Professor, Doctor of Sciences (Chemistry) Head of the Department of Biomedical Problems of Surface   Telephone: + 380 44 424-94-53 Fax: + 380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;

V.V. Turov works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1987. He is a member of Academic Council of the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine, Specialized Council D 26.210.01 (Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine), editorial boards of journal "Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface” and collection of scientific papers “Surface”.

Scientific interests

NMR spectroscopy of adsorbed molecules, the influence of surface on structure of water and water-organic mixtures, self organization of substances in the adsorbed layer.

Background

1973 - graduated from T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University, the Radiophysics Department

1981-1985 - postgraduate at the L.V. Pysarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of AS of USSR

1986 - PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physical chemistry" (candidate dissertation "Quick proton exchanging reaction with the participation of thiocarboxylic and dithiophosphoric acids") (in Russian)

2002 - Doctor of Chemistry, specialty "physics and chemistry of surface" (doctoral dissertation "NMR spectroscopy of adsorbed molecules. Structure of adsorption complexes and hydrated layers") (in Russian)

2004 - Senior Researcher, specialty "physics and chemistry of surface"

2007 - Professor, specialty "surface chemistry and physics.

Scientific work

320 scientific publications, including 4 books, individual chapters in 12 collective monographs, 250 papers, 12 patents; supervisor of 7 PhD theses.

Selected publications

1. V.M. Gun'ko, V.V. Turov, P.P. Gorbik. Water at the Interfaces. – Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 2009. - 694 p. (in Russian).

2. V.V. Turov, V.M. Gun’ko, O.V. Nechypor, A.P .Golovan, V.A. Kaspersky, A.V. Turov, R. Leboda, M. Jablonski, P.P. Gorbik.Self-organization of water-organic systems in bone tissue and products of their chemical degradation // Nanomaterials and Supramolecular Structures: Physics, Chemistry, and Applications. – Springer. – 2009. – P.79-92.

3. P.P. Gorbik, V.V.Turov. Nanomaterials and nanocomposites in medicine, biology, ecology / Ed. A.P. Shpak, V.F. Chekhun. - Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 2011. 444 p.

4. V.V. Turov, V.M. Gun'ko. Clustered Water and Ways of its Applications. – Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 2011. - 313 p. (in Russian).

5. V.M. Gun'ko, V.V. Turov. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Interfacial Phenomena. - New York: Taylor & Francis, 2013. - 1070 p.

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Працює в Інституті хімії поверхні ім. О.О. Чуйка НАН України з 2004 року.

Секретар Вченої ради Інституту хімії поверхні ім. О.О. Чуйка НАН України.

Наукові інтереси: квантова хімія нанорозмірних вуглецевих наноматеріалів.

Освіта:

1996–2001 рр. – студент хімічного факультету Волинського державного університету ім. Лесі Українки, магістр хімії

2001–2004 рр. – аспірантура Інституту хімії поверхні НАН України

2005 р. – кандидат хімічних наук зі спеціальності «фізика і хімія поверхні» (кандидатська дисертація на тему «Квантово-хімічне дослідження взаємодії поверхні нанодисперсного кремнезему та вуглецевих нанотрубок з біологічно активними молекулами»).

Нагороди:

2003 р. – Грант Президії НАН України для молодих вчених.

2004 р. – Стипендіат Президента України.

2007 р. – Грант Президента України.

2007 р. – Грамота Президії НАН України.

Науковий доробок: автор 35 наукових праць, в тому числі 17 наукових статей.

Вибрані праці:

1. А.М. Дацюк, Т.Ю. Громовой, В.В. Лобанов. Анализ свойств углеродных нанотрубок по картам распределения молекулярного электростатического потенциала // Теоретическая и экспериментальная химия. – 2004. – Т.40, №5. – C.269-272.
2. E.V. Basiuk, T.Yu. Gromovoy , A.M. Datsyuk, B.B. Palyanytsya, V.A. Pokrovskiy, V.A. Basiuk. Solvent-free derivatization of pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes with amines // J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. - 2005. -V. 5, N 6.- P.984-990.
3. O. Tsendra, A. Datsyuk, V. Lobanov, A. Grebenyuk, A. Chuiko. Interaction of some biomolecules with modified nanosilica surface as studied by means of quantum chemistry // Surface Chemistry in Biomedical and Environmental Science. - Nato Science Series / Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. – 2006. – V. 228. – P. 315-324.
4. I.G. Sydorenko, A.M. Datsyuk, G.M. Zagorovskiy, A.G. Grebenyuk, V.V. Lobanov Effect of method for thermoexfoliated graphite preparation on electrochemical reduction of molecular oxygen // Carbon.– 2010. – V.48, № 9. – P. 2487-2492.
5. А.М. Дацюк Квантовохімічне дослідження особливостей взаємодії різних типів вуглецевих нанотрубок з амінокислотами // Сб. Поверхность.– 2012, Вып. 4(19). – С. 82-90.

Professor, Doctor of Sciences (Chemistry) Head of the Chemisorption Laboratory   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-73 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; tertykh@voliacable.сom

V.A. Tertykh works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1986. He is a member of Academic Council of the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine, Specialized Council D 26.210.01 (Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine) and D 26.001.03 (Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University), member of the Scientific Council on the problem “Chemistry and Technology of Surface Modification”.

Scientific interests

Nanocomposites, chemical reactions involving surface sites, immobilization of active compounds and directed transformations at surface layer of dispersed solids.

Background

1961 – graduated from T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University, chemical department

1962-1965 – postgraduate studentship at the L.V. Pysarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of AS of USSR

1966 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physical chemistry” (candidate dissertation “Studies on silica chemical modification with some organosilanes and surface chemistry of functional organosilicas” (in Russian)

1974 – Senior Researcher, specialty “physical chemistry”

1984 – Doctor of Chemistry, specialty “physical chemistry” (doctoral dissertation “Regularities of chemical reactions and directed syntheses at surface layer of dispersed silicas” (in Russian)

1987 – Professor, specialty “physical chemistry”.

