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The president of Ukraine L. Kuchma, acting on XIX express session to General Assembly of United Nation in July, 1997, has noted presence on Ukraine of ecological crisis, which by the begining of the accident has served Chernobyl catastrophe. The technogenic pressure in territory of Ukraine in 6-7 times exceeds a level of the developed countries. Читать далее »

The following objectives are pointed towards solving a significant problem in the Ukraine and elsewhere: the remediation of water containing low-level radioactive wastes by the action of a new superadsorbent that is selective to cesium metal ions. Читать далее »

1. NON – NATO Partners
2. NATO Partners
3. NATO Consultant

Mark G. White,
Professor; School of Chemical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

DATE OF BIRTH: 01/15/1949; PLACE OF BIRTH: Galveston, Texas, USA

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

CURRENT FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, reaction kinetics, and reactor design with an emphasis on designing catalysts for the synthesis of new molecules or for the novel synthetic routes to existing molecules. Syntheses and investigation of new adsorbents for purification of some hydrocarbons.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS (out of 60)

1. Mitchell, Mark B., Viktor N. Sheinker, Mark G. White, «Adsorption and Reaction of Sulfur Dioxide on Alumina and Sodium Impregnated Alumina,»J. Physical Chemistry, 100, No. 18, pp. 7550-57, (1996).
2. Bertrand, J. A., D. A. Bruce, A. P. Wilkinson, P. E. Dai, R. H. Petty, and M. G. White, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, Ed. by Russel E. Malz, Jr., Marcel Dekker, Inc. (1996), p 435.
3. Bruce, D. A., A. P. Wilkinson, M. G. White, & J. A. Bertrand, «The synthesis and characterization of an aluminosphospate with chiral layers,trans-Co(dien)₂ Al₃P₄O₁₆3H₂O», J. of Solid State Chemistry, 125, 228-233 (1996).
4. Rao, S. N. R., E. Waddell, M. B. Mitchell, and Mark G. White, «Selective Sulfur Dioxide Adsorbents Prepared from Designed Dispersion of Group IA and IIA Metal Oxides on Alumina,» J. Catalysis 163, 176-185 (1996).
5. Choksi, H. N., J. A. Bertrand, & M. G. White, «A Copper/Silica Catalyst Prepared from a Monolayer Film of Copper 2,2′-Bipyridine Dimer on Cab-O-Sil: Catalytic Properties, J. Catalysis, 164, 484-489 (1996).
6. Van Der Voort, P., Mark B. Mitchell, Etienne F. Vansant, Mark G. White, «The uses of polynuclear metal complexes to develop designed dispersions of supported metal oxides part 1: synthesis and characterization», J. Interface Science, 5, 179-208 (1997).
7. Van Der Voort, P., Michael Baltes, Etienne F. Vansant, Mark G. White, «The uses of polynuclear metal complexes to develop designed dispersions of supported metal oxides part 2: catalytic properties», J. Interface Science,5, 209-216 (1997).
8. Bartlett, M. G., G. M. Haas, D. A. Bruce, S. M. Thomas, M. G. White, J. A. Bertrand, K. L. Busch, Characterization of supported and unsupported transition metal compounds by liquid, secondary ion mass spectrometry»,Anal. Chim. Acta, 346 (1997), 223-36.
9. P. Van Der Voort, M.G. White, M.B. Mitchell, A.A. Verberckmoes and E.F. Vansant, «The effect of water on the structure of supported vanadium oxide structures. A FT-RAMAN, in situ DRIFT and in situ UV-VIS Diffuse Reflectance study», Spectrochimica Acta Part A, Mol. and Biomol. Spectroscopy, 1997, 53(12), 2181-2187.
10. Mulvaney, Kathryne, M. Liu, and Mark White, «Composite semi-permeable membranes for solid-state NO_x sensors», Proceedings-Electrochemical Society, 96, (1997), 196-218.
11. Van Der Voort, P., Mark G. White, Etienne F. Vansant, «Thermal decomposition of VO(acac)₂ deposited on the surfaces of silica and alumina», Langmuir, 14, 106 (1998).
12. Van Der Voort, P., M. Mathieu, E. F. Vansant, S. N. R. Rao, and Mark G. White, «Molecular Dispersions of Metal Complexes within Microporous Solids: An Alternative Way to Prepare Supported MO_x Catalysts,» J. Porous Materials volume 5, numbers 3/4, pp. 305-16 (1998).
13. Rao, S. N. R. and Mark G. White, «The Reaction of Methanol in Cu/ZSM-5″,Catalysis of Organic Reactions, Ed. by Frank E. Herkes., Marcel Dekker, Inc. (1998), pp. 63-74 (1998).
14. Biz, S., and M. G. White, «Syntheses of Aluminosilicate Mesostructures with High Aluminum Content», J. Phys. Chem. B; 1999; 103(40); 8432-8442.
15. White, Mark G., «Book Review of Industrial Catalysis — Optimizing Catalysts and Processes», J. Catal. 184, No. 1, pp. 303-5 (1999).
16. Xu, Bo-Qing, D. S. Sood, L. T. Gelbaum, and M. G. White, «Toluene Carbonylation Catalyzed by Mixtures of water and Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid», J. Catal 186, 345-352 (1999).
17. Xu, Bo-Qing, D. S. Sood, A. V. Iretskii, and M. G. White, «Direct Synthesis of Dimethylbiphenyl by Toluene Coupling in the Presence of Palladium Triflate and Triflic Acid», J. Catal 187 No. 2, pp 358-66, (1999).
18. Shannonmarie D. George, Sheldon C. Sherman, Alexei V. Iretskii and Mark G. White, «Direct liquid-phase side-chain oxidation of alkylbenzenes over [Pd(phen)(OAc)₂] catalyst», Catal. Lett. Vol 65, No. 4, 181-183, (2000).
19. Iretskii, A. V., S. C. Sherman, and Mark G. White, «Novel coupling and isomerization reactions catalyzed by a protic superacid», Catalysis of Organic Reactions-Chapter 15, Ed. By M. Ford, p 181-192. Marcell-Dekker, Inc. (2000).
20. Iretskii, A. V., S. C. Sherman, M. G. White, J. C. Kenvin, and D. A. Schiraldi, «The Oxidative Coupling of Methyl Benzoate», J. Catal., Vol. 193,No. 1, Jul 2000, pp. 49-57
21. Sherman, S. C., A. V. Iretskii, M. G. White, and D. A. Schiraldi, «A New, Stereoselectivity Process for the Manufacture of Dimethylbiphenyl from Toluene», Chemical Innovation 30, No. 7, 25-30 (July, 2000).
22. Biz, S. and M. G. White, «Effect of Post-Synthesis Hydrothermal Treatments on the Adsorptive Volume of Surfactant-Templated Mesostructures»; Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 40 (2000), 159-71.
23. Sood, D. S., S. C. Sherman, A. V. Iretskii, J. C. Kenvin, D. A. Schiraldi, M. G. White, «Formylation of Toluene in Triflic Acid», J. Catalysis 199, 149 (2001).
24. Gole, James L. and Mark G. White, «The Surface Chemistry of Silica Nanospheres as Determined by FTIR and by the Results of a Probe Reaction: the Selective Conversion of Ethanol to Acetaldehyde Using Mono-atomically Dispersed Copper/Silica», in press J. of Catalysis.

