Head of Laboratory Borysenko Mykola V. PhD in Chemistry, Senior Researcher   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.

Laboratory staff is 7 co-workers including 6 PhDs. From 1986, the Laboratory researchers have published more than 300 scientific papers, obtained 20 patents for inventions, and 8 candidate dissertations were defended.

Directions of investigations

Chemical reactions of disperse silica with chlorides, oxochlorides, and acetylacetonates of transition and rear-earth metals; synthesis of oxide nanoparticles and layers of Zr, Ti, Cr, Ni, Co, Fe, Cu, Ce, Eu, Ho/Yb, Er/Yb and other metals on surfaces of silica matrices; phase and dimensional transformations of a deposited metal oxide phase on silica surface during the course of processes of synthesis, hydrolysis, and calcination; sol-gel method for producing doped silica glass and nanocomposites; spectral properties of glass and glass-ceramic systems doped with transition and rear-earth metals. X-ray diffraction studies of weakly crystalline metal oxides. Development of anticorrosive pigments and protective antimicrobial coatings resistant to biofouling based on highly dispersed modified silica, carbon materials and polymeric biocides.

Main results for the recent years

A method for the synthesis of preparative batches of nanocomposites of CuO/SiO₂ and CeO₂/SiO₂ composition using metal acetylacetonate precursors has been developed. The method allows to obtain nanoparticles of monoclinic modification of CuO, tenorite with a crystallite size of ~ 80 nm and their content in CuO/SiO₂ 2.1–6.1 wt. %, as well as X-ray amorphous and crystalline CeO₂ with a particle size of 3–25 nm. It was found that the threshold for determining the crystalline phase of CeO₂ by X-ray diffraction is 12–15% and does not depend on the method of nanocomposite synthesis (molecular layering or impregnation). In the concentration range of 12–23% CeO₂ and in the heat treatment of nanocomposites at 550°C, cerium dioxide nanoparticles of 3–4 nm are formed. An increase in temperature leads to sintering of silica and agglomeration of CeO₂, while nanoparticles are enlarged to 16–25 nm.

A new variant of sol-gel synthesis of xerogels and quartz glass doped with nanoparticles of transition metal oxides is proposed, which involves the introduction of metal-containing highly dispersed silica as fillers and dopants in alkoxide-formed sols. Such materials can be used as high-temperature light transducers, light filters, catalysts, adsorbents, etc. The sol-gel doped glass has a high optical homogeneity and contains ~ 0.3 wt. % of OH groups. Alloying additives to quartz glass – nanoparticles ZrO₂, CeO₂, Fe₂O₃, Eu₂O₃, Cr₂O₃ and CuO lead to an increase in refractive index compared to pure quartz glass.

Plastic lubricants with high mechanical stability and heat resistance (Patent of Ukraine № 99227) and new anticorrosive pigments for the protection of metals that do not contain hexavalent chromium (US Patent Application US20070088111 A1, US20130071682 A1) have been developed using oxides modified with  silica metals.

Laboratory staff

Borysenko Mykola V., PhD, Head of Laboratory,

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Cherniavska Tetiana V., PhD, Senior Researcher,

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Dyachenko Alla G., PhD, Senior Researcher,

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Galaburda Mariya V., PhD, Senior Researcher,

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GornikovYuri I., leading engineer,

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Oranska Olena I., PhD, Senior Researcher,

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Sulym Iryna Ya., PhD, Senior Researcher,

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Recent 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. O.S. Yakovenko, L.Yu. Matzui, L.L. Vovchenko, V.M. Bogatyrov, M.V. Galaburda, A.V. Bodnaruk, V.M. Kalita, O.A. Syvolozhskyi, V.V. Vilchinskyi. Electric properties of Ni-C and Co-C core–shell nanoparticles in polymer matrix // Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals – V. 718(1). – 2021/07/19 – P. 132–141.

3. M. Chodkowski, I.Ya. Sulym, K. Terpiłowski, D. Sternik. Surface properties of silica–MWCNTs/PDMS composite coatings deposited on plasma activated glass supports // Applied Sciences. – 2021. – V. 11. – 9256.

4. M. Nazarkovsky, B. Czech, A. Żmudka, V. Bogatyrov, O. Artiushenko, V. Zaitsev, T. Saint-Pierre, R. Rocha, J. Kai, Yu. Xing, W. Gonçalves, A. Veiga, M. Rocco, S. Safeer, M. Galaburda, V. Carozo, R. Aucélio, R. Caraballo-Vivas, O. Oranska, J. Dupont. Structural, optical and catalytic properties of ZnO-SiO₂ colored powders with the visible light-driven activity // J. Photochem. Photobiol., A.– 2021/12/1. – V. 421. – P. 113532.

5. M. Galaburda, V. Bogatyrov, D. Sternik, O. Oranska, M. Borysenko, I. Škorvánek, E. Skware, A. Deryło-Marczewska, V. Gun’ko. Magneto-sensitive carbon-inorganic composites based on particleboard and plywood wastes // Chemistry journal of Moldova. – 2021. V. 16(1) – P. 68–78.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. S. Rogalsky, J.-F. Bardeau, L. Lyoshina, O. Tarasyuk, O. Bulko, O. Dzhuzha, T. Cherniavska, V. Kremenitsky, L. Kobrina, S. Riabov. New promising antimicrobial material based on thermoplastic polyurethane modified with polymeric biocide polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride // Materials Chemistry and Physics. – 2021/7/15. – V. 267. – 124682.

9. 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.