Department of Solid State Chemistry
Programmable layer-by-layer synthesis of functional nanomaterials in "soft chemistry" conditions
Group Members
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Valeri P. Tolstoyprofessor, D.Sci. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Larisa B. Gulinasenior researcher, PhD This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Alexandra A. Meleshkoresearcher, PhD This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Artem A. Lobinskyresearcher, PhD |
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Leonid I. Kukloengineer, PhD |
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Maria V. KanevaPhD student This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Elisaveta V. BatishchevaMaster student |
Research Topics
1. The development of new routes for the synthesis of hybrid inorganic and organic compounds and the creation of functional materials based on them
Team leader Valeri P. Tolstoy, professor, D.Sci.
2. Synthesis of nanoscale inorganic crystals at the gas-liquid interfaces
Topic leader Larisa B. Gulina, senior researcher, PhD
3. New routes for the synthesis of bioactive nanomaterials
Topic leader Alexandra A. Meleshko, researcher, PhD.
4. Layer-by-layer synthesis of metal oxides for electrochemical electrodes
Topic leader Artem A. Lobinsky, researcher, PhD.
5. Scientific tools for layer-by-layer synthesis of nanomaterials
Topic leader Leonid I. Kuklo, engineer, PhD.
6. Successive Ionic layer Deposition of noble metals nanolayers
Topic leader Maria V. Kaneva, PhD student.
Recent Articles
2020
- Tolstoy V.P., Successive Ionic Layers Deposition. The Basic Aspects. (in Russian) SPb, 2020, 142 pp. (open access). https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=42596597.
- Strykanova, V.V., Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Tolstobrov, E.V., Danilov, D.V., Skvortsova, I. Synthesis of the FeOOH Microtubes with Inner Surface Modified by Ag Nanoparticles (2020) ACS Omega, 5 (25), pp. 15728-15733. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c02258.
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Solovev, A.A., Gurenko, V.E., Huang, G., Mei, Y. Gas-Solution Interface Technique as a simple method to produce inorganic microtubes with scroll morphology, (2020) Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 30 (3), pp. 279-288. DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2020.05.001.
- Bahmei Fateme, Bahramifar Nader, Younesi Habibollah, Tolstoy Valeri, Synthesis of porous graphene nanocomposite and its excellent adsorption behavior for Erythromycin antibiotic, Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 2020, 11 (2), P. 214–222.
- Gulina, L.B., Privalov, A.F., Weigler, M., Murin, I.V., Tolstoy, V., Vogel, M. Anomalously High Fluorine Mobility in Tysonite-Like LaF3:ScF3 Nanocrystals: NMR Diffusion Data, (2020) Applied Magnetic Resonance, DOI: 10.1007/s00723-020-01247-5.
- Meleshko, A.A., Tolstoy, V.P., Afinogenov, G.E., Levshakova, A.S., Afinogenova, A.G., Muldiyarov, V.P., Vissarionov, S.V., Linnik, S.A. Prospects of hydroxyapatite-based nanomaterials application synthesized by layer-by-layer method for pediatric traumatology and orthopedics (2020) Pediatric Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Reconstructive Surgery, 8 (2), pp. 217-230. DOI: 10.17816/PTORS33824.
- Absalan, Y., Alabada, R., Ryabov, M., Tolstoy, V., Butusov, L., Nikolskiy, V., Kopylov, V., Gholizadeh, M., Kovalchukova, O. Removing organic harmful compounds from the polluted water by a novel synthesized cobalt(II) and titanium(IV) containing photocatalyst under visible light (2020) Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management, 14, paper # 100304, DOI: 10.1016/j.enmm.2020.100304.
- Tolstoy, V.P., Kaneva, M.V., Lobinsky, A.A., Koroleva, A.V. Direct successive ionic layer deposition of nanoscale iridium and tin oxide on titanium surface for electrocatalytic application in oxygen evolution reaction during water electrolysis in acidic medium (2020) Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 834, paper # 155205, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.155205.
- Gulina, L.B., Weigler, M., Privalov, A.F., Kasatkin, I.A., Groszewicz, P.B., Murin, I.V., Tolstoy, V.P., Vogel, M. Morphological and dynamical evolution of lanthanum fluoride 2D nanocrystals at thermal treatment (2020) Solid State Ionics, 352, paper #115354, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2020.115354.
- Tolstoy, V., Kaneva, M., Fedotova, N., Levshakova, A. Low temperature synthesis of Сu0.3IrOx·nH2O nanocrystals by successive ionic layer deposition and their electrocatalytic properties in oxygen evolution reaction during water splitting in acidic medium (2020) Ceramics International, 46 (12), pp. 20122-20128, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.05.087.
- Popkov, V.I., Tolstoy, V.P., Semenov, V.G. Synthesis of phase-pure superparamagnetic nanoparticles of ZnFe2O4 via thermal decomposition of zinc-iron layered double hydroxysulphate (2020) Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 813, paper # 152179, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152179.
