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PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

• M. Sc. (Summa Cum Laude): Chemistry, Moscow State University, Russia


• Doctorate degree: PhD Organic Chemistry, Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, (1980)


• Professoriate degree: D.Sc.Chemistry, Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, (1998)

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Associate Editor: Research Letters in Nanotechnology


• Associate Editor: Journal of Nanotechnology

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HONORS AND Awards

• Science Direct TOP 25 Hottest Article: Functionalized carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds for engineering and biomedical applications, Diamond and Related Materials, 2005, Vol. 14, Issue 3-7, Pages 859-866. Khabashesku, V.N.; Margrave, J.L; Barrera, E.V.
  http://top25.sciencedirect.com/?journal_id=09259635

• ESI Most Cited Papers in the field (top 1%) – for articles in Nano Letters and Acc.Chem. Res., 2005;
• ISI Fast Breaking Paper – most cited paper in Chemistry - for review article  published in Accounts of Chemical Research, Feb. 2004;
• Marquis Who’s Who in America, Biography included in 2004 - 2008 issues;
• R&D Magazine 100 Award for “Fluoronanotubes” -  as a member of development team, 2003;
• State Prize of Russia Laureate (the highest nation’s civilian honor, formerly Lenin Prize) in Science and Engineering. Awarded by President of Russia, 2003;
• US National Academy of Science Visiting Scientist and Lecturer scholarship, 1990-1991;
• Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry - Senior Researcher of the Year Award,  1988;
• Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry - First Prize for the best Senior Investigator  research work of  the year, 1987;
• Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. for the best work in chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical physics and chemical technology, 1983;
• Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry - First Prize for the best research work of the  year at the contest of Young Investigators, 1976;
• Mendeleev Chemical Society of the USSR - First Prize for the best work of Young   Investigator, 1976;
• Honor’s / Summa Cum Laude Diploma (M.Sc.) in Chemistry from Moscow State University, 1973.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chemistry and spectroscopy of transient molecules containing double and triple p-bonds at group 14 elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn), carbenes and their silicon and germanium analogues, small strained metallacycles, reaction mechanisms, matrix isolation spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, molecular structure and bonding, quantum chemical calculations, vacuum pyrolysis and photochemistry, low-temperature chemistry, routes from reactive intermediates to organic/inorganic polymers and ceramics, fluorination and derivatization of fullerenes, polyfullerenes, carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds for bio-medical and materials engineering applications, synthesis and characterization of carbo-nitride nano- and microscale materials, high pressure/high temperature synthesis and characterization of potentially superhard all-carbon and C3N4 phases, chemistry of materials and nanoscience, design and manufacturing of integrated polymer composites, hydrogen storage materials, nanolubricants, and surface coatings chemistry and technology.

Current Research

Chemistry of carbon nanomaterials, nanotubes, nanodiamonds, nano-onions, carbon nitrides, fullerenes, and polyfullerenes, tailored for engineering and bio-medical applications:

Nanocomposites:

Nano Lett.  2003, 3, 1107-1113
 Adv. Funct. Mater, 2004,14, 643-648
 Chem. Mater, 2006, 18, 906-913

Biomaterials:

Analyt. Chem., 2004, 76(22); 6734-6742

Coatings:

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 3712-3713
Nature, 2005, 434, 580

Nanolubricants:

Wear, 2005, 259/1-6 pp. 738-743

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Publications

Most recent selected publications, inventions and invited lectures

218.  Medium density polyethylene composites with functionalized carbon nanotubes. M.X.Pulikkathara, O.V.Kuznetsov, I.R.G.Peralta, X.Wei, V.N.Khabashesku, Nanotechnology, 2009, 20, 195602

217. Raman Spectroscopy of graphitic C3N4 phase. P. V. Zinin, L.-C. Ming, S. K. Sharma, V.N. Khabashesku, X. R. Liu, S. M. Hong,S. Endo, T. Acosta. Chem. Phys. Lett., 2009, 472, 69–73.

216.  Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Response to Proton Radiation. J. Li, Y. Lu,  M. X. Pulikkathara, O.V.Kuznetsov, V. N. Khabashesku, R. T. Wilkins, P. J. Boul, E. D. Sosa, K. Turner, M. J. O’Rourke, P. Moloney , S, Arepalli, L. Yowell.  J .Phys.Chem. C, 2009, Accepted. ASAP on web, July 22, 2009.

215. Self-assembled fibrillar carbon nanotube heat transfer gels with enhanced thermal conductivities, B. C. Rostro, S. Selinger, N. Rosenberg, V. N. Khabashesku, and E. V. Barrera  in " Graphene and Graphite Materials " Ed. by  H.E.Chen,  ISBN: 978-1-60692-666-6.  Series: Materials Science and Technologies. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. NY, 2009.

214. Solubilization of carbon nanoparticles, nanotubes, nano-onions and nanodiamonds, through covalent functionalization with sucrose. O. V. Kuznetsov, M. X. Pulikkathara, R.F. M. Lobo, V. N. Khabashesku. Russ. Chem. Bull.2009, in review.

213.  Carbon Nanotubes: Fluorinated Derivatives. V. N. Khabashesku, O. V. Kuznetsov, M.X. Pulikkathara. Book Chapter in Nanomaterials: Inorganic and Bioinorganic Perspectives. Ed. C.M. Lukehart and R.A. Scott, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, ISBN: 978-0-470-51644-7, 856 p., 2009.

212. Perspectives for Synthesis of New Diamond-Like Phases in the B-C-N System. V.P.Filonenko, V.N.Khabashesku, V.A.Davydov, A.V.Rakhmanina, I.P.Zibrov, V.N. Agafonov. High Pressure Physics and Technology, 2008, V.18 (4), 129-137 (Russ.)

