Prof. Ing. Andrey Shukurov, Ph.D.

Oddělení:
Telefon:	+420 95155 2338
E-mail:	choukourov@kmf.torja.mff.cuni.cz
Homepage:	http://www.mff.cuni.cz/fakulta/struktura/lide/2868.htm
Místnost:	A 442

Affiliation: Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics

Address: V Holešovičkách 2,180 00 Prague, Czech Republic

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrei.choukourov.9

ORCID : 0000-0002-0582-5453

Scopus Author ID : 8043101500

ResearcherID/Publons : H-7333-2013

Mendeley: https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/andrei-choukourov/

 

       

                                               morphology of nanoparticles

The image is courtesy of Ksenia Kishenina

I lead an international group of students and offer interesting research in cutting-edge areas of science, including but not limited to:

Plasma-driven synthesis of single-metal nanoparticles, similar to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUBm7snlGz0, and multi-component (core@shell, Janus, satellite) nanoparticles, similar to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXKT_tPEC8E.

 

 

Plasma-driven synthesis of optically-active nanofluids

 

 

Nanoparticle-assembled coatings for photoelectrochemical water splitting (“green” generation of H₂ and O₂)

 

EDUCATION

1995: Ing. Technology of Devices and Materials of Electronics, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia 

2003: Ph. D. Physics of Molecular and Biological Structures, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Dissertation: Study of plasma polymer processes for surface modification of solids 

AWARDS

1995: Diploma with honors for excellent studying at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia

QUALIFICATION

• Oct 1995 - Oct 2000  Leading engineer 
  Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia
  Maintained and developed the laboratory of materials of electronics

• Feb 2002 - Apr 2002  Scientific assistant
  Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
  Research into XPS analysis of polymeric materials

• Aug 2002 - Apr 2003 and Sep 2004 - Oct 2004 Researcher 
  Chemistry Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Il, USA
  Experiments with Mass-selected Polyatomic Hyperthermal Ion Deposition and Surface Polymerization by Ion Assisted Deposition. Produced and analyzed amine and/or silicon containing thin films

• Apr 2004 - Apr 2005   Researcher
  Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
  Modification of nano-diamond surfaces with amino-rich plasma polymers for biomedical applications

• May 2005 - Jan 2007             Assistant professor
  EcoTopia Science Institute, University of Nagoya, Japan
  Investigation of protein interaction with solid surfaces by scanning probe microscopy

• Jan 2004 - Oct 2011  Assistant professor
  Department of Macromolecular Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  Experiments with plasma polymerization and magnetron sputtering of polymeric materials. Preparation and analysis of plasma polymers, nanocomposites metal (metal oxide) / plasma polymer

• Oct 2011 - Jun 2020  Associate professor
  Department of Macromolecular Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
  Research on plasma polymerization; functionalization and nanostructuring of surfaces; kinetic roughening of surfaces, biological response of surfaces
  Habilitation work: Thin films of plasma polymers for biomedical applications

• Jun 2020 - current     Professor
  thin film deposition and nanoparticle formation under vacuum and low-temperature plasma conditions
  mesoporous coatings for photoelectrochemical water splitting
  plasmonic and photoluminescent metal/semiconductor nanoparticles
  optically active nanofluids
  nanomaterials with regenerative and antimicrobial activity for wound healing
  phase separation and nanoconfinement in plasma polymers
  solution plasma processing of natural polymers
  plasma agriculture

TEACHING

https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/predmety/index.php?id=d7eddd1a7ebd9d1eceead1c54439f8e2&tid=&do=search&nazev=&kod=&match=substring&srch_nazev=0&srch_nazev=1&vyucovan=&fak=11320&ustav=&sekce=&trida=&druh=&klas=&ujmeno=&utyp=3&pvyjazyk=&sem=&pocet=20&moje=moje&b=Hledej

 

Lecture courses:

• Modification of Surfaces and Its Applications
• Physics of Thin Film Preparation
• Analysis Methods of Surfaces and Thin Layers
• Selected Problems in Physics of Real Surfaces
• Experimental Methods of Condensed Matter Physics III
• Introduction to Deposition and Characterization of Thin Films

 

Seminars and exercises:

• Seminar on Polymer Physics
• Practical Application of Atomic Force Microscopy

 

Supervisor: Ms. (graduated) - 2, PhD (graduated) - 4, PhD (current) - 2

 

Student awards:

