C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
February, 2014
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Victor N. VASILETS
Address: Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics (Branch)
Russian Academy of Sciences
Chernogolovka, Moscow reg., 142432, RUSSIA
Phone: +007-(916)-680-1645
FAX: +007-(916)-680-3573
e_mail:
http://www.binep.ac.ru/lrs/Others/vasilets_e.html
Sex: Male
Citizenship: RUSSIA
EDUCATION
2005 D. Sci. in Chemistry
Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics
Russian Academy of Sciences
1979 Ph.D. in Chemical Physics
Institute of Chemical Physics (Branch)
Chernogolovka, Moscow reg.
1976 Honors Diploma and M.S. in
Chemical Physics, Dept. of Molecular and Chemical Physics
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
ACADEMIC HISTORY
Principal Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist/Research Scientist 1979- present
Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences
The head of the group specialized in surface modification of polymers for bioengineering, microelectronics and membrane technology applications. Research interests are focused on surface modification of polymers by plasma and vacuum ultraviolet treatment.
Responsibilities include: basic research and development work; writing grant applications, scientific papers, project final reports, abstracts, supporting patent filings, presentations and publications as necessary to generate and protect intellectual property of the institute, supervising and project management, managing collaborations with outside research institutes and contract research/manufacturing organizations, supervising M.S. and Ph.D. students.
The basic research and development projects:
* Plasma medicine
- Studied various applications of plasma chemical processes in biology and medicine.
Developed a new atmospheric plasma processes for air, water and surface sterilization. Medical applications of cold plasma: blood coagulation, wound sterilization and healing, catheter treatment, etc. Plasma –assisted engineering and modification of medical polymers.
* Biocompatibility of plasma and VUV modified polymer materials.
- Studied VUV irradiation of siloxane polymers to improve wettability by photooxidation and to prevent the diffusion of toxic low molecular compounds on the implant surface by crosslinking of the surface layer; VUV and plasma assisted immobilization of proteins on the surface of PTFE and ePTFE. Developed VUV irradiation technique for modification of artificial interocular siloxane lenses. VUV modified siloxane lenses were biologically tested and used in clinical applications. The results looked extremely promising: in all cases there was no inflammatory reaction during the post-operation course for cataract patients. Experienced in biocompatibility testing by plasma proteins adsorption, coagulation system activation and complement system activation methods.
* Interaction of low temperature plasma with polymers.
Studied the mechanism of plasma-polymer interaction: the evaluation of gaseous products as well as the formation of free radicals, crosslinks, double bonds and their distribution within the polymer layer thickness under various conditions of gas discharge generation; the role of plasma active components: ions, electrons, active neutral species as well as vacuum ultraviolet in the formation of different functional groups in the surface layer of polymers (PE, PMMA, PTFE, PDMS etc.). Developed a new method for improvement of PMMA resist mask plasma etching durability by treatment in Ar glow discharge. Plasma modified resist mask while submitted to r.f. plasma at the conditions usually used in microelectronics for etching in RIE mode has shown 8-10 times greater etching durability. Experienced in glow discharge plasma diagnostic, mass-spectrometry and gas/liquid chromatography.
* Plasma polymerization of monomers in glow discharge.
- Studied the mechanism of polymer deposition: properties of high-molecular-weight films formed in radiofrequency discharge in the mixture of Ar with methylmethacrylate, tetrafluoroethylene etc; kinetic of plasma gas phase reactions and the processes of plasma deposition on the surface of semiconductors, dielectric and polymers depending on the discharge power, monomer flow rate, gas pressure, substrate temperature; theoretical analysis of experimental data to build adequate model of the process of plasma-chemical polymerization. Developed the method for deposition of submicron homogeneous pinhole- free organic film on the surface of semiconductors by plasma polymerization of methylmethacrylate. The film was characterized as a high sensitive dry developable electron beam resist and was used in the process of submicron lithography in microelectronics. Experienced in surface characterization of polymers, ESR spectroscopy, ATR FTIR spectroscopy
* Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photochemistry of polymers.
