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Scientific interests:

• Synthesis and characterization of adsorbents (zeolites, hybrid materials, lignocellulosic materials, activated carbons, etc.).
• Adsorption processes in gas and liquid phase.
• Utilization of of waste materials
• Phosphazenes.

Selected papers:

1. L. Lakov, P. Vassileva, O. Peshev:
   „Sorption of heavy metals on pyrazolone-containing carbon sorbents”,
   Carbon 37 (1999) 1655-1657.
2. P. Vassileva, D. Voikova,
   “Investigation on natural and pretreated Bulgarian clinoptilolite for ammonium ions removal from aqueous solutions”,
   Journal of Hazardous Materials 170 (2-3) (2009) 948-953.
3. P. Vassileva, P. Tzvetkova, R. Nickolov,
   “Removal of ammonium ions from aqueous solutions with coal-based activated carbons modified by oxidation”,
   Fuel 88 (2009) 387-390.
4. P. Vassileva, A. Detcheva, S.Uzunova, I. Uzunov, D. Voykova,
   “Equilibrium and kinetic studies on the removal of some metal ions using biogenic amorphous silica”
   Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia), 51 (5) (2016), 797-806.
5. P. Vassileva, A. Detcheva T. Radoykova, I. Avramova, K. Aleksieva, S. Nenkova, I. Valchev,. D. Mehandjiev,
   “Studies on Ag+ adsorption using two new lignocellulosic materials based on Populus alba L. and Robinia pseudoacacia L.”,
   Cellulose Chemistry and Technology 52 (7-8) (2018), 633-643