RESEARCH INTERESTS

At present

• Single molecule spectroscopy

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

57. Photophysical and redox properties of new donor-acceptor-donor (DAD) compounds containing benzothiadiazole (A) and dimethyldihydroacridine (D) units: a combined experimental and theoretical study.
E. Polesiak, M. Makowska-Janusik, J. Drapala, M. Zgórska, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, I. Kulszewicz-Bajer, Adam Proń.
PhysChemChemPhys 26 (2024) 20690-20700.

56. Carbonyl Mediated Fluorescence in Aceno[n]helicenones and Fluoreno[n]helicenes.
Michal Samal, Ludmilla Sturm, Marzena Banasiewicz, Irena Deperasińska, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Olaf Morawski, Yuuya Nagata, Pierre Dechambenoit, Harald Bock, Amandine Rossel, Milos Budesínský, Anthony Boudier and Andrej Jancarík,
Chemical Science 15 (2024) 9842-9850.

55. Efficient electron transfer driven by excited state structural relaxation in corrole-perylenediimide dyad.
Damian Kusy, Hongwei Song, Antoni Rząca, Marzena Banasiewicz, Cristina Barboza, Dongho Kim, Daniel T. Gryko,
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15 (2024) 5231-5238.

54. 2,3-Dichloroanthracene crystal, a new rigid matrix for single molecule optical investigations.
Marzena Banasiewicz, Irena Deperasińska, Paweł Gawryś, Kinga Suwińska and Bolesław Kozankiewicz,
ChemPhotoChem 25 (2024) e202300668.

53. Strongly Polarized π-Extended 1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles Fused with Tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinolines.
Mohammad B. Teimouri, Irena Deperasińska, Matt Rammo, Marzena Banasiewicz, Charles Stark, Łukasz Dobrzycki, Michał Cyrański, Aleksander Rebane and Daniel T. Gryko,
The Journal of Organic Chemistry 89 (2024) 4657-4672.

52. Charge-Transfer Modulation of Emissivity in Polarized Diketopyrrolopyrroles.
G. Dinesh Kumar; Marzena Banasiewicz; Wei-Hsu Hu; Roland Hany; Olena Vakuliuk; Frank Nuesch; Irena Deperasińska and Daniel T Gryko,
ChemPhotoChem 8 (2024) e202300293.

51. The interplay of intersystem crossing and internal conversion in quadrupolar tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles.
Krzysztof Górski, Damian Kusy, Shuhei Ozaki, Marzena Banasiewicz, Rashid Valiev, Smruti Ranjan Sahoo, Kenji Kamada, Glib Baryshnikov and Daniel T. Gryko,
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 12 (2024) 1980-1987.

50. Conversion of Ketones into Blue-emitting Electron-Deficient Benzofurans.
Krzysztof GÓrski, Tea Ostojic, Marzena Banasiewicz, Eric T. Ouellette, Luca Grisanti and Daniel T. Gryko,
Chemistry - A European Journal 29 (2023) e2022034.

49. Magnifying the ESIPT Process in Tris(salicylideneanilines) via the Steric Effect - A Pathway to the Molecules with the Panchromatic Fluorescence.
Paweł Gawryś, Olaf Morawski, Marzena Banasiewicz and Cristina A. Barboza,
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25 (2023) 12500-12514.

48. Conformation of the Ester Group Governs the Photophysics of Highly Polarized Benzo[g]coumarins.
Kamil Szychta, Beata Koszarna, Marzena Banasiewicz, Andrzej Sobolewski, Omar O'Mari, John A. Clark, Valentine I. Vullev, Cristina A. Barboza and Daniel T. Gryko,
JACS Au 3 (2023) 1918-1930.

47. Macrocyclic luminophores under confinement in a polymeric matrix - induction of large-Stokes shift by inter-unit proton transfer.
Paulina Jurek, Michał F. Rode, Marek P. Szymański, Marzena Banasiewicz and Agnieszka Szumna,
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 11 (2023) 10642-10650.

46. Strongly emitting, centrosymmetric, ladder-type bis-coumarins with crankshaft architecture.
Dinesh Kumar, Yu-Chan Liao, Rashid Nazir, Marzena Banasiewicz, Pi-Tai Chou and Daniel T. Gryko,
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25 (2023) 28824-28828.

45. Thallium(I) tropolonates: synthesis, structure, spectral characteristics, and antimicrobial activity compared to lead(II) and bismuth(III) analogues.
Krzysztof Łyczko, Monika Łyczko, Marzena Banasiewicz and Kanji Kubo, Karolina Wegrzynska, Anna Ziółko, Anna Baraniak and Jan Cz. Dobrowolski,
Molecules MDPI 27 (2022) 183.

