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Iu.P. Mukha works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 2007.

Research interests

Anticancer and sensor nanomaterials based on mono- and bimetallic nanoparticles of silver and gold.

Background

2007 - graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, chemical department

2007-2010 – postgraduate student at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine

2013 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physics and chemistry of surface” (candidate dissertation “Interaction peculiarities of gold and silver nanoparticles with tryptophan and rhodamine 6G on the silica surface”) (in Ukrainian).

2018-2020 - Doctoral candidates at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine

Awards and Grants 

2010-2014 - Project “Nanoscale wide range antimicrobial materials and conjugated nanobiotechnological anticancer preparation with low toxicity”

2015-2016 - Grant of NAS of Ukraine for young scientist for scientific investigation “Photosensitive composites with picosecond optical response based on diarylethene derivatives and nanoparticles of silver and gold”

2016-2018 - Fellowship of the President of Ukraine

2018-2019 Grant of NAS of Ukraine for research laboratories/groups of young scientists for scientific investigation “Development of the magneto-plasmonic nanomaterials with photoacoustic response for the multimodal imaging and photothermal therapy”

2018-2019 - Fellowship of the President of Ukraine

Scientific work

63 scientific works including 24 papers and 2 patents.

Selected publications

1. Iu. Mukha, N. Vityuk, O. Severynovska, A. Eremenko and N. Smirnova. The pH-Dependent Structure and Properties of Au and Ag Nanoparticles Produced by Tryptophan Reduction // Nanoscale Res. Lett. – 2016. – V. 11. – P.101-107.Doi:10.1186/s11671-016-1318-8

2. I. Shmarakov, Iu. Mukha, N. Vityuk, V. Borschovetska, N. Zhyshchynska, G. Grodzyuk, A. Eremenko. Antitumor Activity of Alloy and Core-Shell-Type Bimetallic AgAu Nanoparticles // Nanoscale Res. Lett. – 2017. – 12:333. Doi:10.1186/s11671-017-2112-y

3. Iu. Mukha, N. Vityuk, G. Grodzyuk, S. Shcherbakov, A. Lyberopoulou, E.P. Efstathopoulos, M. Gazouli. Anticancer effect of Ag, Au, and Ag/Au bimetallic nanoparticles prepared in the presence of tryptophan // J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. – 2017. – V.17. – N.12. – P. 8987-8994. Doi:10.1166/jnn.2017.14106

4. H. Katifelis, A. Lyberopoulou, Iu. Mukha, N. Vityuk, G. Grodzyuk, G. E. Theodoropoulos, E. P. Efstathopoulos, M. Gazouli. Ag/Au bimetallic nanoparticles induce apoptosis in human cancer cell lines via P53, CASPASE-3 and BAX/BCL-2 pathways // Artif. Cells Nanomed. Biotechnol. – 2018. Doi:10.1080/21691401.2018.1495645