- Studied the photo-oxidation of fluorocarbon and siloxane polymers by VUV irradiation (147 nm) in the presence of air; chemical composition and physical properties of VUV-irradiated polymers by XPS, ATR-FTIR and AFM techniques; gas phase and polymer surface reactions of active species (O, O3. O2*) produced by VUV photolysis of oxygen containing gas media. Developed VUV modification technique for improvement the selectivity of siloxane membrane that was used for purification of natural gas from toxic contaminations.
Senior Research Scientist
A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Research, Russian Academy of Sciences 1999 - present
Research activity - Graft polymerization of mesogen-containing monomers.
- Studied post graft polymerization of nematic monomers onto fluorocarbon polymer supports induced by VUV-irradiation and plasma treatment; elastic and liquid crystal properties of grafted two layers systems; orientation behavior under mechanical stress and temperature dependence of a nematic side chain polymer grafted on PTFE. Developed a novel sandwich-like liquid crystal systems based on PTFE support. A new type of polymer material combine the physical-mechanical properties of the supporting polymer and the optical characteristics of side-chain LC polymers which can be modified by both temperature and electric field.
Adjunct Professor 2000 - present
Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Russian Ministry of Health
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
Department of Biological and Molecular Physics. - Physics of Living Systems
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Research activity – VUV and plasma modification of polymer materials for biomedical application. Bioprinting. 3D Polymer matrix for implantation
Responsibilities include - giving lectures, writing grants applications, scientific papers, supervising M.S. and Ph.D. students.
Additional information
- the member of the Editorial Boards - journal “Plasma Processes and Polymers”, “Plasma Medicine”, “Open Macromolecular Journal”
- more then 150 publications on plasmachemistry and photochemistry of polymers
- invited lecturer at 2nd, and 3d International Meetings on Electron Beam Technology (Varna,Bulgaria 1988, 1989); Perkin- Elmer Meeting on FT-IR Spectroscopy (Beaconsfild, England, 1990), C-MRS International Simposium on Polymers and Biomaterials(Beijing, China, 1990), "Microcircuit Engineering 91" (Roma, Italy, 1991), 13th Conference of Photopolymer Science and Technology (Tokyo, Japan, 1996), 4th NIMS International Symposium on Photoreaction Control and Photofunctional Materials (Tsukuba, Japan, 2001), IV International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry (Ivanovo, Russia, 2005), V International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry (Ivanovo, Russia, 2008), XXXVI Zvenigorod International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (Zvenigorod, Russia, 2009) etc.
FUNDED GRANTS
1994 - 1995 - International Science Foundation, Soros Long Term Grant Program, Grant No. REZ 000, 300
1997 - 1999 - Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No. 97-03-32844
2001 - 2003- Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No. 01-03-33001
2002 – 2003 – CRD (Canada) Grant No 10528
2003 – 2005 National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
2005 - 2007 - Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No. 05-03-32439
2007 -2008 Johnson&Johnson – Sterilization of Living Tissue by Floating Potential Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma –Grant No 07_09812/176
2008 - 2010 - Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No. 08-03-00345
2012 -2014 - Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No. 12-03-00261
PUBLICATIONS:
Dr. of Sci. Dissertation
Regulation of chemical and biological properties of polymer materials by gas discharge plasma treatment and vacuum ultraviolet irradiation, Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 2005
Ph.D. Dissertation
The study of RF gas discharge interaction with the surface of polyethylene. Institute of Chemical Physics Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 1979
M.S. Thesis
The Interaction of Glow Discharge in He with Polyethylene. Institute of Chemical Physics Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 1976
Book chapters 9
Ponomarev A.N., Vasilets V. N. , Kinetics and mechanizm of of low temperature plasma chemical interaction with polymers in Encyclopedia of Low Temperature Plasma, Edited by V.E. Fortov, v.3, pp374-382, “Nauka”, Moscow 2000.
Sevastianov V.I., Rosanova I.B., Vasin S.L., Nemets E.A., Vasilets V.N., Protein adsorption as a bridge between the short-term and long-term blood compatibility of biomaterials in Biomaterials and Drug Delivery toward New Millenium, Park K.D., Kwon I.C., Yui N., Jeong S.Y.,and Park K. (eds.) pp. 497-515, Han Rim Won Publishing Co., Seoul, Korea, 2000.
