| II. Life and Chemical Sciences | |
| Name: | Section of Chemical Sciences |
| Description: | Chemical research continues in the tradition of such distinguished Czech chemists as Rudolf Brdicka, Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Frantisek Sorm and Otto Wichterle. In physical chemistry, theoretical as well as experimental, research is oriented toward the selected fields of chemical physics, electrochemistry, and catalysis. Inorganic chemistry is directed at the preparation and characterization of new compounds and materials, such as boranes. Research in organic chemistry and biochemistry focuses on medicine, biology and ecology, seeking to synthesize new potential medicaments, especially anti-virals. Macromolecular chemistry involves developing, preparing and characterizing new polymers for use in biomedicine, such as those for contact lenses and the separation of compounds. Analytical chemistry is also directed at separation techniques, but on a microscale in capillaries and in spectral methods. Thermodynamics and phase behaviour of fluids, dynamics of multiple phase reacting systems, homo- and heterogeneous catalysis, and modern separation methods are studied in the domain of chemical engineering science. The section is comprised of six institutes having a total of 970 employees, of whom 550 are graduate research workers. |
| Institutions: | Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i. Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the ASCR, v. v. i. J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i. |
