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Vladimir Tsukruk

Vladimir Tsukruk

Professor
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Biography

Dr. Vladimir Tsukruk is a Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Before joining Georgia Tech in July 2006, he was a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University, Ames. He also served as Chair and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences at Western Michigan University from 1996-1999.

Education

Post-doctoral, Polymer Science Department, The University of Akron, OH, 1992-1993
Post-doctoral, Freiburg University, Germany, 1992
Post-doctoral Humboldt Fellow, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, 1990-1992
Ph.D.2 (D.Sc.), Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev 1988
Ph.D., Polymer Science (Yu. Lipatov), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev 1983
M.S., Molecular Physics, National University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine 1978

Selected Publications

C. Jiang, V. V. Tsukruk, Free Standing Nanostructures via Layer-by-Layer Assembly, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 829-840.

K. L. Genson, J. Holzmueller, M. Ornatska, Y.-S. Yoo, M.-H. Park, M. S. Lee, V. V. Tsukruk, Assembling of dense fluorescent supramolecular webs via self-propelled star-shaped aggregates, Nano Lett. 2006, 6, 435-440

M. C. LeMieux, M. McConney, Y.-H. Lin, S. Singamaneni, H. Jiang, T.J. Bunning, V. V. Tsukruk, Polymeric Nanolayers as Actuators for Ultra-Sensitive Thermal Bimorphs, Nano Lett., 2006, 6, 730-734

J.-H. Jang, C. K. Ullal1, T. Gorishnyy, V. V. Tsukruk, E. L. Thomas, Mechanically Tunable Three-Dimensional Elastomeric Network/Air Structures via Interference Lithography, Nano Lett. 2006, 6, 740-743

C. Jiang, M. E. McConney, S. Singamaneni, E. Merrick, Y. Chen, J. Zhao, L. Zhang, V. V. Tsukruk, Thermo-optical Arrays of Flexible Nanomembranes Freely Suspended over Microfabricated Cavities as IR Microimagers, Chem. Mater., 2006, 18, 2632-2634

Current Research
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