GRADUATE ADVISORS

J. W. Hightower, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rice University.
K. C. Chao, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Yuriy L. Zub, 
Dr., Institute of Surface Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine

DATE OF BIRTH: 21/03/1947;PLACE OF BIRTH: : Vinnitsa, Ukraine

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

CURRENT FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Surface chemistry; Sol-Gel Technology; Inorganic Chemistry; Syntheses and Investigation of New Adsorbents for Ecology.

SCIENTIFIC STAYS

INTAS 94-4612 (Prof. R. V. Parish, UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom );
INTAS 96-0978 (Prof. J. Fraissard, UMPC, Paris, France );
Individual grants:
Prof. R. S. Drago, University of Florida, USA (CAST, 1996, 6 months );
Prof. H. W. Roesky, University of Gottingen, Germany (DAAD, 1998, 2 months; 2001, 2 months );
Prof. R. V. Parish, UMIST, United Kingdom (RS, 1999, 3 months );
Prof. G. Predieri, Universita di Parma, Italy (CNR-NATO, 2000/2001, 6 months ). 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS (out of 70)

• Yu.L. Zub, R.V. Parish, O.V. Stechenko, and A.A. Chuiko, Poly(3-aminopropyl)siloxane Adsorbents: Preparation and Properties, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 2001 ( in press ).
• Yu.L.Zub, H.W.Roesky, M.M.Malyar, A.A.Chuiko, M.Jaroniec, R.Murugavel,Synthesis of Polyferromethylsiloxane Sorbents Using a Sol-Gel Method,Solid State Chem., 3 (2001) 169-182.
• T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, B.K.Veisov,Yu.L.Zub, and R.V.Parish,Preparation of Polyaminosiloxane Matrices with Cobalt(II) and Iron(III)-Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Complexes Attached by Co-ordination, Russ. Coord. Chem., 27(2001) 1-8.
• Yu.L.Zub, I.V.Seredyuk, A.A.Chuiko, M.Jaroniec, R.V.Parish, M.O.Jones and S.Mann, Functionalized Polysiloxanes with High Specific Surface Area,Mendel. Commun., 2001 ( in press ).
• T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, Yu.L.Zub, Property of Cobalt Complex with Phthalocy- anine Incorporated into Polyorganosiloxane Matrices of Series Contented Amino, Ukr. Chem. J. , 2001 ( in press ).
• T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, B.K.Veisov, Yu.L.Zub, and R.V.Parish,Characterisation of Cobalt(II) Phthalocyanine Catalyst Incorporated into Polyaminosiloxane Matrices, J. Inorg. Organometal. Polymers, 9 (1999) 107 – 121.
• O.V.Stechenko, T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, Yu.L.Zub, and A.A.Chuiko.Study of Copper(II) Absorbtion by Some Polyaminosiloxanes from the Acetonitrile Solutions, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface, 3 (1998) (in press).
• K.Patrylak, I.Manza, and Yu.Zub. Search of Selective Catalyst of n-Hexane Dehydro- cyclization under Benzene, Reports of State Univ. «Lviv Politekhnika», Chem. and Technol. Subsances and Their Appl., No 342 (1998) 227 – 235.
• K.I.Patrylak, I.A.Manza, N.P.Urusova, Yu.L.Zub. On the Possibility of Linear Hexane to Benzene Direct Dehydrocyclization over Superacid Catalyst, PREPRINTS of the Petroleum Division of the American Chemical Society, 42, N 4 (1997) 773 – 776.
• T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, Yu,K,Zub, A.A.Chuiko. Study of Copper(II) Absorbtion by Poly(2-aminopropyl)siloxane from the Acetonitrile Solutions,Chemistry, Physics and Techn. of Surface, 2 (1997) 62 – 67.
• T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, and Yu.L.Zub. Carriers of Molecular Oxygen on the Basis of Metal Complexes Incorporated in Polyorganosiloxane Matrices, J. Inorg. Organometal. Polymers, 6 (1996) 43 – 49.
• Yu.L.Zub and R.V.Parish. Functionalized Polysiloxane Sorbents: Preparation, Structure, Properties and Use, in:» Adsorption on New and Modified Inorganic Sorbents» (Eds. A.Dabrowski and V.A.Tertykh), Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal.,Elsevier, Amsterdam, 99 (1996) 285 – 299.
• T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, K.A.Kolesnikova, Yu.L.Zub and R.Leboda,Coordination Compounds of Metals Incorporated in Polyorganosiloxane Matrices. XIII. Co(II) Complexes with Salen, Salophen and Molecular Oxygen, in:»Preparation of Catalysis VI» (Eds. G.Poncelet, J.Martens, B.Delmon, P.A.Jacobs and P.Grange), Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal.,Elsevier, Amsterdam, 91 (1995) 597 – 606.
• T.N.Yakubovich, Yu.L.Zub and V.V.Teslenko. EPR Investigation of Fe(III) Complex with Protoporphyrin IX in Polyorganosiloxane Matrices, Appl. Magn.Res., 6 (1994) 563 – 573.
• T.N.Yakubovich, Yu.L.Zub and R.Leboda. Coordination Compounds of Metals Incorporated into Polyorganosiloxane Matrices. Hemin., Coord. Chem. (Russ.), 20 (1994) 761 – 765.
• Yu.L.Zub, A.B.Pecheny, A.A.Chuiko,T.L.Stuchinskaya and N.N.Kundo.Metal Phthalo- cyanines Fixed onto Polyorganosiloxane Matrices as Oxidation Catalysts for HS Groups, Catal. Today, 17 (1993) 31 – 40.
• M.Ya.Gorokhovatskaya, V.A.Oleinik, Yu.L.Zub and A.A.Chuiko.,Highdispersed Silica Surface Modified with Aminoacetic Acid., Ukr. Chem. J., 59 (1993) 1264 – 1268.
• T.N.Yakubovich, Yu.L.Zub, A.A.Chuiko, Yu.I.Bratushko and G.P.Potapov.Incorporated of Hemin onto Highdispersed 3-Aminopropylsilica and Poly(3-Aminopropyl)siloxane Surfaces, Ukr. Chem. J., 59 (1993) 369 – 372.
• A.A.Chuiko, J.P.Beletskii and Yu.L.Zub. Electronic Structure of Polyelementsiloxane Matrices – An Important Class of catalytic Supports,Program and Preprints of Int. Symp. «Acid-Base Catalysis II», Sapporo, Japan, (1993) 170 – 173.
• Yu.L.Zub, T.N.Yakubovich, A.B.Petcheny,K.A.Kolesnikova. VI. Some Aspects of Oxidative Catalysis by Supported Metal Complexes, Catal. Today, 13 (1992) 691 – 694.
• Yu.L.Zub, T.N.Yakubovich and G.P.Potapov. Immobilized Hemin Catalyst in Oxidation Processes III. Oxidation of Cysteine, in: «New Developments in Selective Oxidation by Heterogeneous Catalysis» (Eds. P.Ruiz and B.Delmon), Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 72 (1992) 461 – 467.
• Yu.L.Zub, M.Ya.Gorokhovatskaya, A.A.Chuiko and A.M.Nesterenko.Polysiloxane Matrices with Functional Groups as a Basis of New Sorbents, Extended Abstr. of 4th Conf. on Fundam. of Adsorption, Kyoto, Japan, (1992) 461 – 463.

