Some Research Projects Investigation of cooperative dynamic processes of solvents, salts, surfactants, and micelles by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) and the characterisation of the corresponding nano-structures Structure and dynamics of surfactant solutions probed by static and dynamic light scattering and various neutron scattering techniques Structures and enzyme activities in complex liquids probed by micro-DSC (dynamical differential scanning calorimetry) Investigation of enzyme reactions in nano-structured liquids and their optimisation through selective modification of the solution structure Characterisation of aggregates and well-ordered structures by the combination of titration calorimetry and fluorescence spectroscopy Characterisation of adsorbates on complex liquid / solid interfaces by scanning probe microscopy (AFM, STM ...) Optimisation of the solubility and characterisation of the solution behaviour of hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymers in aqueous media Investigation of the structure and the reactivity in inverse aqueous micro-emulsions in super-critical CO2 Investigation of vapour / liquid equilibria (VLE) by precise vapour-pressure measurements; determination of osmotic and activity coefficients Development and application of theories for the description and prediction of microscopic and macroscopic properties of complex solutions based on statistical mechanics Development of novel electrolytes for high-energy storage devices Ab-initio simulations of the kinetics of hydrolysis reactions news | student |  research | publications |  workgroups | staff |  service |  history | comments |  home © 2000 Josef Duschl, last update 13/10/2000