Agrochemical group
| Head of the group: | Ing. Petr Bělina, Ph.D. People - Intranet UPa |
| Staff: | Ing. Petra Kalendová, Ph.D. |
| Ph.D. students: | |
| Technical staff: | Olga Erbenová |
Focus:
- Research of fertilizers with controlled release of nutrients
- biodegradable hydro gels as carriers for nutrients and soil moisture regulators
- agrichemical analyzes
- study of the behaviour of different forms of nutrients in the soil environment
- quality control of inorganic products
- development of methods for inorganic analysis
- study of the properties of chelating ion exchangers
Group of inorganic pigments
| Head of the group: | prof. Ing. Petra Šulcová, Ph.D. People - Intranet UPa |
Staff: | doc. Ing. Žaneta Dohnalová, Ph.D. Ing. Petr Bělina, Ph.D. Nataliia Reinders, Ph.D. Ing. Jana Luxová, Ph.D. Ing. Jan Hroch |
| Ph.D. students: | |
| Technical staff: | Lenka Tilgnerová |
Focus:
- basic research of reactions leading to different types of pigments
- development of new high-temperature pigments for applications in ceramics, anti-corrosion, special, environmentally friendly pigments
- study of decomposition reaction of raw materials for the production of pigments
- evaluation and characterization of pigments and powders in terms of colour properties, their application possibilities (commercial ceramic glazes and organic binder systems) and thermal stability
Calorimetric group
| Head of the group: | doc. Ing. Pavla Honcová, Ph.D. People - Intranet UPa |
| Staff: | Ing. Petr Košťál, Ph.D. Ing. Galina Sádovská, Ph.D. |
| Ph.D. student: | Mgr. Nikola Kostková Ing. Michaela Včeláková |
Focus:
- study of coagulation and crystallization processes using calorimetric methods
- study of the solubility of inorganic materials
- determination of thermal capacity of solids and liquids
- usage of calorimetric methods in medicine and pharmacy
- study of the behaviour of amorphous materials
- rheology of high viscosity materials