DATE OF BIRTH:28/08/1930; PLACE OF BIRTH: Stavropol, Russia

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

CURRENT FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface

SCIENTIFIC STAYS

1992 – Academician, Academy of Technological Science of Russian Federation
2001 – Academician, International Academy of Technological Science

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS (out of 450)

1. V.M.Ogenko, V.M.Rosenbaum, A.A.Chuiko, «Theory of Vibrations and Reorientations of Surface Atoms», Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 1991, 352 pp.
2. A.A.Chuiko,Yu.I.Gorlov,»Silica Surface Chemistry»,Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 1992, 248 pp.
3. Silica in Medicine and Biology (Ed. A.A.Chuiko), Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 1993, 259 pp.
4. Surface Chemistry of Silica (Ed. A.A.Chuiko), IPF, Kiev, 1 and 2 Vol., 2001, 1370 pp.

• Yu.L.Zub, H.W.Roesky, M.M.Malyar, A.A.Chuiko, M.Jaroniec, R.Murugavel,Synthesis of Polyferromethylsiloxane Sorbents Using a Sol-Gel Method,Solid State Chem., 3 (2001) 169-182.
• Yu.L.Zub, I.V.Seredyuk, A.A.Chuiko, M.Jaroniec, R.V.Parish, M.O.Jones and S.Mann, Functionalized Polysiloxanes with High Specific Surface Area,Mendel. Commun., 2001 ( in press ).
• M. Ignatovuch, A.Gomenyuk, V.Ogenko, O.Chuiko, Ground and Excited States of Vana- dium Incorporated into Inorganic Matrices, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 125 (1999) 261- 268.
• T.V.Chernyavskaya, V.V.Brei, A.A.Chuiko et al., Polymerization of Propylene Oxide on Anatase Surface, Polish J. Chem., 71 (1997) 955-961.
• T.N.Yakubovich, V.V.Teslenko, Yu,K,Zub, A.A.Chuiko. Study of Copper(II) Absorbtion by Poly(2-aminopropyl)siloxane from the Acetonitrile Solutions,Chemistry, Physics and Techn. of Surface, 2 (1997) 62 – 67.
• V.M.Cun’ko, E.F.Voronin, A.A.Chuiko et al., Modification of some Oxides by Organic and Organosilicon Compounds, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 11 (1997) 627 – 653.
• V.M.Cun’ko, V.V.Turov, A.A.Chuiko et al., Aqueous Suspensions of Fumed Silica and Adsorption of Proteins, J. Colloid Interf. Sci., 192 (1997) 166 – 178.
• V.M.Cun’ko, V.V.Turov, A.A.Chuiko et al., Active Site Nature of Pyrogenic Alumina/Silica and Water Bound to Surfaces, Langmuir, 132 (1997) 1529 – 1544.
• V.V.Turov, V.M.Cun’ko, A.A.Chuiko et. Al., Water Adsorption at Pyrogenic Silica Surfaces Modified by Phosphorous Compounds, Langmuir, 12 (1996) 3503-3510.
• A.A.Chuiko, G.Ya.Guba, V.A.Pokrovskii, M.I.Teretz, Organosiloxane and Monoethanolamine Transformation on Fumes Silica and Alumina-Silica Surfaces, Colloids and Surf, 106 (1996) 89-93.
• M. Ignatovuch, V.Ogenko, O.Chuiko, Spectral Study of the Donor-Acceptor Complexes of Aromatic Molecules Adsorbed on Zeolites, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 94 (1995) 614- 618.
