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Water Science Lab
Water is fundamental to life, yet its interactions at the molecular level remain a complex scientific frontier. At Malmö University, researchers explore how water interacts with biomolecules, surfaces, and nanomaterials. This work supports sustainable materials, cleaner technologies, and improved drug delivery – advancing solutions to global health and environmental challenges.
Research themes
Fundamental questions
At Malmö University, we explore water in its many forms:
- Bulk water – water's behaviour in the bulk phase
- Surface water – how water interacts at interfaces
- Hydration water – water bound to molecules and structures
Application areas of our water research
Our research contributes to different challenges and innovations:
- Water at interfaces and cleaning – understanding how water behaves on surfaces, crucial for cleaning technologies
- Biodegradable plastics – developing sustainable materials influenced by water behaviour
- Water in skin and mucus – key to medical applications like drug delivery
- Residual water in "dry" systems – investigating hidden water in systems assumed to be dry, important for storage and stability
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2026 | Article in journal
Renewable Poly(α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone)Organogels Prepared by Postpolymerization Cross-Linking Reaction with Diamines
Mark Dizon, Martin Danko, Katarina Mosnackova, Jozef Kollar, Miroslav Mrlik, Angela Kleinova, Jana Novacikova, Tomas Plachy, Joanna Pietrasik, Jaroslav Mosnacek
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2026 | Article in journal
A calorimetric study of bacteria viability after treatment with purified water
Andriani Tsompou, Alix Da Mota, Julia R Davies, Vitaly Kocherbitov
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2026 | Article in journal
Linking enzymatic hydrolysis to structural, volumetric, and hydrodynamic evolution of β-lactoglobulin in solution
Mark Dizon
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2026 | Article in journal
Temporal Averaging of the Liquid Rise Dynamics In Periodically Patterned Capillary
Ivan Argatov, G. Mishuris
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2026 | Article in journal
On unilateral indentation problems encountered in AFM testing of living cells
Ivan Argatov
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2026 | Article in journal
Liquid Hertz impact: Low-Weber non-wetting drop dynamics
Ivan Argatov, Vitaly Kocherbitov
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2026 | Article in journal
Physicochemical and structural study of iodine loading in amorphous degradable starch microspheres
Aryane Alves Vigato, Henrik Vinther Sørensen, Arunakumari Wickramanayake, Krister Thuresson, Ian George, Johan Engblom, Vitaly Kocherbitov
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2026 | Article in journal
Removal of Fat from Surfaces by Lipase-Enhanced Purified Water
Andriani Tsompou, Dorina Kokrehel, Kayleigh Davies, Vitaly Kocherbitov
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2026 | Article in journal
The modified Kachanov method. Evaporation of multiple droplets
Ivan Argatov
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2026 | Article in journal
Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation in Aqueous Sugar Solutions: Can Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Measurements Differentiate between "Bound" and "Free" Water?
Vasantha Gowda, Ivan Argatov, Olle Söderman, Vitaly Kocherbitov