Science and Popularization | Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals

10. March 2025

An insight into recent PM1 aerosol light scattering properties and particle number concentration variabilities at the suburban site ATOLL in Northern France

The impact of aerosol particles in the PM1 size fraction (particles smaller than 1 µm) on climate is multifaceted. Black carbon, found exclusively in the PM1 aerosol fraction, is the most effective aerosol light absorber, contributing to local atmospheric warming. In contrast, sulfate aerosols and secondary organic aerosols predominantly have a co…

5. February 2025

Research achievements

Introduction of Phosphinine Ring into Aromatic Systems via Alkyne Cyclization

Preparing organophosphorus π-conjugated systems is one of the long-standing themes of the Research Group of Advanced Materials and Organic Synthesis (GAMOS). These systems have become the subject of intense study in recent years because the introduction of a phosphorus cycle into the polycyclic aromatic compounds not only increases the solubility …

Internal grant agency will support four student projects in 2025

20. January 2025

Popularization

Internal grant agency will support four student projects in 2025

Our institute supports independent research of Ph.D. students through the Internal grant agency. Students can apply for up to 50,000 CZK to cover the material costs, carry out experiments, or travel expenses covering the Ph.D. student’s trip to a conference. From 1 January 2025, four projects were supported for the following twelve months, i.e., …

16. January 2025

Popularization

Bacilli and counterfeiters, tremble

In the latest issue 2/2024 of the popular science magazine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, A / Easy, an article by our colleague Ing. Jiří Sobek, Ph.D., from the Research Group of Waste Management and Sustainable Technologies, was recently published: “In the future, our money could be protected from counterfeiting by a special antibacteri…

14. January 2025

Research achievements

Chiral membranes prepared by modification of anion exchange membranes sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrins by ion interactions

Enantiomers are substances composed of the same number and type of atoms that are mirror images of each other. Enantiomers have practically identical physicochemical properties, but their reactions with other chiral substances can differ fundamentally. Several enzymes and receptors involved in biochemical processes show stereoselectivity. For this …

6. January 2025

Research achievements

Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals by visible light using thin films of graphitic carbon nitride

The release of pharmaceuticals and their metabolites into the environment poses pollution risks with consequences for fauna and flora that are not yet fully known or understood. Photocatalytic degradation of these substances by graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) using visible light could reduce these risks. In this work, g-C3N4 was investigated in…