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Materials Science
Poland
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
65
Citations
15751
World Ranking
5611
National Ranking
9

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
15870
World Ranking
7624
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Poland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Poland Leader Award
  • 2015 - Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science - Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej for elaboration of the theory of ring-opening polymerization and its use for synthesis of biodegradable polymers
  • 2013 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Stanislaw Penczek is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland, where they contribute extensively to research in the fields of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. Their work spans various subfields including Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their research primarily focuses on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, chemistry and stereochemistry studies, history and advancements in chemistry, and polyoxometalates: synthesis and applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Catalysis
  • Macromolecules
  • Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • ACS Macro Letters
  • Chemistry Teacher International

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stanislaw Penczek include:

  • "Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)", 2022, Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • "Activated Monomer Mechanism (AMM) in Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization. The Origin of the AMM and Further Development in Polymerization of Cyclic Esters", 2021, ACS Macro Letters
  • "Synthesis and Properties of Functionalized Poly(ε-caprolactone); Chain Polymerization Followed by Polycondensation in One Pot with Initiator and Catalyst in One Molecule. Synthesis and Molecular Structures", 2022, Macromolecules
  • "Ring-opening polymerization", 2021, Chemistry Teacher International
  • "Catalysis in polymerization of cyclic esters. Catalyst and initiator in one molecule. Polymerization of ε-caprolactone", 2020, Journal of Catalysis

Frequent co-authors working alongside Penczek in multiple publications include:

  • Julia Pretula
  • Krzysztof Kałużyński
  • Piotr Lewiński
  • Sławomir Kaźmierski
  • Marek Cypryk

Throughout their career, Stanislaw Penczek has been recognized with awards such as the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2015 for elaborating the theory of ring-opening polymerization and its application to the synthesis of biodegradable polymers. They also hold recognition from the Polish Academy of Science received in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)

    J. Aleman;Alan V. Chadwick;J. He;M. Hess

  • Polymerization of l,l-Lactide Initiated by Aluminum Isopropoxide Trimer or Tetramer

    Adam Kowalski;and Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Kinetics and mechanism of cyclic esters polymerization initiated with Tin(II) octoate. 3. Polymerization of L, L-dilactide

    Adam Kowalski;Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Mechanism of Cyclic Ester Polymerization Initiated with Tin(II) Octoate. 2.† Macromolecules Fitted with Tin(II) Alkoxide Species Observed Directly in MALDI−TOF Spectra

    Adam Kowalski;and Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Kinetics and mechanism of cyclic esters polymerization initiated with tin(II) octoate, 1. Polymerization of ε-caprolactone

    Adam Kowalski;and Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Terminology of polymers and polymerization processes in dispersed systems (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)

    Stanislaw Slomkowski;José V. Alemán;Robert G. Gilbert;Michael Hess

  • Intermolecular chain transfer to polymer with chain scission : general treatment and determination of kp/ktr in L,L-lactide polymerization

    Jolanta Baran;Andrzej Duda;Adam Kowalski;Ryszard Szymanski

  • Cationic activated monomer polymerization of heterocyclic monomers

    P. Kubisa;S. Penczek

  • Polymerization of l,l-Dilactide Initiated by Tin(II) Butoxide

    Adam Kowalski;Jan Libiszowski;and Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Cationic polymerization of glycidol: coexistence of the activated monomer and active chain end mechanism

    R. Tokar;P. Kubisa;S. Penczek;A. Dworak

  • Polylactides—an overview

    Stanislaw Slomkowski;Stanislaw Penczek;Andrzej Duda

  • Thermodynamics of L-lactide polymerization. Equilibrium monomer concentration

    Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Kinetics of the Ring-Opening Polymerization of 6-, 7-, 9-, 12-, 13-, 16-, and 17-Membered Lactones. Comparison of Chemical and Enzymatic Polymerizations

    Andrzej Duda;Adam Kowalski;Stanislaw Penczek;Hiroshi Uyama

  • Living pseudoanionic polymerization of iε-caprolactone. Poly(iε-caprolactone) free of cyclics and with controlled end groups

    Andrzej Duda;Zbigniew Florjanczyk;Andrzej Hofman;Stanislaw Slomkowski

  • Polylactides-Methods of synthesis and characterization.

    Julia Pretula;Stanislaw Slomkowski;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Kinetics and Mechanism of Cyclic Esters Polymerization Initiated with Tin(II) Octoate. Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone and l,l-Lactide Co-initiated with Primary Amines

    Adam Kowalski;Jan Libiszowski;Tadeusz Biela;Marek Cypryk

  • Polymerization of .epsilon.-Caprolactone Initiated by Aluminum Isopropoxide Trimer and/or Tetramer

    Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

  • Activated monomer propagation in cationic polymerizations

    Stanislaw Penczek;Przemyslaw Kubisa;Ryszard Szymański

  • Cationic ring-opening polymerization of heterocyclic monomers

    Stanislaw Penczek;Marek Cypryk;Andrzej Duda;Przemyslaw Kubisa

  • Enhanced Melt Stability of Star-Shaped Stereocomplexes As Compared with Linear Stereocomplexes

    Tadeusz Biela;and Andrzej Duda;Stanislaw Penczek

Frequent Co-Authors

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Graeme Moad
Graeme Moad Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Philippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois University of Mons
Jiasong He
Jiasong He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alan V. Chadwick
Alan V. Chadwick University of Kent
Virgil Percec
Virgil Percec University of Pennsylvania
Kazuyuki Horie
Kazuyuki Horie University of Tokyo
David Mecerreyes
David Mecerreyes University of the Basque Country
Alexei R. Khokhlov
Alexei R. Khokhlov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Hiroshi Uyama
Hiroshi Uyama Osaka University

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