Design of nanostructured materials for alternative energy and biomedical applications

Main Directions of Investigations

1. Systematic study of ion transport processes in solid ionic conductors in crystalline and nanostructured state using modern experimental methods (impedance spectroscopy, NMR, etc.) in systems based on fluorides of rare and alkaline earth metals, PbF₂, SnF₂, etc.
2. Development of mechanochemistry methods to create a new generation of fluoride-conducting solid electrolytes.
3. Developments in the field of practical application of solid electrolytes in sensors, chemical current sources, fuel cells, etc.
4. Methods of quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics are used to study the physicochemical properties of materials at the atomic-molecular level using modern software and high-performance calculations in supercomputers. Main directions: alternative energy, medicinal chemistry, diffusion in membranes, nanoscale materials.
5. Catalysts for producing carbon nanotubes.
6. Synthesis and research of physical and chemical properties of mineral-carbon sorbents intended for chromatographic separation of fullerenes.
7. Composites based on polyelectrolytes and fulleroid materials.
8. Hemosorbents combining the porous structure of silica carriers with the chemical nature of the surface of carbon materials.
9. Carriers based on silica and magnetic nanoparticles intended for targeted drug delivery and theranostics.

Publications

1. Mokrushin, A.S., Fisenko, N.A., Gorobtsov, P.Y., Simonenko, T.L., Glumov, O.V., Melnikova, N.A., Simonenko, N.P., Bukunov, K.A., Simonenko, E.P., Sevastyanov, V.G., Kuznetsov, N.T. Pen plotter printing of ITO thin film as a highly CO sensitive component of a resistive gas sensor (2021) Talanta, 221, статья № 121455. DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121455
2. Simonenko, T.L., Simonenko, N.P., Gorobtsov, P.Y., Mokrushin, A.S., Solovey, V.R., Pozharnitskaya, V.M., Simonenko, E.P., Glumov, O.V., Melnikova, N.A., Lizunova, A.A., Kozodaev, M.G., Markeev, A.M., Volkov, I.A., Sevastyanov, V.G., Kuznetsov, N.T. Pen plotter printing of Co3O4 thin films: features of the microstructure, optical, electrophysical and gas-sensing properties (2020) Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 832, статья № 154957. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154957
3. Simonenko, T.L., Simonenko, N.P., Mokrushin, A.S., Simonenko, E.P., Glumov, O.V., Mel'nikova, N.A., Murin, I.V., Kalinina, M.V., Shilova, O.A., Sevastyanov, V.G., Kuznetsov, N.T. Microstructural, electrophysical and gas-sensing properties of CeO2–Y2O3 thin films obtained by the sol-gel process (2020) Ceramics International, 46 (1), pp. 121-131. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.08.241
4. Simonenko, T.L., Kalinina, M.V., Simonenko, N.P., Simonenko, E.P., Glumov, O.V., Mel'nikova, N.A., Murin, I.V., Shichalin, O.O., Papynov, E.K., Shilova, O.A., Sevastyanov, V.G., Kuznetsov, N.T. Synthesis of BaCe0.9-xZrxY0.1O3-Δ nanopowders and the study of proton conductors fabricated on their basis by low-temperature spark plasma sintering (2019) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44 (36), pp. 20345-20354. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.05.231
5. Postnov, V.N., Melnikova, N.A., Lobanova, M.S., Novikov, A.G., Murin, I.V. Synthesis and Proton Conductivity of Solid Polyelectrolytes Based on Aquivion Membranes with Carbon Nanotubes (2019) Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 89 (3), pp. 556-557. DOI: 10.1134/S1070363219030332
6. Simonenko, T.L., Kalinina, M.V., Simonenko, N.P., Simonenko, E.P., Glumov, O.V., Mel'nikova, N.A., Murin, I.V., Shichalin, O.O., Papynov, E.K., Shilova, O.A. Spark plasma sintering of nanopowders in the CeO2-Y2O3 system as a promising approach to the creation of nanocrystalline intermediate-temperature solid electrolytes (2018) Ceramics International, 44 (16), pp. 19879-19884. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.07.249
7. Postnov, V.N., Mel’nikova, N.A., Shul’meister, G.A., Novikov, A.G., Murin, I.V., Zhukov, A.N. Nafion- and aquivion-based nanocomposites containing detonation nanodiamonds (2017) Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 87 (11), pp. 2754-2755. DOI: 10.1134/S1070363217110391
8. Petrov, A.A., Melnikova, N.A., Petrov, A.V., Silyukov, O.I., Murin, I.V., Zvereva, I.A. Experimental investigation and modelling of the Na+ mobility in NaLnTiO4 (Ln = La, Nd) ceramics (2017) Ceramics International, 43 (14), pp. 10861-10865. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.05.117
9. Glumov, O.V., Bodnar, V.A., Mel’nikova, N.A., Yakobson, V.E., Murin, I.V. Electrical conductivity of potassium titanyl phosphate KTiOPO4 pure crystals and those doped with Na+, Rb+, and F– ions (2017) Russian Journal of Electrochemistry, 53 (8), pp. 846-851. DOI: 10.1134/S1023193517080055
10. Postnov, D.V., Postnov, V.N., Murin, I.V., Mel’nikova, N.A., Semenov, K.N. Nafion-based composite solid electrolytes containing water-soluble fullerene C60 derivatives (2016) Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 86 (4), pp. 894-896. DOI: 10.1134/S1070363216040228
