Education

M.S., 1993,  Ph.D., 1997, Columbia University;

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-1998, New York University

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Fields of Specialization: Physics and chemistry of materials and interfaces, surface physical chemistry, product identification and separation, applied catalysis, reactions on metal and semiconductor surfaces, plasma assisted interface processes. 
 

Research Experience:

1996-1998 Postdoctoral research with Prof. Stacey Bent (New York University). This research was related to physical and chemical properties of semiconductor surfaces. 

1992-1996 Doctoral research with Prof. Brian Bent (Columbia University). This research was focused on the reactions of hydrocarbons and halohydrocarbons on single crystal metal surfaces. 

1990-1992 Undergraduate research with Prof. Igor Beckman (Moscow State University, Division of Chemical Engineering and A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia). This research was related to integrated polymeric membrane-moving liquid modules for gas separation and purification. 

1988-1990 Undergraduate research with Prof. Eduard Filatov (Moscow State University, Division of Radiochemistry). The research involved applied radiochemistry and radiotracer techniques for studies of the reactions of hot tritium atoms with solid organic substrates. 
 

Professional Memberships:

Mendeleev Chemical Society (Russia) 

American Chemical Society (USA) 

American Vacuum Society (USA) 

Sigma Xi (Columbia University Chapter, NY, USA) 
 

Awards:

Best undergraduate project in physical chemistry section. Moscow State University, 1992. 

Diploma with excellence of Moscow State University, 1992. 

Columbia University Pegram Award for the meritorious achievement by graduate students in their progress toward the Ph. D., 1996 
 

Field Research Experience:

1. Summer 1989: Radiochemical Pollution in Far East (joint project of Institute of Oceanography and Moscow State University); 

2. Summer 1991: Pollution of Black Sea (Moscow - Istanbul; Moscow State University) 
 

Professional Activities:

General User, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory (1993-present)

Member of Center for Catalytic Science and Technology at the University of Delaware (1998-present)

Chair of a Physical Chemistry session on the 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (San Francisco, 1999)
Chair of a Surface Science session on the 47th National Meeting of the American Vacuum Society (Boston, 2000)
Organizer of the symposium series entitled "Chemistry of Carbonaceous Materials" at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (New Orleans, 2003; San Diego 2005).
Over 40 presentations were given since 1993, over 25 of them invited.
Over 20 other presentations co-authored by Dr. Andrew V. Teplyakov were delivered by students and postdoctoral fellows in his group and in research groups involved in collaborative investigations. These oral and poster presentations were given on national meetings of the American Chemical Society and the American Vacuum Society, Middle Atlantic Regional Meetings of the American Chemical Society, Annual Reviews of the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology at the University of Delaware.
 
 

List of Publications

2.  Beckman, I. N.; Bessarabov, D. G., Teplyakov, V. V. and Teplyakov, A. V. Integrated membrane systems with moving liquid carriers for multicomponent gas separation. BHR Group Conf. Ser. Publ. 1993, 3 (Effective Membrane Processes-New Perspectives), 297-306. 

3. Teplyakov, V.; Beckman, I.; Teplyakov, A. and Netrusov, A. Integrated membrane systems with moving liquid carriers for biogas separation in biotechnology. BHR Group Conf. Ser. Publ. 1993, 5 (3rd International Conference on Bioreactor and Bioprocess Fluid Dynamics, 1993), 315-322. 

4.  Netrusov, A.; Teplyakov, A.; Bessarabov, D. and Teplyakov V. Gas separation systems for biotechnology by integrated membranes with moving liquid carriers.  Conf. Adv. Biochem. Eng., Three-Day Symp., 2nd,1994, 106-8. 

5. Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, B. E. b-Hydride elimination from alkyl and cycloalkyl groups on Cu(100) surface: ring strain and planarity of the transition state. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 10076-10087. 

6. Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, B. E. Distinguishing direct and quasi-direct mechanisms for an Eley-Rideal gas-surface reaction: stereochemistry of H addition to cyclohexene on Cu(100). J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans.1995, 91 (20), 3645-3654. 

7.   Lin, J.-L.; Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, B. E. The effects of alkyl chain structure on carbon-halogen bond dissociation and b-hydride elimination by alkyl halides on a Cu(100) surface. J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 10721-10731. 

8.  Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, B. E. Infrared spectroscopic study of the chemical displacement of hydrocarbon monolayers from a Cu(100) surface. Chem. Phys. Lett. 1996, 260, 65-70. 

9.  Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, B. E. Dehydrocyclization of 1-hexene to benzene on Cu₃Pt(111).  Catal. Lett. 1996, 42 (1,2), 1-4. 