2019
- Tolstoy, V.P., Vladimirova, N.I., Gulina, L.B. Formation of Ordered Honeycomb-like Structures of Manganese Oxide 2D Nanocrystals with the Birnessite-like Structure and Their Electrocatalytic Properties during Oxygen Evolution Reaction upon Water Splitting in an Alkaline Medium (2019) ACS Omega, 4 (26), pp. 22203-22208, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03499.
- Tolstoy, V.P., Vladimirova, N.I., Gulina, L.B. Ordered honeycomb-like network of MnO2·nH2O nanocrystals formed on the surface of a Mn(OAc)2 solution drop upon interaction with O3 gas (2019) Mendeleev Communications, 29 (6), pp. 713-715, DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2019.11.039.
- Gurenko, V., Gulina, L., Tolstoy, V. Sol–gel–xerogel transformations in the thin layer at the salt solution–gaseous reagent interface and the synthesis of new materials with microtubular morphology (2019) Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 92 (2), pp. 342-348, DOI: 10.1007/s10971-019-04949-w.
- Korotcenkov, G., Tolstoy, V., Brinzari, V. Morphological engineering of SnO2 and In2O3 films deposited by spray pyrolysis (2019) Bulletin of Materials Science, 42 (5), статья # 212, DOI: 10.1007/s12034-019-1910-5.
- Tolstoy, V.P., Kuklo, L.I., Gulina, L.B. Ni(II) doped FeOOH 2D nanocrystals, synthesized by Successive Ionic Layer Deposition, and their electrocatalytic properties during oxygen evolution reaction upon water splitting in the alkaline medium (2019) Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 786, pp. 198-204. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.01.324.
- Tolstoy, V.P., Lobinsky, A.A., Kaneva, M.V. Features of inorganic nanocrystals formation in conditions of successive ionic layers deposition in water solutions and the Co(II)Co(III) 2D layered double hydroxide synthesis (2019) Journal of Molecular Liquids, 282, pp. 32-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.02.067.
- Popkov, V.I., Tolstoy, V.P., Omarov, S.O., Nevedomskiy, V.N. Enhancement of acidic-basic properties of silica by modification with CeO2-Fe2O3 nanoparticles via successive ionic layer deposition (2019) Applied Surface Science, 473, pp. 313-317. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.12.129.
- Gulina, L.B., Schikora, M., Privalov, A.F., Weigler, M., Tolstoy, V.P., Murin, I.V., Vogel, M. Influence of Morphology of LaF 3 Nano-crystals on Fluorine Dynamics Studied by NMR Diffusometry (2019) Applied Magnetic Resonance, 50 (4), pp. 579-588. DOI: 10.1007/s00723-018-1077-z.
- Popkov, V.I., Tolstoy, V.P., Nevedomskiy, V.N. Peroxide route to the synthesis of ultrafine CeO 2 -Fe 2 O 3 nanocomposite via successive ionic layer deposition (2019) Heliyon, 5 (3), статья #e01443, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01443.
- Tolstoy, V.P., Gulina, L.B., Golubeva, A.A., Ermakov, S.S., Gurenko, V.E., Navolotskaya, D.V., Vladimirova, N.I., Koroleva, A.V. Thin layers formed by the oriented 2D nanocrystals of birnessite-type manganese oxide as a new electrochemical platform for ultrasensitive nonenzymatic hydrogen peroxide detection (2019) Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 23 (2), pp. 573-582. DOI: 10.1007/s10008-018-04165-6.
- Lobinsky, A.A., Tolstoy, V.P. Synthesis of CoAl-LDH nanosheets and N-doped graphene nanocomposite via Successive Ionic Layer Deposition method and study of their electrocatalytic properties for hydrogen evolution in alkaline media (2019) Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 270, pp. 156-161. DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2018.09.041.
- Laptenkova, A.V., Tolstoy, V.P., Selyutin, A.A. Layer-by-layer synthesis of ferrocyanides of transition metals, as a new method of controlled self-assembly of cathodic materials (2019) AIP Conference Proceedings, 2064, paper #030008, DOI: 10.1063/1.5087670.
- Kodinzev, I., Lobinsky, A., Tolstoy, V. Successive ionic layer deposition of NiPx nanolayers on the surface of nickel foam and their electrocatalytic properties for oxygen evolution reaction upon water splitting in alkaline medium (2019) AIP Conference Proceedings, 2064, paper #030005, DOI: 10.1063/1.5087667.
- Gulina, L.B., Gurenko, V.E., Tolstoy, V.P., Mikhailovskii, V.Y., Koroleva, A.V. Interface-Assisted Synthesis of the Mn3-xFexO4 Gradient Film with Multifunctional Properties (2019) Langmuir, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02338.