44. Probing the flux of mitochondrial potassium using an azacrown-diketopyrrolopyrrole based highly sensitive probe.
G. Dinesh Kumar, Marzena Banasiewicz, Antoni Wrzosek, Rafał P. Kampa, Manon H. E. Bousquet, Damian Kusy, Denis Jacquemin, Adam Szewczyk and Daniel T. Gryko,
Chemical Communications 58 (2022) 4500-4503.

43. D-A-D Compounds Combining Dithienopyrrole Donors and Acceptors of Increasing Electron-Withdrawing Capability: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Electropolimerization, and Electrochromism.
Renata Rybakiewicz-Sekita, Petr Toman, Roman Ganczarczyk, Jakub Drapala, Przemyslaw Ledwon, Marzena Banasiewicz, Łukasz Skorka, Anna Matyjasiak, Małgorzata Zagórska and Adam Proń,
J. Phys. Chem. B 126 (2022) 4089-4105.

42. A sensitive zink probe operating via enhancement of excited-state intramolecular charge transfer.
G. Dinesh Kumar, Marzena Banasiewicz, Antoni Wrzosek, Omar O'Mari, Monika Zochowska, Valentine I. Vullev, Denis Jacquemin, Adam Szewczyk and Daniel T.Gryko,
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 20 (2022) 7439-7447.

41. Potent strategy towards strongly emissive nitroaromatics through a weakly electron-deficient core.
Bartłomiej Sadowski, Marzena Kaliszewska, Yevgen M. Poronik, Małgorzata Czichy, Patryk Janasik, Marzena Banasiewicz, Dominik Mierzwa, Wojciech Gadomski, Trevor D. Lohrey, John A. Clark, MieczysŁaw Lapkowski, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Valentine I. Vullev,* Andrzej L. Sobolewski, Piotr Piatkowski, Daniel T. Gryko,
Chemical Science 12 (2021) 14039-14049.

40. Spectra and nature of the electronic states of [1]Benzothieno[3,2?b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT): single crystal and the aggregates.
Irena Deperasińska, Marzena Banasiewicz, Paweł Gawryś, Olaf Morawski, Joanna Olas, Bolesław Kozankiewicz,
The Journal of Chemical Physics 155 (2021) 034504.

39. Synthesis and absorption properties of long acenoacenes.
Andrej Jancarik, Daniel Mildner, Yuuya Nagata, Marzena Banasiewicz, Joanna Olas, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Jan Holec, and André Gourdon,
Chemistry - A European Journal 27 (2021) 12388-12394.

38. A large starphene comprising pentacene branches.
Jan Holec, Beatrice Cogliati, James Lawrence, Alejandro Berdonces-Layunta, Pablo Herrero, Yuuya Nagata, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Martina Corso, Dimas G. de Oteyza, Andrej Jancarik*, Andre Gourdon*,
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (2021) 7752-7758.

37. Substituent effects on the photophysical properties of tris(salicylideneanilines).
Cristina A. Barboza*, Paweł Gawryś, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Andrzej Sobolewski,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23 (2021) 1156-1164.

36. Luminescent organic materials based on donor-acceptor-donor compounds containing carbazole donors and acceptors of varying strength: Spectroscopy, redox properties and application in organic light emitting diodes
Renata Rybakiewicz, Roman Ganczarczyk, Gabriela Wiosna-Salyga, Izabela Bobowska, Marzena Banasiewicz, Martyna Charyton, Łukasz SkÓrka, Małgorzata Zagórska, and Adam Pron
Optical Materials 108 (2020) 110428-110436.

35. Effect of the substituent position on the electrochemical, optical and structural properties of donor-acceptor type acridone derivatives
Irena Kulszewicz-Bajer, Małgorzata ZagÓrska, Marzena Banasiewicz, Piotr A. Guñka, Petr Toman, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Gabriela Wiosna-Salyga and Adam Pron*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22 (2020) 8522-8534.

34. Photophysical transformations induced by chemical substitution to salicylaldimines
Cristina A. Barboza, Paweł Gawryś, Marzena Banasiewicz, Kinga Suwińska, and Andrzej L. Sobolewski
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22 (2020) 6698-6705.

33. Spectra and nature of the electronic states of 2,3-dibromonaphthalene single crystal
I. Deperasińska, Marzena Banasiewicz, and Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Journal of Luminescence 213 (2019) 108-116.

32. Electronic Communication in Pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles Possessing Sterically Hindered Aromatic Substituents
Marzena Banasiewicz, R. Stezycki, G.D. Kumar, M. Krzeszewski, M. Tasior, B. Koszarna, A. Janiga, O. Vakuliuk, Bartosz Sadowski, Daniel T. Gryko, and D. Jacquemin
Europ. J. Org. Chemistry 213 (2019) 5247-5253.

