Vladimir Tsukruk
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Vladimir Tsukruk received the M.S. degree in molecular physics from National University of Ukraine, Kiev, in 1978; Ph.D. degree in polymer science from Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in 1983; another Ph.D. degree in chemistry from National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, in 1988. In 1990�, he was a postdoctor (Wendorff) of polymer engineering at Technical University of Darmstadt; and in 1992-1993, he was postdoctor in polymer science at Polymer Science Department, Akron University. His publications include more than 250 refereed papers, 17 reviews, three books, 4 patents, and more than 300 presentations at conferences.

Biography Updated on 8 October 2007

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Buckling Behavior of Highly Oriented Silver Nanowires Encapsulated within Layer-by-Layer Films
    Chemistry of Materials, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 2007–2015, 2007
  2. Negative Thermal Expansion in Ultrathin Plasma Polymerized Films
    Chemistry of Materials, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 129–131, 2007
  3. Langmuir, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 265–273, 2007
  4. Substrate- and Time-Dependent Photoluminescence of Quantum Dots Inside the Ultrathin Polymer LbL Film
    Langmuir, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 4509–4515, 2007
  5. Langmuir, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 25–30, 2007
  6. Robust, fluorescent, and nanoscale freestanding conjugated films
    Soft Matter, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 432, 2007
  7. Robust Fluorescent Response of Micropatterned Multilayered Films
    Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 7–19, 2007
  8. Nano Letters, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 730–734, 2006
  9. Macromolecules, vol. 39, no. 14, pp. 4756–4766, 2006
  10. Nano Letters, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 740–743, 2006
  11. Nano Letters, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 2254–2259, 2006
  12. Nano Letters, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 1443–1448, 2006
  13. Nano Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 435–440, 2006
  14. Langmuir, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1027–1037, 2006
  15. Langmuir, vol. 22, no. 14, pp. 6168–6176, 2006
  16. Langmuir, vol. 22, no. 16, pp. 7011–7015, 2006
  17. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 2632–2634, 2006
  18. Unfolding the multi-length scale domain structure of silk fibroin protein
    Polymer, vol. 47, no. 16, pp. 5821–5830, 2006
  19. Role of functionalized terminal groups in formation of nanofibrillar morphology of hyperbranched polyesters
    Polymer, vol. 47, no. 24, pp. 8137–8146, 2006
  20. Freestanding 2D Arrays of Silver Nanorods
    Advanced Materials, vol. 18, no. 21, pp. 2895–2899, 2006
  21. 3D Polymer Microframes That Exploit Length-Scale-Dependent Mechanical Behavior
    Advanced Materials, vol. 18, no. 16, pp. 2123–2127, 2006
  22. Freestanding Nanostructures via Layer-by-Layer Assembly
    Advanced Materials, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 829–840, 2006
  23. Trilayered Ceramic–Metal–Polymer Microcantilevers with Dramatically Enhanced Thermal Sensitivity
    Advanced Materials, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 1157–1161, 2006
  24. Flexible and Robust 2D Arrays of Silver Nanowires Encapsulated within Freestanding Layer-by-Layer Films
    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 16, no. 15, pp. 2024–2034, 2006
  25. The Elastic Properties and Plastic Behavior of Two-Dimensional Polymer Structures Fabricated by Laser Interference Lithography
    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1324–1330, 2006
  26. Gradient Array of Freely Suspended Nanomembranes
    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 27–32, 2006
  27. Microtribological and Nanomechanical Properties of Switchable Y-Shaped Amphiphilic Polymer Brushes
    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 1529–1540, 2005
  28. Freely Suspended Layer-by-Layer Nanomembranes: Testing Micromechanical Properties
    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 771–780, 2005
  29. Strain-Sensitive Raman Modes of Carbon Nanotubes in Deflecting Freely Suspended Nanomembranes
    Advanced Materials, vol. 17, no. 17, pp. 2127–2131, 2005
  30. Freely Suspended Gold Nanoparticle Arrays
    Advanced Materials, vol. 17, no. 13, pp. 1669–1673, 2005
  31. Intensive electric arc interaction with polymer surfaces: reorganization of surface morphology and microstructure
    Polymer, vol. 46, no. 18, pp. 7028–7036, 2005
  32. Langmuir monolayers from functionalized amphiphiles with epoxy terminal groups
