2024

  • Dehydration of Lipid Membranes Drives Redistribution of Cholesterol Between Lateral Domains.

    Hanna Orlikowska-Rzeznik, Emilia Krok, Maria Domanska, Piotr Setny, Anna Lągowska, Madhurima 
    Chattopadhyay and Lukasz Piatkowski
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 15, 4515-84, (2024) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00332 (.pdf)

  • Nanoscale structural response of biomimetic cell membranes to controlled dehydration.

    Emilia Krok, Henri G. Franquelim, Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Hanna Orlikowska, Petra Schwille and Lukasz Piatkowski
    Nanoscale, 16, 1, 72-84, (2024) doi.org/10.1039/D3NR03078D (.pdf)

2023

  • Tunable biomimetic bacterial membranes from binary and ternary lipid mixtures and their application in antimicrobial testing.

    Emilia Krok, Mareike Stephan, Rumiana Dimova and Lukasz Piatkowski
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Biomembr. 1865, 7 (2023) doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184194 (.pdf)

  • Laurdan discerns lipid membrane hydration and cholesterol content.

    Hanna Orlikowska-Rzeznik, Emilia Krok, Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Agnieszka Batura and Lukasz Piatkowski
    J. Phys. Chem. B 127, 15, 3382–3391 (2023) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00654 (.pdf)

  • Cooperativity between sodium ions and water molecules facilitates lipid mobility in model cell membranes.

    Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Emilia Krok, Hanna Orlikowska-Rzeznik and Lukasz Piatkowski
    Chemical Science 14, 4002-4011 (2023) doi.org/10.1039/D2SC06836B (.pdf)

  • Tunable biomimetic bacterial membranes from binary and ternary lipid mixtures and their application in antimicrobial testing.

    Emilia Krok, Mareike Stephan,  Rumiana Dimova and Lukasz Piatkowski
    bioRxiv (2023) doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.12.528174  (.pdf)

2022

  • Cooperativity between sodium ions and water molecules facilitates lipid mobility in model cell membranes.

    Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Emilia Krok, Hanna Orlikowska-Rzeznik and Lukasz Piatkowski
    ChemRxiv (2022) doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-1sq2c   (.pdf)

  • Laurdan discerns lipid membrane hydration and cholesterol content.

    Hanna Orlikowska-Rzeznik, Emilia Krok, Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Agnieszka Batura and Lukasz Piatkowski
    bioRxiv (2022) doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.02.514927   (.pdf)

2021

  • Lateral organization of biomimetic cell membranes in varying pH conditions.

    Emilia Krok, Agnieszka Batura, Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Hanna Orlikowska and Lukasz Piatkowski
    Journal of Molecular Liquids, 345, 117907 (2021) doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117907     (.pdf)

  • Hydration Layer of Only a Few Molecules Controls Lipid Mobility in Biomimetic Membranes.

    Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Emilia Krok, Hanna Orlikowska, Henri G. Franquelim, Petra Schwille and Lukasz Piatkowski
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 36, 14551–14562 (2021)     (.pdf)
    Supplementary information (.pdf and movie)
    doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c04314

  • Sensing Hydration of Biomimetic Cell Membranes.

    Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Hanna Orlikowska, Emilia Krok and Lukasz Piatkowski
    Biosensors, 11, 241 (2021) doi.org/10.3390/bios11070241     (.pdf)

  • Scouting for strong light–matter coupling signatures in Raman spectra.

    Wassie Mersha Takele, Lukasz Piatkowski, Frank Wackenhut, Sylwester Gawinkowski, Alfred J. Meixner and Jacek Waluk
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, 16837-16846 (2021) doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01863A     (.pdf)

  • Tailoring Tautomerization of Single Phthalocyanine Molecules through Modification of Chromophore Photophysics by the Purcell Effect of an Optical Microcavity.

    Wassie Mersha Takele, Frank Wackenhut, Quan Liu, Lukasz Piatkowski, Jacek Waluk and Alfred J. Meixner
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 14932–14939 (2021) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02600     (.pdf)

  • Modulation transfer microscopy — versatile tool for ultrafast nanoscopy.

