1.4.4 Environmental Friendly Technologies

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1.4.4 Environmental Friendly Technologies
One of the most important problems of modern
technology is the control and the efficient
prevention of environmental pollution, i.e. the
pollution of the soil, the water and the
atmosphere. The Institute of Physical Chemistry
specializes in the design of environmental friend
ly technologies with specific research projects
on a) membrane technologies for absorption of
atmospheric pollutants, b) study of the
atmospheric pollution, c) isotope hydrology for
the contamination of underground and surface
water, d) green chemistry, e) study of
semiconducting surfaces for pollutant
decomposition and f) photocatalytic
decomposition of organic and inorganic pollutants.

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1.4.4 Environmental Friendly Technologies
Modern technology has created materials which
contain characteristics at the nanoscale and
which find extensive applications in industry
and biotechnology. The Institute of Physical
Chemistry performs extensive research
activity in nanostructured materilas organic
(polymers and dendrimers) and inorganic
manoparticle materials. The aims of this research
is the design, modelling, synthesis,
characterisation of these materials and their
use for industrial applications. Some of the
curretly conducted research projects are a)
liposomes and dendrimers as drug delivery
systems, b) liquid crytals, c) dendrimers for
water purification d) polymeric membranes for
gas separation technologies e) nanoporous
materials and f) nanostructured surfaces and
materials for photocatalytic, photovoltaic and
bioanalytic applications.