• best poster award at 3^d ICPM, Greifswald, Germany, 2010
• fellowships from the faculty for extraordinary publication activities 2016 and 2018
• Theses: https://is.cuni.cz/studium/dipl_st/index.php?odeslano=1&fak=11320&ustav=32-KMF&dobor=&vedouci=12939&ze_vsech_fakult=0&stupr=&fulltext=&fulltext_kde%5B%5D=nazev&skr=&skr_obhajeni=&dtyp=&kterep=all&pocet=&f=find&do=main&f=Najdi

PUBLICATIONS

articles in peer-reviewed international journals: 132

international book chapters: 2

sum of times cited: 1925, without self-citations: 1333

h-index: 26 (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics)

 

INVITED LECTURES AND TALKS

2006             10^th Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

2011             6^th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry, Ivanovo, Russia

2014             7^th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry, Ivanovo, Russia

2014             Tokyo University, Japan

2014             14^th Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

2015             7^th Kobe University Brussels European Centre Symposium, Brussels, Belgium

2016             15^th Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

2017             Bilateral Kobe-Kiel Workshop Kiel, Germany

2017             Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

2018             8^th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry, Ivanovo, Russia

2019             9^th International Workshop on Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites, Helsinki, Finland

2019             iPlasmaNano-X, Porec, Croatia

2019             Tokyo University and Nagoya University, Japan

2019             Advances in Cluster Beam Deposition Symposium, Okinawa, Japan

GRANTS

2000 - 2005 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic OC527.10 Plasma polymers prepared by rf. sputtering of polymeric solids, under the COST Action, research team member

2002 - 2004 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic KONTAKT ME554 Nanostructured organosilicon and organic layers formed by polyatomic ion beams and plasma polymerization, research team member

2002 - 2004 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic KONTAKT ME553 Modification of hydrogels by plasma polymerization, research team member

2007 - 2011 The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic KAN101120701 Nanocomposite films and nanoparticles formed in low-pressure plasma for surface modification, research team member

2008 - 2010 Czech Science Foundation GP202/08/P158 Nanocomposite metal/polyethylene oxide plasma polymer thin films for biomedical applications, project leader

2011 - 2014 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic LD11032 Nanocomposites, Nanostructured Films and Plasma Modification for Polymer Nanomaterials for Food Packaging, under the COST Action FA0904 Eco-sustainable food packaging based on polymer nanomaterials, research team member

2012 - 2015 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic LD12066 Enhancement of biocompatibility of materials by atmospheric pressure plasma techniques for biomedical applications, under the COST Action MP1101 Biomedical applications of atmospheric pressure plasma technology, research team member

2013 - 2017 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 13-09853S Application of low temperature plasma in a gas aggregation cluster source for deposition of nanoparticles, nanostructured and nanocomposite films, research team member

2014 - 2016 The Charles University Grant Agency GAUK 1926314 Thin nanocomposite films and their application in the biomedical and aerospace fields, supervisor

2016 - 2018 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 16-14024S Investigation of nanostructured thin films formation deposited by plasma assisted techniques, research team member

2017 - 2019 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 17-12994S Multicomponent nano-architectured thin films of plasma polymers, project leader

2017 - 2019 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR GA-1722016S Investigation of plasma based complex gas aggregation source of core-shell and heterostructured nanoparticles, research team member

2017 - 2019 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR GA-1710813S Novel plasma polymers with tunable stability and permeability, research team member

2017 - 2019 The Charles University Grant Agency GAUK 1186217 Hybrid metal oxide/plasma polymer nanostructures towards controllable ion release, supervisor

2017 - 2020 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic LTC17062 Nanocomposite coatings based on hydrogenated carbon nanoparticles, under the COST Action CA15107 Multi-Functional Nano-Carbon Composite Materials Network, research team member

MANAGING SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

2013    EUROMAT 2013, Seville, Spain, member of International Organizing Committee

2017    8^th International workshop on polymer metal nanocomposites, Prague, Czech Republic, chairman of Local Organizing Committee

2018   17^th JVC, Olomouc, Czech Republic, member of International Programme Committee

2020    Workshop on plasma-based synthesis of nanomaterials, Prague, Czech Republic, member of Local Organizing Committee

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

International Plasma Chemistry Society since 2001

International Society for Plasma Medicine since 2012

Materials Research Society since 2018

MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

Plasma Processes & Polymers, guest editor

Materials, MDPI, guest editor

SN Applied Sciences, Springer, guest editor

Russian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, member of editorial board

OTHER PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

ERASMUS + Program Coordinator between MFF UK and Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany, 2018-2021.

Expert reviewer for The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, Romania, 2011-2012 and 2019-2020.

Reviewer for scientific journals including ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, and ACS Applied Nano Materials.

HOBBY

jogging, football, fishing, guitar