Welcome to the Department of Radiation Chemistry
The
main
activity of the Department is the study of the kinetics and mechanism
of high energy radiation induced reactions such as polymerization,
grafting (synthetic and natural polymers e.g. cellulose), polymer
degradation, degradation of organic pollutants in water (wastewater
treatment), to determine the parameters for the radiation induced
synthesis of polymers with special properties. The aim is determine the
radiation sensitivity of materials and to optimize the parameters for
technological applications of ionizing radiation.
The infrastructure is mainly used for studying the following areas:- Polymerization reactions of acrylate type monomers in dilute solutions. The aim of this research is to establish the theoretical basis for practical applications e.g. radiation crosslinking of polymers, hydrogel synthesis, surface coating, radiation grafting.
- Destruction of water pollutants e.g. textile dyes, water soluble aromatic hydrocarbons. This research is connected with the environmental protection.
- Functional polymer monoliths, micro- and nanoshperes (for separation, purification, diagnostics, therapy)
- Smart nanogels (targeted drug delivery)
- Multifunctional surfaces (cell culture)