Research focus

Design of nanoparticles via an interdisciplinary interaction between organic materials (small molecules and polymers) and inorganic nanoparticles in basic and application-oriented work. My ultimate aim is to realize the applications of nanotechnology to industry.

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, 2002.

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, 2006.

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Ulsan, South Korea, 2011.

Awards and Professional Activities

Pre-Seed fund $30,000 for lightweight nanocomposite project, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2014.

Seed fund $200,000 for lightweight nanocomposite project, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2015.

Selected publications

C. Mugemana, K.V. Bukhryakov, O. Bertrand, K.B. Vu, J.-F. Gohy, N. Hadjichristidis, V.O. Rodionov, Ring opening metathesis polymerization of cyclopentene using a ruthenium catalyst confined by a branched polymer architecture, Polymer Chemistry, (2016), accepted.

K.V. Bukhryakov, C. Mugemana, K.B. Vu, V.O. Rodionov, Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precatalyst Site Isolated in the Core of a Star Polymer, Organic Letters, 17 (2015) 4826-4829.

K.B. Vu, K.V. Bukhryakov, D.H. Anjum, V.O. Rodionov, Surface-Bound Ligands Modulate Chemoselectivity and Activity of a Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalyst, ACS Catalysis, 5 (2015) 2529-2533.

V.A. Solovyeva, K.B. Vu, Z. Merican, R. Sougrat, V.O. Rodionov, One-Pot Synthesis of Au@SiO₂ Catalysts: A Click Chemistry Approach, ACS Combinatorial Science, 16 (2014) 513-517.