Mission of the Laboratory
The different themes developed or under development by our researchers are:
- Labelling of Algerian olive oil according to variety and region.
- Food control.
- Study of pesticide traces.
- Structure-property thermodynamic and chromatographic relationships of petroleum fractions from a new generation of topological indices.
- Study of the stability and destabilization of oil-in-water emulsions applied in paints.
- Studies of fluids with complex rheology.
- Nanofluids: Models and simulations for improving heat transfer.
- Study of heat flows by nucleated boiling.
- New Formulations for Paints, Resins and Additives based on Biodegradable Surfactants.
- Study of the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants.
- Electrocoagulation application for water treatment.
- Study of reaction mechanisms.
- Substitution of electrolysis bath components and study of the detoxification of surface treatment sludge.
- Electrodeposition and study of the properties of fuel cell catalysts and thin-film semiconductors for solar cells.
- Anodic electrodeposition and oxidation of metals and metal compounds: Rhenium, Nickel, Platinum, Co-deposition Platinum-Nickel, Silver, Copper, Copper, Copper oxide, Tin.
- Voltammetric simulation: Calculation of theoretical voltammograms and search for diagnostic criteria.
- Fuel cells: Thermodynamic calculations, studies of anodic oxidation reactions of alcohols, preparation of electrocatalysts in the form of metallic nanoparticles, electrical properties and Nafion surfaces.
- Materials and their applications to sensor devices.
- Analysis and valorization of water treatment sludge.
- Metal nanoparticles: Synthesis and applications.
- Iron-based nanostructured metal alloys: Elaboration, characterization and properties
- Elaboration and characterization of a nanostructured ceramic material.
- Study of the catalytic, magnetic and dielectric properties of particles at the nanoscale.
- Study of inorganic membranes.