Dr Justyna Kulczyk-Malecka MIMMM, FHEA
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
I am a Surface Engineer specialising in the development of functional films via the magnetron sputtering technique and materials characterisation. My recent cross-disciplinary research is directed towards materials for hostile environments (wear resistance, corrosion resistance, oxidation resistance, diffusion barrier coating) and advanced functional layers for anode materials in solid oxide cell components.
I completed my BSc(Hons) in Analytical Chemistry from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2007 and subsequently undertook a PhD in the Surface Engineering Group under the supervision of Prof Peter Kelly with industrial support from NSG Ltd. I was awarded my PhD by Manchester Met in 2012 for my work in the field of low-emissivity coatings for next-generation large-area architectural glazing. After that, I spent 3 years working as a Postdoc in the Ceramic Coatings Group at the University of Manchester leading one of the work packages on the Horizon Europe project, focused on the development and characterisation of self-healing thermal barrier coatings for jet engines and gas turbines applications. I re-joined Manchester Met in 2016 as part of the Department of Engineering, working on cross-disciplinary projects in the Surface Engineering Lab and Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre.
Interests and expertise
Deposition and characterisation of functional thin films applied in hostile environments using magnetron sputtering techniques:
- Advanced materials for energy applications
- Thermo-mechanical properties of materials
- Barrier coatings
- Oxidative corrosion
Research outputs
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Journal articles
Gulten, G., Yaylali, B., Efeoglu, I., Totik, Y., Kelly, P., Kulczyk-Malecka, J. (2024) 'Effect of Nb and V doped elements on the mechanical and tribological properties of CrYN coatings.' Surface and Coatings Technology, 477
Yaylali, B., Gulten, G., Efeoglu, I., Totik, Y., Kelly, P., Kulczyk-Malecka, J. (2024) 'Influence of Nb and Ta on the corrosion and mechanical properties of CrYN coatings.' Surface and Coatings Technology, 476
Cernuschi, F., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Zhang, X., Nozahic, F., Estournès, C., Sloof, W.G. (2023) 'Thermal conductivity of binary ceramic composites made of insulating and conducting materials comprising full composition range – applied to yttria partially stabilized zirconia and molybdenum disilicide.' Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 43(14) pp. 6296-6307.
Gao, Z., Zhang, X., Cao, S., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Qin, S., Liu, X., Kelly, P., Wu, X., Xiao, P., Chiu, Y.L. (2023) 'A protective SiAlN coating on topographic surface of laser powder bed fusion manufactured Ti alloy.' Corrosion Science, 219pp. 111250-111250.
Gao, Z., Liu, H., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Liu, C., Hu, D., Kelly, P., Xiao, P. (2023) 'Substrate controlled degradation rate of protective SiAlN coating via mitigating interfacial reaction.' Corrosion Science, 213pp. 111006-111006.
Gao, Z., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P., Xiao, P. (2023) 'Effects of interfacial depletion on the degradation of SiAlN coating.' Applied Surface Science, 611(Part A) pp. 155576-155576.
Gao, Z., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Liu, H., Kelly, P., Xiao, P., Chiu, Y.L. (2022) 'An amorphous SiAlN barrier coating against NaCl attack in humid air at elevated temperature.' Corrosion Science, 203pp. 110321-110321.
Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Santos, I.V.J.D., Betbeder, M., Rowley-Neale, S.J., Gao, Z., Kelly, P.J. (2021) 'Low-temperature synthesis of vertically aligned graphene through microwave-assisted chemical vapour deposition.' Thin Solid Films, 733pp. 138801-138801.