    Hanna Orlikowska and Lukasz Piatkowski                                                                                                              Acta Physica Polonica A, 139, 288-299 (2021)     (.pdf)

2020

  • Light-responsive surfactants: Photochromic properties of water-soluble azobenzene derivatives.

    Hanna Orlikowska, Anna Sobolewska and Stanisław Bartkiewicz                                                          Journal of Molecular Liquids, 316, 113842 (2020)

  • Modification of titanium implants using biofunctional nanodiamonds for enhanced antimicrobial properties.

    Emilia Krok, Sascha Balakin, Jonas Jung, Frank Gross, Jörg Opitz and Gianaurelio Cuniberti                Nanotechnology, 31, 205603 (2020)     (.pdf)
  • Multimode vibrational strong coupling  of methyl salicylate to a Fabry-Perot cavity.                         Wassie Mersha Takele, Franck Wackenhut, Lukasz Piatkowski, Alfred J. Meixner and Jacek Waluk      
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 5709-5716 (2020)                                                                                                                          Archived  version (link); Published version (.pdf)

2019

  • Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals.
    Lukasz Piatkowski, Nicolò Accanto, Gaëtan Calbris, Sotirios Christodoulou, Iwan Moreels and Niek F. van Hulst
    Science, 366, 1240-1243 (2019)                                                                                                               
    Published version (link); Accepted version - article (.pdf) and supplementary material (.pdf)

2017-2018

  • Unusual effects in single molecule tautomerization: hemiporphycene. 
    Victoriya Kim, Lukasz Piatkowski, Maria Pszona, Regina Jäger, Jakub Ostapko, Jerzy Sepioł, Alfred J. Meixner and Jacek Waluk
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 26591 (2018)     .pdf
  • Roadmap on plasmonics.
    Mark I. Stockman et al.
    Journal of Optics, 20, 043001 (2018)     .pdf
  • Nature of Large Temporal Fluctuations of Hydrogen Transfer Rates in Single Molecules.
    L. Piatkowski, C. Schanbacher, F. Wackenhut, A. Jamrozik, A. J. Meixner and J. Waluk                                  J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9, 1211–1215 (2018)     .pdf

2015-2016

  • Water in contact with a cationic lipid exhibits bulklike vibrational dynamics.
    R.A. Livingstone, Z. Zhang, L. Piatkowski, H.J. Bakker, J. Hunger, M. Bonn and E.H.G.Backus                        J. Phys. Chem. B, 120, 10069–10078 (2016)     link
  • Ultrafast meets ultrasmall: controlling nanoantennas and molecules.
    L Piatkowski, N. Accanto and Niek F. van Hulst                                                                                                      ACS Photonics, 3, 1401-1414 (2016)     .pdf
  • Resonant plasmonic nanoparticles for multicolor second harmonic imaging.
     N. Accanto, L. Piatkowski, I.N. Hancu ,J. Renger and Niek F. van Hulst                                                                App. Phys. Lett., 108, 083115 (2016)
  • Broadband single molecule excitation spectroscopy.
    L. Piatkowski, E. Gellings and Niek F. van Hulst
    Nature Commun., 7, 10411 (2016)     .pdf
  • Multicolour single molecule emission and excitation spectroscopy reveals extensive spectral shifts.  
    L. Piatkowski, E. Gellings and Niek F. van Hulst
    Farad. Discuss., 184, 207-220 (2015)     .pdf
  • Generation of photovoltage in graphene on a femtosecond timescale through efficient carrier heating. K.-J. Tielrooij, L. Piatkowski, M. Massicotte, A. Woessner, Q. Ma, Y. Lee, C.N. Lau, P. Jarillo-Herrero, Niek F. van Hulst and F. Koppens                                                                                                                             
    Nature Nanotech., 10, 437–443 (2015)     link
  • Hot-carrier photocurrent effects at graphene-metal interfaces.
    K.-J. Tielrooij, M. Massicotte, L. Piatkowski, A. Woessner, Q. Ma, P. Jarillo-Herrero, Niek F. van Hulst and F. Koppens                                   
    J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 27, 164207 (2015)     link

