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dr hab. Elżbieta Grządka

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associate professor
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KATEDRA CHEMII FIZYCZNEJ
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Elżbieta Grządka
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Monday 1 pm -3 pm

Personal information

   2002 - Master's degree, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Faculty of Chemistry, Field: Basic and Applied Chemistry
   2006 - Doctoral degree in chemical sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Faculty of Chemistry
   2016 - Academic degree of habilitated doctor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Faculty of Chemistry


Scientific Activity

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

Scientific interests include physicochemistry of dispersed systems, with particular emphasis on:

  •  adsorption properties of polysaccharides on metal oxide surfaces
  •  influence of surfactants on adsorption processes of macromolecular compounds
  •  stability of colloidal systems
  •  interactions between polymers and surfactants


THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Honorable mention of doctoral dissertation by the Council of the Faculty of Chemistry UMCS, 2006.
  • Honorable mention of the Polish Chemical Society in the competition for the best doctoral dissertation defended at the Faculty of Chemistry UMCS in 2006.
  • Collective award of the first degree of the Rector of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University for scientific activity in 2014.
  • UMCS Rector's Award for obtaining the academic degree of dr hab in 2016.
  • Head of the own research project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education "Examination of adsorption and electrokinetic properties of the system: polysaccharide / surfactant / electrolyte / metal oxide", No. N N204 090438 implemented in 2010-2013.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • E. Grządka, Competitive adsorption in the system: carboxymethylcellulose / surfactant / electrolyte / Al2O3, Cellulose, 18 (2011) 291‑308.
  • E. Grządka, Influence of surfactants on the structure of the adsorption layer in the system: carboxymethylcellulose / alumina, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 126 (2011) 488-493.
  • E. Grządka, S. Chibowski, Adsorption and elektrokinetic properties of the system: carboxymethylcellulose / manganese oxide / surfactant, Cellulose, 19 (2012) 23‑36.
  • E. Grządka, The adsorption layer in the system: carboxymethylcellulose / surfactants / NaCl / MnO2, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 15 (2012) 513-55.
  • E. Grządka, Influence of surfactants on the adsorption and elektrokinetic properties of the system: guar gum / manganese dioxide, Cellulose, 20 (2013) 1313-1328.
  • E. Grządka, B. Mendrek, M. Wiśniewska, S. Chibowski, B. Trzebicka, Investigations of the properties of the manganese dioxide suspensions in the presence of guar gum and carboxymethylcellulose, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 144 (2014) 361‑368 .
  •  E. Grządka, Stability of manganese dioxide by guar gum in the absence or presence of surfactants, Cellulose, 21 (2014) 1641-1654.
  • E. Grządka, Interactions between kappa-carrageenan and some surfactants in the bulk solution and at the surface of alumina, Carbohydrate Polymers, 123 (2015) 1-7.
  • E. Grządka, M. Wiśniewska, V.M. Gun’ko, V.I. Zarko, Adsorption, elektrokinetic and stabilizing properties of the system: guar gum / surfactant / alumina, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 18 (2015) 445‑453.
  • E. Grządka, Study on the influence of surfactants on the adsorption and elektrokinetic properties of the system: cationic starch / alumina, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 401 (2015) 48-55.
  • E. Grządka, Adsorption and electrokinetic properties in the system: b-cyclodextrin / alumina in the presence of ionic and non-ionic surfactants, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 481 (2015) 261‑268.
  • E. Grządka, Factors influencing the stability of the system polysucrose / alumina, Colloid and Polymer Science, 293 (2015) 2845-2853.
  • J. Matusiak, E. Grządka, A. Bastrzyk, Stability, adsorption and electrokinetic properties of the chitosan / silica system, Colloids Surf., A., 554 (2018) 245-252.
  • E. Grządka, J. Matusiak, M. Paszkiewicz, Factors influencing the stability of the 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose / alumina system, Cellulose, 25 (2018) 2839-2847.
  •  E. Grządka,. J. Matusiak, The effect of ionic and non-ionic surfactants and pH on the stability, adsorption and electrokinetic properties of the alginic acid / alumina system, Carbohydrate Polym., 175 (2017) 192-198.