Sergei Nazarenko

Assistant Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
Polymer Science Building,Room 211
118 College Drive #10076
Hattiesburg,MS 39406-0001
Phone:(601)-266-5967
Fax:(601)-266-5504
Email: Sergei.Nazarenko@usm.edu

Background

B.Sc., 1982, Chemical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia; Ph.D., 1988, Physics and Mathematics (Polymer Physics), Russian Academy of Sciences, 1988-1990, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USSR Academy of Sciences, N.N. Semenov's Institute of Chemical Physics; 1990-1997, Research Associate/Senior Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University; 1997-2003, Assistant Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; 2004-present, Assistant Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Research Areas

Transport phenomena in polymers and polymer based materials: diffusion of small molecules, polymer chain interdiffusion, and chain mobility; Development of advanced materials for high barrier packaging, coating, separations, and drug delivery applications; The glassy state: steady state and relaxation, probing and modeling of free volume; Positron lifetime spectroscopy of polymers; Responsive materials and nanotechnology;

Representative Publications, Patents

J. Yu, R.Y.F. Liu, B. Poon, S. Nazarenko, T. Koloski, T. Vargo, A. Hiltner, E. Baer, “Polymers with Palladium Nano-Particles as Active Membrane Materials”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 92, 749-756 [2004]

B. G. Olson, J. Lin, S. Nazarenko , A.M. Jamieson, “Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): Contributions from Rigid and Mobile Amorphous Fractions,” Macromolecules , 36, 7618-7623 [2003]

J. Lin, S. Shenogin , S. Nazarenko , “Oxygen Solubility and Specific Volume of Rigid Amorphous Fraction in Semicrystalline Poly(ethylene terephthalate)”, Polymer , 43, 4733-4743 [2002]

T. Prodpran, S. Shenogin , S. Nazarenko , “Gas Transport Behavior of Semicrystalline Syndiotactic Polystyrene Containing a and b Crystalline Forms”, Polymer , 43, 2295-2309 [2002]

K. Hodge, T.Prodpran, N.B. Shenogina, S. Nazarenko , “Solid State Structure of Thermally Crystallized Syndiotactic Polystyrene”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 83, 2705-2715 [2002]

Y.S. Hu, R.Y.F. Liu, L.Q. Zhang, M.Rogunova, D.A. Schiraldi, S. Nazarenko, A. Hiltner, E. Baer, “Oxygen Transport and Free Volume in Cold-Crystallized and Melt-Crystallized Poly(ethylene naphthalate)”, Macromolecules, 35 [19], 7326-7337 [2002]

Y.S. Hu, R.Y. F. Liu, M. Rogunova, D.A. Schiraldi, S. Nazarenko, A. Hiltner, E. Baer, “Oxygen-Barrier Properties of Cold-Crystallized and Melt-Crystallized Poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-4,4'-bibenzoate), Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 40, 2489 - 2503 [2002]

K. Hodge, T.Prodpran, N.B. Shenogina, S. Nazarenko , “Solid State Structure of Thermally Crystallized Syndiotactic Polystyrene”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 83, 2705-2715 [2002]

B.G. Olson, T. Prodpran, A. M. Jamieson, S. Nazarenko , “Positron Annihilation in Syndiotactic Polystyrene Containing a and b Crystalline Forms”, Polymer , 43, 6775-6784 [2002]

K. Hodge, T. Prodpran, N. B. Shenogina, S. Nazarenko , “Diffusion of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Thermally Crystallized Syndiotactic Polystyrene”, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics , 39, 2519-2538 [2001]