Awards

1972 – Laureate of State Prize of Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology

1998 – Laureate of the International scientific-educational programme for scientists and teachers (Soros professor)

Scientific work

An author of 420 scientific works, among which 2 books, separate chapters in 9 books, 325 scientific articles, 84 inventor's certificates and patents, trained 25 PhDs.

Selected publications

1. V.A. Tertykh, L.A. Belyakova. Chemical reactions involving the silica surface. - Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1991. - 262 p. (in Russian).

2. A. Dabrowski, V.A. Tertykh (eds.). Adsorption on New and Modified Inorganic Sorbents. - Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1996. - 942 p.

3. V.A. Tertykh, V.V. Yanishpolskii. Adsorption and chemisorption of enzymes and other natural macromolecules on silicas // Chapter 16 in Adsorption on Silicas, E.Papirer (ed.), New York: Marcel Dekker. – 2000. - P. 523-564.

4. V.A. Tertykh. Functionalization of silica surfaces // In: Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, J.A.Schwarz, C.Contesku, K.Putyera (eds.), New York: Marcel Dekker. – 2004. - P. 1269-1276.

5. V.A. Tertykh. Chemical characterization of silica powders and fibers. Application to surface modification procedures // Chapter 5 in: Powders and Fibers: Interfacial Science and Applications, M. Nardin & E. Papirer (eds.), V.137 in Surfactant Science Series, Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. – 2008. - P. 211-244.

6. V.A. Tertykh, V.V. Yanishpolskii, K.V. Katok, I.S. Berezovska. Nanoporous silica matrices and their application in synthesis of nanostructures // In book: Nanomaterials and Supramolecular Structures, A.P. Shpak, P.P. Gorbyk (eds.), Springer Science+Business Media B.V. - 2009. - P.145-157.

PhD in Chemistry, Senior Researcher Head of the Laboratory of Oxide Nanocomposites   Telephone: + 380 44 422-96-72 Fax: + 380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

M.V. Borysenko works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1986. He is a member of Academic Council of the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine.

Scientific interests

Chemisorption, silica, CVD-process, oxides supported, transition metal.

Background

1974-1980 – graduated from Faculty of Chemical Technology of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine

1995 – PhD in chemistry, specialty “surface chemistry” (candidate dissertation "Gas-phase synthesis and adsorption properties of highly dispersed chromium-containing silica")

2005 – Senior Researcher, specialty "physics and chemistry of surface".

Awards

Diplomas for participation in eliminating of the consequences the Chernobyl accident.

Scientific work

Co-author of 265 scientific papers, 10 patents, supervisor of 3 PhD theses.

Selected publications

1. I.Ya. Sulym, P. Veteška, R. Klement, Z. Hajdúchová, J. Lokaj, A. Gatial, M.V. Borysenko, M. Janek, D.V. Gryn, M.S. Yakhnenko, A.P. Naumenko. Structural, optical and lumines cence features of Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped sol-gel silica glasses // Functional Materials. – 2021. – V. 28, N. 1. – P. 14–21.

2. I. Sulym, M. Wiśniewska, L. Storozhuk, K. Terpilowski, D. Sternik, M. Borysenko, A. Derylo-Marczewska. Investigation of surface structure, electrokinetic and stability properties of highly dispersed Ho₂O₃–Yb₂O₃/SiO₂ nanocomposites // Applied Nanoscience. – 2021/2/13 – P. 1–12.

3. А.G. Dyachenko, O.V. Ischenko, O.V. Goncharuk, M.V. Borysenko, O.V. Mischanchuk, V.M. Gun’ko, D. Sternik, V.V. Lisnyak. Preparation and characterization of Ni–Co/SiO₂ nanocomposite catalysts for CO₂ methanation // Applied Nanoscience. – 2021/1/28. – P. 1–11.

4. K. Kulyk, L. Azizova, J.M. Cunningham, L. Mikhalovska, M. Borysenko, S. Mikhalovsky. Nanosized copper (ii) oxide/silica for catalytic generation of nitric oxide from S-nitrosothiols // Journal of Materials Chemistry B – 2020. – V8, N19. – P. 4267-4277.

5. L.I. Borysenko, H.H. Mnischenko, M.V. Borysenko, M.T. Kartel’, L.V. Zheleznyi, Y.A. Liubinin. Non-fluid oil // Patent of Ukraine. – № 99227. – 25.07.2012 (in Ukrainian).

6. M.V. Borysenko, G.R. Webster; S. Tyebjee, T.V. Cherniavska, A.G. Dyachenko, Yu. Gnatiuk, P. Kamarchik, L. Maksimovic, Yi.J. Warburton, S.M. Mohnot. Multi-phase particulates, method of making, and composition containing same // US Patent Application. – US2010/0261029 A1. – Pub. Date: 14.10.2010. 7–54.

Head of the Photonics Oxide Nanosystems Laboratory PhD in Chemistry, Seniour Researcher   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-98 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

N.P. Smirnova works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1986. She is a member of Academic Council of the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine

Scientific interests

Heterogeneous photochemistry: investigation of photoinduced electron transfer reactions and ensuing processes in heterogeneous photochemical systems on the basis of nanosize titania-silica photocatalysts (colloids, films and powders); synthesis and investigation of mesoporous mixed oxides – TiO₂, TiO₂/ZrO₂, TiO₂/SiO₂, TiO₂/Al₂O₃ and silica modified with organic sensitizer benzophenone, active in ecological photocatalysis. Photogeneration of stable noble metal (Ag, Au, Pd) nanoparticles in colloidal solutions and mesoporous SiO₂ (TiO₂) films.

Background

1969-1974 - graduated from T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University, chemical department

1989 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physical chemistry” (candidate dissertation “Influence of metal (Al, Zr, Mn) doping in silica on electronic spectra of dyes adsorption complexes”) (in Russian)

2000 - Senior Researcher, specialty “physics and chemistry of surface”

Scientific work

Author of 150 scientific works including 5 chapters in books, 142 papers, 3 patents, supervisor of 3 PhDs.

Selected publications

N.P. Smirnova, E.V. Manuilov, A.M. Korduban, Yu.I. Gnatyuk, V.O. Kandyba, A.M. Eremenko, P.P. Gorbyk, A.P. Shpak. Design of TiO₂-based films modified with Ag nanoparticles with controlled optical and photocatalytic properties // Nanomaterials and Supramolecular Structures / A.P. Shpak, P.P. Gorbyk (eds.). –Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2009. – P.131–144.

