Janusz Sobczak, PhD
 
  • M.Sc., 1970 - Chemistry Department, Wrocław University of Technology
  • PhD., 1998 - Institute of Physical Chemistry of PAS, Warsaw, Poland
 
 Education and training:
    1970-1976 - Fertilizers Institute, Puławy
    1978/1979 - Institute of Catalysis Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
    1988 - Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Academy of Sciences Czech Republic, Praha
    1980, 2001, 2003,2005, 2006, 2007 -Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 1990-1991 - Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Łotwa
    1998, 2000-2002 - Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor HASYLAB at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
    1999-2000 - Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse (LMSPC), CNRS-ECPM-ULP Strasbourg, France
    2002 - LASMEA, Mixed Unit of Research Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, - CNRS, Aubierre, France
    1992, 2004 - advanced training courses, - VG Scientific, East Grinstead, England
 
 Professional affiliantions:
  • 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 by x-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 Polystyrene Attached Catalysts on their Catalytic Behaviour; Z. Phys. Chem. N.F., Bd. 137, 119-123 (1983)

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  2. Sobczak J.W., Pawłowska H, Bolesławska T., Palczewska W.; Stereoselective hydrogenation over palladium catalysts for syntheses of insect sex pheromones; Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 41, 197-201 (1988) (Fine Chemistry and Catalysis)

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  3. Sobczak J.W., Lesiak B. , Jabłoński A., Kosiński A., Palczewska W.; Polyaniline Doped with Platinum or Palladium as Novel Catalysts in Alkyne Hydrogenation; Polish J. Chem., 69, 1732-1737 (1995)

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  4. Sobczak J.W., Kosiński A., Biliński A., Pielaszek J., Palczewska W.; Surface Chemical Sensivity of Polyaniline Doped with Palladium or Platinum Compounds; Adv. Mat. Opt. Electron., 8, 295-302 (1998)

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  5. Sobczak J.W., Sobczak E., Lesiak B., Kosiński A., Palczewska W.; EXAFS investigations of Pd- doped conductive polymers; J. Alloys and Comp., 286, 98-102 (1999)

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  6. Sobczak J.W., Kosinski A., Jablonski A. and Palczewska W.; Catalytic reactivity and surface chemistry of polyaniline(EB)--Pd--H2O systems; Topics in Catal., 11-12, 307-316 (2000)

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  7. Sobczak J.W., Andreeva D.; XPS Study of Au/TiO2 catalytic systems; Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 130D, 3303-3308 (2000)

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  8. Sobczak J.W., Sobczak E., A. Kosiński, Biliński A.; XANES investigations of Pd- doped polyaniline; J. Alloys and Comp., 328, 132-134 (2001)

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  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; Surf. Interf. Anal., 34, 225-229 (2002)

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  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 Comp., 362, 162-166 (2004)

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  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; Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 49(2), 73-81 (2004)

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  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; Biomat., 26(16), 2847-2856 (2005)

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  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; Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 67, 237-245 (2006)

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  14. Wachowski L., Sobczak J.W., Hofman M.; Speciaton of functional groups formed on the surface of ammoxidised carbonaceous materials by XPS metod Appl. Surf. Sci.; 253, 4456-4461 (2007)

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  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; Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 76, 107-114 (2007)

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  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. Mat. Chem., 17, 572-581 (2007)

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  17. A. Zaleska, P. Górska, J. W. Sobczak, J. Hupka; Thioacetamide and thiourea impact on visible light activity of TiO2; Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 76, 1-8(2007)

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Total number of publications:117
see complete list of publications (PDF)
 jws@ichf.edu.pl