• E.F.Voronin, E.M.Pakhlov, A.A.Chuiko, Chemisorption and Hydrolisis of TiCl4 on the Surface of Pyrogenic Silica, Colloids and Surf., 101 (1995) 123-128.
• V.M.Gun’ko, V.I.Zarko, V.V.Turov, E.F.Voronin, V.A.Tischenko, A.A.Chuiko, Dielectric Properties and Dynamic Simulation of water Bound to Titania/Silica Surface, Langmuir, 11 (1995) 2115-2120.
• N.N.Vlasova, N.K.Davidenko, V.I.Bogomaz, A.A.Chuiko, The Adsorption of Dipyridyl and Its Complex with Zinc(II) on Silica Surfaces, Colloids and Surf., 104 (1995) 53-56.
• V.V.Turov, V.A.Pokrovsky, A.A.Chuiko, Effect os Serum on the Temperature of Formation of Eutectics in Binary Solutions of Organic Compounds, Biophysics, 39 (1994) 1035-1039.
• V.M.Cun’ko, V.I.Bogillo, A.A.Chuiko et al., Electronic Structure and Reactivity of the Organosilicon Compounds at Interaction with Silica Surface, CAN-Models in Chemistry, 131 (1994) 561-570.
• Yu.L.Zub, A.B.Pecheny, A.A.Chuiko,T.L.Stuchinskaya and N.N.Kundo.Metal Phthalo- cyanines Fixed onto Polyorganosiloxane Matrices as Oxidation Catalysts for HS Groups, Catal. Today, 17 (1993) 31 – 40.
• M.Ya.Gorokhovatskaya, V.A.Oleinik, Yu.L.Zub and A.A.Chuiko.,Highdispersed Silica Surface Modified with Aminoacetic Acid., Ukr. Chem. J., 59 (1993) 1264 – 1268.
• T.N.Yakubovich, Yu.L.Zub, A.A.Chuiko, Yu.I.Bratushko and G.P.Potapov.Incorporated of Hemin onto Highdispersed 3-Aminopropylsilica and Poly(3-Aminopropyl) siloxane Surfaces, Ukr. Chem. J., 59 (1993) 369 – 372.
• A.A.Chuiko, J.P.Beletskii and Yu.L.Zub. Electronic Structure of Polyelementsiloxane Matrices – An Important Class of catalytic Supports,Program and Preprints of Int. Symp. «Acid-Base Catalysis II», Sapporo, Japan, (1993) 170 – 173.
• V.M.Mikolaichuk, J.Stoch, I.Babich, A.Isarov, Yu.Plyuto, A.Chuiko, XPS Study of the Supported CrO₃/SiO₂ System, Surf. Int. Anal., 20 (1993) 99-100.
• A.M.Eremenko, N.P.Smirnova, V.M.Ogenko, A.A.Chuiko, Luminescence of Organic Dyes in the Silica Matrices, Res. Chem. Intermediates, 19 (1993) 855-864.
• A.A.Chuiko, Problems of Silica Surface Chemistry, React. Kinet. Catal. Lett. 50 (1993) 1 – 13.
• V.N.Doroshenko, V.A.Pokrovskiy, I.R.Entinzon, A.A.Chuiko, Participation of Adsorbent Active Centres in Radiation-Chemical Polymerization of a-Oxides, React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 50 (1993) 311-317.
• A.A.Chuiko,V.N.Doroshenko, V.N.Kaurkovskaya, E.P.Lakubenko, L.N.Komar, Radiative-Termal Modification of Dispersed and Fibrous Adsorbents by Metal Compounds, React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 50 (1993) 319-325.
• Yu.L.Zub, M.Ya.Gorokhovatskaya, A.A.Chuiko and A.M.Nesterenko.Polysiloxane Matrices with Functional Groups as a Basis of New Sorbents,Extended Abstr. of 4th Conf. on Fundam. of Adsorption, Kyoto, Japan, (1992) 461 – 463.

