Laboratory of Surface and Structural Properties of Soils and Plants
Research
Research profile:
- Interfacial processes in soil physicochemical medium
- Surface properties as the indicators of changes in the soil and plant materials under environmental factors
- Physicochemical conditions affecting the formation and stability of soil structures
- Description of soil wettability, intermolecular interactions and stability of aggregates using surface free energy
- Acid-base equilibria in soil, soil particle charge, buffering capacity, cation exchange capacity
- Soil degradation: pollution acidification, alkalization, salinization, organic matter lost, structure destruction, hydrophobicity, laboratory simulation of processes
- Physicochemical methods for improvement and detoxification of degraded soils
