Research in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences

Research and development in chemistry promoted by TPU scientists are applied in all industries. TPU chemists not only develop new substances and materials for microelectronics, oil and gas production, metallurgy, construction, medicine, but also equipment for chemical, petrochemical and other industries.

Research areas:

• Organic and polymer chemistry (methods of green chemistry, flow-chemistry, metal-organic chemistry, biodegradable polymers).

• Catalytic chemistry (photo catalysis, plasma-initiated reactions, polymerization catalysts).

• Pharmaceutical, biochemical and pharmacological research (development and validation of pharmaceutical technologies for finished dosages, participation in the preparation of pharmaceutical articles for the registration of substances and preparations).

• Molecular docking and synthesis of targeted scaffold proteins.

• Analytical chemistry, electrochemical methods of analysis.

• Microbiology and toxicology, biologically active substances and antioxidants (methods for assessing the antioxidant activity of products, biologically active additives (BAA) and medicinal tinctures).

• Hydrogels and “smart” fertilizers for agriculture.

• Laser-induced chemical transformations.

Contributions of TPU scientists in the area:

Dr. Lilia Leonova

Division for Nuclear-Fuel Cycle, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Physical and chemical bases of material synthesis using rare metals and production of products therefrom.

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Dr. Elena Boytsova

Division for Nuclear-Fuel Cycle, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Photocatalytic studies on biocompatible titanium and zirconium coatings (antimicrobial properties).

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Dr. Yuri Perederin

Division for Nuclear-Fuel Cycle, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Obtaining a solution for the decontamination of compounds that contain heavy metals, for the deactivation of radionuclides.
• Development of a highly efficient hydrocarbon sorbent to eliminate the consequences of oil spills in water bodies.

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Dr. Fedor Voroshilov

Division for Nuclear-Fuel Cycle, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Derivatographic studies of inorganic fluorination based on fluorine and hydrogen fluoride.

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Dr. Nikolai Egorov

Division for Nuclear-Fuel Cycle, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Synthesis and study of hybrid metal-sulfide nanocolloids suitable for medicine.

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Prof. Zhanna Kovalevskaya

Division for Materials Science, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Methods for developing hardened surface layers on structural steels through surface plastic deformation.

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Stepan Linnik

Senior Research Fellow, R&D Laboratory for Pulse-Beam, Electric Discharge and Plasma Technologies, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Physics of thin films. Ion-plasma methods for the synthesis of thin films. Gas-phase synthesis of superhard materials.

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Prof. Edgar Dvilis

Division for Materials Science, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Powder materials, nanostructured ceramics, ultrasonic treatment, particle packing, theory of powder pressing, modeling and complex methods for the structure of nanomaterials.

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Alexey Pustovalov

Junior Research Fellow, R&D Laboratory for Clean Water, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Obtaining new composite materials based on nanostructured oxides, sulfides, nitrides and phosphides of metals through an electric explosion of conductors.

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Dr. Alexander Dietz

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Compositions and technologies for manufacturing oxygen-free functional high-performance ceramics.
• Current, energy-efficient ways to obtain nitrides and oxynitrides for ceramic production.

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Prof. Vasily Klimenov

Head of the Division for Materials Science, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Materials science of metallic materials and coatings.

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Prof. Svetlana Buyakova

Division for Materials Science, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Materials science of ceramic functional materials.

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Victor Dmitrienko

Chief Specialist, R&D Laboratory for Pulse-Beam, Electric Discharge and Plasma Technologies, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Electrochemical technologies for the real economy.

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Dr. Victor Tikhonov

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Dispersed materials, mainly related to granulation.
• Non-standard production and laboratory equipment. Processing of man-made types of raw materials.

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Prof. Vladimir An

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• R&D bases for nanostructured materials produced to develop photovoltaic and thermovoltaic devices, photoelectrochemical cells for hydrogen energy and new generation tribological nanostructured materials.

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Prof. Tatiana Vakalova

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Advanced compositions and technologies of ceramic proppants from natural and man-made raw materials for production of hard-to-recover oil and gas by hydraulic fracturing.

