PROFESSOR ZBIGNIEW ADAMCZYK

M.Eng - 1973 - Cracow Polytechnic (chemistry)
Ph.D. - 1978 - Insitute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw (physico chemistry)
D.Sc. - 1986 - Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw (physical chemistry)

Professor - 1994 - (chemical sciences)

1979-82 - post-doctoral fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1989-90 - Alexander von Humboldt research fellow, Essen, Germany
1998 - visiting professor; Institute Charles Sodron, Strasbourg, France.

1999 - Member of American Chemical Society

Our research is concentrated on an unified, phenomenological description of colloid particle inferaction and irreversible adsorption at solid/liquid interfaces. Our primary goal is to characterize quantitatively the role of various force fields such as hydrodynamic, external (gravity) and specific (dispersion and electrostatic interactions) in colloid adsorption phenomena. We are also interested in discovering the link between irreversible and reversible systems and determining the range of applicability of equilibrium statistical-mechanical theories to colloid systems.

Selected Publications

Z. Adomczyk, B. Siwek, M. Zembala and P. Belouschek, "Kinetics of Localized Adsorption of Colloid Particles", Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 48 (1994) 151

Z. Adamczyk, P. Weroński, "Random Sequential Adsorption of Spheroidal Particles: Kinetics and Jamming Limit", J. Chem. Phys. 105 (1996) 5562.

Z. Adamczyk, B. Siwek, M. Zembala, and P Weroński, "Influence of Polydispersity on Random Sequential Adsorption of Spherical Particles", J. Colloid Interface Sci. 185 (1997) 236.

Z. Adamczyk, P Weronski, "Random Sequential Adsorption on Partially Covered Surfaces", J. Chem. Phys. 108 (1998) 9851