Research topics:

Foam films and foams.
Bubble motion in surfactant solutions.
Bubble collision with various interfaces.

Methodology:

Set-up for recording bubble collisions with various interfaces using high speed camera (SpeedCam).
Set-up with stroboscopic illumination, for determination of the local and terminal velocities of the bubble.
Surface tension measurements.

Achievements:

MSc Eng (2005) Cracow University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Thesis title: "A comparison of polymerization in conditions of conventional heating and under microwave irradiation"

2014

• D. Kosior, J. Zawała, R. Todorov, D. Exerowa, K. Małysa "Bubble bouncing and stability of liquid films formed under dynamic and static conditions from n-octanol solutions" Colloids Surf. A:, 460 (2014) 391–400
• D. Kosior, J. Zawała, K. Małysa, "Influence of n-octanol on the bubble impact velocity, bouncing and the three phase contact formation at hydrophobic solid surfaces", Colloids Surf. A:, 441 (2014) 788-795
• J. Zawała, D. Kosior, K. Małysa, "Formation and influence of the dynamic adsorption layer on kinetics of the rising bubble collisions with solution/gas and solution/solid interfaces", Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., (2014) doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.07.013
• D. Kosior, J. Zawała, A. Niecikowska, K. Małysa, "Influence of non-ionic and ionic surfactants on kinetics of the bubble attachment to hydrophilic and hydrophobic solids", Colloids Surf. A:, (2014) 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.11.043

2013

• D. Kosior, J. Zawała, M. Krasowska, K. Małysa, "Influence of n-octanol and a-terpineol on thin film stability and bubble attachment to hydrophobic surface", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15(7) (2013) 2586-2595
• J. Zawała, D. Kosior, K. Małysa, "Air-assisted bubble immobilization at hydrophilic porous surface", Surf. Innov., 2(4) (2013) 235-244

2011

• D. Kosior, J. Zawała, K. Małysa, "When and how α-terpineol and n-octanol can inhibit the bubble attachment to hydrophobic surfaces", Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process., 47 (2011) 169-182