17 General Naumov St., 03164, Kyiv, Ukraine

Phone: (044) 422 9604; fax: (044) 424 3567;
e-mail: ics-sec@i12.com;
http://www.surfacechem.com.ua

Major study areas of the Institute are:

– theory of chemical structure and reactivity of solid surfaces: research into the nature of active centers; mechanisms of sorption, chemical reactions and other transformations in the surface layer;

– medicobiological and biochemical problems of surface: interactions between disperse materials with bioactive molecules in supramolecular structures, polymers, membranes, and micro organisms;

– physic chemistry of surface phenomena: collective interactions in ensembles of particles, quantum-dimensional effects in nanostructures, phase transitions in ultradisperse systems, interaction of electromagnetic radiation and substance;

– technology of nanomaterials production, including materials based on oxide and carbonaceous systems, their modified forms and composites.

The Institute has a science school in chemistry, physics and technology of solid surface, founded in 1962 by academician O. O. Chuiko. At present the school has 15 doctors of sciences, 85 candidates of chemical, physic-and-chemical, physic-and-mathematical, medical, pharmaceutical, biological and technical sciences.

The following research results are proposed for cooperative commercialization:

‘Silics’ nanodimensional enterosorbent as an individual therapeutic agent of sorptive action for prevention of and treatment for gastric intoxications, toxicoinfections, gastric infections including cholera, salmonellosis, dysentery; co-drugs (‘Phytosilics’ etc.) on the basis of synthetic highly disperse silica and medicinal plants, which provide an enhanced therapeutic effect, prolongation of action, improved bioavailability; reagents for de-foaming of drilling muds, production of fire-extinguishing powders and anti-caking agents, manufacturing of paints and pulp-and-paper products; ‘Silar’ thixotropic noncoagulating lubricant used in machine-, aircraft-, and shipbuilding, as well as food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries; sorbents for water processing, which provide decontamination of potable and household water from microorganisms and organic compounds; sorbents that are nonwettable by water, distinguished for their high sorptive capacity (up to 50 g per gram of the sorbent) and finding use in removing petroleum and petroleum products spills; mobile and stationary radiotransparent shelters for radar stations; materials absorbing SHF radiation and sound- and heat-insulation materials designed to protect equipment and operating personnel from electromagnetic radiation.