Head of Laboratory Kulyk Tetiana V. Doctor of Sciences (Chemistry), Professor   Telephone: + 380 44 422-96-76 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.

The Laboratory was founded in April 2014 on the basis of group of desorption mass spectrometry of biomolecules and biopolymers. Laboratory staff is 9 co-workers including 1 DScs and 5 PhDs. The Laboratory researchers have published more than 150 original papers, 1 DSc and 3 PhDs theses were defended.

Research directions

• Identifying an opportunities of application of temperature desorption mass spectrometry (TPD MS) to solve a problems of surface chemistry and catalysis.

• Investigating a processes of heterogeneous catalytic pyrolysis of renewable biomass components for a development of green technologies of synthesis of oleochemicals and biofuel.

• Search of structure-reactivity correlations on a surface of dispersed oxides.

• Adsorption and determination of a structure of an adsorption layer of biologically active compounds and biopolymers on a surface of nanosized materials.

• Development of biocompatible composites based on silica, polysaccharides and bioactive molecules (anesthetics, hemostatics, antiseptics, etc.) as potential systems of prolonged or transdermal release of drugs.

Main results

Regularities and characteristics of the kinetics of thermal transformations of a wide range of organic molecules (aliphatic carboxylic acids, aliphatic amines, phenolic acids, anesthetics) and biomolecules (coumarins, flavonoids, muramildipeptides, carbohydrates, polysaccharides) have been determined in a solid state and on a surface. The analytical software and instrument base for TPD MS investigations in the laboratory currently have no analogues in Ukraine.

Methodological approach for obtaining the correlations of structure - reactivity of organic molecules on the surface of fine materials and catalysts has been developed using the TPD MS data. The kinetic parameters have been calculated, the reaction parameter has been defined, the mechanisms of reactions of ketenes and alkenes from chemisorbed complexes of carboxylic acids and aliphatic amines on silica surface have been proposed.

Thermolysis stages have been identified, kinetic parameters have been calculated and scheme of thermal transformations of aglycone, peptide fragment and carbohydrate residue of O-glycoside muramyl dipeptide have been proposed.

It is the first time, using TPD MS data of polysaccharides for medical assignment, the method for determining the part of the polymer segments directly linked with surface, known as the parameter p, has been developed. This parameter is the main physico-chemical characteristics of the polymer adsorption. The informational content of pressure of volatile products - pyrolysis temperature curves (P/t) has been shown to control the quality and purity of biopolymers. It is the first time the method of determining the degree of deacetylation of chitin and chitosan using TPD MS data has been proposed. It has practical implication for their standardization.

The investigations in the laboratory are conducted in collaboration with scientists of the Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, universities (Ukraine, Hungary, Korea, Sweden), within the international grants “Pyrolysis with the use of nanocatalysts Me_xO_y/SiO₂ ‑ the way to get second-generation biofuels via processing of fatty acids, triglycerides and renewable plant biomass” (CRDF Global, USA), "Mass-selected Ion Deposition and Surface Characterization Techniques for Evaluation of Nanocatalytic Conversion of Biomass Components in Biofuels Production” (EMSL, USA), “Development of green nanotechnologies for catalytic pyrolysis of biomass” (Sweden), “Nanocatalyst-assisted pyrolysis for conversion of lignocellulose waste residues into sustainable biofuels using microwave treatment” (CRDF Global, USA), “Next generation solid acid fuel cells and electrolyzers for a sustainable energy future” (P 707, STCU, Germany).

Laboratory staff

Kulyk Tetyana V., DScs, Head of Lab, tel.: + 38 (044) 422 96 76,

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Azizova Liana R., PhD, Junior Researcher, tel.: + 38 (044) 422 96 76

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Halysh Vita V., PhD, Research Associate, tel.: + 38 (044) 422 96 76,

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Nastasiienko Nataliia S., Senior Researcher, tel.: + 38 (044) 422 96 76,

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Nastasiienko Andrii I., leading engineer, tel.: + 38 (044) 422 96 76

Nikolaychuk Alina A., Research Associate, tel.:+380-44 4229682;

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Palyanitsa Boris B., Research Associate, tel.: + 38 (044) 422 96 76,

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Terets Mariya I., PhD, Research Associater,

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Trophymenko Svitlana I., Junior Researcher, tel.: + 38 (044) 422-96-44;

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Recent publications

1. T. Kulik, N. Nastasiienko, B. Palianytsia, M. Ilchenko, M. Larsson. Catalytic pyrolysis of lignin model compound (ferulic acid) over alumina: surface complexes, kinetics, and mechanisms // Catalysts. 2021. –V. 11(12). – N.1508 – P. 1-24.

2. N. Nastasiienko, T. Kulik, B. Palianytsia, J. Laskin, T. Cherniavska, M. Kartel, M. Larsson. Catalytic pyrolysis of lignin model compounds (pyrocatechol, guaiacol, vanillic and ferulic acids) over nanoceria catalyst for biomass conversion // Applied Sciences 2021. – V. 11. – N.7205 – P. 1-23.

3. L.R. Azizova, T.V. Kulik, B.B. Palianytsia, G.M. Telbiz, M.T. Kartel. Secondary structure of muramyl dipeptide glycoside in pristine state and immobilized on nanosilica surface // Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 2021. – V. 631. - N.127724 – P. 1- 8.

4. N. Nastasiienko, T. Kulik, B. Palianytsia, M. Larsson, T. Cherniavska, M. Kartel. Decarboxylation of p-coumaric acid during pyrolysis on the nanoceria surface // Colloids and Interfaces. - 2021. - V. 5. – P. 1-11.

