Publications by Andrzej Sienkiewicz

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Photocatalytic Nanowires-Based Air Filter: Towards Reusable Protective Masks

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Endre Horvath, Lidia Rocoffort de Vinnière, Caroline Lehmann

In the last couple decades, several viral outbreaks resulting in epidemics and pandemics with thousands of human causalities have been witnessed. The current Covid-19 outbreak represents an unprecedented crisis. In stopping the virus' spread, it is fundame ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Ultralong Charge Carrier Recombination Time in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Márton Kollár, Ferenc Simon

Due to their exceptional photovoltaic properties, metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are extensively studied for their potential applications in solar cells. In recent years, the power conversion efficiencies of MHPs-based solar cells rapidly increased from t ...

2022

Cation assisted binding and cleavage of dinitrogen by uranium complexes

Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Ivica Zivkovic, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Nadir Jori

The role of alkali promoters in N-2 cleavage by metal complexes remains poorly understood despite its relevance to the industrial production of ammonia from N-2. Here we report a series of alkali bound-oxo-bridged diuranium(iii) complexes that provide a un ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Chromophore of an Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Can Play a Photoprotective Role Due to Photobleaching

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Katarzyna Pierzchala

Under stress conditions, elevated levels of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) may impair crucial cellular structures. To counteract the resulting oxidative damage, living cells are equipped with several defense mechanisms, including photoprotective fu ...

MDPI2021

Highly efficient bacteria inactivation and phenol degradation by visible light irradiated iodine doped TiO2

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz

In this study visible light active iodine doped titanium dioxide samples prepared by sol-gel method were investigated. Photocatalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XF ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

Hybrid halide perovskite neutron detectors

László Forró, Andreas Pautz, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Endre Horvath, Pavel Frajtag, Márton Kollár, Pavao Roko Andricevic

Interest in fast and easy detection of high-energy radiation (x-, gamma-rays and neutrons) is closely related to numerous practical applications ranging from biomedicine and industry to homeland security issues. In this regard, crystals of hybrid halide pe ...

Nature Portfolio2021

Differential Response of the Photoluminescence and Photocurrent of Polycrystalline CH(3)NH(3)PbI(3 )and CH3NH3PbBr3 to the Exposure to Oxygen and Nitrogen

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Endre Horvath, Márton Kollár, Anastasiia Glushkova, Konstantins Mantulnikovs

Because of their excellent photoelectric properties, organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites (MHPs), such as methylammonium lead triiodide, CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI(3)), and methylammonium lead tribromide, CH3NH3PbBr3 (MAPbBr(3)), are of great interest for the ...

2019

Deleterious effect of homogeneous and heterogeneous near-neutral photo-Fenton system on Escherichia coli. Comparison with photo-catalytic action of TiO2 during cell envelope disruption

César Pulgarin, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Cristina del Socorro Lonfat

The mechanisms underlying bacterial inactivation by solar photo-Fenton at near-neutral pH have not yet been investigated in detail. In particular, no consensus exists on the bacterial inactivation mechanism under solar light enhanced by the Fenton's reagen ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Comparison of the photocatalytic efficiencies of bare and doped rutile and anatase TiO2 photocatalysts under visible light for phenol degradation and E. coli inactivation

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz

This study aimed at comparing the photocatalytic efficiencies of various TiO2 based photocatalysts for phenol degradation and bacteria inactivation under illumination with visible light. Commercial undoped anatase and rutile (both from Aldrich), Aeroxide P ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

Multielectron Redox Chemistry of Ytterbium Complexes Reaching the +1 and Zero Formal Oxidation States

Weronika Magdalena Sroka, Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Maxime Christian Gérard Tricoire

Lanthanide redox reactivity remains limited to one-electron transfer reactions due to their inability to access a broad range of oxidation states. Here, we show that multielectron reductive chemistry is achieved for ytterbium by using the tripodal tris(sil ...

2024

Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells of Single Crystal Hybrid Halide Perovskite with Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Contacts

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Endre Horvath, Márton Kollár, Pavao Roko Andricevic, Lidia Rocoffort de Vinnière, Xavier François Mettan

Based on the reported ion migration under an electric field in hybrid lead halide perovskites we have developed a bright, light-emitting electrochemical cell with CH3NH3PbBr3 single crystals directly grown on vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests as c ...

