Colloids and Self-Assembling Systems

MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS

  • Theoretical and experimental studies of adsorption of colloids and proteins at solid/liquid interfaces
  • Modeling of electrostatic interaction of colloid particle
  • Transport of nanoparticles through porous media
  • Self-assembling and structure of colloid particle multilayer

METHODS

  • Atomic force microscopy,
  • Optical microscopy,
  • Rotating disk electrode

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Development of a priori theoretical model of charged colloid particle adsorption without fitting parameters

Fig. 2. Colloid particle multilayer simulated at solid/liquid interface

Fig. 2. Comparison of theoretically and experimentally determined pair-correlation function for a monolayer of spherical nanoparticles