Prof. GIOVANNI PREDIERI
Universita di Parma, Parma, Italy

IDENTITY

EDUCATION

Laurea in Chimica (november 1972, Universita’ di Parma)
Thesis: «Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and crystal structure determination of copper complexes of multidentate hydrazone ligands»

POSITIONS:

SCIENTIFIC STAYS

1981: Fellowship of C.N.R.S. (four months) at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination de l’Universite’ L. Pasteur de Strasbourg (Dr Pierre Braunstein).
1984: N.A.T.O. Grant (six months) spent in the same laboratory.
1989 and 1996: Fellowship of C.S.I.C. (two months) at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon (Zaragoza). 

AWARDS

(1) The «Arturo Miolati» prize (Bologna, 1988) awarded by the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society for results in Inorganic Chemistry.
(2) Winner of the IUCr Logo Design Contest (Vienna, 1988) for the design of the logo of the International Union of Crystallography (Acta Cryst., 1988, B44, 680). 

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sol-gel materials:
Synthesis and characterizations of new inorganic and inorganic-organic hybrid materials derived from the sol-gel process via silicon alkoxides. Anchoring metal complexes or organometal species to sol-gel platforms to be used as recoverable catalysts themselves or as precursors of heterogeneous or hybrid catalysts. Encapsulation of metal particles and mixed-metal oxides into silica xerogels. Study of composite materials obtained by interpenetrating organic polymers with optical characteristics into sol-gel silica matrices.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (1995-2000; out of 56)

