The scientific activity of the Division of Electrochemistry and Surface Physical Chemistry focuses on the processes taking place on the surface of solids, research on the relationship between the structure, chemical composition, and functional properties of materials. This applies in particular to various aspects of electrochemistry of practical importance: molecular recognition tools (biosensors), materials with photoand electrocatalytic properties, or materials for energy devices. In the area of research interests are carbon-based electrode materials (diamond or graphene derivatives, porous glassy carbons, etc.), vanadium bronze derivatives, and composites for 3D printing, carbon, and metallic nanostructures, conductive glass, and glass-ceramics. Basic and applied research in the area of degradation and corrosion mechanisms of materials, non-linear processes studies, and the development of impedance monitoring tools are conducted.
Currently, the Division staff undertakes the following research projects:
- Additive manufacturing technology of electroactive three-dimensional structures from diamond reinforced polylactide composites (2020/38/E/ST8/00409) – SONATA BIS NCN, PI: Prof. Jacek Ryl
- Electrochemical Au-Minecraft: a new approach towards the impedimetric biosensing system (2020/37/B/ST7/03262) – OPUS NCN, PI: Prof. Jacek Ryl
- Niobium and nitrogen containing bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics for bone-implant applications – Argentum IDUB CMP PG, PI: Dr. Natalia Wójcik
- Vanadates on the visible-light-driven photocatalysis secret servicesearching a new and effective to degradation of water pollution -
- Argentum IDUB CMP PG, PI: Dr. Marta Prześniak-Welenc
- Novel oxide/polymer bilayers as a promising approach for controllable degradation of biocompatible magnesium alloys – Aurum IDUB CMP PG, PI: Prof. Jacek Ryl
- Composites based on ammonium vanadates and reduced graphene oxide: Synthesis, physicochemical characteristics, and electrochemical properties (2020/37/N/ST5/03697) – PRELUDIUM NCN, PI: Miss Małgorzata Nadolska
- Intelligent system for removing harmful contaminants in the water with use modified porous glassy carbon (NOR/POLNOR/i-
- CLARE/0038/2019-00) – Norwegian funds NCBR, PI: Prof. Tadeusz Ossowski IBMM, UG
- iCovid, an impedance platform for quantitative analysis of virusreceptor interactions using boron-doped diamond nanostructures
- (2020/01/0/ST7/00104) – NCN, PI: Prof. Robert Bogdanowicz WETI PG