Aims
Aims of the project:
General objectives:
- The proposed project refers to the area "Green technologies and resource efficiency", topic "Development of innovative materials with an ecological focus and a better quality of life". The proposal aims at the use of innovative materials based on biocompatible surfactants for application to water purification.
- The present project aims for creating a highly qualified specialist, having both a deep understanding of the physicochemical properties of water, computer skills for modeling the interactions in complex fluids using molecular dynamics, and practical experience to solve applied tasks related to the challenges of "green transition'.
- The project team from IPC, BAS will establish new collaborations with industrial partners interested in wastewater treatment.
- The project and information exchange with industrial partners will increase the capacity of IPC=BAS for conducting applied research in the field of green technologies and environmental protection.
Specific objectives:
- Investigation of the properties of antennary oligoglycines and the self-organized structures formed by them in an aqueous environment and at the phase boundary, under different conditions (composition, pH, temperature, organic impurities, etc.), with the aim of using them for the purification of specific organic pollutants from wastewater.
- Defining the conditions for the stabilization/destabilization of tectomer-stabilized oil/water emulsions by model experiments with thin liquid films.
- Demonstration of a water purification concept using self-assembled antennary oligoglycines and fine-tuning of the complexes formed.