Professor Volodymyr M. Gun’ko

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Professor Volodymyr M. Gun’ko

 

CURRENT POSITION:

Head of Department of Amorphous and Structurally Ordered Oxides, Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry (CISC) of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

 

CURRENT POSITION:

Phone: +38044-4229627;

E-mails: gunko@iscgov.ua ; vlad_gunko@ukr.net 

 17 General Naumov Street, Kiev 03164, Ukraine

 

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION:

 

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • 1985–Present – Member of the Chemical Society of Ukraine
  • 2013–Present – Member of the Chemical Society of Poland
  • 2005–Present – Member of American Nano Society (USA)
  • 2010–2014 – Electronic member of The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2000–2015– Member of Expert Council at Institute of Physical Chemistry (Kiev)
  • 1997–Present – Member of Expert Council at Institute of Surface Chemistry (Kiev)
  • 1996–Present – Member of Editorial board of "Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface" (Kiev)
  • Present - Member of Editorial board of "Surface"(Kiev)
  • 2000–2015 – Member of Editorial board of Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry (Kiev) 
  • Present - Member of Editorial Advisory Boards of "Nanomaterials and the Environment"
  • Present - Member of Editorial Advisory Boards of  "The Journal of Colloid and Interface Science"

 

ELECTED AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

  •  2009 –Ukrainian Government Medal “For Contribution to Science” 

 

SELECTED TEACHING:

  • 2003 – 15 lectures for PhD students at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (MCSU, Lublin, Poland)
  • 1996 – Present Supervisor of PhD students at Institute of Surface Chemistry (Kiev)
  • 1995–2012– Consultant of PhD students at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Lublin, Poland)
  • Total number of supervised PhD thesis and courses: 9
  • Total number of consultations of PhD works at MCSU: 11

 

GRANTS:

  • Principal Investigator (PI) in two NATO CLGs (1999-2005): Nos. EST.CLG.976890 and PST.CLG 979895; with MCSU (Lublin, Poland), Military Institute of Chemistry and Radiometry (MICR) and Internal Security Agency (ISA) (Warsaw, Poland);
  • PI in the project performed according to contract with Sherwin-Williams Co (USA), (1994-1995);
  • Participant in the project NATO EST.CLG 979845 (2003-2005) (with University of Brighton, UK);
  • NATO grant for organization of NATO ARW on “Pure and Applied Surface Chemistry and Nanomaterials for Human Life and Environmental Protection”, Kyiv, Ukraine, 14-17 September 2005.
  • Grants of the Royal Society to visit the University of Brighton (UK, September-October, 2001, and August-October, 2003).
  • Participant of the grant obtained from the National Swiss Foundation (1996-1998);
  • Three STCU (Kiev) grants: (i) No 1946 (2003-2005), (ii) No 4481 (PI) (2008-2010), (iii) No 3832 (2008-2011).  NATO grant for expert visit (CBP.NUKR.EV 982348, Greece, Oct.-Nov. 2006).
  • PI (leader of the Ukrainian team, 35 participants from NASU) in FP7 IRSES project (PIRSES-GA-2008-230790, 2009-2013) with teams from MCSU, UB, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, Athens, Greece) and Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME, Hungary)
  • Participant of the FP7 IRSES project (NanoBioMat, IRSES grant no 612484).
  • Marie Curie Fellow (April 2010-April 2011) in the MONACO-EXTRA project FP7 IAPP (PIAP-GA-2008-218242).
  • Grants of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Ukrainian Government for research and development of nanomaterials and investigations in supramolecular chemistry (2004-2010), Hydrogen fuel (2008-2009).
  • Polish-Ukrainian grants (1996-1998, 2002-2004, 2005-2006).
  • Vice-Chairman of NATO ARW on “Pure and Applied Surface Chemistry and Nanomaterials for Human Life and Environmental Protection”, Kyiv, Ukraine, 14-17 September 2005.
  • Sci. Secretary of XIII International conferences on colloid chemistry (Kiev, 1994)
  • Speaker at International conferences (40 oral presentations) and about 200 poster presentations

