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Physical Chemistry
Chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study and interpretation of mainly macroscopic chemical phenomena, including for example surface and colloid chemistry, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry, using the concepts of physics. Physical chemistry is also central to materials science and parts of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Aggregation of biological material in solution, the surface interactions of which, and the influence of water content on macromolecular phase behaviour and stability is studied using concepts from surface and colloid chemistry. Transport properties of biological interfaces and biological barriers such as skin and mucus membranes, and the stability of pharmaceutical formulations are studied on molecular and cellular levels.
Core knowledge fields and methodologies include surface and colloid chemistry, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, biophysics, bio electronics, surface analysis techniques, calorimetry, water sorption measurements, rheology, microscopy, scattering techniques and tomography. Some of the methodologies rely on cooperation with large scale research facilities in Sweden and abroad.
Researchers, publications and projects
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TAStaff
Thomas Arnebrant - Pro Vice Chancellor / Professor
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Staff
Sebastian Björklund - Associate Professor
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HBStaff
Hannah Boyd - Postdoc
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Staff
Marite Cardenas - Professor
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JEStaff
Johan Engblom - Head of department/Professor
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Staff
Vitaly Kocherbitov - Professor
vitaly.kocherbitov@mau.se -
Staff
Lindsay Richard Merte - Associate Professor
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Staff
Maxim Morin - Postdoc
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Staff
Nicolo Paracini - Project researcher
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Staff
Felix Roosen-Runge - Associate senior lecturer
felix.roosen-runge@mau.se -
Staff
Tautgirdas Ruzgas - Assistant head of dep./Professor
tautgirdas.ruzgas@mau.se -
Staff
Federica Sebastiani - Project researcher
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Staff
Sergey Shleev - Professor
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JSStaff
Javier Sotres Prieto - Researcher
javier.sotres@mau.se
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2022 | Article in journal
Oxidation and Reduction of Ir(100) Studied by High-Energy Surface X-ray Diffraction
Stefano Albertin, Lindsay R. Merte, Edvin Lundgren, Rachel Martin, Jason F. Weaver, Ann-Christin Dippel, Olof Gutowski, Uta Hejral
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2022 | Article in journal
Oxidation of a Platinum–Tin Alloy Surface during Catalytic CO Oxidation
Harald J. Wallander, Freddy E. Oropeza, Benjamin Hagman, Jan Knudsen, Edvin Lundgren, Lindsay R. Merte
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2022 | Article in journal
Modeling of composite sorption isotherm for stratum corneum
Ivan Argatov, Johan Engblom, Vitaly Kocherbitov
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2022 | Article in journal
Structure of an Ultrathin Oxide on Pt3Sn(111) Solved by Machine Learning Enhanced Global Optimization
Lindsay R. Merte, Malthe Kjaer Bisbo, Igor Sokolović, Martin Setvín, Benjamin Hagman, Mikhail Shipilin, Michael Schmid, Ulrike Diebold, Edvin Lundgren, Bjørk Hammer
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2022 | Article in journal
Structural Changes in Monolayer Cobalt Oxides under Ambient Pressure CO and O 2 Studied by In Situ Grazing-Incidence X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy
Dorotea Gajdek, Pär A T Olsson, Sara Blomberg, Johan Gustafson, Per-Anders Carlsson, Dörthe Haase, Edvin Lundgren, Lindsay R. Merte
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2022 | Article in journal
Influence of cooling rate on ice crystallization and melting in sucrose-water system
Ekaterina Bogdanova, Anna Millqvist Fureby, Vitaly Kocherbitov
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2022 | Article in journal
MUC5B mucin films under mechanical confinement: A combined neutron reflectometry and atomic force microscopy study.
Juan F Gonzalez-Martinez, Hannah Boyd, Philipp Gutfreund, Rebecca J L Welbourn, Carolina Robertsson, Claes Wickström, Thomas Arnebrant, Robert M Richardson, Stuart W Prescott, Robert Barker, Javier Sotres
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2022 | Article in journal
The effects of water purity on removal of hydrophobic substances from solid surfaces without surfactants
Andriani Tsompou, Vitaly Kocherbitov
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2022 | Article in journal
Shear-induced nanostructural changes in micelles formed by sugar-based surfactants with varied anomeric configuration
Johan Larsson, Ashley P. Williams, Marie Wahlgren, Lionel Porcar, Stefan Ulvenlund, Tommy Nylander, Rico F. Tabor, Adrian Sanchez-Fernandez
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2022 | Article in journal
Controlling phase and rheological behaviours of hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystalline templates for nanostructural administration and retention
Guang Wang, Christopher J. Garvey, Senlin Gu, Weimin Gao, Luke A. O'Dell, Anwen M. Krause-Heuer, Tamim A. Darwish, Alexander Zhigunov, Xin Tong, Lingxue Kong
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Research project
Beneficial effects of vitamins in skin - Towards next generation skin care and 3D skin models
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Research project
Simultaneous Scattering and Tribological Investigations of Sheared Thin Soft Matter Films under Low Pressure
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Research project
Nanocapsules and recombinant proteins for nutritious vegan cheese making
marite.cardenas@mau.se -
Research project
Porous drug carrier platform for inhalation of antibiotic molecules
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Research project
Encapsulation of pharmaceutical proteins in starch microparticles
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Research project
The effect of the extracellular lipid organisation on skin barrier function
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Research project
Low-cost wireless sensors for early detection of wound infection
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Research project
Neutron scattering and selective deuteration for elucidating how lipids regulate metabolon formation
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Research project
NextBioForm – Centre for formulation and processing of biologics
vitaly.kocherbitov@mau.se