Vadym Mochalin

Faculty milestones celebrated at General Faculty meeting

Posted by on December 4, 2025

Missouri S&T honored faculty members for their years of service during the General Faculty meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2. This new tradition recognizes the dedication and impact of faculty who have reached significant career milestones.

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Mochalin publishes research on MXenes

Posted by on November 4, 2025

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, professor of chemistry, co-authored a study titled “Defect-Driven Degradation of MXenes in Aqueous Environments and Mitigation Strategies: Insights from First-Principles” in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Nano.

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Mochalin publishes research on nanodiamond-based nerve agent treatment

Posted by on October 7, 2025

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, leads an international research team developing a nanodiamond-based drug delivery platform to treat exposure to nerve agents such as sarin and Novichok. Their findings were recently published in Chemico-Biological Interactions.

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Missouri S&T scholars recognized by Academic Analytics

Posted by on April 1, 2025

Eight Missouri S&T researchers have been recognized by Academic Analytics for ranking in the top 5% of their peers across four or more scholarly activity metrics. This data was calculated before Missouri S&T’s inclusion in the Carnegie R1 category, therefore the peer context is universities in the R2 category.

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Mochalin publishes study on MXene hydrolysis

Posted by on April 1, 2025

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemisty, published a new study in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Nanoscale. The article, titled “Formation of Hydrocarbons and Carbon Oxides in Mxene Reactions with Water Under Varying Oxidative Conditions,” explores the chemical reactivity of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and carbonitrides (MXenes) with water.

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Mochalin co-authors paper in ‘Langmuir’

Posted by on November 5, 2024

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, and colleagues from Warsaw University of Technology in Poland and Tulane University authored a paper titled “Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Photocatalytic Truncated-Bipyramidal TiO2/Ti3CN Heterostructures Derived from Ti3CN MXene,” in the American Chemical Society journal, Langmuir.

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Mochalin presents at European Materials Research Society Meeting

Posted by on October 1, 2024

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, delivered an invited talk at the 2024 Fall European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Warsaw, Poland.

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Mochalin co-authors chapter, paper

Posted by on August 6, 2024

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Shuohan Huang, a former doctoral student, co-authored a chapter, titled “MXene thermal and chemical stability and degradation mechanism” in Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes) Handbook: Synthesis, Processing, Properties and Applications.

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Mochalin to present at MXene international conference

Posted by on August 6, 2024

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, is giving an invited talk at the 3rd International Conference “MXene: Changing the World” this week at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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Mochalin delivers lecture at materials society meeting

Posted by on May 7, 2024

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, delivered an invited lecture at the 2024 Spring Materials Research Society meeting on Wednesday, April 24, in Seattle.

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