deals with the study of properties of sets of molecules and substances and thermodynamic and kinetic processes in complex systems. For this, it uses modern physicochemical research methods and theoretical approaches based on quantum chemical calculations and models based on general physicochemical principles. Constant contact with the development of physics and the use of mathematical methods make physical chemistry a necessary basis of knowledge for any chemist both in the synthesis of new substances and in the analysis of their composition and properties. The main directions that professionals, teachers and students at the Department of Chemistry, in cooperation with external workers, are working on are:

• Application of quantum chemistry methods to problems of structure, reactivity and molecular spectroscopy
• Research of photophysical and photochemical processes not only on the ice surface
• Research of structural and interaction properties of proteins associated with neurodegeneration
• Computational medicinal chemistry – de novo drug design and binding free energy determination towards selected protein target
• Development of functional layers for electrochemical sensors and SERS substrates
• Understanding the structure and properties of (supra)molecules using NMR spectroscopy, quantum chemistry and molecular modeling
• Ab-initio calculations of solid phase properties
• Thermodynamic modeling and calculations of phase diagrams of complex systems