10. Teplyakov, A. V.; Gurevich, A. B.; Yang, M. X.; Chen, J. G. and Bent, B. E. NEXAFS and TPD studies of molecular adsorption of hydrocarbons on Cu(100): segmental correlations with the heats of adsorption. Surf. Sci. 1998, 396, 340-348. 

11. Kash, P. W.; Yang, M. X.; Teplyakov, A. V.; Flynn, G. W. and Bent, B. E. Chemical displacement of molecules adsorbed on surfaces: low temperature studies with application to surface reactions . J. Phys. Chem. B1997, 101, 7908-7918. 

12. Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, B. E. Mechanism of dehydrocyclization of 1-hexene to benzene on Cu₃Pt(111). J. Phys. Chem. B 1997, 101, 9052-9059. 

13. Yang, M. X.; Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, B. E. Regioselectivity of deuterium atom addition to olefin monolayers on Cu(100). J. Phys. Chem. B 1998, 102 (16), 2985-2990. 

14. Lusvardi, V. S.; Barteau, M. A.; Chen, J. G; Eng, J., Jr.; Frühberger, B. and Teplyakov, A. V. A NEXAFS investigation of the reduction and reoxidation of TiO₂(001). Surf. Sci. 1998, 397, 237-250. 

15. Teplyakov, A. V.; Gurevich, A. B.; Garland, E. R. and Bent, B. E. Mechanism of dehydrocyclization of 1-hexene to benzene on Cu₃Pt(111): identification of 1,3,5-hexatriene as a reaction intermediate. Langmuir1998, 14 (6), 1337-1344. 

16. Gurevich, A. B.; Teplyakov, A. V.; Yang, M. X. and Bent, B. E. Synthesis, bonding and reactions of p-bonded allyl groups on Cu(100): allyl radical ejection. Langmuir 1998, 14 (6), 1419-1427. 

17. Teplyakov, A. V.; Bent, B. E.; Eng, J., Jr. and Chen, J. G. Vibrational mode-softening of alkanes on clean and modified Cu and Mo surfaces: absence of a simple correlation with thermal desorption temperatures. Surf. Sci. 1998, 399, L342-L350. 

18. Teplyakov, A. V.; Kong, M. J. and Bent, S. F. Vibrational spectroscopic studies of Diels-Alder reactions with the Si(100)-2x1 surface as a dienophile. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 11100-11101. 

19. Teplyakov, A. V.; Kong, M. J. and Bent, S. F. Diels-Alder reactions of butadienes with the Si(100)-2x1 surface as a dienophile: vibrational spectroscopy, thermal desorption and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure studies. J. Chem. Phys. 1998, 108 (11), 4599-4606. 

20. Kong, M. J.; Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, S. F. NEXAFS studies of adsorption and reaction of benzene on Si(100)-(2x1). Surf. Sci.1998, 411, 286-293. 

21. Teplyakov, A. V.; Lal, P.; Noah, Y. A.; Bent, S. F.  Evidence for a Retro-Diels-Alder Reaction on a Single Crystal Surface: Butadienes on Ge(100). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120 (29), 7377-7378 

22. Lal, P.; Noah, Y.; Kong, M. J.; Teplyakov, A. V. and Bent, S. F. Adsorption of ethylene on the Ge(100)-2 x 1 surface: Coverage and time-dependent behavior. J. Chem. Phys. 1999, 110 (21), 10545-10553. 

23. Gurevich, A. B.; Bent, B. E.; Teplyakov, A. V. and Chen, J. G. A NEXAFS investigation of the formation and decomposition of CuO and Cu₂O thin films on Cu(100). Surf. Sci. 1999, 442, L971-L976 

24. Kong, M. J.; Teplyakov, A. V.; Jagmohan, J.; Lyubovitsky, J. G.; Mui, C.; and Bent, S. F. Interaction of C₆ cyclic hydrocarbons with a Si(100)-2x1 surface: adsorption and hydrogenation reactions. J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 3000-3007 

25. He, H.; Mathauser, A. T.; and Teplyakov, A. V.  Self-limiting heterogeneous reactions: Bifunctional hydrocarbon on a bimetallic alloy surface. J. Phys. Chem.B 2000, 104(51), 12306-12314. 

26. Mathauser, A. T. and Teplyakov, A. V.  Naphthalene formation on Cu₃Pt(111): dehydrocyclization of  4-phenyl-1-butene. Catal. Lett. 2001, 73(2-4), 207-210. 

27. Mathauser, A. T.; He, H.; and Teplyakov, A. V.  Adsorption and thermally induced reactions of halocyclohexanes on a Cu₃Pt(111) surface. Surf. Sci. 2001, 479, 213-223. 

