Commodity Science – Foof Science and Technology

Food quality, edible fats – research methods and assessment of quality changes. Assessment of durability of food products including edible fats. Dynamics of changes to food quality. Comparison of rates of processes. Assessment of significance of product properties, warranty periods and durability of goods. Kinetic models.
Polymer materials for biomedical applications. Nanostructural polymer photosensitizers for the needs of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Liposomes as carriers of bioactive molecules in anticancer therapy.
Modelling the properties of carbon precursors (of vegetable and polymer origin) in the process of potassium hydroxide activation. Adsorption cooling devices running on activated carbon. Deriving biodegradable greases from waste fats.
Carbon chemistry and technology. Manufacture of porous carbon materials (activated carbons, molecular sieves, active non-woven fabrics). Adsorption engineering and technology. Physical chemistry of surface phenomena.