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 493, no. 1-2, pp. 237–248, 2005
  33. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 2490–2493, 2005
  34. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 17, no. 22, pp. 5489–5497, 2005
  35. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 109, no. 43, pp. 20393–20402, 2005
  36. Langmuir, vol. 21, no. 14, pp. 6392–6398, 2005
  37. Macromolecules, vol. 38, no. 19, pp. 8028–8035, 2005
  38. Macromolecules, vol. 38, no. 21, pp. 8765–8774, 2005
  39. Nano Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 491–495, 2005
  40. Self-recovery of stressed nanomembranes
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 12, p. 121912, 2005
  41. Organized arrays of nanostructures in freely suspended nanomembranes
    Soft Matter, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 334, 2005
  42. Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Monitoring of Chain Alignment in Freely Suspended Nanomembranes
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, no. 11, 2005
  43. High-resolution Raman microscopy of curled carbon nanotubes
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 13, p. 2598, 2004
  44. Nanomechanical probing of layered nanoscale polymer films with atomic force microscopy
    Journal of Materials Research, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 716–728, 2004
  45. Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 882–890, 2004
  46. Freely suspended nanocomposite membranes as highly sensitive sensors
    Nature Materials, vol. 3, no. 10, Article ID nmat1212, 7 pages, 2004
  47. Macromolecules, vol. 37, no. 17, pp. 6511–6522, 2004
  48. Macromolecules, vol. 37, no. 20, pp. 7497–7506, 2004
  49. Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 21, pp. 9044–9052, 2004
  50. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, no. 14, pp. 4385–4393, 2004
  51. Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 23, pp. 10046–10054, 2004
  52. Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 22, pp. 9423–9427, 2004
  53. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 126, no. 31, pp. 9675–9684, 2004
  54. Adaptive and responsive surfaces through controlled reorganization of interfacial polymer layers
    Progress in Polymer Science, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 635–698, 2004
  55. Micro-surface and bulk thermal behavior of a single-grain decagonal Al–Ni–Co quasicrystal
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 334-335, pp. 312–316, 2004
  56. Oxidation kinetics of an AlCuFeCr approximant compound: an ellipsometric study
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 334-335, pp. 532–539, 2004
  57. Some aspects of AFM nanomechanical probing of surface polymer films
    European Polymer Journal, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 949–956, 2004
  58. Nanofibers from Functionalized Dendritic Molecules
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 43, no. 39, pp. 5246–5249, 2004
  59. Supramolecular Multiscale Fibers through One-Dimensional Assembly of Dendritic Molecules
    Advanced Materials, vol. 16, no. 23-24, pp. 2206–2212, 2004
  60. Compliant, Robust, and Truly Nanoscale Free-Standing Multilayer Films Fabricated Using Spin-Assisted Layer-by-Layer Assembly
    Advanced Materials, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 157–161, 2004
  61. Effect of Pulsed Laser Radiation on the Properties of Resistive Thick Films Based on Nickel and Barium Borides
    Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics, vol. 43, no. 1/2, pp. 94–98, 2004
  62. Micromechanical properties of glassy and rubbery polymer brush layers as probed by atomic force microscopy
    Polymer, vol. 44, no. 16, pp. 4557–4562, 2003
  63. Synthetic and bio-hybrid nanoscale layers with tailored surface functionalities
    Progress in Organic Coatings, vol. 47, no. 3-4, pp. 288–291, 2003
  64. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 42, pp. 12722–12723, 2003
  65. Dramatic enhancement of wear stability in oil-enriched polymer gel nanolayers
    Wear, vol. 255, no. 7-12, pp. 801–807, 2003
  66. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 51, pp. 15912–15921, 2003
  67. Langmuir, vol. 19, no. 19, pp. 7832–7836, 2003
  68. Langmuir, vol. 19, no. 15, pp. 6126–6134, 2003
  69. Langmuir, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 495–499, 2003
  70. Macromolecules, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 3101–3110, 2003
  71. Macromolecules, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 2825–2831, 2003
  72. Macromolecules, vol. 36, no. 19, pp. 7244–7255, 2003
  73. Nanoscale stiffness of individual dendritic molecules and their aggregates
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 82, no. 6, p. 907, 2003