• P. Braunstein, D. Cauzzi, G. Predieri, A. Tiripicchio, Composition-tunable metal-alkyl xerogels as precursors for homogeneously dispersed metals in amorphous silica matrix, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 229.
• D. Cauzzi, M. Lanfranchi, G. Marzolini, G. Predieri, A. Tiripicchio, M. Costa, R. Zanoni, Anchoring, rhodium(I) on benzoylthiourea-functionalized silica xerogels. Production of recyclable hydroformylation catalysts and the crystal structure of the model compound [Rh(cod)(Hbztu)Cl], J. Organomet. Chem., 1995, 488, 115.
• D. Cauzzi, G. Marzolini, G. Predieri, A. Tiripicchio, M. Costa, G. Salviati, A. Armigliato, L. Basini, R. Zanoni, Sulfur ligand-stabilized palladium aggregates produced on the surface of benzoylthiourea-functionalized silica xerogels, J. Mater. Chem., 1995, 5, 1375.
• D. Cauzzi, M. Costa, L. Gonsalvi, M. A. Pellinghelli, G. Predieri, A. Tiripicchio, R. Zanoni, Anchoring rhodium(I) on thiourea-functionalized silica xerogels and silsesquioxanes. Part II. Matrix effects on the selectivity in the hydroformylation of styrene, J. Organomet. Chem., 1997, 541, 377.
• F. Cavatorta, D. A. Cauzzi, G. Predieri, SANS experiments in organically modified silica xerogels, Physica B, 1997, 234-236, 396.
• D. Cauzzi, M. Deltratti, M. Devillers, G. Predieri, O. Tirions, A. Tiripicchio, Silica-supported bismuth molybdate catalysts obtained by the sol-gel process via silicon alkoxides, in B. Delmon et al Eds., Preparation of Catalysts VII, (Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 118), Elsevier, Amsterdam (NL), 1998, p. 699.
• M. Careri, C. Graiff, A. Mangia, P. Manini, G. Predieri, Novel approach to separation and identification of organometallic compounds in complex mixtures by means of particle beam liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry: the case of diphosphine-substituted selenido iron and ruthenium clusters, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectr., 1998, 12, 225.
• C. Canevali, F. Morazzoni, R. Scotti, D. Cauzzi, P. Moggi, G. Predieri, Electron paramagnetic resonance characterization of silica-dispersed copper molybdate obtained by sol-gel and impregnation methods, J. Mater. Chem., 1999, 9, 507.
• P. Moggi, G. Predieri, F. Di Silvestri, A. Ferretti, Ru/SiO₂ catalysts prepared by the sol-gel method from Ru₃ (CO)₁₂ , Appl. Catal. A, 1999, 182, 257.
• D. Cauzzi, M. Deltratti, G. Predieri, A. Tiripicchio, A. Kaddouri, C. Mazzocchia, E. Tempesti, A. Armigliato, C. Vignali, Synthesis of MMoO₄/SiO₂ catalysts (M = Ni or Co) by a sol-gel route via silicon alkoxides. Stabilization of x-NiMoO₄ at room temperature, Appl. Catal. A, 1999, 182, 125.
• F. Barbieri, D. Cauzzi, F. De Smet, M. Devillers, P. Moggi, G. Predieri, P. Ruiz, Mixed oxide catalysts involving V, Nb and Si obtained by a non-hydrolytic sol-gel route, Catal. Today, 2000, 61, 353.

DATE OF BIRTH: 04/14/1946; PLACE OF BIRTH: Riga, Latv. SSR, USSR

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

CURRENT FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Chemistry and technology of the Surface of Solids, nanotechnology, chemical reactions on the Surface of Solids. Modification of the surface of different materials (adsorbents, catalysts, fillers, polymers, glass, ceramic etc.) and investigation of their properties. A chemical reactors for designing of the Surface of Solids by the Molecular Layering Method (Atomic Layer Deposition).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS (out of 28 papers, 2 Patents, 69 thesis of reports).

• Malygin A.A., Malkov A.A., Dubrovenskii S.D. The chemical basis of surface modification technology of silica and method. In Book: Adsorption on New and Modified Inorganic Sorbents. Ed. by A. Dabrowski and V.A. Tertykh. In serie «Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis» – Amsterdam, Netherlands:Elsevier, 1996. – V. 99. – P. 213 – 237.
• Malygin A.A. The molecular layering method as a basis of chemical nanotechnology. In Book Natural Microporous Materials in Environmental Technology. :Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999. P 487 – 495.

