Chemotronics and Interfaces Group

Colloidal chemistry Electrochemistry Nanotechnology

R-35E9F-12902-TK86N

Head of Laboratory

Smirnov, Evgeny A

PhD in Chemistry, Associate Professor

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Our laboratory was established in September 2022 with the main focus on the self-assembly of soft (proteins, DNA, polymers) and solid (metals, oxides) nanoparticles at the interface of two immiscible liquids (English liquid-liquid interfaces), Raman spectroscopy, two-dimensional materials (graphenes/mexenes) as well as electrochemistry for the purpose of application to create sensors and biosensors of a new generation.

X-ray phase analysis
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Spectrophotometry
Electrochemistry
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
IR spectroscopy
Thermogravimetry (TG)
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
DFT calculations
EPR spectroscopy
Dynamic light scattering (DLS)
Raman spectroscopy

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Head of Laboratory

Ivan Moskalenko 🤝

Postdoctoral researcher

Olga Volkova

PhD student

Arina Pavlova

Student

Ilya Korolev

Student

Research directions

Electrodes for electrochemical detection

Development of electrodes made of various materials for the detection of various analytes. The project is being conducted in collaboration with several scientific groups.

Using partition boundaries to clean and create food

Development of approaches for the use of liquid-liquid and liquid-air interfaces in the food industry (FoodTech), bringing such technologies to industrial applications. The project is being carried out in collaboration with industrial partners.

New methods of atomic force microscopy

Development of new approaches to obtaining and analyzing atomic force microscopy data, including mechanical properties of the surface. Including the combination of QCM and AFM. The project is being carried out in collaboration with several scientific groups and the company NT-MDT LLC.

Memristive devices based on 2D materials

Development and testing of memristive devices based on polyelectrolyte assemblies with embedded 2D materials. MXene Ti3C2 has been tested at this stage. Memristors are the basis of "hardwired" neural networks, several memristors are combined into a layer, and a layer into perceptrons.

Substrates for enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Development and creation of reinforcing substrates for Raman spectroscopy, including testing of such substrates, their complete characterization and application on real objects. To solve this problem, we use self-assembly of nanoparticles at the liquid-liquid interface. The project is supported by the RNF.