Laboratoryof biocolloids
The Laboratory of biocolloids deals with basic and applied physical-chemical research, emphasizing colloids, mainly the dispersions and hydrogels, of natural and synthetic character.
The lab provides the partners with physical-chemical support of their research and materials development.
The lab disposes of high-tech equipment for fluorescence spectroscopy, thermal analysis and calorimetry, for the characterization of liquid and soft rigid colloids including their flow characteristics or for the diffusion studies.
The applications are in the fields of medicine, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, household and expendable chemicals, nanotechnology, soil and environment treatment or in agriculture.
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Research group
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Research scope
- Application of fluorescence spectroscopy in the chemistry of colloids, biotechnology, microbiology, nanotechnology
- hydrogels – preparation, properties including the diffusion and structuring, applications including medicine
- natural organic matter – physical-chemical properties (interactions, diffusion, transport, stability), agricultural and environmental applications of humic substances
- physical-chemical view onto microbiology, biotechnology
- non-equilibrium thermodynamics and its relationship with kinetics
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Selected projects
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Services offered
- diffusion through membranes (including the models of skin) or in hydrogel matrices
- development of hydrogel systems exhibiting controlled release of active agents for agriculture, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals
- stability of cosmetic, pharmaceuticals and other dispersions
- flow (rheological) properties of solutions, dispersions and gels
- fphysical-chemical characterization of natural organic matter
- aggregation, size and charge of particles in colloid dispersions
- thermal analysis and calorimetry
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