5. T. Kulik, B. Palianytsia, M. Larsson. Catalytic pyrolysis of aliphatic carboxylic acids into symmetric ketones over ceria-based catalysts: kinetics, isotope effect and mechanism // Catalysts. 2020. – V. 10. – N.179. – P. 1-21. This article belongs to the section “Biomass Catalysis” and to the Special Issue “Catalysis for the Production of Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals”. Open access.

6. N. Nastasiienko, B. Palianytsia, M. Kartel, M. Larsson, T. Kulik. Thermal transformation of caffeic acid on the nanoceria surface studied by temperature programmed desorption mass-spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis and FT–IR spectroscopy // Colloids and Interfaces. - 2019. – V. 3(1). – N.34. – P.1-14. Open access.

7. K. Kulyk, L. Azizova, J.M. Cunningham, L. Mikhalovska, M. Borysenko, and S. Mikhalovsky. Nanosized copper (ii) oxide/silica for catalytic generation of nitric oxide from S-nitrosothiols // J. Mater. Chem. B. – 2020. – V. 8(19). - P. 4267-4277.

8. S. Yefremova, A. Zharmenov, Y. Sukharnikov, L. Bunchuk, A. Kablanbekov, K. Anarbekov, T. Kulik, A. Nikolaichuk, B. Palianytsia. Rice husk hydrolytic lignin transformation in carbonization process // Molecules. 2019. – V. 24(17). N.3075 – P. 1-18. Open access

9. V. Halysh, O. Sevastyanova, D.M. de Carvalho, A.V. Riazanova, M.E. Lindström, M. Gomelya. Effect of oxidative treatment on composition and properties of sorbents prepared from sugarcane residues // Ind. Crop. Prod. 2019. – V. 139. N.111566.

10. V. Halysh, O. Sevastyanova, S. Pikus, G. Dobele, B. Pasalskiy, V.M. Gun’ko, M. Kartel. Sugarcane bagasse and straw as low-cost lignocellulosic sorbents for the removal of dyes and metal ions from water // Cellulose. – 2020. – V. 27(14). - P.8181-8197.

11. K. Kulyk, B. Palianytsia, J.D. Alexander, L. Azizova, M. Borysenko, M. Kartel, M. Larsson, T. Kulik. Kinetics of valeric acid ketonization and ketenization in catalytic pyrolysis on nanosized SiO₂, γ-Al₂O₃, CeO₂/SiO₂, Al₂O₃/SiO₂ and TiO₂/SiO₂ // ChemPhysChem. - 2017. – V.18. - P.1943-1955.

12. T.V. Kulik, N.O. Lipkovska, V.M. Barvinchenko, B.B. Palyanytsya, O.A. Kazakova, O.O. Dudik, A. Menyhárd, K. László. Thermal transformation of bioactive caffeic acid on fumed silica seen by UV-Vis spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, temperature programmed desorption mass spectrometry and quantum chemical methods // J. Colloid Interface Sci. - 2016. – V. 470. – P.132–141.

13. K. Kulyk, H. Zettergren, M. Gatchell, J.D. Alexander, M. Borysenko, B. Palianytsia, M. Larsson, T. Kulik. Dimethylsilanone generation from pyrolysis of polysiloxanes filled with nanosized silica and ceria/silica // ChemPlusChem. - 2016. – V. 81. –P. 1003 1013.

14. K. Kulyk, M. Borysenko, T. Kulik, L. Mikhalovska, J.D. Alexander, B. Palyanytsya. Chemisorption and thermally induced transformations of polydimethylsiloxane on the surface of nanoscale silica and ceria/silica // Polym. Degrad. Stab. - 2015. – V. 120. – P. 203-211.

15. L.R. Azizova, T.V. Kulik, B.B. Palyanytsya, A.E. Zemlyakov, V.N. Tsikalova, V.Ya. Chirva. Investigation of chemical transformations of thiophenylglycoside of muramyl dipeptide on the fumed silica surface using TPD-MS, FTIR spectroscopy and ES IT MS // Nanoscale Res. Lett. – 2014. – V. 9(1). – P.234–243.

16. T.V. Podust, T.V. Kulik, B.B. Palyanytsya, V.M. Gun'ko, A. Toth, L. Mikhalovska, A. Menyhard, K. Laszlo. Chitosan-nanosilicas hybrid materials: preparation and properties // Appl. Surf. Sci. – 2014. – V. 320. – P. 563–569.

17. T.V. Kulik. Use of TPD-MS and linear free energy relationships for assessing the reactivity of aliphatic carboxylic acids on a silica surface // J. Phys. Chem. C. – 2012. – V. 116. – P.570–580.

18. Т.В. Кулик. Гібридні декстран-кремнеземні матеріали: отримання, адсорбція, термічні перетворення та структура адсорбційного шару // Полімерний журнал. – 2018. - V. 40, N3. – P. 166-178.

19. B. Palianytsia, T. Kulik, O. Dudik, T. Cherniavska, and O. Tonkha. Study of the thermal decomposition of some components of biomass by desorption mass spectrometry // In International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM2013) Springer, Cham. - 2014. - P. 19-25.

20. Т.В. Кулик, Т.В. Подуст, Б.Б. Паляниця. Супрамолекулярні комплекси йод–хітозан у розчині та на поверхні кремнезему // Полімерний журнал. – 2017. - V. 39, № 4. – P.241-247.

21. Т.В. Кулик, Т.В. Подуст, Б.Б. Паляниця, Л.Р. Азізова, М.І.Терець, В.М. Барвінченко, Л.І. Михаловська. Вплив модифікування поверхні кремнезему полісахаридами на його сорбційну здатність по відношенню до рутозиду венорутону // Поверхня. - 2015. - V.7, № 22. – P. 147-160.