211. Raman Study of Hydrogenated and Fluorinated Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes, K. P. Meletov;  I. O. Bashkin;  V. V. Shestakov;  A. V. Krestinin;  V. A. Davydov;  M. X. Pulikkathara;  V. N. Khabashesku;  J. Arvanitidis;  D. Christofilos; G. A. Kourouklis, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 2008, Vol. 16,  Iss. 5 & 6, pp. 322-329.

210. Reinforcement of nylon 6 with functionalized silica nanoparticles for enhanced tensile strength and modulus, Hassan Mahfuz, Mohammad Hasan, Vinod Dhanak,Graham Beamson, Justin Stewart, Vijaya Rangari, XinWei, Valery Khabashesku and Shaik Jeelani, Nanotechnology, 2008, 19, 445702 (7pp)

209. Friction and Adhesion Properties of Vertically Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays and Fluoro-Nanodiamond Films, H. Lu, J. Goldman, F. Ding, Y. Sun, M.X. Pulikkathara, V.N. Khabashesku, J. Lou, Carbon, 2008, 46, 1294

208.  Covalent Sidewall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Amino Acids. M. X. Pulikkathara, V.N. Khabashesku. Izvestia Akad Nauk. Ser. Khim. 2008, 57, N5, 1035-1043 (Russ.); Russ. Chem. Bull. 2008, 57, N5, 1054-1062 (Engl.).

190. Synthesis of New Cubic Phase in the B-C-N System, V. P. Filonenko, V. N. Khabashesku, V. A. Davydov, I. P. Zibrov, V. N. Agafonov, Inorganic Materials (Russ.), 2008, Vol. 44, No. 4, 395–400.

189.  Sidewall Covalent Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Through Reactions of Fluoronanotubes with Urea, Thiourea, and Guanidine, Merlyn Pulikkathara, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Valery Khabashesku, Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 2685-2695.

188.  Self-assembly of Sidewall Functionalized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Investigated by STM, Jun Zhang, Lei Zhang,Valery N. Khabashesku, Andrew R. Barron, Kevin F. Kelly, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112(32), 12321-12325.

187. Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with N-[3-(Trimethoxysilyl)propyl]ethylenediamine and its Cobalt Complex, A. Oki, L. Adams, Z. Luo, E. Osayamen, P. Biney, V. Khabashesku, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 2008, 69, 1194-1198.

186. Dispersion of Aminoalkylsilyl Ester or Amine Alkyl-Phosphonic Acid Sidewall Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Silica Using Sol-Gel Processing, A. Oki, L. Adams, V. Khabashesku, Y. Edigin, P. Biney, Z. Luo, Mater. Lett., 2008, 62, 918-922.

185. Alignment of carbon nanotubes and reinforcing effects in Nylon-6 polymer composite fibers. V. K. Rangari, M.Yousuf, S. Jeelani, M. X. Pulikkathara, V. N. Khabashesku. Nanotechnology. 2008, 19, No 24 (18 June 2008) 245703 (9pp).

183.  Polyol functionalized water soluble carbon nanostructures, Valery N. Khabashesku, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Rui F. M. Lobo, Patent application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office on July. 23, 2008

182. Method for Preparation of New Superhard BCN Material. Valery N Khabashesku, Vladimir P. Filonenko, Valery A. Davydov, Patent application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Jan. 29, 2008 

181. Confined Tubular Carbon Nanostructures for Nanoreactors and Synthons, V. N. Khabashesku, E. V. Barrera, R. F. M. Lobo, Current Research in Nanotechnology, 2007, Vol.1, No.2, pp 165-182.

180.  Size-Dependent Nanodiamond-Graphite Phase Transition at 8 GPa, V. A. Davydov, A. V. Rakhmanina, V. N. Agafonov, V. N. Khabashesku, JETF Letters (Engl.), 2007, 86, 530-533

179. Fluorination of Carbon Nanotubes. Valery N Khabashesku, Invited Book Chapter for “Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes” V.A. Basiuk and E. A. Basiuk (Editors), ASP Publishers, 2007, Vol. 1, p.255

178.  Size-dependent phase transition of diamond to graphite at high pressures, Valeri A. Davydov, Aleksandra V. Rakhmanina, Stephane Rols, Viacheslav Agafonov , Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Randall L. Vander Wal, Valery N. Khabashesku, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 12918-12925.

177. Functionalization of Carbon Nano-Onions by Direct Fluorination. Y.Liu, R. Vander Wal, V. N. Khabashesku, Chem. Mater., 2007, 19, 778-786.

176. Processing a Glass Fiber Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composite with Nanotube Enhancement of Interlaminar Shear Strength, Jiang Zhu, Ashraf Imam, Roger Crane, Karen Lozano, Valery N. Khabashesku, Enrique V. Barrera, Composites Sci.Technology, 2007, 67, 1509-1517.

175. Benzoyl Peroxide Initiated In-Situ Functionalization, Processing and Mechanical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polypropylene Composite Fibers. Daneesh McIntosh, Valery N. Khabashesku, and Enrique V. Barrera, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 1592-1600.

174. Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications, Valery N. Khabashesku, XVIIIth Mendeleev Congress on Pure and Applied Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, September 24-29, 2007, (invited). Proceedings, Vol. 1, p.71.

173. New superhard “heterodiamond” material, Filonenko V.P., Khabashesku V.N., Davydov V.A. International Conference HighMatTech. Section A: Fundamental Principles of Modern Materials Science. October 15-19, 2007, Kyiv, Ukraine. Proceedings, p. 320.

172. Fluorinated Carbon Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, Valery N. Khabashesku, 234th ACS National Meeting, August 19-23, 2007, Boston, MA (invited)

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