1. Solid State Thermodynamics. High-Temperature (700 - 1600 oC) Phase Transformations
- 1.1. Thermodynamics of the condensed systems in pure phases and at the equilibrium between phases. Phase diagrams.
- 1.2. Thermodynamics of micro and nanostructured materials with special electrical and magnetic properties (semiconductors, mixed conductors, SOFC components, feroics, multiferoics, catalysts, composite materials)
- 1.3. Thermodynamics of the nonstoichiometric oxides (thermodynamics of the defect structure in the transitional metal oxides; experimental measurements and validation of the theoretical models)
- 1.4. Applications: Solid electrolytes; Electrochemical sensors; SOFC with solid electrolyte; Nanomedicine)
2. Vapour-Liquid and Liquid-Liquid Phase Equilibria. Termophysical Properties
- 2.1. Vapour-liquid equilibria (VLE) measurements for organic mixtures at low and normal pressures; application to separation processes
- 2.2. Gas solubility measurements in high boiling point liquids; application to supercritical fluid technology
- 2.3. Vapour-liquid equilibria measurements in systems with chemical reaction; application to reactive separation processes
- 2.4. Liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) measurements for binary and ternary systems at normal pressure
- 2.5. Thermophysical properties measurements for pure liquids and mixtures at atmospheric and high pressures
- 2.6. Thermodynamic modelling and processing of experimental thermodynamic data
- 2.7. Thermodynamic properties of aqueous electrolyte solutions with or without organic component. Modelling of the activity coefficients
3. Thermochemical characterization of the biological interest compounds
- 3.1. Thermochemical characterization of the biological interest compounds (amino-acids, peptides, proteins etc) as basical compounds and models for a better understanding of living organisms
- 3.2. The thermochemistry of gamma irradiated biological interest compounds (amino-acids)
- 3.3. Thermodynamics of binding interactions (ligand – proteins, ligand-cyclodextrin)
- 3.4. Applications in Nanomedicine