Piotr Mocny
Postdoctoral Associate
- MI-804
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
2014-2019 Ph.D. in Material Science, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Thesis: "Controlling topology, dynamics and function of polymer brushes via post-polymerization modification" under supervision of Prof. Harm-Anton Klok,
2008-2013 M.Sc. in Chemical Technology, Organic Technology, Gdansk University of Technology
Thesis: “Compatibilizer development through reactive extrusion”
2008-2013 B.Eng. in Applied Physics, Nanotechnology, Gdansk University of Technology
Research
08.2021-present, Postdoctoral Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University
under supervision of Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (under SNSF Postdoc.Mobility grant)
Development of liquid metal-based composites
Functionalization of fluorinated polymers by ATRP
Development of cathode polymer binders for lithium-ion batteries
07.2019-01.2021, Postdoctoral Researcher at Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials at EPFL
under supervision of Prof. Holger Frauenrath
Development of lubricating and anticorrosive polymer coatings for aluminum sheets, industrial collaboration with Novelis
08.2014-06.2019, Doctoral Assistant at Polymers Laboratory at EPFL
under supervision of Prof. Harm-Anton Klok
Synthesis and modification of polymer brushes generated by SI-ATRP
03.2013-07.2013, Intern at SABIC, Geleen, the Netherlands
under supervision of Dr. Lidia Jasińska-Walc and Dr. Rob Duchateau
Modification of polyolefins by reactive extrusion
Publications
9. Mocny, P., Klok, H. -A. “Reversibly cross-linking polymer brushes using interchain disulfide bonds”, Macromolecules, 2020, 53(2), 731-740. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02199
8. Mocny, P., Klok, H. -A. “Complex polymer topologies and polymer – nanoparticle hybrid films prepared via surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization”, Progress in Polymer Science, 2020, 100, 101185. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079670019301911
7. Mocny, P., Menétrey, M., Klok, H. –A. “Synthesis of loop poly(methyl methacrylate) brushes via chain-end postpolymerization modification”, Macromolecules 2019, 52(21), 8394-8403. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01527
6. Michl, T. D., Jung, D., Pertoldi, A., Schulte, A., Mocny, P., Klok, H. A., Schönherr, H., Giles, C., Griesser, H. J., and Coad, B. R. “An Acid Test: Facile SI-ARGET-ATRP of Methacrylic Acid.” Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2018, 219(15), 1800182. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/macp.201800182
5. Stern, L. A., Mocny, P., Vrubel, H., Bilgic, T., Klok, H. -A., and Hu, X. “Polymer-Brush-Templated Three-Dimensional Molybdenum Sulfide Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10(7), 6253-6261. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b16679
4. Michl, T. D., Giles, C., Mocny, P., Futrega, K., Doran, M. R., Klok, H. -A., Griesser, H. J., and Coad, B. R. “Caspofungin on ARGET-ATRP grafted PHEMA polymers: Enhancement and selectivity of prevention of attachment of Candida albicans.” Biointerphases 2017, 12(5), 05G602. https://avs.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1116/1.4986054
3. Krammer, A., Magrez, A., Vitale, W. A., Mocny, P., Jeanneret, P., Guibert, E., Whitlow, H. J., Ionescu, A. M., and Schüler, A. “Elevated transition temperature in Ge doped VO2 thin films.” Journal of Applied Physics 2017, 122(4), 045304. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4995965
2. Zoppe, J. O., Ataman, N. C., Mocny, P., Wang, J., Moraes, J., and Klok, H. -A. “Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes.” Chemical Reviews 2017, 117(3), 1105-1318. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00314
1. Mocny, P., Klok, H. -A. “Tribology of surface grafted polymer brushes”, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 2016, 1, 141-154. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2016/me/c5me00010f