  74. Tribology Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 101–104, 2002
  75. Tribology Letters, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 35–40, 2002
  76. Macromolecules, vol. 35, no. 15, pp. 5963–5973, 2002
  77. Macromolecules, vol. 35, no. 13, pp. 5131–5139, 2002
  78. Langmuir, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 3408–3412, 2002
  79. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 29, pp. 7246–7251, 2002
  80. Biomacromolecules, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 106–115, 2002
  81. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 43, pp. 11277–11284, 2002
  82. Towards self-lubricated nanocoatings
    Tribology International, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 829–836, 2002
  83. Wear stability of polymer nanocomposite coatings with trilayer architecture
    Wear, vol. 252, no. 11-12, pp. 946–955, 2002
  84. Microthermal analysis of polymeric materials
    Thermochimica Acta, vol. 395, no. 1-2, pp. 151–158, 2002
  85. Langmuir–Blodgett monolayers from lower generation amphiphilic monodendrons
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 406, no. 1-2, pp. 233–240, 2002
  86. Low generation photochromic monodendrons on a solid surface
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 410, no. 1-2, pp. 147–158, 2002
  87. Polymer nanocomposite coatings with non-linear elastic response
    Polymer, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 1695–1699, 2002
  88. Triplex molecular layers with nonlinear nanomechanical response
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 80, no. 25, p. 4825, 2002
  89. Molecular Lubricants and Glues for Micro- and Nanodevices
    Advanced Materials, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 95–108, 2001
  90. Bilayer nanocomposite molecular coatings from elastomeric/rigid polymers: fabrication, morphology, and micromechanical properties
    Macromolecular Symposia, vol. 167, no. 1, pp. 227–242, 2001
  91. Surface force spectroscopy of elastomeric nanoscale films
    Macromolecular Symposia, vol. 167, no. 1, pp. 167–175, 2001
  92. Biomacromolecules, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 304–312, 2001
  93. Biomacromolecules, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 757–764, 2001
  94. Nanotribological behavior of tethered reinforced polymer nanolayer coatings
    Tribology International, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 327–333, 2001
  95. Stability of microdomain morphology in tethered block copolymer monolayers
    Polymer, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 2267–2273, 2001
  96. Langmuir, vol. 17, no. 21, pp. 6715–6719, 2001
  97. Langmuir, vol. 17, no. 19, pp. 5924–5931, 2001
  98. Tribology Letters, vol. 10, no. 1/2, pp. 127–132, 2001
  99. Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 873–876, 2001
  100. High Performance Polymers, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 603–610, 2000
  101. Macromolecules, vol. 33, no. 20, pp. 7629–7638, 2000
  102. Macromolecules, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1043–1048, 2000
  103. Langmuir, vol. 16, no. 26, pp. 10569–10572, 2000
  104. Electrostatic self-assembly of sulfonated C60-porphyrin complexes on chitosan thin films
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 372, no. 1-2, pp. 85–93, 2000
  105. Dynamic microprobing of viscoelastic polymer properties
    Polymer International, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 441–444, 2000
  106. Micro-thermomechanical properties of heterogeneous polymer films
    Polymer, vol. 41, no. 14, pp. 5541–5545, 2000
  107. Langmuir, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 504–516, 2000
  108. Nano-Tribological and Wear Behavior of Boric Acid Solid Lubricant©
    Tribology Transactions, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 180–185, 1999
  109. Spring constants of composite ceramic/gold cantilevers for scanning probe microscopy
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 339, no. 1-2, pp. 249–257, 1999
  110. Nanoscale design of snake skin for reptation locomotions via friction anisotropy
    Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 477–484, 1999
  111. Langmuir, vol. 15, no. 24, pp. 8340–8343, 1999
  112. Langmuir, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 3029–3032, 1999
  113. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 33, no. 20, pp. 4905–4909, 1998
  114. Langmuir, vol. 14, no. 16, pp. 4535–4544, 1998
  115. Langmuir, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 446–455, 1998
  116. On the structure of polyamidoamine dendrimer monolayers
    Polymer, vol. 39, no. 21, pp. 5249–5252, 1998
  117. Dendritic Macromolecules at Interfaces
    Advanced Materials, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 253–257, 1998
