ProfessorPiotr Kirszensztejn
Professor emeritus
- 1972: M.Sc.
- 1980: Ph.D.
- 1996: Habilitation
- 2012: Professor
- Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry (2008-2016)
- Regional Laboratory Director ŚLUACh (2001 - 2003)
- Head of Post-graduate Studies (od 1999)
- Oxide gel systems with mesoporous structure.
- Stabilization of small metallic particles at the well matched texture of the support.
- Probe molecules in the acid-base characteristics of the surface (FTIR, TPD).
- Highly dispersed metal catalysts.
- Inorganic polymers and surface-modified inorganic gels.
The most important publications:
- B. Kim, P. Kirszensztejn, D. Bolikal, and Steven L. Regen, Kinetic Features of an Intraresin Reaction, J. Am, Chem. SOC. 105 (1983), 1567-1571.
- P. Kirszensztejn, R. Przekop, A. Szymkowiak, E. Maćkowska, J. Gaca, Preparation of MgO-Al2O3 binary gel system with mesoporous structure. Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 89 (2006) 150-157.
- P. Kirszensztejn, A. Tolińska, R. Przekop Thermal Analysis of Gel-Derived Support for Metallic Catalyst. Part II. Al2O3-SnO2 System in Reductive Atmosphere. J. Therm. Anal. Cal., 94 (2008) 762-768.
- Martyła, B. Olejnik, P. Kirszensztejn, R. Przekop, Influence of the method of synthesis on hydrogen adsorption properties of mesoporous binary B2O3/Al2O3 gel systems. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36 (2011) 8358-8364.
- P. Kirszensztejn, K. Jurek, A. Tolińska, A. Kawałko, Formation and characterization of a SnO2–Al2O3 system derived from a sol–gel process based on different tin precursors. J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 357 (2011) 1671–1676.
- P. Kirszensztejn, A. Kawałko, A. Tolińska, R. Przekop, Synthesis of SiO2–SnO2 gels in water free conditions, J. Porous Mater. 18 (2011) 241–249.