• A.A. Malygin. The Molecular layering technology and some of it applications. Zh. Prikl. Khim. (russian ed.). Vol. 69, ? 10, 1996, p. 1585 – 1593.
• A.A. Malkov, E.A. Sosnov, O.V. Osipenkova, A.A. Malygin. Synthesis and transformation of Ti-containing structures on the surface of Silica gel. Applied Surface Science. – 1997. – V.108, ?1. – P. 133 – 139.
• Malkov A.A., Kaplan F.S., Malygin A.A.Investigation of hemisorption of TiCl4 on bemite and produts of it termical transformation. J. Obschey himii (russian ed.). – 1997 – V. 67, ? 2. -P. P. 202 – 207.
• Trisvetov A.A., Ishutina J.N., Gusarov V.V., Malkov A.A., Malygin A.A. Joint influence of components on realization of solid chemical reaction in system Al₂O₃ - SiO₂ - TiO₂ . J. Obschey himii (russian ed.). – 1997 – V. 67, ? 11. – P. P. 1795 – 1798.
• N.V. Dolgushev, A.A. Malkov, S.A. Suvorov, A.A. Malygin, A.V. Schukarev, A.V. Beljaev, V.A. Bykov. Synthesis and characterization of nanosized titanium oxide films on the (0001) a-Al₂O₃ surface. Thin Solid Films. – 1997. – V. 293. – P. 91 – 95.
• V.V. Gusarov, Zs.N. Ishutina, A.A. Malkov, A.A. Malygin. Special solid chemical reactions in product of mullit in nanosized layer composition. Dokladi RAN (russian ed.). Vol. 357, N 2. 1997, P. P. 203 – 205.
• S.A. Trifonov, A.A. Malygin. Thermal decomposition of phenoloformaldehyde micro-spheres with phosphorus oxide additions on the surface. Plasticheskie massi (russian ed.). ? 5, 1997, P. P. 37 – 39.
• A.A. Malygin. Modification of a filler’s surface by the molecular layering method. Composite Interfaces. – 1998.- V. 5, N 6. – P. 561 – 569.
• Gusarov V.V., Malkov A.A., Ishutina J.N., Malygin A.A. Faze transformation in silica oxide nanosized layer on the surface silica oxide. Pisma v J. T. F. (russian ed.) – 1998. – V. 24, N 1. – P. P. 3 – 8.
• Leboda R., Gun’ko V.M., Marciniak M., Malygin A.A., Malkov A.A etc. Structure of Chemical Vapor Deposition Titania/Silica Gel. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. – 1999. – Vol. 218. – P.P. 23 – 39.
• Evdokimov A.V., Dubrovenskii S.D., Malygin A.A. Local chemical transformations in product process of vanadium-titanium-oxochloride heterostructuer on the surface of silica gel. J. Obschey himii (russian ed.). – 1999. – V. 69, N 4. – P. P. 545 – 550.
• Leboda R., Turov V.V., Marcyniak, Malkov A.A., Malygin A.A. Characteristics of hydration layer structure in a porous titania-silica obtained by CVD method. Langmuir, 1999 V. 15. – P. P. 8441 – 8446.
• Dubrovenskii S.D., Schukarev A.V., Malygin A.A. Recovery of profile of concentration of element in surface’s layer by data of ESCA with angle accuracy. Poverhnost (russian ed.). – 1999. – N 8. – PO. P. 10 – 15.
• Gun’ko V.M., Leboda R., Marciniak M., Grzegorczyk W., Malygin A.A., Malkov A.A. CVD-Titania/Silica Gel Carbonized Due to Pyrolysis of Cyclohexene. Langmuir. – 2000. – Vol. 16. – P. 3227 – 3243.
• Tryfonov S.A., Malkov A.A., Malygin A.A Influence of chemical composition of surface of fillers on properties of polymer composite materials. Zh. Prikl. Khim. (russian ed.). – 2000. – V. 73, N 4. – P. P. 659 – 664.
• Leboda R., Marciniak M., Gun’ko V.M., Grzegorczyk W., Malygin A.A., Malkov A.A. Structure of carbonized mesoporous silica gel CVD – titania. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. – 2000. – Vol. 167. – P. P. 275 – 286.
• Sosnov E.A., Malkov A.A., Malygin A.A. Influence of chemical-technology regimes on composition of products in interaction of TiCl₄ with surface of silica gel. Zh. Prikl. Khim. (russian ed.). – 2000. – V. 73, ?. 7.- P. P. 1074 – 1080.

Prof. R.V.PARISH
UMIST, U.K.

Dick Parish began his career in inorganic chemistry with a PhD with R.S. Nyholm (University College London), followed by a post-doc with F.A. Cotton (then at M.I.T.). He returned to the UK for a short period in the nuclear industry and a further post-doc with N.N. Greenwood (Newcastle upon Tyne), before joining UMIST in 1965. There he worked his way from Lecturer to full Professor, achieving en route the rare distinction of two DSc degrees (London, 1979, and Manchester, 1988). His early interest in the co-ordination chemistry of transition metals expanded into studies of homogeneous and supported catalysts for the hydrogenation and hydrosilylation of unsaturated organics, and this led in turn to the design and preparation of ligand-functionalised polysiloxanes as catalyst supports. In parallel, a developing interest in the chemistry of gold led into medicinal applications in rheumatoid arthritis and the synthesis of possible anti-tumour compounds. These latter projects arose from an extensive programme of work in the application of Mossbauer spectroscopy to co-ordination chemistry, developing and extending methods for establishing the molecular structures of compounds of tin and antimony. The same technique was found to be very powerful for gold compounds, where the oxidation state and co-ordination number of the metal and the nature of the ligands could be deduced from a single spectrum. Professor Parish’s research publications include some 200 reviews and papers and his strong interest in teaching is demonstrated in his two textbooks.

