Department of Colloid Chemistry

Scope of Research


1. Solid-Liquid Interfacial Phenomena

1.1 Adsorption, wetting in liquid mixtures and non-electrolyte solutions (I.Dékány, Z.Király, F.Berger, I.Regdon)
1.2 Electrified interfaces, constant and variable surface charge, adsorption and stability in aqueous clay and oxide systems (E.Tombácz, M.Szekeres)
1.3 Adsorption of surfactants on clays and oxide surfaces (M.Szekeres, I.Dékány, E.Tombácz)
1.4 Characterization of porous and pillared solids: gas and liquid mixture adsorption, microcalorimetry, XRD and SAXS investigations (I.Dékány, Z.Király, F.Berger, L.Turi)
1.5 Surface properties of crude oil reservoir rocks (I.Dékány, J.Balázs, Z.Király, F.Berger, L.Turi)

2. Preparation of nanoparticles and lamellar self-assembled materials

(I.Dékány, .Patzkó, Z.Király, L.Turi, T.Haraszti)

3. Rheological investigation of suspensions, emulsions, microemulsions and gels

(E.Tombácz, J.Balázs)

4. Emulsions and Microemulsions

4.1 Characterization and breaking of crude-oil emulsions (J.Balázs, .Patzkó)
4.2 Microemulsions for new EOR methods and pharmaceutical technology (J.Balázs, I.Dékány, M.Szekeres)
4.3 Nanoparticles preparation in micellar and microemulsion systems.

5. Natural organic materials in aqueous solutions and soils, solution condition dependent aggregation and colloidal structure

(E.Tombácz, M.Szekeres, I.Regdon)

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