Analytical chemistry:
- Analysis of sulfur compounds and biologically active compounds with the use of electrochemical methods, spectrophotometric and HPLC.
Physical chemistry:
- Use scanning calorimetry and thermal analysis to the study of phase transitions in solutions (micellar systems, protein solutions); - Testing of macrocyclic complexes, supramolecular by dissolution and titration calorimetry calorimeter; - Research on selective ion solvation in mixed solvents and densymetria calorimetry; - The use of liquid calorimetry, titration calorimetry scaningowej and study of biological systems: study of the effects of ions and biologically active substances on behavior peptides in solution, studying the effects of selected substances on the growth of microorganisms (Bacteria, fungi, yeast). Physico-chemical study of properties of liquids, solutions, ionic liquids.
Inorganic and General Chemistry:
- Electrochemistry of selected inorganic and organic compounds in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents,
- Voltammetry and electrochemical impedance of solid electrode materials in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions of electrolytes,
- Voltammetry and impedance stable nitroxyl radicals and metal complexes on the unusual oxidation states,
- Electrochemical modeling of electrode processes in non-aqueous media and aqueous solutions,
- Processes the electropolymerization of aniline and its derivatives,
- Composite materials based on polyanilines,
- Electrochemical Corrosion of metals and alloys health - study the impact of modifying the properties of the coatings,
- Electrolytic deposition of metals and alloys poly- and monocrystalline substrates,
- Integrated methods and scanning electrochemical measurements of electrode surface properties (STM / ESTM, AFM),
- The effect of a constant magnetic field on the kinetics and mechanisms of electrode reactions in aqueous, mixed and non-aqueous solvents,
- Mediatory electrochemical oxidation of organic compounds (phenols, amines and sulfur compounds) by means of anodically generated Ce(IV), -
- Chromatography (HPLC) analysis of the cyanobacterial toxins content in natural waters and biological material,
- Synthesis and electrochemical studies and spectroscopic properties of metal complexes with macrocyclic and ambident ligands,
- Research on modified electrodes based on NafionuR and self-organizing layers,
- Analysis of heavy metal speciation in natural waters by electrochemical methods,
- Construction of specialized equipment and software for electrochemical measurements.
Organic chemistry:
- Nitrogen and oxygen heterocyclic compounds
- Hydroxy- and aminophosphoric acids and their derivatives; synthesis and analysis
Organometallic chemistry:
- New methods of ferrocene and heteroferrocene sysnthesis,
- Organometallic compounds with biological activity,
- Organometallic compounds with strong nonlinear optical properties,
- Planary chiral heteroferrocenes as ligands in enantioselective catalysis,
- The use of organotin compounds in organic synthesis,
- Regioselective lithiation reactions and their application in organic synthesis.
Chemistry of heteroatom:
- Organosulfur compounds,
- Reactive intermediates containing heteroatoms: azomethine ylides, thiocarbonyl ylides, thiocarbonyl S-sulfides, thiocarbonyl S-oxides,
- Organofluorine compounds, trifluoromethylation reactions,
- Coordination chemistry of heterocyclic sulfur compounds
- Reactions involving sulfur atom transfer
Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds:
- Cycloaddition reactions,
- Aza- and thio-heterocyclic systems,
- Gas phase reactions, the low-temperature matrix studies,
- Stereocontrolled reactions,
- Synthesis and use of heterocyclic compounds as ligands in stereocontrolled synthesis,
- Cyclization radical catalysis using palladium complexes.
Chemistry of carbohydrates:
- Synthesis and reactions of organic carbonates,
- Supramolecular chemistry using polysaccharides,
- Glycosidation reactions.
Environmental chemistry:
- Chemical analysis of the environment,
- Environmental health,
- Chemistry and biochemistry of aminothiols,
- Clinical and toxicological chemical analysis
Theoretical Chemistry:
- Theoretical studies of the kinetics of the adiabatic and nonadiabatic electron transfer processes at the metal-solution interface based on the Anderson-Newnsa-Schmickler model.
- Application of DFT methods to describe the magnetic properties and electronic structure of transition metal mixed clusters, chemisorption of H, C, O on the surface of transition metals. The introduction of electric and magnetic fields into the equations of nonlocal DFT
- Studies of structure and properties of transition metal catalysts: Ag, Pd, Pt, Au, and their alloys with DFT (Density Functional Theory) and semi-empirical methods.
- Study of the media effect (graphite, silica, magnesium oxide) on the structure of the catalysts.
Crystallography and crystallochemistry:
- Crystallography and crystallochemistry of biologically active organic and organometallic compounds
- Intermolecular interaction in the solid and gas phase (conventional and non-conventional hydrogen and halogen bonding)
- ab initio and DFT circuits calculations of various intermolecular interactions
- Studies of intramolecular proton transfer through hydrogen bonding theory of homo- and hetero-nuclear resonance assisted hydrogen bond
- Application of the theory to the analysis of AIM intermolecular interactions - the analysis of the experimental density and quantum-chemical calculations
Preparation and testing of nanomaterials:
- Synthesis, characterization and modification of gold nanoparticles for biomedical applications,
- Synthesis and characterization of metallic nanoparticles with controlled size and narrow distribution of sizes,
- The preparation of polymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications,
- Porous ceramics,
- Hybrid organic-ceramic layers, obtained by the sol-gel method.
Surface modification of ceramic materials, polymers and metals advanced hybrid nanomaterials:
- Organic monolayers,
- Ultra-thin organic layers,
- Organic compounds on the surface of the ceramic and metallic nanoparticles,
- Layered nanocomposites,
- Modification techniques applied: chemical - from vapor and liquid phase as well as physical - using a low temperature plasma and ultraviolet radiation.
Characterization of nanomaterials:
- Measurement and analysis of the size of nanoparticles, based on atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques,
- Measurements of physicochemical parameters of materials: microhardness, adhesion, surface energy,
- Determining the structure of the material using infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR).
Preparation and testing of materials for tribological applications in nano-, micro- and macro-scale:
- of monolayers, ultrathin layers and nanocomposite materials on the surface of ceramic materials, polymers and metals,
- of porous ceramics,
- of organic additives in the friction contact surface of metals and their alloys, ceramics and polymers.
Physical chemistry of solutions:
- Study the properties of electrolyte solutions (conductometry, electromotive force measurements, viscosimetry, dielectrometry, densitometry and measuring the rate of propagation of ultrasound) in water, organic solvents and mixed solvents.
- Analysis of intermolecular interactions and evaluation of the internal structure of liquid two- and multi-component systems based on the correlation of data coming from the measurements of physicochemical and spectral parameters of the liquid mixtures