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Aliaksei Vaitusionak

EN | RU

Senior Researcher
PhD (Chemistry)

Department: Laboratory of catalysis of polymerization processes
e-mail: vaitusionak@bsu.by
Phone: +375(17) 379-00-49

 

 

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Subject and Class of Degrees

  • 2011-2016 – Faculty of Chemistry, Belarusian State University;
  • 2016-2017 – Master Courses, Belarusian State University;
  • 2017 –  Master Degree of natural sciences, Belarusian State University;
  • 2021 – PhD (in chemistry, thesis title: "Polymerization of carbazole containing vinyl and thiirane monomers").

Career

  • 2016 – Trainee of Junior Researcher, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University;
  • 2016 – 2020 – Junior Researcher, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University;
  • Since 2020 – Researcher, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University.

Current research activity

Synthesis of functional polymers based on carbazole-containing derivatives of styrene, thiirane and vinyl ether by methods of controlled anionic, radical and cationic polymerization. Obtaining polymers for application as a matrix of the emission layer of polymer light-emitting diodes.

List of Selected Publications:

  1. Celiker T., Altlnlşlk S., Vaitusionak A., Kostjuk S.V., Koyuncu S., Yagci Y. Sequential and Simultaneous Photoinduced Radical and Step-Growth Polymerizations of Carbazole Functional Styrene // Macromolecules. 2022. 55 (18). pp. 8242-8249. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01558
  2. Bernard R.S., Andruleviciene V., Belousov G.K., Vaitusionak A.A., Tsiko U., Volyniuk D., Kostjuk S.V., Kublickas R.H., Grazulevicius J.V. Methoxy-substituted carbazole-based polymers obtained by RAFT polymerization for solution-processable organic light-emitting devices // European Polymer Journal. 2022. 174. № 111323. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111323
  3. Vaitusionak A.A., Vasilenko I.V., Sych G., Kashina A.V., Simokaitiene J., Grazulevicius J.V., Kostjuk S.V. Atom-transfer radical homo- and copolymerization of carbazole-substituted styrene and perfluorostyrene // Eur. Polym. J. – 2020. – V. 134. – P. 109843–109853.
  4. Vaitusionak A.A., Vasilenko I.V., Jatautiene E., Simokaitiene J., Tomkeviciene A., Ostrauskaite J., Grazulevicius J.V., Kostjuk S.V. Organocatalytic controlled anionic ring-opening polymerization of carbazole-containing thiiranes // Eur. Polym. J. – 2019. – V. 117. – P. 179–187.
  5. Vasilenko I.V., Vaitusionak A.A., Sutaite J., Tomkeviciene A., Ostrauskaite J., Grazulevicius J.V., Kostjuk S.V. Simultaneous step-growth and chain-growth cationic polymerization of styrenic monomers bearing carbazolyl groups // Polymer. – 2017. – V. 129. – P. 83–91.