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Investigations of physical mechanisms of nucleation, growth and aggregation of carbonate apatite and struvite in relation to the infectious urinary stones and investigations of an influence of substances able to modulate of these processes

2013/11/B/ST3/03871

Keywords:

crystal growth form solutions biomineralization infectious urinary stones

Descriptors:

  • ST3_1: Structure of solids, material growth and characterisation
  • NZ7_12: Prevention of human diseases

Panel:

ST3 - Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics

Host institution :

Politechnika Łódzka, Wydział Fizyki Technicznej, Informatyki i Matematyki Stosowanej

woj. łódzkie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Jolanta Prywer 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 6 - announced on 2013-09-16

Amount awarded: 323 360 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-07-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-03-15

Project duration:: 44 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Matlab z czterema toolbox'ami (7 500 PLN)
  2. aparat fotograficzny Nikon D7100.
  3. ultratermostat (4 500 PLN)
  4. zestaw do filtrowania próżniowego (3 600 PLN)
  5. biureta cyfrowa (3 550 PLN)
  6. spektrofotometr UV-VIS (57 200 PLN)
  7. cieplarka z funkcja chłodzenia (5 200 PLN)
  8. kamera do mikroskopu z oprogramowaniem (11 000 PLN)
  9. suszarka do szkała laboratoryjnego (4 400 PLN)
  10. komputer osobisty (4 294 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (12)
  1. Aggregation of Struvite, Carbonate Apatite, and Proteus mirabilis as a Key Factor of Infectious Urinary Stone Formation
    Authors:
    J. Prywer, R. R. Sadowski, A. Torzewska
    Academic press:
    Crystal Growth & Design (rok: 2015, tom: 15, strony: 1446–1451), Wydawca: American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/cg5018032 - link to the publication
  2. Green Tea and Struvite Crystals in Relation to Infectious Urinary Stones: The Role of (−)-Epicatechin
    Authors:
    J. Prywer, M. Olszynski and E. Mielniczek Brzóska
    Academic press:
    Cryst. Growth Des. (rok: 2017, tom: 17, strony: 5953−5964), Wydawca: ACS Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01043 - link to the publication
  3. Morphology of struvite crystals as an evidence of bacteria mediated growth
    Authors:
    R. R. Sadowski, J. Prywer, A. Torzewska
    Academic press:
    Cryst. Res. Technol. (rok: 2014, tom: 49, strony: 478–489), Wydawca: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/crat.201400080 - link to the publication
  4. Effect of size and shape of nanosilver particles on struvite and carbonate apatite precipitation
    Authors:
    M. Olszynski, J. Prywer, A. Torzewska
    Academic press:
    Crystal Growth & Design (rok: 2015, tom: 15, strony: 3307–3320), Wydawca: American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00425 - link to the publication
  5. Inhibition of Struvite Crystallization by Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate in Artificial Urine: Chemical and Physical Aspects of Nucleation and Growth
    Authors:
    Marcin Olszynski, Jolanta Prywer, Ewa Mielniczek- Brzóska
    Academic press:
    Cryst. Growth Des. (rok: 2016, tom: 16, strony: 3519−3529), Wydawca: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00487 - link to the publication
  6. Inhibition of precipitation of carbonate apatite by trisodium citrate analysed in base of the formation of chemical complexes in growth solution
    Authors:
    J. Prywer, M. Olszynski, E. Mielniczek- Brzóska
    Academic press:
    Journal of Solid State Chemistry (rok: 2015, tom: 231, strony: 80–86), Wydawca: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jssc.2015.08.010 - link to the publication
  7. Solid Phases Precipitating in Artificial Urine in the Absence and Presence of Bacteria Proteus mirabilis−A Contribution to the Understanding of Infectious Urinary Stone Formation
    Authors:
    J. Prywer, M. Kozanecki, E. Mielniczek-Brzóska and A. Torzewska
    Academic press:
    Crystals (rok: 2018, tom: 8, strony: 164), Wydawca: MDPI Switzerland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cryst8040164. - link to the publication
  8. Bacterially induced formation of infectious urinary stones: recent developments and future challenges
    Authors:
    J. Prywer, M. Olszynski
    Academic press:
    Current Medicinal Chemistry (rok: 2017, tom: 24, strony: 292 − 311), Wydawca: Bentham Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2174/0929867323666161028154545 - link to the publication
  9. Chemical equilibria of complexes in urine. A contribution to the physicochemistry of infectious urinary stone formation
    Authors:
    Jolanta Prywer, Ewa Mielniczek-Brzóska
    Academic press:
    Fluid Phase Equilibria (rok: 2016, tom: 425, strony: 282−288), Wydawca: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fluid.2016.06.009 - link to the publication
  10. Struvite crystal growth inhibition by trisodium citrate and the formation of chemical complexes in growth solution
    Authors:
    J. Prywer, E. Mielniczek-Brzóska, M. Olszynski
    Academic press:
    Journal of Crystal Growth (rok: 2015, tom: 418, strony: 92–101), Wydawca: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.02.027 - link to the publication
  11. Struwit i węglan apatytu jako biogeniczne fazy stałe indukowane do wzrostu przez drobnoustroje
    Authors:
    Jolanta Prywer, Marcin Olszynski, Rafal R. Sadowski
    Academic press:
    Postępy Fizyki (rok: 2016, tom: 67, strony: 68–82), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne
    Status:
    Published
  12. Temperature-dependent μ-Raman investigation of struvite crystals
    Authors:
    Jolanta Prywer, Dobrosława Kasprowicz, Tomasz Runka
    Academic press:
    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular (rok: 2016, tom: 158, strony: 18–23), Wydawca: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.saa.2016.01.005 - link to the publication