My research areas include:
- Adsorption processes in environmental protection, i.e. removal of pharmaceuticals, phenols, and heavy metal ions from wastewaters, removal of volatile organic compounds from gas phase.
- Synthesis and characterization of hybrid materials, including sol-gel and hydrothermal routes.
- Tailored surface functionalization for specified applications including adsorption, sensing, photoactivity, supercapacitors.
- Synthesis of hydrogels for biomedical applications, including magnetic hydrogels and supramolecular hydrogels