Evgeny Smirnov
PhD 
 

Research interests

  • Nanotechnology, Material Science, Nanoparticles: synthesis and properties of colloidal particles, preparation of novel materials

  • Physical Chemistry, Surface Chemistry: self-assembly at soft interfaces (liquid-liquid, liquid-air, etc.)

  • Electrochemistry: investigation of properties of nanoparticles and their assemblies, in particular, for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic applications

  • Analytical Chemistry: application of nanoparticles and their assemblies for surface enhanced methods, for example, SERS, as well as in ELISA-based methods

 Features of the PhD program

  •  A unique opportunity to work with a wide variety of equipment, both self-made and within the CCU.

  • In addition to the capabilities of the Infochemistry Research Center, the leader has a wide network of foreign scientific contacts - the University of Limerick, Ireland (self-assembly and electrochemistry), the University of Turku, Finland (electrochemistry), the University of Oldenburg, Germany (electrochemistry and nanotechnology), Fudan University, China (analytical chemistry).

  • As a part of the grant work, postgraduate students will be provided with financial support.

List of the supervisor’s research projects (participation/supervision)

  • Leader of RSCF № 22-73-00206, Self-assembly of gold and silver nanoparticles at liquid-liquid interfaces as a platform for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

  • Researcher on TSITIS №АААА-А20-120121790037-7, Development of technology for obtaining sunflower protein isolate

  • Researcher on RSCF № 20-13-00330, Development of fluorescent sensor platforms based on composite materials for the determination of biologically active compounds in complex matrices

 List of potential thesis topics

  • Self-assembly of (non)metallic nanoparticles at soft interfaces and their implementation for optics, catalytic and electrocatalytic applications

  • Self-assembly of 2D materials (graphene, graphene oxide, MXene) at soft interfaces and investigation of their properties (optical, catalytic and electrocatalytic)

  • Sensing elements based on in-situ generation of reagents (in particular, ELISA sensors with H2O2 in-situ generation)

Publications in the last five years

18

 Key publications

  1. E. Smirnov, 2018, Assemblies of Gold Nanoparticles at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces (Springer Theses Series), Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2018, 270. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77914-0

  2. M. D. Scanlon, E. Smirnov, T. J. Stockmann, P. Peljo, Gold nanofilms at liquid-liquid interfaces: an emerging platform for redox electrocatalysis, nanoplasmonic sensors and electrovariable optics, Chem. Rev., 118, 2018, 3722-3751. Q1 (1999), SRJ = 20.53. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00595. Front page: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/chreay/118/7

  3. E. Smirnov, P. Peljo, H. H. Girault, Gold Raspberry-Like Colloidosomes Prepared at the Water-Nitromethane Interface, Langmuir, 34, 2018, 2758-2763. Q1 (1999), SRJ = 1.04. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03532

  4.   P. Peljo, M.D. Scanlon, A.J. Olaya, L.Rivier, E. Smirnov, and H. Girault, Redox Electrocatalysis of Floating Nanoparticles: Determining Electrocatalytic Properties Without the Influence of Solid Supports, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 8, 2017, 3564–3575. Q1 (1999), SRJ = 2.56. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00685

  5. E. Smirnov, P. Peljo and H. Girault, Self-assembly and redox induced phase transfer of gold nanoparticles at the waterpropylene carbonate interface, Chem. Comm., 53, 2017, 4108-4111. Q1 (1999), SRJ = 1.84. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09638G

The most significant results of intellectual activity

Patent application - A.E. Kuropteva, E.A. Smirnov, I.A. Vweselova, Patent application № 2022118324, Hydrogene Peroxide Generation Method for Application in Spectrophotometric, Colorimetric and Luminescent Analysis with Peroxidase, 2022

 Requirements for a graduate student

  •  Background in inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, or biochemistry

  • Hands-on-experience in laboratory and with basic laboratory equipment: mixers, heaters, glassware, рН-meters, conductometers etc.

  •  Analytical methods: SEM/TEM, DLS, spectroscopy (UV-Vis-IR), Raman

Software: Office, OriginLab, ImageJ, script-writing Python or Wolfram Mathematica is a plus

 Code of the subject area of the PhD program

  • Inorganic Chemistry