ITMO University
ITMO University

Chemotronics and Interfaces Group

Colloidal chemistry Electrochemistry Nanotechnology
Head of Laboratory

Smirnov, Evgeny A

PhD in Chemistry, Associate Professor
Publications
39
Citations
890
h-index
15
CoLab ID
R-35E9F-12902-TK86N
ORCID
0000-0001-7930-7758
ResearcherID
D-7827-2016
Scopus ID
56404183100
Google Scholar ID
h8XadPoAAAAJ
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Lab website
Lab team

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.

  1. X-ray phase analysis
  2. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
  3. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
  4. Spectrophotometry
  5. Electrochemistry
  6. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  7. IR spectroscopy
  8. Thermogravimetry (TG)
  9. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
  10. DFT calculations
  11. EPR spectroscopy
  12. Dynamic light scattering (DLS)
  13. Raman spectroscopy
Evgeny Smirnov 🥼 🤝
Head of Laboratory
Moskalenko, Ivan Vladimirovich
Ivan Moskalenko 🤝
Postdoctoral researcher
Volkova, Olga O
Olga Volkova
PhD student
Boniface Ale 🤝
PhD student
Arina Pavlova
Student
Ilya Korolev
Student

Research directions

Electrodes for electrochemical detection

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Publications and patents

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Lab address

191002, г. Санкт-Петербург, ул. Ломоносова, д.9
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