My research focuses on physical chemistry and thermochemistry of hydrated systems, with particular emphasis on the role of water in biomaterials and nanostructured materials. I study water structuring, dynamics, and confinement using calorimetry and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), complemented by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The goal is to understand how water-mediated interactions at the molecular and nanoscale levels govern material properties and functionality.
Research Interests
- Properties of water
- Glass transition
- DSC studies of glass transition
- MD simulations of glass transition
- Glassy liquid crystals
- Glassy state of proteins
- Experimental methods
- Sorption calorimetry
- QCM-D
- Hydration of proteins
- Water sorption by lysozyme
- Bound water
- Glass transition in proteins
- Structure of lysozyme in solid state
- Denaturation of lysozyme at low water contents
- Hydration of surfactants and lipids
- Phase transitions in surfactants and lipids
- Alkyl glucosides
- Alkyl maltosides
- Monoolein
- DDAO
- Hydration of nanomaterials
- Hydration of carbohydrates
- Starch
- Cellulose
- Xanthan Gum
- Non-freezing water
- Ab Initio calculations
- Molecular dynamics simulations
- Glass transition
- Ionic surfactants
- Water in nanopores