M.A. Zhukowsky, N.P. Smirnova, A.M. Eremenko, V.V. Shvalagin, A.L. Stroyuk, O.T. Lytvyn. Photocatalytic deposition of CdS, PbS and CuxS nanoparticles on the nanocrystalline TiO2 films // Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. – 2009. – V. 203. – P.137–144.

G.V. Krylova, Yu.I. Gnatyuk, N.P. Smirnova, A.M. Eremenko, V.M. Gunko. Ag nanoparticles deposited onto silica, titania and zirconia mesoporous films synthesized by sol-gel template method // J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. –2009. – V 50. – P.216–228

A.M. Eremenko, N.P. Smirnova, Yu.P. Mukha, H.R. Jashan Silver and gold nanoparticles insilica matrices: synthesis, properties and application // Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry – 2010. – V 46, N 2. – С. 67– 130.

A. Eremenko, N. Smirnova, Yu. Gnatiuk, O. Linnik, N. Vityuk, Yu. Mukha, A. Korduban. Silver and gold nanoparticles on sol-gel TiO2, ZrO2, SiO2 surfaces: optical spectra, photocatalytic activity, bactericide properties // Chapter in Book 3: Composite Materials. – 2011. – Р.2–32.

Doctor of  Sciences (Chemistry), Senior Researcher,   Seniour Research Scientist of the Laboratory of Photonics Oxide Nanosystems   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-98 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

O.P. Linnik works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1998.

Scientific interests

Design and synthesis of eco-friendly multicomponent photocatalysts (sol-gel method, pulsed laser deposition) and investigation of structure, morphology, photoelectrochemical characteristics, phase composition and surface chemistry of nanomaterials; photocatalytic processes of anthropogenic pollutants’ degradation and determination of key points affecting its efficiency; investigation directed to more effective usage of plant wastes (lignin) by means of photocatalytic transformation to low-molecular-weight chemical compounds.

Background

1991-1996 - graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, chemical department

2004 – Doctor Degree of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlanger-Nurnberg, Germany (PhD thesis “Photocatalytic dinitrogen fixation at metal titanate thin films”) (in English)

2008 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physics and chemistry of surface” (nostrofication, candidate dissertation “Photocatalytic dinitrogen fixation at metal titanate thin films”).

2017 – Senior Researcher, specialty “Chemistry”

2021 – Doctor of Chemistry, specialty 102 “Chemistry” (02.00.04 “Physical Chemistry”, doctoral dissertation “Physicochemical approaches to hybrid semiconductive films’ synthesis for ecological photocatalysis”).

Scientific work

Author of 107 scientific works including 41 papers, 4 chapters in a books, 1 Ukrainian patent for invention.

Selected publications

1. O. Linnik, N. Smirnova, I. Laguta, A. Eremenko. Nitrogen-iron co-doped titania films as solar light sensitive photocatalysts // Functional Materials. – 2021. – V. 28 (2). – Р. 252-258.

2. D. Ihnatiuk, V. Vorobets, M. Šihor, C. Tossi, G. Kolbasov, N. Smirnova, I. Tittonen, A. Eremenko, K. Kočí, O. Linnik. Photoelectrochemical, photocatalytic and electrocatalytic behavior of titania films modified by nitrogen and platinum species // Applied Nanoscience. – 2021.

3. D. Ihnatiuk, C. Tossi, I. Tittonen, O. Linnik. Effect of synthesis conditions of nitrogen and platinum co–doped titania films on the photocatalytic performance under simulated solar light // Catalysts. – 2020. – V. 10(9). – 1074.

4. O. Linnik, G. Popescu–Pelin, N. Stefan, N. Chorna, N. Smirnova, C.N. Mihailescu, C.Ristoscu, I.N. Mihailescu. Investigation of nitrogen and iron co‑doped TiO₂ films synthesized in N₂/CH₄ via pulsed laser deposition technique // Applied Nanoscience. – 2020. – V. 10. – Р. 2569–2579.

5. N. Chorna, N. Smirnova, V. Vorobets, G. Kolbasov, O. Linnik. Nitrogen doped iron titanate films: photoelectrochemical, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and structural features // Applied Surface Science. – 2019. – V. 473. – Р. 343–351.

6. O. Linnik, N. Chorna, N. Smirnova. Nonporous iron titanate thin films doped with nitrogen: optical, structural and photocatalytic properties // Nanoscale Research Letters. – 2017. – V. 12. – P. 249–258.

PhD in Chemistry, Senior Researcher Laboratory of Photonics Oxide Nanosystems   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-98 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

G.M. Starukh works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 2002.

Specialization

Synthesis of novel nanosized layered double hydroxides modified with transitional metal cations (Cu2+, Со2+, Fe3+), and various interlayer anions; Development of new types of adsorbents and photocatalysts for removal of air and water pollutants by selective adsorption and photoсatalytic oxidation processes; Photocatalytical activity testing of semiconductors composites in photodestruction of organic molecules; Development of hydrotalcite-like additives for polymer compositions for improvement of physical mechanical properties of hybride nanocomposites.

Background

1995 - graduated from Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine, Graduate Diploma in Chemist / Chemistry teacher (Department of Analytical Chemistry)

1999-2001 - postgraduate student at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine

2003 - PhD in Chemistry, specialty "physics and chemistry of surfaces" (candidate dissertation “Photonics of organic fluorophores on the titania-silica surfaces”

2016 - Senior Researcher, specialty "physics and chemistry of surface"

Awards and grants

2000 - The stipend of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

2001 - President's Young Scientist Award for a series of publications “Creating of materials with desired physical and chemical properties based on nanoscale heterogeneous cluster-assembled systems” (together with I. Laguta, N. Guzenko, O. Goncharuk)

2004-2005 - post-doc project «Synthesis of sol-gel nanocrystalline coatings for photocatalysis and optics», , Group of Nanomaterials headed by professor Lubomir Spanhel, Laboratory of Glass and Ceramics, University Rennes-1, Rennes, France;

2008, September-December, Program of International Centre for Science and High Technology-ICS-UNIDO “Biofuels and chemicals from bioresources”, under supervision of Prof. Gabriele Centi, University of Messina, Italy

2006-2008 - Project of USTC - PPG Industries, Inc “Testing of anticorrosive coatings for metal protection”, Laboratory of the testing of anticorrosive pigments, Institute of Sorption and Endoecology problems of NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine

2018-2019 Visegrad Scholarship, project “Synthesis and characterization of the nanostructured layered double hydroxides and their derivatives for photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide” carried out at the Masaryk University from September 2018 to January 2019

Scientific work

Coauthor of 31 scientific publications.

