In memory of the scientist :: KAPUTSKY Fedor Nikolaevich

— Graduated from Belarusian State University (1954).
— In 1956-1964 - Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Belarusian State University.
— In 1964-1965 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR for the Coordination of Research.
— In 1965-1973 - Associate Professor of the Department, Head of the Department, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Belarusian State University.
— In 1973-1985 - Deputy, First Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the BSSR, at the same time - Head of the Department of the Belarusian State University, Acting Director and Head of the Laboratory of the Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University.
— In 1985-1989 and since 1996 - Head of the laboratory of the Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Problems, in 1989-1990 - First Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, in 1990-1996 - Rector of the Belarusian State University.

Scientific works in the field of structural and chemical modification of cellulose and its derivatives. He explained the effect of organic solvents of different nature on the reactivity of nitric oxide and cellulose, established the effect of amorphization of cellulose and proposed a mechanism for the selective oxidation of cellulose with nitrogen oxide and its direct dissolution in mixtures of nitrogen oxide with electron-donor solvents. Cellulose solutions in new solvents turned out to be suitable for the formation of films, membranes, the synthesis of cellulose derivatives. Labile cellulose derivatives characterized by high reactivity, allowing to regulate the structural state of the polymer and obtain practically important materials on its basis, have been identified and studied. Thermo-oxidative transformation of cellulosic materials modified with inorganic compounds, highly dispersed inorganic oxides, ceramic fibers, ferrites, superconducting fibers were synthesized. The results of many years of research on the mechanism of cellulose oxidation with nitric oxide, the influence of various factors on this process, the physicochemical and sorption properties of the resulting derivatives made it possible to develop and master the original production technology of oxidized cellulose and a number of effective prolonged action of drugs based on it that have hemostatic, antimicrobial proteolytic, immunostimulating, cardiotropic and other actions, as well as an effective enterosorbent in the form thixotropic hydrogel. Preferred options have been developed for organizing the production of our own cellulose semi-finished products in Belarus based on agricultural raw materials (straw of annual plants, etc.).

Author of more than 600 scientific papers, incl. 2 monographs, 2 textbooks, about 200 inventions.

Awarded with the Order "Badge of Honor" (1980), the Francisk Skaryna Medal (1996), the Medal.

Major papers:

Лекарственные препараты на основе производных целлюлозы. Мн.: Университетское, 1989 (совм. с Т.Л. Юркштович).
Физическая химия. Мн.: Высшая школа, 1981 (совм. с С.А. Судариковым).
Катионный олигомер пиперилена: синтез, свойства и применение. Мн.: Універсітэцкае, 1997 (совм. с В.П. Мардыкиным).