Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Joint Appointment with Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Graduate Faculty with the School of Nursing
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E-mail: vblizny@clemson.edu
Doctor of Science (Habilitate) in Polymer Chemistry; Taras Shevchenko National University, 2004; Kyiv, Ukraine Thesis: “Supramolecular engineering of polymer nanostructures”
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry of Polymers, the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine 1985
Master of Science (with honors) in Physics, Kyiv State University, Kyiv, Ukraine 1978
Publications | CV
Faculty Overview
Dr. Valery N. Bliznyuk, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry of Polymers from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; D.Sc. (habilitate) degree in Polymer Chemistry from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Dr. Bliznyuk is a Research Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. He is a co-author of more than 170 peer-reviewed publications and several reviews in the field of nanostructured polymer materials. His present research is focused on the development of advanced polymer materials for radiation detectors, plastic scintillators and radionuclide sensors. He has extended expertise in printed electronics and photovoltaics, self-assembly of organic and inorganic nanoparticles, methods of fabrication and structural characterization of polymer-based nanocomposites.
Selected Publications
O.Yeshchenko, P.Khort, O.Fedotov, V.Chumachenko, P.Virych, H.S.Warren, B.W.Booth, V.Bliznyuk and N.Kutsevol, Third generation anticancer photodynamic therapy systems based on star-like anionic polyacrylamide polymer, gold nanoparticles, and temoporfin photosensitizer, Molecules, 2024, 29(10), 2224. DOI 10.3390/molecules29102224
V.N. Bliznyuk, J. Smith, T. Guin, C. Verst, J. Folkert, K. McDonald, G. Larsen and T.A. DeVol, Photoluminescence induced in mineral oil by ionizing radiation, Lubricants 2023, 11(7), 287; DOI: 10.3390/lubricants11070287
T. Guin, K. McDonald, J. Folkert, C. Verst, J. Gaillard, T. A. DeVol, V. N. Bliznyuk, and G. Larsen, Organic Vacuum Pump Fluids for the Vacuum Pumping of Fusion Power Plants, Fusion Science and Technology, Published online 29 Aug 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2232981
V.N. Bliznyuk, N.V. Lavrik, A.F. Seliman, N.A. Derevyanko, A.A. Ishchenko, S.M. Husson, T.A. DeVol, Design of microfluidic radionuclide sensors: Combining microscale 3D printing based on 2-photon polymerization with nanoscale polymer brush scintillators, Reactive and Functional Polymers 2022, 181, 105455. doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2022.105455
W.K. Fullmer, V.N. Bliznyuk, A.F. Seliman, B.A. Powell, S.M. Husson, T.A. DeVol, Hybrid extractive scintillator resin for simultaneous concentration and detection of plutonium from aqueous solutions, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 2022, 255, 107048. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107048
V.N. Bliznyuk, N.V. Kutsevol, Y.I. Kuziv, S.M. Husson, T.A. DeVol, Efficient retention and alpha spectroscopy of actinides from aqueous solutions using a combination of water-soluble star-like polymers and ultrafiltration membranes, Polymers, 2022, 14(17) 3441. DOI:10.3390/polym14173441
S.V. Mamykin, I.M. Gnilitskyi, M.G. Dusheyko, T.A. DeVol, V.N. Bliznyuk, Femtosecond laser nano-structuring for surface plasmon resonance-based detection of uranium, Applied Surface Science, 2022, 576, 151831. doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151831
V.N. Bliznyuk, A.F. Seliman, N.A. Derevyanko, A. Dugan, A.A. Ishchenko, T.A. DeVol, Plastic scintillators and radiation detectors based on triphenyl pyrazoline derivatives, Israel Journal of Chemistry 2022, 62 (5-6) e2021000 doi.org/10.1002/ijch.202100059
Y.Noskov, N.Ogurtsov, V.Bliznyuk, Y.Lvov, I.Myronyuk, A.Pud, Synthesis and properties of core-shell halloysite-polyaniline Nanocomposites, Applied Nanoscience, 2022, 12 (4) 1285-1294. DOI 10.1007/s13204-021-01812-9
N. Kutsevol, Y. Kuziv, T. Cabrera, S.M. Husson, T.A. DeVol, V.N. Bliznyuk, V.N. Biodegradable star-like polymer flocculants for rapid, efficient purification of water contaminated with industrial radionuclides. Separation and Purification Technology, 2021, 118630.
T.A.DeVol, A.B.Pujari, J. Locklair, S.M. Husson, V.N. Bliznyuk, A.F. Seliman, Hybrid extractive scintillator resin for simultaneous concentration and detection of radiocesium from aqueous solutions, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2021, 237, 106720
Patents
V. Bliznyuk, A. Seliman, T. DeVol, N. Derevyanko, A. Ishchenko. “Organic Scintillators Derived from Pyrazoline” US Patent 10,8000,966 (2020)
Awards and Honors
Institute of Physical Chemistry at Johannes Kepler University, Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS) grant 2010
Invited Professor Summer Research Fellowship from Institut de Recherche en Environment Industriel (IRENI), France 2010
International Education Faculty Development Fund (IEFDF) Award from Western Michigan University Haenicke Institute for Global Education 2009
Faculty Summer Research Fellowship at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Higher Education Research Experiences (HERE) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 2008
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (Germany) 1991-1992
