Отдел международной аспирантуры и докторантуры

Elena V. Ushakova,

Research interests

• Synthesis and functionalization of carbon nanoparticles by solvothermal and microwave methods

• Hybrid materials based on carbon nanoparticles and metal, semiconductor and magnetic nanoparticles

• Carbon nanoparticles emitting in the red and near infrared region of the spectrum

• Chiral carbon nanoparticles for theranostics

• Sensors based on carbon nanoparticles

 Features of the PhD program

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

• RSF «Chiral carbon nanoparticles with optical transitions in the red and near-infrared regions for theranostics» (2022-2024), PI;

• Priority 2030 «Functionalized carbon nanoparticles» (2022-2024), PI

 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

84

 Key publications

1. Das A., Kundelev E. V., Vedernikova A. A., Cherevkov S. A., Danilov D. V., Koroleva A. V., Zhizhin E. V., Tsypkin A. N., Litvin A. P., Baranov A. V., Fedorov A. V., Ushakova E. V.*, Rogach, A. L. Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules //Light: Science & Applications. – 2022. – V. 11(92). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00778-9.

2. Döring A., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A. L. Chiral carbon dots: synthesis, optical properties, and emerging applications //Light: Science & Applications. – 2022. – V. 11(75). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00764-1.

3. Khavlyuk P. D. Stepanidenko E. A., Bondarenko D. P., Danilov D. V., Koroleva A. V., Baranov A. V., Maslov V.G., Kasak P., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V.*, Rogach, A. Influence of thermal treatment conditions (solvothermal versus microwave) and solvent polarity on morphology and emission of phloroglucinol-based nitrogen-doped carbon dots //Nanoscale. – 2021. ? V. 13. ? pp. 3070-3078

4. Stepanidenko E.A., Arefina I.A., Khavlyuk P.D., Dubavik A., Bogdanov K.V., Bondarenko D.P., Cherevkov S.A., Kundelev E.V., Fedorov A.V., Baranov A.V., Maslov V.G., Ushakova E.V.*, Rogach A. L. Influence of the solvent environment on luminescent centers within carbon dots // Nanoscale - 2020, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 602-609

5. Xiong Y., Zhang X., Richter A.F., Li Y., Doring A., Kasak P., Popelka A., Schneider J., Kershou S., Yoo S.J., Kim J., Zhang W., Zheng W., Ushakova E.V., Feldmann J., Rogach A.L. Chemically Synthesized Carbon Nanorods with Dual Polarized Emission // ACS Nano - 2019, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 12024-12031

The most significant results of intellectual activity

Results of intellectual activity

Kurshanov D.A., Cherevkov S.A., Baranov A.V., Dubavik A.Yu., Ushakova E.V., Bogdanov K.V., Baranov M.A. Luminescent sensor for the concentration of heavy metal ions (mainly cobalt) in water based on quantum dots of ternary composition – 2020

 Requirements for a graduate student

• English

• Basic knowledge in optics/organic chemistry

• Learnability

 Code of the subject area of the PhD program

• Optics