Selected publications:

1. G. M. Starukh Photocatalytically Enhanced Cationic Dye Removal with Zn-Al Layered Double Hydroxides Nanoscale Research Letters, 2017, 12:391. DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-2173-y
2. G. M. Starukh, O.P. Rozovik, O. I. Oranska Organo/ Zn-Al LDH nanocomposites for cationic dye removal from aqueous media Nanoscale Research Letters. – 2016, 11:228
3. V. Brei, G. Starukh, S. Levytska, D. Shistka Study of a Continuous Process of Glycerolysis of Rapeseed Oil with the Solid Base Catalysts, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, 2012, V. 6, N 1. 89-94.
4. V.V. Brei, O.V. Melezhyk, G.M. Starukh, E.I. Oranskaya, P.A. Mutovkin Organic precursor synthesis of Al–Mg mixed oxides and hydrotalcites. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2008, 113. – 411-417.
5. Starukh G., Toscani S., Boursicot S., Spanhel L. Photoactivity of sol-gel derived nitridated ZnxTiyOz films. Z. Phys. Chem. 2007, 221. 349–360.
6. F. Grasset, G. Starukh, L. Spanhel, S. Ababou-Girard, D.-S. Su, A. Klein From ZnO Colloids to Nanocrystalline Colored ZnxTiyOw-zNz Spinel Films. Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, No. 3, 294-297.

Professor, Doctor of Sciences (Chemistry)   Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Photonics Oxide Nanosystems   Telephone.: +380 44 422-96-98 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A.M. Eremenkoworks at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1986. She is a member of Specialized Council D 26.210.01 (Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine), member of Europen Photochemical Association (EPA)

Scientific interests

Environmental photocatalysis and surface photochemistry, investigationof UV light interaction with the surface of adsorbents, a transfer of electron, proton or exciting energy between adsorbed organic compounds and the active sites of solids - silica, titania and binar oxide systems, synthesis and properties of nanosized metal particles, mechanism study of photocatalytic action of nanosized semiconductors.

Background

1955-1960 - graduated from T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University, chemical department

1964-1967 - postgraduate student at the L.V. Pysarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of AS of UkrSSR

1967 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physical chemistry” (candidate dissertation “Molecular Adsorption by Metallized Zeolites”) (in Russian)

1978 - Senior Researcher, specialty “physical chemistry”

1989 - Doctor of Chemistry, specialty “physical chemistry” (doctoral dissertation “Photonics of Adsorbed Complexes of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Molecules on Dispersed Silica Surface”) (in Russian)

1994 - Professor, specialty “physical chemistry”

Awards and Grants

2006 – awarded the Pisarzhevskii Prize for a series of scientific works "Development of physical and chemical bases of new highly efficient photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems and processes" (with corresponding member of NASU Prof. S.Ya. Kuchmiy and Prof. G. Ya Kolbasov)

1996 – supervisor of project "Silica surface diagnostic and creation of photosensitive materials using exiplexes" (Chemistry Department of Notre Dame University, USA)

1997 – supervisor of project " Synthesis of materials for solar energy utilization in ecological photocatalysis " (Institute of Silicate Chemistry of Wurzburg University, Germany)

1999 – supervisor of project " Photofixation of dinitrogen over titanate film catalysts" (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of Erlangen-Nurnberg University, Germany)

2000 – Grant of King's Scientific Society of Great Britain "Study of laser induced processes in heterogeneous media based on titania containing photocatalysts"

2001 – supervisor of project " Photoinduced electron transfer in nonostructured TiO₂/SiO₂ colloids " (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw, Poland)

2007 – supervisor of project from Ukraine "Synthesis and investigation of bimetallic (Ag, Au, Pt, Pd) nanoparticles for photocatalytic and antibacterial application"( Chemistry Department of Bilkent University, Turkey).

2010 - supervisor of STCU project "Thechnology development and manufaction of new nanosized antimicrobial materials based on nanoparticles of silver, gold, copper colloids and suspensions of dispersed silica with broad-spectrum action and conjugated nanobiothechnological anticancer drugs with low toxicity".

Scientific work

250 publications including 5 chapters in books, 10 review articles, 5 patents; supervisor of 14 PhDs.

Selected publications

1. Yu. Mukha, А. Eremenko, G. Korchak, А. Michienkova. Antibacterial Action and physicochemical properties of stabilized silver and gold nanostructures on the surface of disperse silica // Journal of Water Resource and Protection. – 2010. – V. 2, N. 2. – P.131–136.

2. A.M. Eremenko, N.P. Smirnova, Y.P. Mukha, H.R. Jashan. Silver and gold nanoparticles in silica matrices: synthesis, properties and application // Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry – 2010. – V 46, N 2. – С. 67 – 86.

3. A. Eremenko, N. Smirnova, Yu. Gnatiuk, O. Linnik, N. Vityuk, Yu. Mukha, A. Korduban. Silver and gold nanoparticles on sol-gel TiO₂, ZrO₂, SiO₂ surfaces: optical spectra, photocatalytic activity, bactericide properties // Nanocomposites and Polymers with Analytical Methods / InTech, еd. John Cuppoletti. – Croatia, 2011. – P.51–82.