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Prof. Vladimir Vereshchagin

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Innovative ceramic dielectrics and silicate ceramics for various purposes.

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Prof. Olga Kazmina

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Innovative foam-glass-crystalline materials derived from dispersed siliceous and aluminosilicate raw materials.

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Prof. Andrey Khlebnikov

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• New multi-purpose biologically active compounds based on nitrogen-containing heterocycles: molecular design, synthesis, pharmacological action.

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Prof. Alexey Pestryakov

Research School of Chemistry & Applied Biomedical Sciences

• Development of catalysts and processes for the conversion of biomass-derived products into valuable chemical compounds.

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Dr. Anna Chernova

Division for Chemical Engineering, School of Earth Sciences & Engineering

• Microbiology, cytoprotectors, producers, ecology, biologically active substances, toxicology, medicine.

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Dr. Elena Dorozhko

Division for Chemical Engineering, School of Earth Sciences & Engineering

• Development of electrochemical immunosensors with metal labels; analytical chemistry; physical and chemical methods of analysis; biologically active substances.

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Elena Korotkova

Head of the Division for Chemical Engineering, School of Earth Sciences & Engineering

• Analytical chemistry. Electrochemical analysis, properties of biologically active compounds and antioxidants. Electrochemistry, patterns of electrode processes.

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Prof. Raul Rodriguez

Research School of Chemistry & Applied Biomedical Sciences

• Plasmon-induced photocatalysis.
• Methods of bimodal chemical analysis (electrochemistry and spectroscopy).
• Effrct of laser radiation on the properties of two-dimensional materials.
• Laser-induced conductive composites for “smart” surfaces and “soft” robotics.

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Dr. Alexander Kantaev

Division for Nuclear-Fuel Cycle, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Development of low-temperature desiliconization for mineral and man-made raw materials using fluorine compounds.
• Development of low-temperature desiliconization of plasma-activated zircon concentrate.

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Dr. Victor Kudiyarov

Division for Experimental Physics, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Functional composites based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), carbon nanomaterials and hydride-forming metals to develop efficient hydrogen storage materials.

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Prof. Oleg Khasanov

Division for Materials Science, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Properties and optimized synthesis of optical luminescent YSZ ceramics activated by Eu3+ ions, produced by SPS and ultrasonic-assisted sintering.

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Prof. Victor Filimonov

Kizhner Research Center, School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

• Development of new approaches to functionalized aza-heterocycles as precursors for new generation drugs.

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Prof. Mikhail Gavrilenko

Division for Chemical Engineering, School of Earth Sciences & Engineering

• Metal-organic matrices for transparent optical sensors to control food quality.

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Dr. Pavel Postnikov

Research School of Chemistry & Applied Biomedical Sciences

• New reagents based on hypervalent halogens – managed by Natalia Soldatova.
• Synthesis of organic stable radicals based on verdazils, including polyradical systems – managed by Pavel Petunin.
• Non-valent interactions in materials chemistry (supported by the Mega-Grants program) – managed Natalya Soldatova.
• Methods and approaches to covalent modification of surfaces and their applications in material design – managed by Olga Guselnikova.
• Transformations on the surface of plasmon-active materials and semiconductors – managed Olga Guselnikova.
• Functional waste recycling – managed by Pavel Postnikov.

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Elena Stepanova

Head of the Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Molecular Design, Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences

• Synthesis of natural low molecular aryl glycosides and oligosaccharides, ways to analyze them in natural raw materials, fundamental laws by which they react and influence protective groups.
• Structural modifications of biologically significant compounds by introducing carbohydrate fragments.
• Modification of the carbohydrate skeleton through photochemical transformations.

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Dr. Yuliya Amelkovich

Division for Testing and Diagnostics, School of Non-Destructive Testing

• Fire- and explosion-safe substances and materials.

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Prof. Olga Nazarenko

Division for Testing and Diagnostics, School of Non-Destructive Testing

• Fire- and explosion-safe substances and materials.

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