Shaw, D., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P.J., Doyle, A.M. (2021) 'Methane oxidation over supported Pd catalysts prepared by magnetron sputtering.' Surface and Coatings Technology, 414
Gao, Z., Zhang, X., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Chen, Y., Bousser, E., Kelly, P., Xiao, P. (2021) 'Ceramic buckling for determining the residual stress in thin films.' Scripta Materialia, 201
Gao, Z., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Zhang, Z., Liu, H., Zhang, X., Chen, Y., Hill, P., Kelly, P., Xiao, P. (2021) 'Oxidation and degradation of amorphous SiAlN coating via forming Si-Si bond.' Corrosion Science, 183pp. 109318-109318.
Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Donaghy, D., Delfour-Peyrethon, B., Werner, M., Chalker, P.R., Bradley, J.W., Kelly, P.J. (2020) 'Nb-doped TiO2 coatings developed by high power impulse magnetron sputtering-chemical vapor deposition hybrid deposition process.' Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 38(3) pp. 033410-033410.
Gao, Z., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Liu, H., Kelly, P., Withers, P.J., Xiao, P. (2020) 'A Conformable High Temperature Nitride Coating for Ti Alloys.' Acta Materialia, 189pp. 274-283.
Gao, Z., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Bousser, E., Zhang, X., Chen, Y., Liu, H., Kelly, P., Xiao, P. (2019) 'Sputter-deposited nitrides for oxidation protection in a steam environment at high temperatures.' Thin Solid Films, 688pp. 137439-137439.
Rowley-Neale, S.J., Ratova, M., Fugita, L.T.N., Smith, G.C., Gaffar, A., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P.J., Banks, C.E. (2018) 'Magnetron Sputter-Coated Nanoparticle MoS
2 Supported on Nanocarbon: A Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst toward the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.' ACS Omega, 3(7) pp. 7235-7242.Gao, Z., Chen, Y., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P., Zeng, Y., Zhang, X., Li, C., Liu, H., Rohbeck, N., Xiao, P. (2018) 'Comparison of the oxidation behavior of a zirconium nitride coating in water vapor and air at high temperature.' Corrosion Science, 138pp. 242-251.
Kulczyk-Malecka, J.E., Zhang, X., Carr, J., Nozahic, F., Estournes, C., Monceau, D., Carabat, A.L., Sloof, W.G., van der Zwaag, S., Withers, P.J., Xiao, P. (2018) 'Thermo – mechanical properties of SPS produced self-healing thermal barrier coatings containing pure and alloyed MoSi2 particles.' Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 38(12) pp. 4268-4275.
Zhang, X., Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Carr, J., Xiao, P., Withers, P.J. (2017) '3D characterization of porosity in an air plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coating and its effect on thermal conductivity.' Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 101(6) pp. 2482-2492.
Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Zhang, X., Carr, J., Carabat, A.L., Sloof, W.G., van der Zwaag, S., Cernuschi, F., Nozahic, F., Monceau, D., Estournès, C., Withers, P.J., Xiao, P. (2016) 'Influence of embedded MoSi2 particles on the high temperature thermal conductivity of SPS produced yttria-stabilised zirconia model thermal barrier coatings.' Surface and Coatings Technology, 308pp. 31-39.
Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P.J., West, G., Clarke, G.C.B., Ridealgh, J.A., Almtoft, K.P., Greer, A.L., Barber, Z.H. (2013) 'Investigation of silver diffusion in TiO2/Ag/TiO2 coatings.' Acta Materialia, 66
Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P.J., West, G., G C B, C., Ridealgh, J.A. (2013) 'Diffusion studies in magnetron sputter deposited silicon nitride films.' Surface and Coatings Technology, 255
Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P.J., West, G., Clarke, G.C.B., Ridealgh, J.A. (2013) 'Characterisation studies of the structure and properties of as-deposited and annealed pulsed magnetron sputtered Titania coatings.' Coatings, 3(3) pp. 166-176.
Kulczyk-Malecka, J., Kelly, P.J., West, G., Clarke, G.C.B., Ridealgh, J.A. (2011) 'Investigations of diffusion behaviour in Al-doped zinc oxide and zinc stannate coatings.' Thin Solid Films, 520(5) pp. 1368-1374.