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Professor Iouri Gounko

Professor of Inorganic Chemisty(1922) (Chemistry)
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 igounko@tcd.ie

 3531896 3543


Biography

1982-87 M.Sc (with distinction, major Organometallic Chemistry), Moscow State University 1987-90 Ph.D, Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow State University 1990-93 Lecturer in Chemistry and Materials for Electronics (Bielorussian Techn.University) 1993-94 Postdoctoral Fellow (Royal Society Award), research on organolanthanides, University of Sussex 1994-95 Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Materials for Electronics (Bielorussian Techn. University) 1995-96 Postdoctoral Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Award), research on organosilicon compounds, University of Magdeburg 1996-98 Postdoctoral Researcher, research on organolanthanides (EPSRC), University of Sussex 1999- to date Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin 2002- to date Director of Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials.

Research Tags

  Colloids   Composite materials   Diagnostic bioimaging   Drug development and evaluation   Imaging Techniques   Inorganic Chemistry   Nano Biotechnology   Nanotechnology   Nanotubes   Optical materials   Organometallic chemistry   Plastics   Polymers

Research Projects

 Magnetic iron oxide nanowires
 Carbon nanotube organometallics
 Two in one" fluorescent magnetic nanocomposites for biomedical application
 Quantum dots for biomedical applications

Languages

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English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Basic Basic Basic
German Medium Medium Medium
Russian Fluent Fluent Fluent
Gladkovskaya O, Gerard V.A, Nosov M, Gun'Ko Y.K, O'Connor G.M, Rochev Y, The interaction of QDs with RAW264.7 cells: Nanoparticle quantification, uptake kinetics and immune responses study, RSC Advances, 5, (53), 2015, p42250 - 42258, Notes: [Export Date: 13 August 2015], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Brennan L.J, Gun'ko Y.K, Advances in the Organometallic Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials, Organometallics, 34, (11), 2015, p2086 - 2097, Notes: [Export Date: 13 August 2015], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Mukhina M.V, Maslov V.G, Baranov A.V, Fedorov A.V, Orlova A.O, Purcell-Milton F, Govan J, Gun'Ko Y.K, Intrinsic chirality of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots and quantum rods, Nano Letters, 15, (5), 2015, p2844 - 2851, Notes: [Export Date: 13 August 2015], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Moloney M.P, Govan J, Loudon A, Mukhina M, Gun'ko Y.K, Preparation of chiral quantum dots, Nature Protocols, 10, (4), 2015, p558 - 573, Notes: [Cited By :2 Export Date: 13 August 2015], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Martynenko I.V, Kuznetsova V.A, Orlova À.O, Kanaev P.A, Maslov V.G, Loudon A, Zaharov V, Parfenov P, Gun'Ko Y.K, Baranov A.V, Fedorov A.V, Chlorin e6-ZnSe/ZnS quantum dots based system as reagent for photodynamic therapy, Nanotechnology, 26, (5), 2015, Notes: [Export Date: 13 August 2015], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Gladkovskaya O, Rybina I, Gun'Ko Y.K, Erxleben A, O'Connor G.M, Rochev Y, Water-based ultrasonic synthesis of SbSI nanoneedles, Materials Letters, 160, 2015, p113 - 116, Notes: [Export Date: 13 August 2015], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Gaffney, A.M., Santos-Martinez, M.J., Satti, A., (...), Elia, G., Radomski, M.W. , Blood biocompatibility of surface-bound multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 11, (1), 2015, p39-46 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Savateeva, D., Melnikau, D., McCarthy, J.E., (...), Rusakov, K.I., Rakovich, Y.P. , Optical properties of hollow polymer microspheres loaded with semiconductor quantum dots, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks , Graz; Austria, 6-10 July, 2014, pp6876653-, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Baimuratov, A.S., Turkov, V.K., Leonov, M.Y., (...), Fedorov, A.V., Rukhlenko, I.D. , Phonon-induced photoluminescence from a single quantum dot in the regime vibrational resonance, Proceedings - 2014 International Conference Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference Laser Optics, St. Petersburg; Russian Federation, 30 June -4 July, 2014, pp6886382-, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Melnikau, D., Savateeva, D., Gun'Ko, Y.K., Rakovich, Y.P. , Enhanced chiroptical properties of a hybrid material consisting of J-aggregates and silver nanoparticles, Proceedings of International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Graz; Austria, 6-10 July, 2014, pp6876652 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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M. Wojdyla, S. Gallagher, Y.K. Gun'ko, J. M. Kelly, S. J. Quinn, I.P. Clark, G.M. Greetham, M. Towrie and A.W. Parker, Ultrafast Transient Absorption Studies on CdTe and Chiral CdSe Quantum Dots - Central Laser Facility, Annual Report 2008-2009, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 2009, 193-196, Report, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Royal Society Fellowship Award 1993
Alexander von Humboldt Award 1995

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Dr. Gun'ko works in the areas of Organometallic Chemistry, Science of Materials and Nanotechnology. Dr. Gun'ko supervises a research team consisting at present of 8 postgraduate students and 4 postdoctoral research fellows. Dr. Gun'ko has 125 publications in peer reviewed journals and 10 patents. His main research interest and activities are: - magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic liquids for MRI diagnostics, - nanoparticle-drug conjugates, - quantum dots (CdTe) for biomedical applications (biological imaging and drug delivery), - chemical functionalisation of carbon nanotubes, - polyhedral silsesquioxanes and metallasiloxanes.