Matyjaszewski Group Members
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Nicolay V. Tsarevsky
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Visiting Assistant Professor |
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, 2005
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Advisor: Professor Kris Matyjaszewski
Thesis: Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymeric Materials with Polar Functional Groups by ATRP
M.S. Chemical Physics and Theoretical Chemistry, 1999
University of Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria
Research Interests
| • | Controlled radical polymerization in aqueous systems |
| • | Functional polymers |
| • | Transition metal catalyzed polymerization |
| • | Hypervalent iodine compounds |
Awards
| 2004 | Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research (ACS) | |
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2004-5 |
Harrison Legacy Dissertation Fellowship (Carnegie Mellon University) |
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2004 |
Pittsburgh Section's Polymer Group Student Award (ACS) |
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2003 |
Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award in Green Chemistry (ACS) |
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1998 |
A. Wessels' Award (Stiftung Bulgarische Hochschulforderung) |
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1996 |
Rector's Prize For Best Student (University of Sofia) |
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1994-9 |
Evrika Foundation "Talents" Scholarship |
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1994 |
26th International Chemistry Olympiad (Oslo, Norway) |
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1994 |
27th National Chemistry Olympiad (Varna, Bulgaria), third place |
Affiliation
| • | American Chemical Society |
| • | Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry |
| • | History of Science Society |
Experience
| • | Secretary, ACS, Polymer Division, Pittsburgh Section | |
| • | Member of ACS Polymer Division Membership Committee | |
| • | Member of Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University |
| • | Group lab manager |
| • | Supervised four undergraduate students since 2001. One of them has won the Small Undergraduate Research Grant (2001 and 2002) and the Pfizer Award for 2002 |
Productivity
| • | Author or coauthor of 40 publications (24 in peer-reviewed journals), 1 book chapter, 1 textbook, 3 patents or patent applications, and 45 scientific talks or poster presentations |
Selected Publications
| • | “Synthesis of Degradable Miktoarm Star Copolymers via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Gao, H., Tsarevsky, N. V., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2005, 38(14). | |
| • | “Quantifying Vinyl Monomer Coordination to CuI in Solution and the Effect of Coordination on Monomer Reactivity in Radical Copolymerization”, Braunecker, W. A., Tsarevsky, N. V., Pintauer, T., Gil, R. R., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2005, 38(10), 4081-8. | |
| • | “Step Growth “Click” Coupling of Telechelic Polymers Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Tsarevsky, N. V., Sumerlin, B. S., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2005, 38(9), 3558-61. | |
| • | “Combining Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Disulfide / Thiol Redox Chemistry: A Route to Well-Defined (Bio)degradable Polymeric Materials”, Tsarevsky, N. V., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2005, 38(8), 3087-92. | |
| • | “Grafting of Well-defined Polymers from the Surface of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Visualization of the Polymer-Nanotube Hybrids by Atomic Force Microscopy”, Tsarevsky, N. V., Wu, W., Hudson, J. L., Kowalewski, T., Tour, J. M., Matyjaszewski, K., Polym. Prepr., 2005, 46(1), 203-4. | |
| • | “Towards Understanding Monomer Coordination in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Synthesis of [CuI(PMDETA)(pi-M)][BPh4] (M = Methyl Acrylate, Styrene, 1-Octene, and Methyl Methacrylate) and Structural Studies by FT-IR and 1H NMR Spectroscopy and X-ray Crystallography”, Braunecker, W. A., Pintauer, T., Tsarevsky, N. V., Kickelbick, G., J. Organometal. Chem., 2005, 690, 916-24. | |
| • | “Deactivation Efficiency and Degree of Control Over Polymerization in ATRP in Protic Solvents”, Tsarevsky, N. V., Pintauer, T., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2004, 37(26), 9768-78. | |
| • | “Well-defined (Co)polymers with 5-Vinyltetrazole Units via Combination of Atom Transfer Radical (Co)polymerization of Acrylonitrile and “Click Chemistry”-Type Postpolymerization Modification”, Tsarevsky, N. V., Bernaerts, K. V., Dufour, B., Du Prez, F. E., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2004, 37(25), 9308-13. | |
| • | “Reversible Redox Cleavage/Coupling of Polystyrene with Disulfide or Thiol Groups Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Tsarevsky, N. V., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2002, 35(24), 9009-14. | |
| • | “Nanostructured Carbon Arrays from Block Copolymers of Polyacrylonitrile”, Kowalewski, T., Tsarevsky, N. V., Matyjaszewski, K., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124(36), 10632-3. | |
| • | “Synthesis of Styrene-Acrylonitrile Copolymers and Related Block Copolymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Tsarevsky, N. V., Sarbu, T., Goebelt, B., Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2002, 35(16), 6142-8. | |
| • | “Radical Thermo- and Sonopolymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated by Iodobenzene I,I-diacetate”, Georgiev, G. S., Kamenska, E. B., Tsarevsky, N. V., Christov, L. K., Polymer International, 2001, 50, 313-8. | |
| • | “Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of n-Butyl Methacrylate in an Aqueous Dispersed System: A Miniemulsion Approach”, Matyjaszewski, K., Qiu, J., Tsarevsky, N. V., Charleux, B., J. Polym. Sci.: Part A: Polym. Chem., 2000, 38, 4724-34. |