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Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical Engineering, established in 1901, was among the first chemical engineering programs in USA. It has remained a leader. Its undergraduate program is one of the largest in the USA. Ranking from its peers continually place the graduate program among the best in the USA, according to U.S. News and World Report, and School is among the top producers of MS and PhD degree in the USA.

Prof. M. G. White is Director of Focused Research Program in Surface Science and Catalysis. This Program has a complete testing laboratory available for team use to characterize for chemical reactivity small amounts of substances (1-10g). Included in this space are four separate laboratory rooms (total area = 2500 ft²) which have three, batch, stirred autoclave reactors (two by Parr Instruments and one by Autoclave Engineers) and five other batch, stirred autoclaves that may be used to synthesize zeolites. Two tubular flow reactors are available for reactions up to 400 psig and 500 C. The analytical facilities servicing these reactors are three gas chromatographs. One is a Hewlett Packard 5982 Series-II plus device attached to a MS (model 5792). This device is equipped to conduct auto-sampling of liquid samples (up to 100 at a time), and for auto-sampling of gas samples from a flowing reactor effluent. The gas phase reactors may be set up to conduct catalyst life studies for period of time up to a week. During this time effluent may be sampled at intervals as short as 30 minutes. A second GC, Gow-Mac Series 600, is equipped with a thermal conductivity detector and can be used as a micro-catalytic reactor for screening catalyst. A third GC, Gow-Mac is dedicated for use with TPR and TPD. We have a high-pressure liquid chromatograph (HPLC, Buck Scientific, BLC-20) and an IR Spectrometer (Buck Scientific, Model 500) . Two other instruments are used for characterizing thin films on metal substances: quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR, Texas Instruments) spectrometer. Shlenk-line technology is available to synthesize air/water sensitive compounds. Using this equipment, the team has successfully completed syntheses that demand a high degree of controlled atmospheres. Also, team is equipped to synthesize zeolites for use as catalysts or adsorbents. Moreover, the team can prepare metal/zeolites by ion exchange or impregnation techniques using aqueous or non-aqueous solvents.

Available on campus for team use is a Micromeritics Autosorb N2 adsorption analyzer. With this device team may determine surface area and pore size distributions. A thermal gravimetric device is also available for team use to describe acid site density by selective chemisorption of an appropriate base such as iso-propyl amine. X-Ray diffraction equipment is available to confirm the structure and phases of the solids as well as NMR facilities for liquid and solid state analyses (Bruker DRX 500). Should the team require infrared (Nicolet 750 MAGNA) and Raman (Nicolet 950) analyses of solids, a facility is available for team use at the Clark Atlanta University, Department of Chemistry. Also available on campus are an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) and electron paramagnetic resonance instrument (EPR).

The presence of university teaching in the town of Parma is historically documented from the IX century. It is in 1816 that Napoleon’s wife, Marie-Louise Hapsburg, founded the Faculty of Pharmacy, the first official presence of chemistry studies. The Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry was born in 1993 from the fusion of the oldest Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry and the younger Institute of Physical Chemistry and Institute of Structures. The department is part of the Faculty of Sciences together with the Dept. of Organic and Industrial Chemistry. Both are situated in the same building with several common facilities. The laboratory of Prof. Predieri group (http://www.chim.unipr.it/predieri.html) is equipped with vacuum lines and reaction glassware for organometallic synthesis. Small autoclaves, from 50 mL to 1 L, are used for batch catalytic reactions under pressure. The group has research experience in sol-gel preparation of inorganic-organic hybrid materials able to support metal complexes, to be used as catalysts. Also silica-encapsulated metal particles and mixed-metal oxides obtained by non-hydrolytic sol-gel processes have been studied. Moreover, another important topic of our scientific work is the synthesis and characterization of organometallic compounds with new molecular architectures (mainly in the field of selenido-carbonyl transition metal clusters).

The instrumentation at our disposal (to be used directly in our building by members of our group) are: UV spectrophotometer; two Nicolet FT-IR spectrometers, one equipped with diffuse reflectance and high pressure and temperature environmental chamber, the other equipped with FAR-IR and Continuum Microscope; a Micromeritics apparatus for surface area and gas adsorption measurements. Other instruments, which are routinely used by our group, are: Bruker NMR instruments (two 300 MHz for proton and carbon nuclei, a 400 MHz for multinuclear measurements); a JEOL SEM microscope equipped with EDX microanalysis; a Nanoscope AFM microscope. Common services are: CHNS-O elemental analysis, mass spectroscopy, and X-Ray single crystal and powder diffraction. For advanced structural studies (SANS) access at the European Neutron Sources is possible through collaborators at the department of Physics of our Faculty and collaborators at the CNR in Rome can do XPS measurements.