2013-2014

  • Capturing the optical phase response of nanoantennas by coherent second-harmonic microscopy.
    N. Accanto, L. Piatkowski, J. Renger and Niek F. van Hulst                                                                                Nano Lett., 14-7, 4078-4082 (2014)     link
  • Extreme surface propensity of halide ions in water.
    L. Piatkowski, Z. Zhang, E.H.G. Backus, H.J. Bakker and M. Bonn                                                                  Nature Commun., 5, 4083 (2014)     .pdf
  • Gigahertz modulation of femtosecond time-resolved surface sum-frequency generation due to acoustic strain pulses.
    C.-S. Hsieh, H.J. Bakker, L. Piatkowski and M. Bonn                                                                   
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 118-36, 20875-20880 (2014)     link
  • Phase control of femtosecond pulses on the nanoscale using second harmonic nanoparticles.
    N. Accanto, J.B. Nieder, L. Piatkowski, M. Castro-Lopez, F. Pastorelli, D. Brinks and Niek F. van Hulst    Light: Science&Applications, 3-1, e143 (2014)     .pdf
  • Ultrafast Raman: Watching molecules breathe. L. Piatkowski, J.T. Hugall and Niek F. van Hulst, 
    Nature Photon., 8, 589–59 (2014)     link
  • Probing the distribution of water molecules hydrating lipid membranes with ultrafast Förster vibrational energy transfer.
    L. Piatkowski, J. de Heij and H.J. Bakker                                                                                   
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 117(5), 1367-77 (2013)     .pdf

2011-2012

  • Water interacting with interfaces, ions and itself.
    L. Piatkowski
    PhD thesis,  ISBN 978–90–77209–58–5     .pdf
  • Vibrational relaxation pathways of AI and AII modes in N-methylacetamide.
    L. Piatkowski and H.J. Bakker,                                                                                                                                   J. Chem. Phys., 136, 164504 (2012)
  • Ultrafast vibrational energy relaxation of the water bridge.
    L. Piatkowski, A.D. Wexler, E.C. Fuchs, H. Schoenmaker and H.J. Bakker                                                          Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14, 6160 (2012); PCCP cover art     link
  • Vibrational dynamics of the bending mode of water interacting with ions.
    L. Piatkowski and H.J. Bakker
    J. Chem. Phys., 135, 214509 (2011)
  • Ultrafast vibrational energy transfer at the water/air interface revealed by two-dimensional surface vibrational spectroscopy.
    Z. Zhang, L. Piatkowski, H.J. Bakker and M. Bonn
    Nature Chem., 3, 888 (2011)     link
  • Communication: Interfacial water structure revealed by ultrafast two-dimensional surface vibrational spectroscopy.
    Z. Zhang, L. Piatkowski, H.J. Bakker and M. Bonn
    J. Chem. Phys., 135, 021101 (2011)

2009-2010

  • Vibrational relaxation pathways of AI and AII modes in N-methylacetamide clusters.
    L. Piatkowski and H.J. Bakker                                                                                                                                      J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 11462 (2010)     link
  • Ultrafast intermolecular energy transfer in heavy water.
    L. Piatkowski, K.B. Eisenthal and H.J. Bakker
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 9033 (2009)     .pdf
  • Dielectric relaxation dynamics of water in model membranes probed by terahertz spectroscopy.             K.J. Tielrooij, D. Paparo, L. Piatkowski, H.J. Bakker and M. Bonn                                                                Biophys. J., 97, 2484 (2009)     .pdf

2007-2008

  • High precision investigations of the hyperfine structure of metastable levels in a chromium atom. Jarosz, D. Stefanska, M. Elantkowska, J. Ruczkowski, A. Buczek, B. Furmann, P. Glowacki, A. Krzykowski, L. Piatkowski, E. Stachowska and J. Dembczynski   
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 40, 2785 (2007)