theory and simulation
Research activity of the group focuses on the conformational behavior and self-assembly of polymers, copolymers and particularly polyelectrolytes in bulk solutions and in confining media. Computer modeling of the behavior of systems important for chromatography, biomedical and environmental applications and for various nanotechnologies represent major part of the research. Nevertheless, experimental studies (mostly by scattering and spectroscopic methods) are also carried out in cooperation with colleagues from the Soft matter group and with collaborators from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and from abroad.
Polyelectrolytes and especially polyelectrolyte amphiphilic copolymers are stimuli multi-responsive and usually water-soluble. So, they meet today requirements for cheap, environmentally friend, and non-toxic materials for smart applications in medicine, technological ...
In polyelectrolyte systems, the long-range Coulomb interactions dominate the behavior at large scales. Their competition with the short-range interactions between hydrophobic chain units and water molecules results in unique properties ...
The confinement effects complicate significantly the polymer behavior, however they simultaneously provide opportunities to generate novel nanostructures useful for advanced applications such as nanocontainers or molecular templates. Detailed knowledge of ...
Project supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Zuzana Limpouchová
The copolymer behavior in a physically confined environment is influenced not only by the competition of entropy to enthalpy of chains as in homogenous ...
Project supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Zuzana Limpouchová
Amphiphilic copolymers and polyelectrolytes respond to external stimuli and form various nanostructures in complex aqueous solutions containing other species. Chemical modification of hydrophilic, hydrophobic ...
Project supervisor: Prof. Karel Procházka
Polyelectrolytes and especially the amphiphilic polyelectrolyte copolymers are important water-soluble multi-stimuli-responsive polymers. While the commodity polyelectrolytes meet the requirements for cheap, environment friendly, and non-toxic ...
Project supervisor: Prof. Karel Procházka
Computer-based simulations aimed at the elucidation and molecular interpretation of phase equilibria and the conformational behavior of frustrated polymers under confinement, and at the understanding ...
Project supervisor: Prof. Karel Procházka
Experimental studies of physicochemical principles of the formation and of properties of polymeric nanoparticles based on self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers and on co-assembly of polyelectrolytes ...