4. A.M. Eremenko, N.P. Smirnova, Yu.P. Mukha, A.P. Naumenko, N.M. Belyi, S. Hayde. Effect of gold nanoparticles on an aerosil surface on the fluorescence and Raman spectra of adsorbed tryptophan // Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry– 2012. – V. 48, N 1. – С.49–55

5. H.I. Korchak, О.V. Surmasheva, А.І. Міkhienkova, A.M. Eremenko, Yu.P. Мukha, N.P. Smirnova Marseev Antimicrobial composition // Patent of Ukraine N 67536 from 27.02.2012.

6. А. Naumenko, Yu. Gnatiuk, N. Smirnova, A. Eremenko. Characterization of sol–gel derived TiO₂/ZrO₂ films and powders by Raman spectroscopy // Thin Solid Films. – 2012 – V. 520, N 14. – P.4541–4546.

Research Associate of the Surface Photonics Laboratory   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-98 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

M.V. Ignatovychworks at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1986.

Scientific interests

Spectral study of adsorbed aromatic molecules states and incorporated V and Mo species incorporated into silica and zeolites by optical absorption; steady- state and time-resolved photoluminescence (PhL) and ESR. Study of X-ray luminophors - single crystal and glassy lithium tetraborate doped with Cu, Ag. Mn, Eu Ce ions using the steady-state and kinetic photoluminescence, radioluminescence and thermoluminescence. Thermoluminescence and dosimetry characteristics of tissue-equivalent luminophores.

Background

1960-1965 - graduated from Uzhgorod State University, chemical department

1989 – postgraduate student at the L.V. Pysarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of AS of UkrSSR.

Grants

1996-1999 – supervisor of project "Spectral study of the states of vanadium ions incorporated onto silica surface and zeolites" (Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic)

2010-2012 – supervisor of project"Comparable spectral investigation of transition and rare earth metal ions incorporated in tetraborates and silica", " Spectral study of double doped (Ag, Eu), tetraborate and silica " (Institute of Isotopes, Hungary)

2012 – supervisor of project " Dosimetric properties of LTB:Cu single crystal and glassy" (Ruder –Boskovich Institute, Croatia).

Scientific work

Author of 45 scientific works, 1 patent.

Selected publications

1. M. Ignatovych, A. Kelemen. Europium-doped luminophors for radiation monitoring in the wide-dose ranges // International Conference 25 years after Chernobyl Accident. Safety for Future. – 2011. – P.299–300.
2. M. Ignatovych, M. Fasoli, A. Kelemen. Thermoluminescence study of Cu, Ag and Mn doped lithium tetraborate single crystals and glasses // Radiat. Phys. Chem. – 2012. – V.81, N 9. – P.1528–1532.

Professor, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics)   Head of the Department of Mass Spectrometry of Nanosized Systems   Telephone: + 380 44 424-94-62 Fax: + 380 44 424-35-67 Cell: 067 449 19 11 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

V.A. Pokrovskiy works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1988. He is a member of Academic Council of the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine, Specialized Council D 26.210.01 (Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine).

Scientific interests

Mass spectrometry of nanostructured systems.

Background

1962 – graduated from T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University, faculty of radio physics

1966-1969 – postgraduate studentship at the L.V. Pysarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of AS of USSR

1974 – PhD in physics and mathematics, specialty “physical chemistry” (candidate dissertation “Some Aspects of Field Ionization Mechanism”) (in Russian)

1990 – Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, specialty “technics of physical experiment” (doctoral dissertation “Desorption mass spectrometry and applications in surface chemistry”) (in Russian)

2003 – Professor, specialty “physics and chemistry of surface”.

Awards

2006 - A.I. Brodskiy Prize winner for scientific contribution “Medical chemistry of nanodispersed silica”.

Scientific work

Author of 200 contributions, one monograph, sections in 7 books, 190 scientific articles, 11 patents; supervision of 7 PhDs.

Selected publications

1. V.A. Pokrovskiy, V.I. Bogillo, A. Dabrowski. Adsorption and chemisorption of organic pollutants on the solid aerosols surface // Adsorption and its Application in Industry and Environmental Protection (Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, v. 120B), A. Dabrowski. – Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1998. – V. 2. – P.571–634.
2. T.Yu. Gromovoy, B.B. Palyanytsya, V.A. Pokrovskiy, E.V. Basiuk, V.A. Basiuk. Interaction of thermally pretreated carbon nanomaterials with water vapor // J. Nanosci. Nanotech. – 2004. – V. 4, N 1-2. – P.77–81.
3. R. Leboda, B. Charmas, J. Skubiszewska-Zieba, S. Chodorowski, P.Oleszczuk, V. Gunko, V. Pokrovski. Carbon-mineral adsorbents prepared by pyrolysis of waste materials in the presence of tetrachlorometane // Colloid Interf. Sci. – 2005. – V. 284. – P.39–47.
4. V.A. Pokrovskiy, N.P. Galagan, A.A. Chuiko. Interaction of cells with nanoparticles// In: Surface Chemistry in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. NATO Science Series, 2006. – V.II/228. – P.277–286.
5. V.A. Pokrovskiy. Mass spectrometry of nanosized systems // Surface.-2010, N 2 (17). - P. 63-93 (in Russian). 

Doctor of Sciences (Chemistry) Leading Researcher of the Department of Chemical Design of Silica’s Surface   Telephone: +38 (044) 422 96 68 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

N.N.Vlasova works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1988. She is member of Academic Council of Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry.

Scientific interests

Coordination chemistry of oxide surfaces; application of surface complexation theory for quantitative characterization of adsorption of biomolecules and their complexes with metal ions at the oxide – aqueous solution interfaces.

Background

1969–1974 - graduated from Chemistry Department of Kiev State University, organic chemist

1980 – PhD in Chemistry, speciality “inorganic chemistry” (candidate dissertation “The investigation of coordination compounds of biometals with orotic acid and its derivatives” (in Russian))

1985 – Senior Researcher, speciality “inorganic chemistry”

2017 – Doctor of Chemistry, speciality “physical chemistry” (doctoral dissertation “Quantitative estimation of adsorption equilibria as complexation reactions onto silica – aqueous solution interface” (in Ukrainian))

Scientific works

Author more than 100 publications including 4 chapters in collective monographs, supervisor of 2 PhD theses.

