Scientific topics

• development of effective one-step methods of synthesis of various derivatives of light fullerenes (amino-, halogen-, hydroxy-, carboxy-, derivatives of fullerenes with amino acids), physico-chemical investigation of fullerene derivatives;
• biomedical investigation of water-soluble fullerene derivatives, development of nanodispersed carriers of cardioprotectors in ischemic myocardium, assessing the possibility of using of water-soluble derivatives of fullerenes with amino acids and peptides to prevent HIV replication, development of new generation of drugs for treatment of tuberculosis based on conjugates of water-soluble fullerene derivatives with antibiotics;
• investigation of influence of the chemical nature of carrier on the reactivity of grafted organic compounds and determination of the relationship between the chemical properties of these compounds and electronic donor-acceptor properties of the inorganic matrices surface;
• development of a new synthetic methods of inorganic matrices for immobilization of enzymes, nanodispersed carriers for the targeted delivery of drugs, sorbents for purification of influenza viruses and placental gamma globulin, matrices for the solid-phase synthesis of peptides, complexing sorbents, vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalysts for soft oxidation of butane, benzene and piperylene in the process of synthesis of maleic anhydride, mineral-carbon sorbents and nanostructured carbon materials with a high specific surface area;
• development of methods for the synthesis of new carbon-mineral sorbents for separation of mixtures of fullerenes;
• investigation of the chromatographic properties of carbon-mineral sorbents in the process liquid chromatographic separation of light fullerenes;
• synthesis and investigations of transport properties of solid electrolytes in crystal and nanostructural state for making sensors, electric cell, fuel cells and others;
• computer simulations of crystallization of superionic materials in carbon nanotubes. Investigation of dynamical properties of ionic transport in composite superionic materials by molecular dynamics method;
• computer simulations of composite materials on the base of Nafion, fullerenol and fulleren derivatives with molecular dynamics and quantum chemical methods.