Head of the Department: Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mykola Dmytrovych Sakhnenko, Academician of the Academy of Higher Education of Ukraine.
The Department was founded in 1926 by Professor A.N. Shchukarev. Over the years, it has been led by Professors
I.I. Strelkov, S.S. Urazovsky, A.Ye. Lutskiy, and V.M. Koshkin. Since 2012, the Department has been headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mykola Dmytrovych Sakhnenko, Academician of the Academy of Higher Education of Ukraine.
The scientific school of the Department has produced more than 90 PhDs and Doctors of Science.
Currently, the Department employs 4 professors, 5 associate professors, a senior lecturer, an assistant, and 8 educational engineers.
The Department provides courses related to physical and colloidal chemistry across four faculties of the university.
Since 1993, the Department has introduced elective courses such as “Quantitative Methods in the Humanities” and “Modern Concepts in Physical and Chemical Materials Science” (Prof. V.M. Koshkin).
Since 2013, additional electives have included “Physical Chemistry of Nanostructures,” “Physicochemical Foundations of High Technologies in the Chemical Industry,” and “Chemical Resistance of Materials in Aggressive Environments: Monitoring, Forecasting, Protection Methods” (Prof. M.D. Sakhnenko).
The recognition of the Department’s work is evidenced by the election of Professors I.I. Strelkov and S.S. Urazovsky as Corresponding Members of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, and the election of V.M. Koshkin as a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
Prof. S.S. Urazovsky was awarded the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR (1937), and Prof. V.M. Koshkin received the State Prize of Ukraine (2001).
A series of works by V.M. Koshkin and co-authors was recognized as Discovery No. 245 in the State Register of the USSR (1983).
The Department’s research is regularly published in scientific journals worldwide, and its faculty members deliver lectures and presentations in various countries.
Scientific Areas:
- Study of the physicochemical properties of systems involving interfacial and surface interactions
- Electrochemical monitoring of anticorrosion coatings, including paints and polymer layers
- Electrochemical design of functional materials
- Development of physicochemical foundations for energy-saving technologies in the production of complex fertilizers and catalysts aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions