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Ryan Sayko

Graduate Student in the Department of Chemistry

2017, B.S. Physics, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

E-mail: saykor@email.unc.edu

Research Topics: Polymer Degradation, Nanoparticle Adhesion

Ryan was born and raised in the town of Skaneateles, New York. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College in physics, working on organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells during his final year. Ryan is currently in his fifth year with the Dobrynin Group studying the scaling of properties of polymer solutions. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis and percussion.

  1. Sayko, R.; Jacobs, M.; Dobrynin, A. V., Universality in Solution Properties of Polymers in Ionic Liquids. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2022, 4, 1966–1973.
  2. Sayko, R.; Jacobs, M.; Dobrynin, A. V., Quantifying Properties of Polysaccharide Solutions. ACS Polymers Au 2021, 1, 196–205.
  3. Sayko, R.;  Tian, Y.;  Liang, H.; Dobrynin, A. V., Charged Polymers: From Polyelectrolyte Solutions to Polyelectrolyte Complexes. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 7183−7192.
  4. Dobrynin, A. V.;  Jacobs, M.; Sayko, R., Scaling of Polymer Solutions as a Quantitative Tool. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 2288−2295.
  5. Sayko, R.;  Wang, Z.;  Liang, H.;  Becker, M. L.; Dobrynin, A. V., Degradation of Block Copolymer Films Confined in Elastic Media: Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 9460−9469.
  6. Sayko, R.;  Wang, Z.;  Liang, H.;  Becker, M. L.; Dobrynin, A. V., Degradation of Films of Block Copolymers: Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 1270−1280.
  7. Sayko, R.;  Cao, Z.;  Liang, H.; Dobrynin, A. V., Gluing Interfaces with Soft Nanoparticles. Langmuir 2019, 35, 7277−7284.