Research areas:

• Physicochemical properties of ionic liquids and their applications
• Ionic liquid-based microemulsions
• Nanomaterials and polymer composites
• Microemulsions as nanoreactors for preparation of metallic, metallic oxide, core-shell nanoparticles and polymer nanocomposites
• Molecular level interaction in ionic liquids, both protic and aprotic, and their binary mixtures with molecular solvents and physicochemical properties
• Electrodeposition from reverse micelles and ionic liquids
• Electrochemistry in organized media, electrochemical switching, and micellar shuttle
• Self association of surfactants and supramolecular interactions – polymer-surfactant, ionic liquid-surfactant and other promising systems
• Nanostructured and mesoporous silica for structural color, dielecric enhancement and drug carrier
• Functional and smart materials and their applications
• Development of supercapacitors
• Electrochemical splitting of water
• Water structure-modification by different perturbations
• Electrochemical treatment of textile effluents