Prof. Bogdan Kuchta Ph.D. (1982) , D.Sc. (1990) Wroclaw University of Technology, 1.Short resume 2. Full CV (in French)

Laboratoire Chimie Provence (ex MADIREL) Université (de Provence) Aix-Marseille 1 Campus St. Jérôme 13397 Marseille ,  France Tel.   +33 (0) 4.91.63.71.33 Fax:   +33 (0) 4.91.63.71.11 E-mail : Bogdan.Kuchta@univ-provence.fr

Research interests

Computer simulations : Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics method, minimization methods
Methodology of multiscale modeling

Thermodynamics and dynamics of molecular solids and structural phase transitions; Simulations of  mechanism of adsorption in porous materials
Modeling of intermolecular interactions
Simulations of biological molecules in nano-scale models; Modeling of alkanes as models of proteins
Simulations of  mechanism of adsorption in porous materials
Hydrogen and Methane Storage Materials for Fuel Cell Applications; adsorption in porous systems

Recent publications ( examples ) :

Melting mechanism of monolayers adsorbed in cylindrical pores: an influence of wall pore roughness.

B. Kuchta, L. Firlej, R. Denoyel, P.Boulet, S.Rols and M.R. Johnson,

App. Surface Science, 253, 5601-5605 (2007)

Mechanism of adsorption in cylindrical pores with heterogenous wall structure.

 B. Kuchta, M. Marzec, P. Boulet L. Firlej, Langmuir 24, 4013-4019 (2008)
 

Melting transitions of monolayers adsorbed in cylindrical pores,

  B. Kuchta, L. Firlej, R. Denoyel, S.Rols, M.R. Johnson and B.Coasne, J.Chem. Phys. 128,184703 (2008)
 
 Melting of hexane monolayers adsorbed on graphite: the role of domains and defect formation.
  C. Wexler , L. Firlej, B. Kuchta, M. Roth. Langmuir 25(12), 6596–6598 (2009)
 

Numerical estimation of physical limits of hydrogen storage by physisorption in microporous nanospaces.

B. Kuchta, L. Firlej, P. Pfeifer and C. Wexler , Carbon, 48, 223 –231(2010)

... and all other papers

Teaching

Cours de thermodynamique
Cours de thermodynamique statistique
Cours de thermodynamique de surface
Simulations: Statistics and Monte Carlo
MMD