| Contact: | 1111 Budapest, Budafoki út 8. F épület, I. lépcsőház |
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| Focal points and main thrusts of research: |
Applied chemistry Energy storage Chemistry of surface layers Physical chemistry Heterogeneous catalysis Smart materials Colloid chemistry Interactions Environmental chemistry Environmental technologies Macromolecular chemistry Instrumental Techniques Nanoporous systems Nanotechnology Polymer composites Carbon dioxide absorption Carbon chemistry Carbon nanoparticles Wastewater Treatment Technologies Sorption and surface chemical properties Recycling Technology Green chemistry |
| Introduction: | The Surface Chemistry Group conjoines the
traditions of the Hungarian Adsorption School with recent surface science achievements
in materials science. Nanostructured carbon materials have been the centre of
the group’s scientific activity, more specifically synthesis, morphology and
surface properties of various types of carbon materials including activated
carbon, carbon aerogels, as well as 2D carbon nanoparticles, like nanotubes and
graphene derivatives. Beside working on carbon materials of tuned morphology
and surface chemistry the group also works on the development of novel type single
component and composite sorbents, like metal organic frameworks (MOFs),
responsive soft matters and their hybride formed with various carbon materials.
These materials are tested and optimized
for diverse applications, e.g., fuel cell electrode, catalyst, gas
storage device, drug delivery and environmental applications. |
| Sample publications: | >>> László K, Tombácz E,
Josepovits K: Effect of Activation on the Surface Chemistry of Carbons from Polymer
Precursors. Carbon, 39(8), 1217-1228, 2001 László K, Kosik K, Geissler E:
High-sensitivity isothermal and scanning microcalorimetry in PNIPA hydrogels
around the volume phase transition. Macromolecules, 37(26), 10067-10072,
2004 Czakkel O, Marthi K, Geissler E, László K: Influence
of Drying on the Morphology of Resorcinol - Formaldehyde-based Carbon Gels.
Micropor Mesopor Mater, 86(1-3), 124-133, 2005 László K, Czakkel O, Dobos G, Lodewyckx P, Rochas
C, Geissler E: Water vapour adsorption in highly porous carbons as seen by
small and wide angle X-ray scattering. Carbon, 48, 1038-1048, 2010 Whitby RLD, Gun’ko VM, Korobeinyk A, Busquets R, Cundy AB, László K,
Skubiszewska-Zięba J, Leboda R, Tombácz E, Tóth IY, Kovács K, Mikhalovsky SV: Driving
forces of conformational changes in single-layer graphene oxide. ACS Nano,
6(5), 3967-3973, 2012 Tóth A, Törőcsik A, Tombácz E, László K: Competitive adsorption of
phenol and 3-chlorophenol on purified MWCNTs. J Coll Interface Sci, 387(1),
244-249, 2012 Ábrahám D, Nagy B,
Dobos G, Madarász J, Onyestyák Gy, Trenikhin MV, László K: Hydroconversion
of acetic acid over carbon aerogel supported molybdenum catalyst. Micropor
Mesopor Mater, 190, 46-53 (2014) László K, Demé B, Czakkel O, Geissler E: Incompatible
liquids in confined conditions. J. Phys. Chem. C 118 (41), 23723–23727,
2014 Voitko K, Tóth A, Demianenko E, Dobos G, Berke B, Bakalinska O, Grebenyuk
A, Tombácz E, Kuts V, Tarasenko Y,
Kartel M, László K: Catalytic performance of carbon nanotubes in H2O2
decomposition: experimental and quantum chemical study. J. Coll. Interface
Science, 437, 283–290, 2015 Bertóti I, Mohai M, László K: Surface
modification of graphene and HOPG by nitrogen plasma: Quantitative XPS analysis
of chemical state alterations. Carbon, 84, 185-196, 2015 Manek E, Domján A, Madarász J, László K: Interactions in aromatic probe molecule
loaded poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels and implications for drug delivery.
Eur Polymer J, 68, 657–664, 2015 Seredych M, László K, Rodríguez-Castellón E,
Bandosz TJ: S-doped carbon aerogels/GO composites as oxygen reduction
catalysts. J Energy Chem, 25(2),
236-245, 2016 Wang S, Ábrahám D, Vallejos-Burgos F, Geissler E,
László K, Takeuchi K, Endo M, Kaneko K: Distorted graphene sheet
structure-derived inaccessible nanoporosity. Langmuir, 32 (22), 5617–5622,
2016 Nagy B, Tóth A, Savina I, Mikhalovsky S,
Mikhalovska L, Geissler E, László K: Double probe approach to protein
adsorption on porous carbon surfaces. Carbon, 112, 103-110, 2017 Nagy B, Bakos I, Bertóti I, Domán A, Menyhárd A,
Mohai M, László K: Synergism of melamine and GO in the electrocatalytic
behaviour of resorcinol - formaldehyde based carbon aerogels. Carbon, 139, 872-879.
2018 Domán A, Czakkel O, Porcar L, Madarász J,
Geissler E, László K: Role of water molecules in the decomposition of
HKUST-1: evidence from adsorption, thermoanalytical, X-ray and neutron
scattering measurements. App Surf Sci, 480, 138-147, 2019 Teljes lista: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10000968 <<< |
| Awards and achievements: | Krisztina László 2019 Order
of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Officer's Cross, Civil Division
Achievement: Distinguished service to Hungary; scientific and education
activity in materials science 2014
Fodor Lajos Award by: Budapest
University of Technology and Economics for being outstanding in work for the
faculty's community 2004
Erdey László Award by Budapest
University of Technology and Economics for persistent outstanding scientific
performance 2001 Széchenyi István
Fellowship by: Ministry of Education for fellowship for carrier development 1985
Gold Award for Outstanding Innovator
by Budapest University of Technology and Economics for the most profitable
patent of the year (Synthesis of principal components for cold water
dispersible rinsing mixtures; Hungarian patent 187410/1985). |
| Guest professors: | >>> Visitors Prof. Sergey Mikhalovsky, University of Brighton,
UK Indrek Külaots, Brown University, (Rhode Island) USA Joaquin Silvestre, University of Alicante, Spain Regular guest speakers Prof. Bányai István Debreceni Egyetem |
| Group leader: | Dr. Nagyné dr. László Krisztina |