Vasilets V.N., Hirose A., Yang Q., Singh A., Sammynaiken R., Shulga Yu.M., Kuznetsov A.V., Sevastianov V.I. Chapter 5. Hot wire plasma deposition of doped DLC films on fluorocarbon polymers for biomedical applications in Plasma Processes and Polymers, Plasma Deposition of Thin Films, R. d’Agostino, P. Favia, C. Oehr, and M. R. Wertheimer. (eds) , Wiley-VCH, pp. 65-76 (2005)
Vasilets V. N., Sevastianov V.I., Modification of polymer biomaterials by gas discharge plasma and vacuum ultraviolet radiation, in Encyclopedia of Low Temperature Plasma, Edited by V.E. Fortov, Ser. B, vol. XI-5, pp. 160-170.
В. И. Севастьянов, В.Н. Василец, Н. В. Перова, Часть I, Глава 2. «Методы исследования физико-химических, физико-механических и биологических свойств медицинских изделий», в книге «Биосовместимые материалы» под ред. В.И. Севастьянова , М.П. Кирпичникова, Москва , медицинское информационное агентство, 2011, стр. 50-66
В.Н. Василец Часть II, Глава 2 «Методы изготовления матриксов», в книге «Биосовместимые материалы» под ред. В.И. Севастьянова , М.П. Кирпичникова, Москва , медицинское информационное агентство, 2011, стр. 229 – 235
В.Н. Василец, В.И. Севастьянов, Часть IV, Глава 2 «Физические методы модифицирования полимерных материалов», в книге «Биосовместимые материалы» под ред. В.И. Севастьянова , М.П. Кирпичникова, Москва , медицинское информационное агентство, 2011, стр. 359 – 381
Василец В.Н., Севастьянов В.И., Часть VI, Глава 2 «Нанотехнологические подходы к регулированию биологических свойств медицинских изделий» в книге «Биосовместимые материалы» под ред. В.И. Севастьянова , М.П. Кирпичникова, Москва , медицинское информационное агентство, 2011, стр. 485 -499.
Victor N. Vasilets, Anatoly B. Shekhter, Chapter 30 Nitric Oxide Plasma Sources for Bio-Decontamination and Plasma Therapy, Plasma for Bio-Decontamination, Medicine and Food Security, Ed. by Zdenko Machala, Karol Hensel, Yuri Akishev, Springer, pp. 393-401, (2012)
Papers (referring journals ) 85
V.I. Sevastianov, V.N. Vasilets, V.A. Surguchenko, A.S. Ponomareva, A.E. Efimov, E.A. Nemetz, A.K. Khudoshin, Adhesion and Proliferation of Mouse Fibroblasts on Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate) Films. effect of Mean Roughness and Crystallinity, in “Advanced Metals, Ceramics and Composites”, Part 1, pp.231-234, 4 pages
С. Э. Богородский, В. Н. Василец, Л. И. Кротова, С. А. Минаева,А. В. Миронов, Е. А. Немец, В. А. Сургученко,В. К. Попов, В. И. Севастьянов, Формирование биоактивных высокопористых полимерных матриксов для тканевой инженерии, Перспективные материалы, 2013, № 5, стр. 44-54
Ю.М. Шульга, В.Н. Василец, С.А. Баскаков, М.А. Смирнов, В.П.Тарасов, В.И.Волков, Г.А. Кичигина, П.П. Кущ, Д.П. Кирюхин, Исследование методами ЯМР, ДСК и ИК-спектроскопии композита, образующегося при низкотемпературной пострадиационной полимеризации C2F4 в присутствии графенового 3D материала, Химия высоких энергий, 2013, том 47, №6, стр. 437-441
Y.M. Shulga, S.A. Baskakov, V.V. Abalyaeva, O.N. Efimov, N.Y. Shulga, A. Michtchenko, L. Lartundo-Rojas, L.A. Moreno, J.G. Cabanas-Moreno, V.N. Vasilets, Composite material for supercapacitors formed by polymerization of aniline in the presence of graphene oxide nanosheets, JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 2013, Volume: 224 Pages: 195-201
Y. M. Shulga, V.N. Vasilets, S.A. Baskakov, V.E. Muradjan, E.A. Skrileva, Y.N. Parkhomenko, Reduction of nanosheets of graphite oxide by vacuum ultraviolet irradiation, High Energy Chemistry, 2012, Vol. 45, N2, 117-121.
