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ANDRÁS TÓTH
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Personal Information
- Place and date of birth:
Büdszentmihály, Hungary, 9 September, 1950
Education
- 1965-1969: Chemical Technical School "Lajos Petrik", Budapest, Hungary: Chemical technician.
- 1969-1975: Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology "Lomonosov", Moscow, USSR: Chemical engineer.
- 1980-1982: Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy: "Perfezionamento" studies.
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Experience
- 1975-1980: Research Laboratory for Inorganic Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (RLIC HAS): gas-solid reactions.
- 1980-1982: University of Pisa, Italy: synthesis and characterization of copper(I) complexes.
- 1982-1997: RLIC HAS: surface modification of, and XPS surface studies on polymers.
- 1998-present: IMEC CRC-HAS: surface modification of, and XPS surface studies on polymers.
Degrees
- 1975: M.Sc. Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Organopolychlorosiloxanes (Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, USSR).
- 1980: Dr. rer. nat. Thesis: Thermogravimetric Studies on the Chlorination Reactions of Alumina (Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary).
- 1995: C.Sc. (equivalent to Ph.D.) Thesis: Surface Modification of Polymers and their Surface Chemical Characterization by XPS (Hungarian Academy of Sciences).
Position
- 1975-1978: Research assistant
- 1979-1995: Research fellow
- 1996-2006: Senior research fellow
- 2007-present: Senior research fellow, Head of the Group of Nanolayer Chemistry
Scientific interestet
- Surface modification (by ion/atom beams, plasma immersion ion implantation) of engineering and bioengineering polymers (polyethylene, PTFE, PET, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyimide, polysulfone, organosilicon polymers...)
- Surface chemical analysis by XPS (ESCA)
- Nanomechanical and nanotribological analysis (hardness and Young modulus by nanoindentation, surface topography, friction and abrasive wear by nanoscratch measurements)
Memberships
- Committee for Surface Chemistry and Nanostructure of Materials (HAS)
- Working Group for Materials Science (HAS)
- Working Group for Membrane Research and Development of the Hungarian Chemical Society
Award
- Scientist Award at the Science Days of the Chemical Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2007.
Knowledge of Languages
Publications
Author and co-author of about 100 scientific papers (published mostly in English, in international journals).
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