11. Postnov, D.V., Postnov, V.N., Murin, I.V., Mel’nikova, N.A., Novikov, A.G. Nafion-based composite solid electrolytes containing carbon nanotubes (2016) Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 86 (4), pp. 890-893. DOI: 10.1134/S1070363216040216
12. Petrov, A. V., Salamatov, M. S., Ivanov-Schitz, A. K., and Murin, I. V.. Nanoscale Effects in PbF2–CdF2 Solid Solutions // Crystallography Reports(2019), 64(6), 932–936. DOI:10.1134/s106377451905016x
13. Ekaterina I. Marchenko, Sergey A. Fateev, Andrey A. Petrov, Vadim V. Korolev, Artem Mitrofanov, Andrey V. Petrov, Eugene A. Goodilin, and Alexey B. Tarasov Database of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Materials: Open-Access Collection of Crystal Structures, Band Gaps, and Atomic Partial Charges Predicted by Machine Learning // Chem. Mater. (2020), 32, 17, 7383–7388 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02290
14. Ivan N. Gaponenko, Sergei V. Ageev, Gleb O. Iurev, Olga S. Shemchuk, Anatolii A. Meshcheriakov, Andrey V. Petrov, Irina, L. Solovtsova, Lubov V. Vasina, Tatiana B. Tennikova, Igor V. Murin, Konstantin N. Semenov, Vladimir V. Sharoyko, Biological evaluation and molecular dynamics simulation of water-soluble fullerene derivative C60[C(COOH)2]3 // Toxicology in Vitro (2020) 62:104683 DOI:10.1016/j.tiv.2019.104683
15. A. V. Petrov and I. V. Murin Electronic Structure of SO3H Functional Groups and Proton Mobility in Nafion and Aquivion Ionomer Membranes // Russian Journal of General Chemistry (2019), Vol. 89, No. 3, pp. 553–555. DOI: 10.1134/S1070363219030320
16. Mahmoud Hammouri, Maxim Arsentev, Andey Petrov Ab initio studies of Ti2S3 as a new cathode material for magnesium secondary batteries // Materials Today Communications (2019) 20, 100598 doi:10.1016/j.mtcomm.2019.100598
17. Dmitrii N. Nikolaev, Nikita E. Podolsky, Maxim I. Lelet, Nailia R. Iamalova, Olga S. Shemchuk, Sergei V. Ageev, Andrey V. Petrov, Konstantin N. Semenov, Nikolay A. Charykov, Levon B. Piotrovskiy, Igor V. Murin Thermodynamic and quantum chemical investigation of the monocarboxylated fullerene C60CHCOOH // J. Chem. Thermodynamics (2020) 140, 105898 DOI:/10.1016/j.jct.2019.105898
18. Postnov V.N., Rodinkov O.V., Moskvin L.N., Novikov A.G., Bugaichenko A.S., Krokhina O.A. From carbon nanostructures to high-performance sorbents for chromatographic separation and preconcentration. Russian Chemical ReviewsVolume 85, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 115-138 DOI: 10.1070/RCR4551
19. Postnov V.N., Naumysheva E.B., Afonin M.V., Korolev D.V., Murin I.V. Carbon nanostructures based on magnetite. Russian Journal of General Chemistry Volume 86, Issue 11, 1 November 2016, Pages 2572-2573 DOI: 10.1134/S1070363216110311
20. Postnov V.N., Mel’nikova N.A., Svistunova O.S., Postnov D.V., Murin, I.V. Nafion nanocomposites containing a modified aerosil. Russian Journal of General Chemistry Volume 86, Issue 10, 1 October 2016, Pages 2402-2403 DOI: 10.1134/S1070363216100273
21. Postnov V.N., Semenov K.N., Charykov N.A., Sharoyko V.V., Vorotyntsev I.V., Galagudza M.M., Murin I.V. Fullerenols: Physicochemical properties and applications. Progress in Solid State Chemistry Volume 44, Issue 2, 1 June 2016, Pages 59-74 DOI: 10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2016.04.002
22. Postnov V.N., Postnov D.V., Murin I.V., Mel’nikova N.A., Semenov K.N.Nafion-based composite solid electrolytes containing water-soluble fullerene C₆₀derivatives.Russian Journal of General Chemistry Volume 86, Issue 4, 1 April 2016, Pages 894-896 DOI: 10.1134/S1070363216040228
23. Vakh C., Pochivalov A., Postnov V., Koronkiewicz S., Kalinowski S., Bulatov, A. Achemiluminescence method for screening of fluoroquinolones in milk samples based on a multi-pumping flow system. Food Chemistry Volume 270, 1 January 2019, Pages 10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.073
24. Vakh. C., Alaboud M., Postnov V., Lebedinets S., Korolev D., Moskvin L., Osmolovskaya O., Bulatov A. An automated magnetic dispersive micro-solid phase extraction in a fluidized reactor for the determination of fluoroquinolones in baby food samples. Analytica Chimica Acta Volume 1001, 25 February 2018, Pages 59-69 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.11.065

Information for Students

We invite students to our laboratory to carry out coursework and final qualifying works the following areas:

• Mechanochemical syntethis of fluorine conducting solid electrolytes, based on tysonite type materials for electrochemical devices (N.Melnikova, PhD, Assistant Professor, Room 3006. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
• Study the physicochemical, electronic and dynamical properties of superionic conductors for Fluoride-ion battery and carbon materials for medicine. (A. Petrov, Room 3230. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
• Application of fluoroconducting solid electrolytes in sensors and chemical current sources (Oleg Glumov, PhD Assistant Professor, Room 3006. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
• Carriers based on silica and magnetic nanoparticles intended for targeted drug delivery and theranostics (Victor Postnov, PhD Assistant Professor, Room 3224, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)