G. L. Gutsev, K. G. Belay, C. A. Weatherford1, V. N. Vasilets, E. M. Anokhin, A. V. Maksimychev, O. V. Val’ba, V. M. Martynenko, S. A. Baskakov, E. S. Leskova, and Y. M. Shulga, Dimerization of Defect Fullerenes and the Orientational Phase Transition in Oxidized C60 Fullerite, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2011,Vol. 11, 1887–1896,
V. N. Vasilets, Zaitov L.M., Milentiev A.Yu., Nedoseev S.L., Schwartskopf P.V., Egorova V.A., Sevastianov V.I., Development and biological testing of new matrixes from biodegradable materials, Bulletin of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, 2010, Vol.12, № 2, pp. 67-73.
Медведев Д.Д., Nedoseev S.L., Nistratov V.M., Smirnov V.P., Petyaev V.A., Schwartskopf P.V., Zaitov L.M., Maslennikov D.D., Sevastianov V.I., Egorova V.A., Milentiev A.Yu., Vasilets V. N., Plasma generated polymer media for inertial fusion and bioengineering, Bulletin of atomic science and technology. Fusion , 2010, issue 1 pp. 22-31.
Valentin Nelea, Victor N. Vasilets, Vladimir E. Skurat, Florina-Elena Truica-Marasescu, and Michael R. Wertheimer, A comparative mass-spectrometric study of plasma- and vacuum ultraviolet ablation of selected polymers, Plasma Processes and Polymers, 2010, vol. 7, issue 6, pp. 432-444
V. N. Vasilets, Kazbanov I.V., Nedoseev S.L., Nistratov V.M., Schwartskopf P.V., Sevastianov V.I., Physical methods of production and modification of biopolymer matrixes, Bulletin of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, 2009, Volume 11, N2, pp. 43-46
V. N. Vasilets, Kazbanov I.V., Efimov A. E., Sevastianov V.I., New methods for implant matrix formation based on electrospinning and bioprinting technologies, Bulletin of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, 2009, Volume 11, N2, pp. 47-53
Victor N. Vasilets, Victor. I. Sevastianov, Plasma and vacuum ultraviolet processing of fluorocarbon polymers for medical applications, Rare Metals, Vol. 28, p. 538-541 (2009)
Victor I. Sevastianov, Victor N. Vasilets, Biopolymer implants for high-technology assistance in the field of replacement and regenerative medicine, Rare Metals, Vol. 28, p. 84-86 (2009)
Moogega Cooper, Gregory Fridman, David Staack, Alexander F. Gutsol, Victor N. Vasilets, Shivanthi Anandan, Young I. Cho, Alexander Fridman, and Alexandre Tsapin, Decontamination of Surfaces From Extremophile Organisms Using Nonthermal Atmospheric-Pressure Plasmas, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 2009, Volume: 37, Issue: 6, pp 866-871.
V. N. Vasilets, A. Gutsol, A. B. Shekhter, A. Fridman, Plasma Medicine, High Energy Chemistry 2009,
v. 43(N3) pp. 229 -233.
Halim Ayan, Gregory Fridman, David Staack, Alexander F. Gutsol, Victor N. Vasilets, Alexander A. Fridman, and Gary Friedman, Heating Effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharges for Direct Medical Treatment, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 2009, VOL. 37, NO. 1, pp. 113-120
Yury M. Shulga, Vyacheslav M. Martynenko, Sergey A. Baskakov, Gennady V. Shilov, Anton N. Trukhanenok, Alexander F. Shestakov, Yury G. Morozov, Tatyana N. Fursova, Anatoly V. Bazhenov, and Victor N. Vasilets, Structure and properties of fullerite C60 intercalated with CH2F2, Phys. Status Solidi RRL (2009), v3, No. 2–3, pp. 43– 45