  118. Columnar discotics for light emitting diodes
    Advanced Materials, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 48–52, 1997
  119. Analysis of light emitting diodes by X-ray reflectivity measurements
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 302, no. 1-2, pp. 214–222, 1997
  120. Assembly of supramolecular polymers in ultrathin films
    Progress in Polymer Science, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 247–311, 1997
  121. Side chain liquid crystalline polymers at interfaces
    Progress in Polymer Science, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 1089–1132, 1997
  122. Macromolecules, vol. 30, no. 21, pp. 6615–6625, 1997
  123. Macromolecules, vol. 29, no. 27, pp. 8706–8716, 1996
  124. Langmuir, vol. 12, no. 16, pp. 3905–3911, 1996
  125. Langmuir, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 754–757, 1996
  126. Langmuir, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 2825–2829, 1996
  127. Langmuir, vol. 12, no. 20, pp. 4840–4849, 1996
  128. Structure-fluorescence properties of some naphthoylene-benzimidazole-based Langmuir-Blodgett films
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 287, no. 1-2, pp. 232–236, 1996
  129. Miscibility and segregated structures in mixed Langmuir monolayers
    Supramolecular Science, vol. 2, no. 3-4, pp. 219–231, 1995
  130. Self-Organization of Polymer Brush Layers in a Poor Solvent
    Journal de Physique II, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 1441–1456, 1995
  131. Macromolecules, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1370–1376, 1995
  132. Macromolecules, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1274–1280, 1994
  133. Langmuir, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 996–999, 1994
  134. Modulation of supramolecular structure of linear polyurethane systems by addition of liquid-crystalline polymers in the molecular miscibility range
    Polymer, vol. 35, no. 21, pp. 4690–4693, 1994
  135. Morphology and molecular ordering in Langmuir-Blodgett films from ladder polyheteroarylenes
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 244, no. 1-2, pp. 745–749, 1994
  136. Surface morphology of cyanine dye single-crystal sheets grown on a lipid monolayer
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 244, no. 1-2, pp. 763–767, 1994
  137. Structural rearrangements during mesomorphic phase transitions in poly?10-[(cyano-4'-biphenyl)oxy]decanyl vinyl ether?
    Polymer, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 481–486, 1993
  138. Langmuir, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 614–618, 1993
  139. Langmuir, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 2141–2144, 1993
  140. Langmuir, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 3538–3547, 1993
  141. Langmuir, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 2279–2283, 1992
  142. Molecular packing at surfaces of oriented polyimide fiber and film observed by atomic force microscopy
    Polymer Bulletin, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 557–563, 1992
  143. Supramolecular structure of disperse phase of detergent oil additives
    Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 311–315, 1990
  144. One-dimensional correlations in ordered smectic phases of comb-like polymers
    Polymer, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 1793–1796, 1990
  145. Structure of micelles of overbased salicylate lube oil additives
    Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 273–275, 1989
  146. Structure and orientation in the magnetic field of a liquid crystalline polyester with polyethylene glycol spacers
    Polymer Science U.S.S.R, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 503–508, 1988
  147. Structural characteristics of highly oriented fibres of polyethyleneterephthalate-oxybenzoic acid copolymers, prepared from a liquid-crystalline melt
    Polymer Science U.S.S.R, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 2353–2359, 1988
  148. Structural order in comb-like liquid-crystalline copolymers
    Polymer Science U.S.S.R, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1177–1183, 1987
  149. Layer order in liquid-crystalline polyesters having polyoxypropylene spacers in the main chain
    Polymer Science U.S.S.R, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 722–730, 1987
  150. Structure of polymer blends and copolymers based on liquid crystalline compounds from phenyl benzoates
    Polymer, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 1370–1376, 1987
  151. Structural-mechanical characteristics of polyurethane-liquid crystal mixtures exposed to radiation
    Polymer Science U.S.S.R, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 60–68, 1986
  152. Macromolecules, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1308–1317, 1986