28. Bulanin, K.; Shah, A. and Teplyakov, A. V. Infrared spectroscopy studies of iodoethane on Si(100)-2x1: Adsorption and thermal decomposition leading to adsorbate ordering. J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 115(15), 7187-7195. 

29. Bulanin, K. M.; Shah, A. G.; Fitzgerald, D. R.; Doren, D. J.; Teplyakov, A. V. Kinetically-favored adsorbate ordering: Hydrogen and iodine on the Si(100)-2x1 surface. J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 7286-7289. 

30. Müller, T.; Flynn, G. W.; Mathauser, A. T.; Teplyakov, A. V. Temperature-programmed desorption studies of n-alkane derivatives on graphite: Desorption energetics and the influence of functional groups on adsorbate self-assembly. Langmuir 2003, 19, 2812-2821.

31. Mathauser, A. T. and Teplyakov, A. V. The effects of surface poisoning by HCl on cyclization processes on a Cu₃Pt(111) surface. Surf. Sci. 2003, 523, 37-47. 

32. Bocharov, S. and Teplyakov, A. V. Spectroscopic Evidence for Hydrogen Diffusion through Several-Nanometers-Thick Titanium Carbonitride Layer on Silicon. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7196-7197.

33. Dmitrenko, O.; Huang, W.; Polenova, T. E.; Francesconi, L. C.; Wingrave, J. A. and Teplyakov, A. V. Effect of Cations in Infrared and Computational Analysis of Vanadium-Containing Six-Coordinate Oxotungstates. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2003, 107, 7747-7752.

34. Bocharov, S.; Mathauser, A. T. and Teplyakov, A. V. Adsorption and Thermal Chemistry of Nitroethane on Si(100)-2x1. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2003, 107, 7776-7782.

35. Wingrave, J. and Teplyakov, A. V. Infrared spectrometer attachment assembly for use with vacuum and high-pressure cells. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2003, 21(5), 1800-1801. 

36. Bulanin, K. M.; Kong, M. J.; Pirolli, L.; Mathauser, A. T. and Teplyakov, A. V. Adsorption and thermal decomposition of diethyaluminum hydride on Si(100)-2x1. Surf. Sci. 2003, 542, 167-176.

37. Bocharov, S. and Teplyakov, A. V. Adsorption, ordering, and chemistry of nitrobenzene on Si(100)-2x1. Surf. Sci. 2004, 573, 403-412.

38. Bocharov, S.; Zhang, Z.; Beebe, T. P., Jr., and Teplyakov, A. V. Structure of a thin barrier film deposited from tetrakis-(dimethylamido)-titanium onto a Si(100) substrate. Thin Solid Films 2005, 471, 159-165.

39. Watras, M. J. and Teplyakov, A. V. An Infrared and Computational Investigation of Vanadium-Substituted Keggin [PVnW12-nO40](n+3)- Polyoxometallic Anions. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109(18), 8928-8934.

40. Pirolli, L. and Teplyakov, A. V. Complex Thermal Chemistry of Vinyltrimethylsilane (VTMS) on Si(100)-2x1. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109(17), 8462-8468.

41. Pirolli, L. and Teplyakov, A. V. "Vinyltrimethylsilane (VTMS) as a Probe of Chemical Reactivity of a TiCN Diffusion Barrier-Covered Silicon Surface." In press, J. Phys. Chem. B.
 
 
 

Research Interests

Representative Publications

1. A. V. Teplyakov,  B. E. Bent, "Distinguishing Direct and Quasi-Direct Mechanisms for an Eley-Rideal Gas-Surface Reaction:  Stereochemistry of H Addition to Cyclohexene on Cu(100)." J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1995, 91 (20), 3645-3654. 
2. P. W. Kash, M. X. Yang, A. V. Teplyakov, G. W. Flynn, B. E. Bent, "Chemical Displacement of Molecules Adsorbed on Surfaces:  Low Temperature Studies with Application to Surface Reactions." J. Phys. Chem. B 1997, 101, 7908-7918. 
3. Bocharov, S.; Mathauser, A. T. and Teplyakov, A. V. Adsorption and Thermal Chemistry of Nitroethane on Si(100)-2x1. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2003, 107, 7776-7782.
4. Bocharov, S. and Teplyakov, A. V. Spectroscopic Evidence for Hydrogen Diffusion through Several-Nanometers-Thick Titanium Carbonitride Layer on Silicon. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7196-7197.
5. Pirolli, L. and Teplyakov, A. V. Complex Thermal Chemistry of Vinyltrimethylsilane (VTMS) on Si(100)-2x1. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109(17), 8462-8468.