 

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Total number of peer-reviewed publications: 515 since 1980
  • Total number of peer-reviewed publications, 2012-2016: 122 

 

Research monographs

  1. V.M. Gun’ko, V.V. Turov, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Interfacial Phenomena, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2013, 1040 pages. ISBN 9781466551688
  2. В.М. Гунько, В.В. Туров, П.П. Горбик, Водана межфазной границе, Наукова думка, Киев, 2009, 694 c. ISNB 978-966-00-1005-2
  3. В.В. Туров, В.М. Гунько, Кластеризованная вода и пути ее использования, Наукова думка, Киев, 2011, 313 с. ISNB 987-966-00-1116-8

 

Selected papers

 

  1. V.M. Gun’ko, V.V. Turov, T.V. Krupska, I.S. Protsak, M.V. Borysenko, E.M. Pakhlov, Polymethylsiloxane alone and in composition with nanosilica under various conditions, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 541 (2019) 213–225, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.01.102 (Impact Factor: 6.361)
  2. V.M. Gun’ko, V.V. Turov, I.S. Protsak, T.V. Krupska, E.M. Pakhlov, M.D. Tsapko, Effects of pre-adsorbed water on methane adsorption onto blends with hydrophobic and hydrophilic nanosilicas, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 570 (2019) 471–480, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.03.056, (IF = 3.131)
  3. V.M. Gun'ko, Theoretical analysis of adsorption of various compounds onto hydrophilic and hydrophobic silicas compared to activated carbons, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface 10(4) (2019) 340-354. doi: 10.15407/hftp10.04.340
  4. V.M. Gun'ko, Polymer composites with functionalized silica, In: T. Majka, K. Pielichowski (Eds.), Polymer Composites with Functionalized Nanoparticles. Synthesis, Interactions, Properties and Applications, Elsevier, 2019. — 501 p. — (Micro and Nano Technologies). — ISBN 978-0-12-814064-2. pp 119-148. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814064-2.00004-4
  5. V.M. Gun'ko, V.V. Turov, O.V. Goncharuk, E.M. Pakhlov, O.K. Matkovsky, Interfacial phenomena at a surface of individual and complex fumed nanooxides, Surface, 2019, 11 (26), 3-269. https://doi.org/10.15407/Surface.2019.11.003
  6. V.M. Gun’ko, V.V. Turov, I. Protsak, T.V. Krupska, E.M. Pakhlov, D. Zhang, Interfacial phenomena in composites with nanostructured succinic acid bound to hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanosilicas, Colloid and Interface Science Communications. 35 (2020) 100251 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colcom.2020.100251 (IF = 1.87)
  7. V.M. Gun’ko, Nano/meso/macroporous materials characterization affected by experimental conditions and features of the used methods, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface, 11(1) (2020) 5-24. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp11.01.005
  8. V.M. Gun’ko, Textural characteristics of composite adsorbents analyzed with density functional theory and self-consistent regularization procedure, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface 11(2) (2020) 163-174, https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp11.02.163
  9. V.M. Gun’ko, O.I. Oranska, V.V. Paientko, I.Ya. Sulym, Particulate morphology of nanostructured materials, Chem. Phys. Technol. Surf. 11(3) (2020) 368-378. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp11.03.368
  10. V.M. Gun’ko, Atomic charge distribution functions as a tool to analyze electronic structure of molecular and cluster systems, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 121(14) (2021) e26665, July 15, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.26665 (IF = 2.444).
  11. V.M. Gun’ko, Polymer adsorbents vs. functionalized oxides and carbons: particulate morphology and textural and surface characterization, Polymers 2021, Volume 13, Issue 8, 1249, 10.3390/polym13081249 (IF = 4.329).
  12. V.M. Gun’ko, Charge distribution functions for characterization of complex systems, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface. 2021. 12(1) 3-8. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp12.01.003