Selected publications

1. N.N.Vlasova, L.P. Golovkova, N.G. Stukalina. Adsorption complexes of acridine diaminoderivatives on silica surface // Coll. J. (Russ). – 2012. – V.74, № 1. – P.22–31.

2. M. Kersten, N.Vlasova. The influence of temperature on the selenate adsorption by goethite // Radiochi, Acta. – 2013. –V.101. – P.413–419.

3. N.N.Vlasova, O.V. Markitan, L.P. Golovkova. Adsorption of components of nucleic acids onto a titanium dioxide surface // Coll. J. (Russ). – 2015. – V.77, № 4. – P.425–430.

4. N.N.Vlasova. Adsorption of amino acids on a cerium dioxide surface // Coll. J. (Russ). – 2016. – V.78, № 6. – P.747–752.

5. N.N.Vlasova, O.V. Markitan. Adsorption of pyrimidine nucleotides on a titanium dioxide surface // Coll. J. (Russ). – 2018. – V.80, № 4. – P.364–370

Працює в Інституті хімії поверхні ім. О.О. Чуйка НАН України з 1986 року.

Наукові інтереси: адсорбційне модифікування поверхні кремнезему.

Освіта:

1967–1972 рр. – студент фізичного факультету Київського державного університету ім. Т.Г. Шевченка, молекулярна фізика

1982 р. – кандидат хімічних наук зі спеціальності «неорганічна хімія» (кандидатська дисертація на тему «Исследование комплексов макроциклических полиэфиров с лантанидными сдвигающими реагентами Pr(fod)₃ и Eu(Fod)₃» )

2005 р. – старший науковий співробітник зі спеціальності «фізика і хімія поверхні».

Науковий доробок: автор 70 наукових праць.

Вибрані праці

1. Н.Н. Власова, Л.П. Головкова. Влияние желчных солей на адсорбцию холестерина на поверхности кремнеземного сорбента // Коллоид. журн. – 2009. – Т. 71, № 4. – С.473 – 478.

2. Л.П. Головкова, О.В. Маркитан, Н.Н. Власова. Адсорбция некоторых биомолекул на поверхности высокодисперсного кремнезема, модифицированного дибензо-18-краун-6 // Химия, физика и технология поверхности. – 2011. – Т.2, № 3. – С.479 – 483.

3. Н.Н. Власова, Л.П. Головкова, Н.Г. Стукалина. Взаимодействие компонентов нуклеиновых кислот с профлавином на поверхности кремнезема // Химия, физика и технология поверхности. - 2011. – Т.2, №4. – С.482 -487.

Працює в Інституті хімії поверхні ім. О.О. Чуйка НАН України з 2004 року.

Освіта:

1999 – 2004 рр. – студент хімічного факультету Волинського державного університету, магістр хімії

2004 – 2007 рр. – аспірант Інституту хімії поверхні НАН України.

2012 р. – кандидат хімічних наук зі спеціальності «фізика і хімія поверхні» (кандидатська дисертація на тему «Адсорбція біогенних амінів та споріднених сполук на поверхні високодисперсного кремнезему»).

Науковий доробок: автор 10 наукових праць.

 Вибрані праці:

1. T.V. Kulik, N.N. Vlasova, B.B. Palyanytsya, O.V. Markitan. Spectroscopic study of biogenic amine complexes at fumed silica surface // J. Colloid Interface Sci. – 2010. – V. 351. – P.512–522.

2. Н.Н. Власова, О.В. Маркитан, Л.П. Головкова. Адсорбция биогенных аминов на поверхности кремнезема, модифицированного альбумином // Коллоид. журнал. – 2011. – Т. 73, № 1. – С.26–29.

3. Л.П. Головкова, О.В. Маркитан, Н.Н. Власова. Адсорбция некоторых биомолекул на поверхности высокодисперсного кремнезема, модифицированного дибензо-18-краун-6 // Химия, физика и технология поверхности. – 2011. – Т.2, № 3. – С.479–483.

Professor, Doctor of Sciences (Chemistry)   Head of the Department of Surface Chemistry of Hybrid Materials   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-09(30) Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 Yu.L. Zub works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine since 1986. He is a member of Academic Council of the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Specialized Councils D 26.210.01 (Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and D 26.207.02 (Frantsevich Institute of Materials Science of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), editorial board of journals "Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface" (Kyiv, Ukraine) and “Sorption and Chromatographic Processes” (Voronezh, Russia).

Scientific interests

Target synthesis of hybrid organic-inorganic materials and sorption processes at their participation.

Background

1973 – graduated from the Chemistry Department of T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University

1975-1978 – postgraduate student at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University

1982 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty "inorganic chemistry" (candidate dissertation "Synthesis, structure and properties of coordination compounds of lanthanides comprising tris(dimethylamino)phosphine oxide") (in Ukrainian)

1986 – Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Department, T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University.

2010 – Doctor of Chemistry, specialty "physical chemistry" (doctoral dissertation "The functionalized organosilicas: synthesis, structure, physical and chemical properties") (in Ukrainian)

2012 – Professor, specialty "physical chemistry".

Awards and Grants

2002-2006 – NATO, “Science for Peace Program”, № 978006

2006-2008 – grant MES of Ukraine № M/168-2006 (within scientific and technical cooperation with PRC)

2007-2008 – SFFR of Ukraine, project F14.3/003 (in cooperation with the Republic of Belarus)

2007 – ARW NATO, № CBP.982782

2008-2010 – National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - grant for exchange

2009-2010 – grant MES of Ukraine №М/118-2009 (within the scientific and technical cooperation with Slovenia)

2010-2011 – National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and CNRS of France, grant for exchange

2010-2014 – project № 6.22.5.42 within the State Target Scientific and Technical Program "Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials"

2011-2012 – SFFR Ukraine, project F41/104-2011 (in cooperation with the Republic of Belarus)

2012-2013 – DKNII grant № M/319-2012 (in cooperation with Lithuania)

2012-2015 – NATO, “Science for Peace Program”, № 984398

2011 – Diploma of Chemical Department ofNAS of Ukraine on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine.

Scientific work

Author of 290 scientific publications, including one book, individual chapters in 3 books and 170 scientific articles, supervisor of 4 PhDs.