31. Building molecular complexity from quinizarin: conjoined coumarins and coronene analogs
M. Weclawski, I. Deperasińska, Marzena Banasiewicz, D. Young, A. Leniak, and Daniel T. Gryko
Chemistry an Asian Journal 14 (2019) 1763-1770.

30. Synthesis and photophysical properties of N-arylated diketopyrrolopyrroles
K. Gutkowski, C. Azarias, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, D. Jacquemin, and Daniel T. Gryko
Europ J. Org. Chem. 47 (2018) 6643-6648.

29. Bidirectional solvatofluorochromism of a pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole-diketopyrrolopyrrole hybrid
H.G. Ryu, M.F. Mayther, J. Tomayo, C. Azarias, E.M. Espinoza, Marzena Banasiewicz, L.G. Lukasiewicz, Y.M. Poronik, A. Jeżewski, J. Clark, J.B. Derr, K.H. Ahn, Daniel T. Gryko, D. Jacquemin, and V.I. Vullev
J. Phys. Chem. C 122 (2018) 13424-13434.

28. One-photon and two-photon mitochondrial fluorescent probes based on a rhodol chromophore
Y.M. Poronik, T. Bernas, A. Wrzosek, Marzena Banasiewicz, A. Szewczyk, and Daniel T. Gryko
Asian J. Org. Chem. 7 (2018) 411-415.

27. ?Unprecedented rearrangement of diketopyrrolopyrroles leads to structurally unique chromophores
O. Vakuliuk, S. Ooi, I. Deperasińska, O. Staszewska-Krajewska, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, O. Danylyuk and Daniel T. Gryko
Chemical Communications 53 (2017) 11877-11880.

26. ?Symetry breaking in pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles: synthesis, solvatofluorochromism and two-photon absorption
L.G. Lukasiewicz, H.G. Ryu, A. Mikhaylov, C. Azarias, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, K.H. Ahn, D. Jacquemin, A. Rebane, and Daniel T. Gryko,
Chemistry an Asian Journal 12 (2017) 1736-1748.

25. New quinacridone derivatives with π-extended conjugation in central core
Pitr Kurzep, Łukasz Skórka, Małgorzata Zagórska, P.A. Guńka, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, and Irena Kulszewicz-Bajer
RCS Advances 7 (2017) 8627-8632.

24. Unexpected formation of π-expanded isoquinoline from anthracene possessing four electron-donating groups via the Duff reaction
M. K. Weclawski, Irena Deperasińska, A. Leniak, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Daniel T. Gryko
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 14 (2016) 7046-7052.

23. Dipolar Dyes with Pyrrolo[2,3-b]quinoxaline Skeleton Containing a Cyano Group and a Bridged Tertiary Amino Group Synthesis, Solvatofluorochromism and Bioimaging
L. Lukasiewicz, Irena Deperasińska, Y.M. Poronik, Y.W. Jun, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, K.H. Ahn, and Daniel T. Gryko
Chemistry an Asian Journal 11 (2016) 1718-1724.

22. Modulation of the fluorescence properties of diketopyrrolopyrroles via various electron-rich substituents
A. Purc, Marzena Banasiewicz, E. Glodkowska-Mrowka, and Daniel T. Gryko,
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4 (2016) 2877-2885.

21. Dipyrrolonaphthyridinediones structurally unique cross-conjugated dyes
M. Grzybowski, Irena Deperasińska, M. Chotkowski, Marzena Banasiewicz, Artur Makarewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, and Daniel T. Gryko
Chemical Communication 52 (2016) 5108-5111.

20. Solvatofluorochromic, non-centrosymmetric π-expanded diketopyrrolopyrrole
M. Grzybowski, A. Jeżewski, Irena Deperasińska, D.H. Friese, Marzena Banasiewicz, V. Hugues, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, M. Blanchard-Desce, and Daniel T. Gryko
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 14 (2016) 2025.

19. Double head-to-tail direct arylation as a viable strategy towards aza-analogs of dihydrocyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylene ? intriguing heterocycle with weak aromaticity
D. Firmansyah, I. Deperasińska, M. Tasior, Marzena Banasiewicz, O. Vakuliuk, Artur Makarewicz, Michał K. Cyrański, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, and Daniel T. Gryko
Chemical Communication 52 (2016) 1262-1265.

