THE LUMINARY OF COLLOIDAL CHEMISTRY ACADEMICIAN ANTON DUMANSKY (to the 145th anniversary of his birth)

• Date: 2025
• Main Author: Koval, Larysa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: V.I.Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry 2025
• Online Access: https://ucj.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/735
• Journal Title: Ukrainian Chemistry Journal

The article provides an overview of the life and creative scientific path of Anton Du­manskyi – a well-known chemist of our count­ry, who is widely known abroad in the field of colloidal chemistry, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, a member of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, professor, doctor of chemistry, an honored scientist of the Ukrainian SSR, an honored scientist of the Kazakh SSR, the director of the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in the forties and fifties of the last century. A brief description of the scientific directions and achieved results of the research carried out in the field of colloidal chemistry is given, the role of his research for the development of domestic chemical science and the national economy is determined. Anton Dumanskyi is one of the founders of colloidal chemistry in our country. Of particular importance are his works on the application of the method of physicochemical analysis to the study of the properties of colloidal systems. Dumanskyi was awarded the Mendeleev Prize for a series of works on this issue. He paid great attention to the study of the basic physi­cochemical properties of lyophilic disperse systems and clearly substantiated the idea of ​​a bound liquid as a measure of lyophilicity. With a group of his students, he solved a number of theoretical problems in a short time: he determined the general patterns of interaction of high polymers with various liquids and studied the mechanism of this process; he developed new methods for the quantitative determination of bound water and the general principles of lyophilization of dispersed phases; he found out the influence of bound water on the dielectric properties of disperse systems. Dumanskyi’s research, which is related to the technology of many branches of the food industry, is especially fruitful. He is the author of over 250 scientific works, including a number of monographs and manuals. Under the gui­dance and advice of Dumanskyi, over 50 candidates and about 20 doctors of science were trained. He had government awards – orders and medals. In 1980, after the 100th birth anniversary of academician A.V. Dumanskyi, his name was assigned to the Institute of Coloid Chemistry and Water Chemistry of the Natiomal Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.