Year of birth: 1978
Fields of activity: Macromolecular Chemistry, Paints
Applied research
jan.honzicek@upce.cz
Ing. Jan Honzíček, Ph.D. successfully completed his doctoral studies in the field of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Pardubice in 2005. From 2006 to 2008, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal). He subsequently worked in the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, where he engaged in work on organometallic compounds of vanadium and molybdenum. In 2012, he joined the Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Macromolecular Materials, where he began to work on air-drying paints, in particular the replacement of cobalt siccatives with more environmentally acceptable alternatives.
Scientific interests
- Coordination compounds of transition metals
- Air-drying binders
- Primary siccatives
- Ionic liquids
Scientific activities
Jan Honzíček has for many years focused on synthesis of coordination and organometallic compounds of transition metal and their applications in macromolecular chemistry. He is mainly concerned with the replacement of cobalt siccatives in air-drying paints. He has developed a series of vanadium-based primary siccatives which are active at lower concentrations than commercial products, which has enabled their successful commercialisation. Jan Honzíček also engages in development of ionic liquids containing transition metals which act as catalysts for polymerisation of cyclic monomers. He also focuses on development of polymer materials from renewable natural resources and new ways of recycling plastics.
Prominent international cooperation
- ITQB, Portugal
- Borchers, Germany
Results of applied research
Patents 1, Patent Applications 1, Functional models 9
Two most important projects carried out from the position of principal investigator or co-investigator
- Metal-containing ionic liquids immobilized on 2D materials as heterogenous catalysts for bulk polymerizations, 2022 - 2024, Czech Science Foundation (GACR) (GA22-05244S)
- Synthesis of molybdocenes for biological applications, 2006 - 2008, FCT, Portugal
Two most important results of applied research
- Siccatives based on vanadium compounds with compensating sulfonic acid anions (patent application, 4 functional models (sale of two functional models, sale of technology to company Borchers)
- Siccatives based on dithiocarbamate complexes of vanadium (5 functional models, patent)
Awards
- University of Pardubice Rector’s Award for productive collaboration with industry (2021)
