Head of Department: Prof. Jan R. Dąbrowski, DSc, PhD, Eng
Phone: +48 85 746 92 05
www.wm.kimib.pb.edu.pl
E-mail: j.dabrowski@pb.edu.pl

Research topics

1. Medical construction projects, focused on:
   ■ orthopaedics (ostheosyntesis, joint arthroplasty, instrumentary)
   ■ stomatology (prosthesis, orthodontics, maxillofacial surgery)
   ■ orthopaedic supply (insolts, corsets, ortheses, rehabilitation equipment)
2. Biomaterials for bone surgery and stomatology, focused on:
   ■ sintering materials based on implantable alloys
   ■ polymers and composites
   ■ modification of biomaterial’s surfaces
3. Biotribology of human joints and stomatognatic system
4. Biomechanics of bones and bone-implant interaction
5. Computer aided medical treatment
6. Biomedical signal and image processing
7. Telemetry and telemedicine application in muscle contraction activity research.

Selected publications

1. Krasnowski M., Dąbrowski J.R. (2012), Ti-Y2O3 Composites with nanocrystalline and microcrystalline matrix, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 43 A, 1376-1381.
2. Szymański K., Olszewski W., Satuła D., Rećko K., Waliszewski J., Kalska-Szostko B., Dąbrowski J.R., Sidun J., Kulesza E. (2013), Characterization of fretting products between austenitic and martensitic stainless steels using Mossbauer and X-ray techniques, Wear, 300,
   9095.
3. Jałbrzykowski M. (2013), An investigation into the mechanisms of wear of zinc from the surface of zinc coated car-body sheets during friction, Wear, 303 (1/2), 519-523.
4. Andrysewicz E., Mystkowska J., Kolmas J., Jałbrzykowski M., Olchowik R., Dąbrowski J.R. (2012), Influence of artificial saliva compositions on tribological characteristics of Ti-6Al-4V implant alloy, Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, 14 (4), 71-79.
5. Mrozek P. (2009), Anoding bonding of glasses with interlayers for fully transparent device applications, Sensors and Actuators. A. Physical, 151 (1), 77-80.
6. Sajewicz E. (2010): A comparative study of tribological ehavior of dental composites and tooth enamel: an energy approach, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I. Journal of Engineering Tribology, 224, 559-568.
7. Oksiuta Z., Dąbrowski J.R., Olszyna A. (2009), Co-Cr-Mo-based composite reinforced with bioactive glass, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 209, 978-985.
8. Grądzka-Dahlke M., Dąbrowski J. R., Dąbrowski B. (2008), Modification of mechanical properties of sintered implant materials on the base of Co-Cr-Mo alloy, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 204 (1/3), 199-205.
9. Piszczatowski S.(2012), Geometrical aspects of growth plate modelling using Carter’s and Stokes’s approaches, Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, 14(1), 93-106.
10. Mrozek P. (2012), Numerical and experimental investigation on Ag+-Na+ field assisted ion-exchanged channel waveguides, Applied Optics, 51 (20), 4574-4581.

Test equipment

Scanning electron microscope Hitachi S-3000N

• high and low vacuum;
• ability to work in BSE and SE modes, high sensitivity solid-state BSE detector;
• equipment for biological structure analysis;
• EDS Thermo Ultra Dry and phase identification system EBSD NORDLYS equipment HKL technology;
• maximum magnification up to 100 000 x.

Confocal laser scanning microscope Olympus Lext OLS 4000

• nanometre level imaging, magnification ranges from 108 to 17000x;
• UV, polarized light analysis;
• 3D measurement and roughness measurement;
• Resolution: XY: 0.120 μm; Z: 0.01 μm;
• surface measurements: distance, height, curvature radius, diameter, surface area, volume, and surface topography;
• linear profiles estimation, layer thickness, surface objects analysis.

Optical emission spectrometer Thermo ARL Quantris

• vacuum operation;
• CCD technique;
• quantitative chemical analysis of alloys based on Fe, Ti, Al;
• full and continuous coverage of wavelengths: 130-780nm.

Bruker Biotribotester UMT-2

• ability to implement different measurement of kinematic pairs and nano-hardness;
• registration of strength, torque, temperature, acoustic emission, electrical resistance, humidity and pressure; frequency from sensors with 16-bit resolution and data rates up to 200kH;
• force sensors are available in multiple ranges from 1 to 100mN all the way up to 10 to 1,000N;
• two-axis sensors are frequently used to monitor friction and normal forces simultaneously, sensors can be combined to measure multiple forces;
• programmable range of movement of the sample in the Z axis: min. 150 mm and a resolution of 0.5 microns at the rate of 0.002 to 10 mm/s with the position changes recording in the software;
• programmable range of motion for positioning the sample in the X-axis and to examine the scratch resistance (scratch-test) min. 75 mm by resolution 0.25 microns at the rate of 0.001 to 10 mm/s with the registration of position changes.

Testing machine ZWICK/ROELL Z010

• testing machine is equipped with X-force load cells;
• data acquisition rate, internal 320 kHz;
• test speed: 0.001 – 2000 mm/min;
• test load up to 10kN;
• testXpert® analysis program.

Biotribotester (friction simulator of hip joint)

• interchangeable pairs of friction: ring-disc or head – acetabulum;
• variable load in the range of 0 to 16 MPa;
• reverse-rotational motion of 1 Hz;
• maximum sliding velocity v max = 0.018 m/s;
• dry, wet work environment (depends on the research program);
• ability to regulate the friction slot.

Fretting and fretting-corrosion tester

• fixed and variable load;
• oscillating and rotary motion;
• smooth adjustment of the amplitude of the oscillation in the range from ± 0.01 to ± 0.06 rad;
• changeable radius of friction;
• maximum load up to 600N.

Other laboratory equipment

• optical microscope NIKON ECLIPSE E50I;
• stand for electrochemical analysis VoltaLab 21;
• rheometr RheoStress 6000 (Thermo HAAKE);
• helium picnometer Micromeritics AccuPyc 1330;
• plastometer REO-100;
• powder particles analyser FRITSCH ANALYSETTE 22;
• high-temperature tube furnace Czylok PRC65M/PR with vacuum system PT50 (pomp TURBOVAC 50, vacuum pomp ITR 90);
• BIODEX SYSTEM 4 PRO for muscles force moment analysis;
• pedobarography platform FOOTSCAN RSscan INTERNATIONAL (two platforms – 1,8 m lub 2 m);
• BIOMETRICS LS900 Laboratory System for functional evaluation of muscle-skeletal system with surface electromyography EMG equipment.