame of EMRS Fall Meeting 2007 organized by Physical Chemistry of Materials Center, in co-operation with the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Warsaw, see details
 
 Selected papers:
  1. Wołowik A., Janik-Czachor M. and Szummer A., Breakdown of Passivity of Al.-refractory Metal Amorphus Alloys, Proc. Symp. on Passivity and its Breakdown (Eds. P.M. Natishan, H.S. Isaacs, M. Janik-Czachor, V.A. Macagno, P. Marcus, M. Seo) Pennington 1998, pp. 533-543.

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  2. Janik-Czachor M., Kudelski A., Dolata M., Varga M., Szummer A., Bukowska J. and Molnár Á., ”Modification of Surface Activity of Cu-Zr Amorphous Alloys and Cu Metal by Electrochemical Methods“, Mat. Sci. Eng. A-Struct., 267, (2)235-239 jul. 31, 1999.

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  3. Janik-Czachor M., Szummer A., Molnár Á., Dolata M., Kudelski A. Varga M., Bukowska J. and Sikorski K., ”Electrochemical Modification of Cu-Zr Amorphous Alloys for Catalysis“, Electrochim. Acta, 45, 3295 (2000).

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  4. Szummer A., Janik-Czachor M., Molnár Á., Marchuk I., Varga M. and Filipek S.M., ”Effect of Hydrogenation under high Pressure on the Structure and Catalytic Properties of CuZr Amorphous Alloys“, J. of Molec. Catal. A: Chemical 176, 205-212 (2001). .

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  5. Janik-Czachor M., Bukowska J. Szummer A., Molnar A., Mack P., Filipek S.M., Kędzierzawski P., Kudelski A., Pisarek M., Dolata M. and Varga M., ”Modification of Surface Activity of Cu-based Amorphous Alloys by Chemical Processes of Metal Degradation“, Appl. Catal. A, 235, 157-169 (2202), and ibid, 253, 539-541 (2003).

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  6. M.Pisarek, M.Janik-Czachor, A.Gebert, A.Molnar, P.Kedzierzawski, B.Rac, "Effect of cathodic hydrogen charging on catalytic activity of Cu-Hf amorphous alloys", Appl. Catal. A: General, 267 (2004) 1-8.

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  7. Pisarek M., Janik-Czachor M., Molnar A., Hughes K., "Catalytic activity of Cu-based amorphous alloy ribbons modified by cathodic hydrogen charging", Appl. Catal. A, 283 (2005) 177-184.

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  8. Werner Z., Jaskiewicz A., Pisarek M., Janik-Czachor M., Barlak M. "AES and RBS characterization of anodic oxide films on Al-Ta amorphous alloys", Z. Phys. Chem., 219 (2005) 1461-1479.
    M. Pisarek, M. Janik-Czachor, "Microstructural and Auger microanalytical characterization of Cu-Hf and Cu-Ti catalysts", Microscopy and Microanal., 12 (2006) 228.
    M. Janik-Czachor, M. Pisarek, A. Molnar, "Activation of Cu-based amorphous alloys ribbons for catalytic applications", ECS Trans., 1(4) (2006) 479.
    Ł. Rok, S. Mróz, E. Zych, M. Janik-Czachor, "Short-range Atomic order in the surface layer of sputter-deposited Al0,6W0.4 thin film investigated using directional elastic peak electron spectroscopy", J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 325 (2006) 2811.

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  9. M.Lewandowska, M.Pisarek, K.Rożniatowski, M.Grądzka-Dahlke, M.Janik-Czachor, K.J.Kurzydłowski, "Nanoscale characterization of anodic oxide films on Ti-6Al-4V alloy", Thin Solid Film, 515 (2007) 6460-6464.

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  10. M.Pisarek, M.Lewandowska, A.Roguska, K.J.Kurzydłowski, M.Janik-Czachor, "SEM, Scanning Auger and XPS characterization of chemically preteated Ti surfaces intendent for biomedical applications", Mat. Chem. Phys., 104 (2007) 93-97.

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  11. M.Pisarek, P.Kędzierzawski, M.Janik-Czachor, K.J.Kurzydłowski. "The effect of hydrostatic extrusion on resistance of 316 austenitic stainless steel to pit nucleation". Electrochem. Comm., 9 (2007) 2463-2466.

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  12. M. Pisarek, P. Kędzierzawski, M. Janik-Czachor, K.J. Kurzydłowski "The effect of hydrostatic extrusion on the stability of a native oxide film on 316 austenitic steel in chloride-containing solutions". Corrosion NACE, 64 (2008) 131-137.

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  13. M. Pisarek, M. Janik-Czachor, M. Donten. "Local characterization of electrodeposited Ni-W amorphous alloys by Auger microanalysis". Surf.Coat. Techn., 202 (2008) 1980-1984.
Total number of publications: 135
Number of promoted Ph.D. students: 3
 maria@ichf.edu.pl