Alexander Sidorenko
Associate Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of the Sciences
United States of America
Biography
"We perform interdisciplinary and application oriented fundamental research in cutting-edge directions of modern materials science. Our focus is on the fabrication and study of new “smart” materials with prospective applications spun from molecular electronics to bioengineering, which typically takes advantage of Supramolecular Assembly technology, or SMA. SMA is a branch of material science in which new materials can be synthesized based on selective bonding of low molar mass additives with monomer units of one of the copolymer blocks, resulting from donor-acceptor hydrogen bonds. The microphase separation and morphology that results strongly depends on the additive properties and lability of the monomer-additive bond. Extraction of the additive with a selective solvent, results in a well-ordered array of nanowells. The approach is very fast, simple and robust. It allows the fabrication of well-ordered domains of wells ≈10nm in diameter."
Research Interest
"Synthesis of polymers and biopolymers Design and modification of thin films Nanostructured and hybrid (""""smart"""") materials"
Publications
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Enright TP, Hagaman D, Kokoruz M, Coleman N, Sidorenko A. Gradient and patterned polymer brushes by photoinitiated “grafting through†approach. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 2010 Jul 15;48(14):1616-22.
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Hagaman D, Gredzik J, Peart PA, McCaffery JM, Tovar JD, Sidorenko A. Block copolymer supramolecular assembly using a precursor to a novel conjugated polymer. Polymer Chemistry. 2013;4(5):1482-90.
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Hall-Edgefield DL, Shi T, Nguyen K, Sidorenko A. Hybrid Molecular Brushes with Chitosan Backbone: Facile Synthesis and Surface Grafting. ACS applied materials & interfaces. 2014 Dec 11;6(24):22026-33.