Selected publications

1. Yu.L. Zub, A.A. Chuiko. Salient features of synthesis and structure of functional polysiloxane xerogels // Colloidal Silica: Fundamentals and Applications / Eds. H. E. Bergna, W. O. Roberts. – CRC Press: Boca Raton. – 2006. – P.397–424.

2. Yu.L. Zub, A.A. Chuiko. Synthesis, structure and adsorption properties of functionalized polysiloxane materials // Combined and Hybrid Adsorbents: Fundamental and Applications (ARW NATO) / Eds. J.M. Loureiro, M. Kartel. – Springer-Verlag: Dordrecht. – 2006. – P.3–21.

3. Yu.L. Zub, I.V. Melnyk, N.V. Stolyarchuk, O.A. Dudarko, G.I. Dobrianska, O.V. Kuchma, E.I. Gona, R.P. Pogorily, A.V. Korobeynik, G.R. Yurchenko, A.K. Matkovsky, V.P. Goncharik, L.I. Kozhara. Synthesis of functionalized polysiloxane xerogels, the structure of the surface layer and sorption properties // Chemistry, Physics and Technology of the Surface. – 2006. - N11-12. - P.165-203 (in Russian).

4. I.V. Melnyk, O.A. Dudarko, N.V. Stolyarchuk, V.P. Goncharyk, L.I. Kozhara, Y.L. Zub. Polysiloxane xerogels with a bifunctional surface layer // Physics and chemistry of nanomaterials and supramolecular structures / Eds. A.P. Shpak, P.P. Gorbyk. - Kiev.: Naukova Dumka. - 2007. - V.2. - P.392-430 (in Russian).

5. Yu.L. Zub. Design of functionalized polysiloxane adsorbents and their environmental applications // Sol-Gel Methods for Materials Processing (ARW NATO) / Eds. P. Innocenzi, Yu.L. Zub, V.G. Kessler. – Springer: Dordrecht. – 2008. – P.1–29.

PhD in Chemistry Senior Researcher,  Senior Researcher of the Department of Chemisorption and Hybrid Materials   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-09 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I.V. Melnyk works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine since 2000.

Scientific interests

Sol-gel method, surface chemistry, hybrid materials, sorbents.

Background

1997 - graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of M. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, specialization "Chemistry and Biology"

1998-2001 – postgraduate student at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine

2003 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty "physics and chemistry of surfaces" (candidate dissertation "Synthesis and research of polyorganosiloxanes with bi- and trifunctional surface layer") (in Ukrainian)

2003 - three months training at the University of Parma (Italy) within the NATO SfP 978006

2016 - Senior Researcher, specialty "physics and chemistry of surface"

Awards and Grants

2002 - The stipend of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

2004 A scholarship by the DAAD (Germany, with 3 month internship) at Max -Planck-Institut Fur Kohlenforschung

2005-2006 - INTAS YSF Nr 04-83-2630 grant

2006 - The Diploma of the Kyiv mayor for Gifted Youth

2008-2009 - Project manager of Bilateral collaboration NAS of Ukraine – CNRS of France

2009-2010 - Project manager of research project F 29/379-2009 funded by Basic Research Foundation of Ukraine and Belarus

2010 - The diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for outstanding achievement of youth in the development of Ukraine

2011 – The diploma on the occasion of 25th anniversary founding of of Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine

2014-2016 - Project manager of Bilateral collaboration between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Slovak Academy of Sciences

2016-2018 - Scientific manager of the project N1298/03/01 funded by the Programme SASPRO 3rd call, co-funded by the European Commission under the scheme COFUND, which is part of the Marie Curie Actions under EU 7th FP, under Grant agreement No. REA 609427: SASPRO/Mobility Programme of Slovak Academy of Sciences: Supportive Fund for Excellent Scientists

2018-2019 - Head of the project of bilateral cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania

2019-2020 - Co-manager of the project "Multifunctional hybrid adsorbents for water purification" (funded by The Swedish Research Council)

Scientific work

Co-author of more than 70 articles, 5 chapters in monographs.

Selected publications

 1. I.V. Melnyk, M. Fatnassi, T. Cacciaguerra, Y.L. Zub, В. Alonso. Spray-dried porous silica microspheres functionalised by phosphonic acid groups // Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. – 2012. – V.152. – P.172–177.

2. I.V. Melnyk, V.P. Goncharyk, N.V. Stolyarchuk, L.I. Kozhara, А.S. Lunochkina, Yu.L. Zub, B. Alonso. Dy³⁺ sorption from water solutions by mesoporous silicas functionnalized by phosphonic acid groups // J. Porous Mat. – 2012. – V.19. – P.579-585.

3. I.V. Melnyk, Y.L. Zub. Preparation and characterisation of magnetic nanoparticles with bifunctional surface layer ≡Si(CH₂)₃NH₂/≡SiCH₃ (or ≡SiC₃H_7–n) // Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. – 2012. – V.154. – P.196-199.

4. I.V. Melnyk. Aminosilica nano- and submicrospheres: study of influence factors on morphology, structure and properties // Chem. J Moldova. – 2014. - 9(1). – Р.123-127.

5. G.A. Seisenbaeva, I.V. Melnyk, N. Hedin, Y. Chen, P. Eriksson, E. Trzop, Yu.L. Zub, V.G. Kesslerl. Molecular insight into the mode-of-action of phosphonate monolayers as active functions of hybrid metal oxide adsorbents. Case study in sequestration of rare earth elements // RSC Advances. – 2015. – V. 5. – P.24575–24585.

6. R.P. Pogorilyi, I.V. Melnyk, Y.L. Zub, G.A. Seisenbaeva, V.G. Kessler. Enzyme Immobilization on a nanoadsorbent for improved stability against heavy metal poisoning // Colloids Surf. B. – 2016. – V.144. – P.135-142.

7. I.V. Melnyk, K. Gdula, A. Dąbrowski, Y.L. Zub. Magneto-sensitive adsorbents modified by functional nitrogen-containing groups // Nanoscale Res. Lett. – 2016. – V.11 – P.61.