  13. V.M. Gun’ko, Effects of silica cluster size and charge state on integral characteristics, Chem. Phys. Technol. Surf. 2021. Т. 12. № 2. С. 81-89. doi: 10.15407/hftp12.02.081
  14. V.M. Gun’ko, Quantum-chemically computed integral characteristics of complex nanomaterials, Chem. Phys. Technol. Surf. 2021. Т. 12. № 3. С. 157-167. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp12.03.157
  15. V.M. Gun’ko, Morphological and textural features of various materials composed of porous or nonporous nanoparticles differently packed in secondary structures, Applied Surface Science 569 (2021) 151117 (1-8) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151117 (IF = 6.707)
  16. V.M. Gun'ko, Features of the morphology and texture of silica and carbon adsorbents, Surface, 2021, 13(28), 127-165
  17. V.M. Gun’ko, Confined space effects on various liquids interacting with fumed nanooxides and porous silicas, Chem. Phys. Technol. Surf., 2022. V. 13. N 1. P. 47-59. doi: 10.15407/hftp13.01.047
  18. V.M. Gun’ko, Textural characteristics and organization of composites with fumed silicas and high-molecular weight compounds, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface. 2022. V. 13. N 2. P. 127-149.
  19. V.M. Gun’ko, Phase and electronic structures of nanoparticles of fumed binary and ternary nanooxides with silica, alumina, and titania, Chem. Phys. 562 (2022) 111672 (IF = 2.552) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2022.111672
  20. V.M. Gun'ko, Features of BET method application to various adsorbents, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface, 2022, Т. 13. № 3. С. 249-258
  21. V.M. Gun’ko, Morphologic and textural effects of gelation and mechanochemical activation on dry or wetted simple and complex nanooxides, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface, 2022. V. 13. N 4. P. 361-382
  22. V.M. Gun'ko, J. Skubiszewska-Zięba, B. Charmas, Hybrid composites prepared by carbonization of acetylacetone and metal acetylacetonates on a surface of silica gel, Surface, 2022, 14(29), 159-175. https://doi.org/10.15407/Surface.2022.14.159
  23. V.M. Gun’ko, V.V. Turov, T.V. Krupska, M.V. Borysenko, Surroundings effects on the interfacial and temperature behaviors of NaOH/water bound to hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanosilicas, J. Colloid Interface Science, 634 (2023) 93–109  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.027 (IF = 9.965).
  24. Gun’ko V.M., Turov V.V. Particulate morphology and textural characteristics of nanosilica hydro-compacted at various wetting degree, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface, 2023. Т. 14. № 1. С. 3-18. doi: 10.15407/hftp14.01.003
  25. V.M. Gun'ko, B. Charmas, J. Skubiszewska–Zięba, Nanostructured composites with precipitated silica – Ni crystallites coated by char with carbonized starch, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface 2023, 14(2), 143-158. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp14.02.143
  26. V.M. Gun’ko, Yu.I. Sementsov, L.S. Andriyko, Yu.M. Nychyporuk, O.I. Oranska, O.K. Matkovsky, Yu.V. Grebel’na, B. Charmas, J. Skubiszewska–Zięba, M.T. Kartel, 2D-nanostructured carbons: effects of oxidation and packing disordering, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface. 2023. Т. 14. № 3. 275-299. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp14.03.275
  27. V.M. Gun’ko, V.V. Turov, Nanostructured systems based on polymethylsiloxane and nanosilicas with hydrophobic and hydrophilic functionalities, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 677 (2023) 132448 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.132448
  28. V.M. Gun’ko, O.K. Matkovsky, Adsorption of various compounds onto nanooxides initial and differently pretreated, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface, 2023, 14, 4, 474-494.
  29. Gun’ko V.M., Porosity and packing features of nano- and micro-particles of carbon and silica adsorbents, Surface, 2023, 15(30), 80-96.