2019

Radiation detection and energy conversion in nuclear reactor environments by hybrid photovoltaic perovskites

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Endre Horvath, Márton Kollár, Pavao Roko Andricevic

Detection and direct power conversion of high energy and high intensity ionizing radiation could be a key element in next generation nuclear reactor safety systems and space-born devices. For example, the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011 could have been large ...

Elsevier2020

Pressure-induced transformation of CH3NH3PbI3: the role of the noble-gas pressure transmitting media

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Endre Horvath, Alla Arakcheeva, Márton Kollár, Gaétan Charles Antoine Giriat, Anastasiia Glushkova

The photovoltaic perovskite, methylammonium lead triiodide [CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI(3))], is one of the most efficient materials for solar energy conversion. Various kinds of chemical and physical modifications have been applied to MAPbI(3) towards better unders ...

International Union of Crystallography2019

Unusually Long-Lived Photocharges in Helical Organic Semiconductor Nanostructures

Jürgen Brugger, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Holger Frauenrath, Valentin Flauraud, Jan Cornelius Brauer, Liangfei Tian, Thomas Schmaltz, Regina Judith Hafner

Photocharge generation and formation of long-lived charge carriers are relevant in photosynthesis, photocatalysis, photovoltaics, and organic electronics. A better understanding of the factors that determine these processes in synthetic polymer semiconduct ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2018

Kilogram-Scale Crystallogenesis of Halide Perovskites for Gamma-Rays Dose Rate Measurements

László Forró, Andreas Pautz, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Endre Horvath, Vincent Pierre Lamirand, Pavel Frajtag, Márton Kollár, Pavao Roko Andricevic

Gamma-rays (gamma-rays), wherever present, e.g., in medicine, nuclear environment, or homeland security, due to their strong impact on biological matter, should be closely monitored. There is a need for simple, sensitive gamma-ray detectors at affordable p ...

2020

Synthesis of Nanosized Mn-Doped ZnO by Low Temperature Decomposition of Hydrozincite Precursors

László Forró, Arnaud Magrez, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Marijana Mionic Ebersold, Zlatko Mickovic

Transition-metal-doped ZnO is considered a promising candidate for applications in spintronics. Here, we developed it novel and versatile synthetic route for obtaining impurity-free Mn-doped zinc oxide (Zn1-xMnxO) materials witha well-controlled content of ...

2010

Photocatalytic production of O-1(2) and (OH)-O-center dot mediated by silver oxidation during the photoinactivation of Escherichia coli with TiO2

César Pulgarin, Andrzej Sienkiewicz

Ag loaded TiO2 was applied in the photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coil under ultraviolet (UV) and visible (Vis) light irradiations. Ag enhanced the TiO2 photodisinfecting effect under Vis irradiation promoting the formation of singlet oxygen and ...

Elsevier2012

Solar water purification with photocatalytic nanocomposite filter based on TiO2 nanowires and carbon nanotubes

László Forró, Luca Rossi, Endre Horvath, Florian Frédéric Vincent Breider, Dominique Grandjean, Andrzej Sienkiewicz

Water contamination due to environmental conditions and poor waste management in certain areas of the world represents a serious problem in accessing clean and safe drinking water. This problem is especially critical in electricity-poor regions, where adva ...

2022

Singlet oxygen ((1)Delta(g))-mediated oxidation of cellular and subcellular components: ESR and AFM assays

László Forró, Andrzej Kulik, Sandor Kasas, Andrzej Sienkiewicz

We report a comprehensive in vitro study of the photo-oxidative stress on different biomolecular and cellular targets generated in the presence of fullerol C-60(OH)(n), a novel, fullerene-based and water-soluble sensitizer of singlet oxygen ((1)Delta(g)). ...

Institute of Physics2005

Central nervous system and systemic oxidative stress interplay with inflammation in a bile duct ligation rat model of type C hepatic encephalopathy

Rolf Gruetter, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu Moldovan, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Dunja Simicic, Katarzyna Pierzchala, Stefanita-Octavian Mitrea

The role and coexistence of oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation in type C hepatic encephalopathy (C HE) is a subject of intense debate. Under normal conditions the physiological levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species are controlled by the count ...

2022