18. Strong solvent dependence of linear and non-linear optical properties of donor?acceptor type pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles
R. Orlowski, Marzena Banasiewicz, G. Clermont, F. Castet, R. Nazir, M. Blanchard-Desce, and Daniel T. Gryko
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 (2015) 23724-23731.

17. Why vertically π-expanded imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines are weak fluorescence emitters: experimental and computational studies?
Marzena Banasiewicz, Irena Deparasinska, Artur Makarewicz, D. Firmansyah, Daniel T. Gryko, and Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 (2015) 8945-8950.

16. Vertically-expanded imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine via dehydrogenative coupling
D. Firmansyah, Marzena Banasiewicz, and Daniel T. Gryko
Organic and Biomolecular chemistry 13 (2015) 1367-1374.

15. Vertically π-Expanded Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine ? Missing Link of the Puzzle
D. Firmansyah, Marzena Banasiewicz, I. Deperasińska, Artur Makarewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Daniel T. Gryko
Chemistry - An Asian Journal 9 (2014) 2483-2493.

14. π-Expanded Coumarin the Synthesis via the Scholl Reaction and Photophysical Properties
M. Tasior, Irena Deperasińska, K. Morawska, Marzena Banasiewicz, O. Vakuliuk, Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Daniel T. Gryko
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16 (2014) 18268-18275.

13. Spin-lattice relaxation and anomalous intersystem crossing in single molecule of terrylene embedded in p-perphenyl crystal
Magda Białkowska, Artur Makarewicz, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Chem. Phys. Letters 555 (2013) 131-134.

12. Imidazo [1,2-] pyridines Susceptible to Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer: One-Pot Synthesis via an Ortoleva-King Reaction
A.J. Stasyuk, Marzena Banasiewicz, Michał K. Cyrański, Daniel T. Gryko
J. Org. Chem. 77 (2012) 5552-5558.

11. On Photo-Oxidation of Single Molecules
Bolesław Kozankiewicz, I. Deperasińska, Elena Karpiuk, Marzena Banasiewicz, Artur Makarewicz,
Opt. Materials 33 (2011) 1391.

10. Single dibenzoterrylene molecules in naphthalene and 2,3-dimethylnaphthalene crystals: vibronic spectra
Irena Deperasińska, Elena Karpiuk, Marzena Banasiewicz, Artur Makarewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 (2011) 1872.

9. On the shoto-stability of single molecules. Dibenzoterrylene in 2,3-dimethylnaphthalene crystals
Irena Deperasińska, Elena Karpiuk, Marzena Banasiewicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Chem. Phys. Letters 492 (2010) 93.

8. Photo-bleaching of single terrylene molecules in Shpol?skii matrices at elevated temperatures
Marzena Banasiewicz, Dariusz Wiącek, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Chem. Phys. Letters 425 (2006) 289.

7. Struktural dynamisc of 2,3-dimethylnaphtalene crystals revealed by fluorescencje of single terrylene molecules
Marzena Banasiewicz, Dariusz Wiącek, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Chem. Phys. Letters 425 (2006) 94.

6. Triplet population and depopulation rates of single terrylene molecules in p-terphenyl crystal
Marzena Banasiewicz, Olaf Morawski, Dariusz Wiącek, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Chem. Phys. Letters 414 (2005) 374.

5. Identification and quantitation of benzo[a]pyrene-derived DNA adducts formed at low adduction level in mice lung tissue
Marzena Banasiewicz, G. Nelson, A. Swank, N. Grubor, J. Ross, S. Nesnow, H. Köfeler, G. J. Small, R. Jankowiak
Analytical Biochemistry 334 (2004) 390.

4. Supercoiles DNA promotes formation of intercalated cis-N₂-deoxyguanine-adducts and base-stacked trans-₂-deoxyguanine-adducts by (+)-7R,8S-dihydrodiol-9S,10R-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene
G. Jiang, R. Jankowiak, N. Grubor, Marzena Banasiewicz, G.J. Small, M. Skorvaga, B. VanHouten, J.C. Satates
Chemical Research in Toxicology 17 (2004) 330.

3. Spectroscopic Characteristics of Pentacene In Shpol?skii Matrixes
Marzena Banasiewicz, Irena Deperasińska, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
J. Phys. Chem. A 107 (2003) 662.

2. Excited singlet state relaxation yields of pentacene in Shpolskii matrices
Marzena Banasiewicz, Irena Deperasińska, D. Fabjanowicz, Bolesław Kozankiewicz
Chem. Phys. Letters 356 (2002) 541.

1. Intersystem crossing of single pentacene molecules in Shpolskii matrices
Bolesław Kozankiewicz, Marzena Banasiewicz, Józef Dresner, Michel Orrit
Chem. Phys. Letters 343 (2001) 71.