Department Chair: Yuriy G. Galyametdinov

Address: Building "A" – 68 Karl Marx str., Kazan
Phone: +7(843)231-42-60, +7(843)231-43-89

Working hours:
Mon-Fri: from 8:00 to 17:00

The Laboratory of Physical Chemistry was established at Kazan University in 1896. In 1930, all chemical departments moved to the new Kazan Chemical Technological University. The first Department Chair was Professor Alexey Gerasimov, Doctor of Chemistry, winner of the Honor Award in Science and Engineering of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 1930-1940, the research was focused on the electrochemistry of colloid systems.

In 1941-1945, the Departments of Leningrad Technological University moved to Kazan and joined Kazan Chemical Technological Institute during the Great Patriotic War. The Department of Colloid Chemistry headed by Professor Valentin Kurbatov was among them.

In 1953-1965, the Department was headed by a Full Professor Sergey Kochergin, Doctor of Chemistry, winner of the Honor Award in Science and Engineering of the Republic of Tatarstan. At that time the research areas were extended and included electrical deposition, the structure of electric double layer, physicochemical properties of polyelectrolyte solutions, and etc. The number of faculty increased and new laboratories were opened.

In 1965-1977, Professor Valentin Nikulin, Doctor of Chemistry, winner of the Honor Award in Science and Engineering of the Republic of Tatarstan, was the Department Chair. The research, carried out at the department, became the basis for the electrocatalysis study.

In 1977-1990, Professor German Dobrenkov, Doctor of Chemistry, winner of the Honor Award in Science and Engineering of the Republic of Tatarstan was the Department Chair. At that time research was focused on the electrochemical kinetics and interface effects of the organic substances.

In 1991-2005, William Barabanov was a Chair of the joint Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry. Professor William Barabanov is a Doctor of Chemistry and a winner of the top awards (Honor Award in Science and Engineering of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation), and corresponding member of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. The main research area included thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanism of chemical reactions in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. In 2000, a new academic program “Technology of Cosmetic Products” was launched.

A Full Professor Yuriy Galyametdinov, Doctor of Chemistry, a winner of Federal Award in Science and Engineering has been chaired the department since 2005. Within the last period, the research was focused on nanochemistry and nanotechnology as well as on quantum-chemical calculations of complex polyatomic systems. The branch of the department was opened at the Kazan Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2014, the program “Technology of Cosmetic Products” gave the birth to an independent Department of Technology of Cosmetic Products.

Research Activities

The main scientific area of the Department is “Creation and Research of Supramolecularly Ordered Luminescent Materials for Electronics and Biomedicine”.

The Department is engaged in joint scientific and educational projects with Eskisehir Technical University (Turkiye), Samarkand State University (Uzbekistan), University of Jena (Germany), University of Strasbourg (CNRS, France), and University of Paderborn (Germany).

Research is carried out on the following topics:

• Optical materials based on lanthanide(III) compounds (Yu.G. Galyametdinov, A.V. Knyazev, A.S Krupin);
• Lyotropic liquid crystals: promising systems for biomedicine (Yu.G. Galyametdinov, N.M. Selivanova, A.I. Galeeva);
• Quantum-chemical modeling of luminescent systems based on lanthanide(III) ions and semiconductor quantum dots in organized media (Yu.G. Galyametdinov, K.A. Romanova);
• Synthesis and analysis of properties of quantum dots doped with transition metal ions (Yu.G. Galyametdinov, R.R. Shamilov, D.O. Sagdeev);
• Physico-chemical properties of composites based on matrix of different nature and light-emitting components (Yu.G. Galyametdinov, V.V. Osipova);
• Microfluidics and laboratory-on-a-chip (A.N. Bezrukov);
• Chitosan-based polyelectrolyte complexes and their application in encapsulation of biologically active substances (S.V. Shilova, A.Y. Tretiakova, V.P. Barabanov);
• Synthesis, properties and obtaining of magnetic flocculants for selective separation of valuable materials and separation of biocomponents (V.E. Proskurina, E. Kashina);
• Obtaining and using zeolite-based sorption matrix for immobilization of biologically active substances (E.M. Kulagina, E.Yu. Gromova, R.I. Yusupova);
• Studying the disaggregation process of carbon nanostructures in adsorption-active liquid media (A.R. Gataullin, S.A. Bogdanova).

Academics

The Department offers the following educational programs:

Master’s Degree Programs:

• Physico-Chemical Fundamentals of Innovative Technologies of Supramolecular Organized Systems;
• Molecular Engineering.

In 2021, the Department developed and launched the first English-language Master's Degree Program “Smart Materials” at KNRTU. The program enables graduates to conduct research in the field of Smart Materials, and respond to external conditions by changing their properties accordingly.