Mineral-based Architectures Group

Our research activities are devoted to the use of minerals and synthetic crystalline phases as well as other mineral resources for the production of functional materials with applications in the industry and for environmental protection. Current research objectives: 1. Chemical and mineralogical characterization of layered (clay minerals, layered double hydroxides) and framework minerals (zeolites). 2. Modification of minerals in order to obtain functional mineral materials: selective adsorbents, (photo)catalysts and composites for: + detoxification (mycotoxin immobilization) + water treatment and remediation - adsorptive and photocatalytic removal of inorganic (heavy metals) and organic (pesticides, steroid estrogens) pollutants + recovery of selected elements (e.g. lithium).

Chromatograf cieczowy (HPLC)

Hydrotalcite-like mineral composites obtained by transformation of selected minerals as hybrid sorbents for the removal of anions from multi-element aqueous solutions (UMO-2017/27/B/ST10/000898)

Remediation technology of aquatic environments polluted with anionic forms of elements with the use of functionalized kaolinite adsorbents (TANGO2/340790/NCBR/2017)

Nanotubular materials based on kaolin group minerals for the photodegradation of selected mycotoxins in aqueous environment (UMO-2021/43/B/ST10/00868)

Clay Minerals Laboratory, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland

Environmental Technology Research Group, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Layered Minerals, Mesoporous Oxides, Nanostructures ; Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland

Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Chemical Process Engineering (CPE) research group, University of Oulu, Finland

University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Germany

Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czechia

University of Antwerp, Belgium

VITO Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium