Laboratory for Membranes and Water Technology

The Laboratory focuses on fundamentals, development and applications of separation membranes, mainly, polymeric membranes for water and fuel cells, including mechanisms, modeling, advanced characterization, surface phenomena, polymeric materials, interactions between membranes and bacteria and particles, development of novel membranes and membrane modification for improved performance. Equipment includes AFM, FTIR, HPLC, QCM-D, Zet-potential analyzer for surfaces (SurPASS), equipment for microbiological work including a multi-purpose fluorescent microscope, electrochemical equipment etc.