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.