Junior Researcher of the Department of Surface Chemistry of Hybrid Materials     Telephone: +380 44 422-96-30 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

G.I. Nazarchuk works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine since 2003.

Scientific interests

Synthesis of organic-inorganic materials with sulfur-containing groups in the surface layer by sol-gel, template, and modified Shtober methods, to extract metals from aqueous solutions. Structural and adsorption studies, IR spectroscopy.

Background

1997 - graduated from Borislav Medical School, specialty “nursing”

2002 - graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry and Biology of Hnatyuk Ternopil Pedagogical University

2003-2006 - postgraduate student at the Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine.

Scientific work

Author of 22 scientific works (1 chapter in monograph).

Selected publications

1. G. I. Dobryanskaya, V. P. Goncharik, L. I. Kozhara, Yu. L. Zub, A. Dabrowski. Complex formation involving Hg²⁺ ions on the surface of the polysiloxane xerogels functionalized by 3-mercaptopropyl groups // Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry. – 2009. – V. 35, N 4. – P. 264-271.

2. G.I. Nazarchuk, I.V. Melnyk, L.I. Kozhara, V.P. Goncharik, Yu. L. Zub. Synthesis and properties of polysiloxane xerogels containing tetrasulfide groups // Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. – 2012. – V. 57, N11. – P. 1496-1501.

3. G.I. Nazarchuk, I.V. Melnyk, Yu.L. Zub, O.I. Mokridina, A.I. Vezentsev. Mesoporous silica containing ≡Si(CH₂)₃NHC(S)NHC₂H₅ functional groups in the surface layer // J. Colloid Interf. Sci. – 2013. – 389. – P.115–120.

Junior Researcher of the Department of Chemisorptiom and Hybrid Materials   Telephone: +38 (044) 4229630 Fax: +38 (044) 4243567 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

N.V. Stolyarchukworks at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine since 2001.

Scientific interests

Silsesquioxane functionalized materials: controlled synthesis, structure, properties and application in ecoanalytical chemistry and sorption technologies.

Background

2001 - graduated from the Natural Science Faculty of M. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University

2001-2004 – postgraduate student at the Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Scientific work

Scientific results were published in 60 scientific works, including 20 articles.

Selected publications

1. Yu.L. Zub, N.V. Stolyarchuk, M. Barczhak, A. Dabrowski. Surface heterogeneity of polysiloxane xerogels functionalized by 3-aminopropyl group // Appl. Surf. Sci. – 2010. – 256. – Р.5361–5364.

2. I.V. Melnyk, V.P. Goncharyk, N.V. Stolyarchuk, L.I. Kozhara, А.S. Lunochkina, Yu.L. Zub, B. Alonso. Dy³⁺ sorption from water solutions by mesoporous silicas functionnalized by phosphonic acid groups // J. Porous Mat. – 2012. – V.19. – P.579-585.

3. G.R. Yurchenko, A.K. Matkovskiy, N.V. Stolyarchuk, I.V. Melnyk, Yu.L. Zub. Adsorption properties of the bridging polysilsesquioxane xerogels functionalized with amino-, thiol and phosphonic groups // Physical Chemistry of Surfaces and Protection of Materials. – 2013. – V.49, N 4. – Р. 367-372.

4. Н.В. Столярчук, И.В. Мельник, Ю.Л. Зуб. Структура ксерогелей, содержащих в поверхностном слое 3-аминопропильные группы // Изв. вузов. Физика. - 2014. - Т. 57. - №7/2. -С. 161-166.

5. N.V. Stolyarchuk · M. Barczak · I.V. Melnyk, · Yu.L. Zub. Amine-Functionalized Nanospheres, Synthesized Using 1.2-Bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane // Nanophysics, Nanophotonics, Surface Studies, and Applications.- 2015. - P.415-425.

Junior Researcher of the Department of Surface Chemistry of Hybrid Materials   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-30 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

R.P. Pogorilyiworks at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry NAS of Ukraine since 2002.

Scientific interests

Synthesis and properties of hybrid organic-inorganic materials for the immobilization of enzymes of surfaces nano-dispersed nanocomposites.

Background

2001 - graduated from the natural faculty of M. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University

2002-2005 – postgraduate student at the Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

2013 – Scholarship at the University SLU of Uppsala (Sweden), in the frame of a joint project.

Scientific work

Author of 30 scientific works, including 15 scientific articles.

Selected publications

1. R.P. Pogorilyi, V.P. Honcharyk, I.V. Melnyk, Yu.L. Zub. Аpplication of sol-gel method for obtaining biosensitive polysiloxane matrix // Sol-gel methods for materials processing. P.Innocenzi, Yu. Zub, V.Kessler (eds.), Springer, XII. – 2008. – P.383–389.

2. 2 R.P. Pogorilyi, V.P. Honcharyk, Yu.L. Zub. Іmmobіlіzation of urease on polі(3-mercaptopropyl)siloxane carriers // Sb. Poverhnost. - 2011. - V. 3(18). - P.132–141. (in Ukrainian).

3. R.P. Pogorilyi, I.V. Melnyk, Y.L. Zub, G.A. Seisenbaeva, V.G. Kessler, M.M. Shcherbatyik, A. Košak, A. Lobnik. Urease adsorption and activity on magnetite nanoparticles functionalized with monofunctional and bifunctional surface layers // J. Sol Gel Sci. Technol. – 2013. – V.68, N3. - P. 447-454.

4. R.P. Pogorilyi, I.V. Melnyk, Y.L. Zub, G.A. Seisenbaeva, V.G. Kessler. Immobilization of urease on magnetic nanoparticles coated by polysiloxane layers bearing thiol- or thiol- and alkyl-functions // J. Mater. Chem. B. – 2014. – 2. – Р.2694-2702.

5. R.P. Pogorilyi, I.V. Melnyk, Y.L. Zub, S. Carlson, G. Daniel, P. Svedlindh, G.A. Seisenbaeva, V.G. Kessler. New product from old reaction: uniform magnetite nanoparticles from iron-mediated synthesis of alkali iodides and their protection from leaching in acidic media // RSC Advances. – 2014. – 4. – Р.22606-22612.