Research Chemistry of Interfaces

In Chemistry of Interfaces focus is on both applied and fundamental research.

We use spectroscopy (NMR, IR) and potentiometric titrations to study interactions between surfaces and aqueous solutions and adsorption of surface modifying chemicals.

Research on flotation reagents and iron oxide pellets has been financed by three research centers at LTU: Hjalmar Lundbohm Research Center (HLRC), Agricola Research Center – Multicomponent Mineral Systems (ARC-MMS) and Center of Advanced Mining and Metallurgy (CAMM). Funding has also been attained from Vinnova Strategic Research Programme. Running projects on environmentally friendly and selective flotation reagents are funded by Formas.

Research on environmentally friendly flame retardants are funded by Brandforsk.

Research on tribological additives and Alzheimer peptides has been supported by the Foundation to the Memory of J.C. and Seth M. Kempe and by the Swedish Alzheimer’s Fund.

Biomass Derived Fluorine-Free Ionic Liquids-Based Electrolytes Enabling Sustainable Batteries

Batteries as energy storage devices combined with electric engines can be used to displace internal combustion engines by powering electric vehicles.

Studies on environmentally-friendly flame retardants for cellulose-based materials - continuation

Anna-Carin Larsson, Chemistry of Interfaces, has been granted SEK 502 thousand by Brandforsk for the study Environmentally friendly flame retardants for cellulose-based materials , a continuation of a previous project from Brandforsk. Participants in the project are Anuttam Patra, Chemistry of Inter...

Enabling Safer Batteries via Fluorine-Free Electrolytes

One of the biggest challenges for next generation battery technology is the lack of appropriate electrolytes. Conventional organic solvent based electrolytes have a number of drawbacks such as toxicity, risk of leakage, high flammability, high vapour pressure, and low thermal and modest electrochemi...

Biomass Derived Halogen-Free electrolytes for Supercapacitors

Supercapacitors also called as electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) have attracted much attention in the last few decades due to their excellent electrochemical characteristics such as high gravimetric capacitance, high power density, a large number of life cycles and a quick charge-discharge op...

Ionic Liquids Based Electrolytes Stability at Electrode Surfaces

This project is focused on understanding the interaction mechanisms of halogen-free ionic liquids based electrolytes with metal electrode surfaces. The new halogen-free ionic liquids are designed and synthesized to get electrolytes with lower viscosity, higher conductivity, wider electrochemical win...

Design of selective collectors for the separation of valuable minerals from mining waste

Formas is funding a new project for the project "Design of selective collectors for the separation of valuable mineral from mining waste". Anna-Carin Larsson and Anuttam Patra at Chemistry of Interfaces at Luleå University of Technology, was awarded three million SEK.

Published:13 November 2013
Updated: 30 November 2020
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