2018
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Lobinsky, A.A., Petrov, Y.V. Formation of Fe and Fe2O3 Microspirals via Interfacial Synthesis (2018) Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 35 (9), статья #1800186, DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201800186.
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Petrov, Y.V., Danilov, D.V. Interface-Assisted Synthesis of Single-Crystallрine ScF3 Microtubes (2018) Inorganic Chemistry, 57 (16), pp. 9779-9781. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01375.
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Kasatkin, I.A., Fateev, S.A. Flower-like silver nanocrystals: facile synthesis via a gas–solution interface technique (2018) Journal of Materials Science, 53 (11), pp. 8161-8169. DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-2164-0.
- Gulina, L., Tolstoy, V., Kuklo, L., Mikhailovskii, V., Panchuk, V., Semenov, V. Synthesis of Fe(OH)3 Microtubes at the Gas–Solution Interface and Their Use for the Fabrication of Fe2O3 and Fe Microtubes (2018) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018 (17), pp. 1842-1846. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800182.
- Lobinsky, A.A., Tolstoy, V.P. Synthesis of 2D Zn-Co LDH nanosheets by a successive ionic layer deposition method as a material for electrodes of high-performance alkaline battery-supercapacitor hybrid devices (2018) RSC Advances, 8 (52), pp. 29607-29612. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra00671g.
- A. A. Lobinsky, V. P. Tolstoy, I. A. Kodinzev, Electrocatalytic properties of NiOOH nanolayers, synthesized by successive ionic layer deposition, during the oxygen evolution reaction upon water splitting in the alkaline medium Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 2018, 9 (5), P. 669–675, DOI 10.17586/22208054201895669675.
- Kasatkin, I.A., Gulina, L.B., Platonova, N.V., Tolstoy, V.P., Murin, I.V. Strong negative thermal expansion in the hexagonal polymorph of ScF3 (2018) CrystEngComm, 20 (20), pp. 2768-2771. DOI: 10.1039/c8ce00257f.
2017
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Tolstobrov, E.V. Facile synthesis of 2D silver nanocrystals by a gas–solution interface technique (2017) Mendeleev Communications, 27 (6), pp. 634-636. DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2017.11.033.
- Kodintsev, I., Tolstoy, V., Lobinsky, A. Room temperature synthesis of composite nanolayer consisting of AgMnO2 delafossite nanosheets and Ag nanoparticles by successive ionic layer deposition and their electrochemical properties (2017) Materials Letters, 196, pp. 54-56. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.130.
- Lobinsky, A.A., Tolstoy, V.P. Synthesis of γ-MnOOH nanorods by successive ionic layer deposition method and their capacitive performance (2017) Journal of Energy Chemistry, 26 (3), pp. 336-339. DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2017.04.015.
- Tolstoy, V.P., Kodintsev, I.A., Reshanova, K.S., Lobinsky, A.A. A brief review of metal oxide (hydroxide)-graphene nanocomposites synthesis by layer-by-layer deposition from solutions and synthesis of CuO nanorods-graphene nanocomposite (2017) Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 49 (1), pp. 28-37.
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Kasatkin, I.A., Murin, I.V. Facile synthesis of scandium fluoride oriented single-crystalline rods and urchin-like structures by a gas-solution interface technique (2017) CrystEngComm, 19 (36), pp. 5412-5416. DOI: 10.1039/c7ce01396e.
- V. E. Gurenko, V. P. Tolstoy, L. B. Gulina, The effect of microtube formation with walls, containing Fe3O4 nanoparticles, via gassolution interface technique by hydrolysis of the FeCl2 and FeCl3 mixed solution with gaseous ammonia, Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 2017, 8 (4), P. 471–475.
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Kasatkin, I.A., Kolesnikov, I.E., Danilov, D.V. Formation of oriented LaF3 and LaF3:Eu3+ nanocrystals at the gas − Solution interface (2017) Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 200, pp. 18-23. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.05.006.
2016
- Gulina, L.B., Tolstoy, V.P., Lobinsky, A.A., Petrov, Y.V. The interaction of gaseous SiF4 and HF with surface of aqueous solution of LaCl3 leading to the formation of the LaF3–SiO2·nH2O nanocomposite and microtubes on its basis (2016) Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 86 (12), pp. 2689-2692. DOI: 10.1134/S1070363216120197.
- Kodintsev, I., Reshanova, K., Tolstoy, V. Layer-by-layer synthesis of metal oxide (or hydroxide)-graphene nanocomposites. the synthesis of CuO nanorods-graphene nanocomposite (2016) AIP Conference Proceedings, 1748, paper #040005, DOI: 10.1063/1.4954357.
- Lobinsky, A.A., Tolstoy, V.P., Gulina, L.B. A novel oxidation-reduction route for successive ionic layer deposition of NiO1+x·nH2O nanolayers and their capacitive performance (2016) Materials Research Bulletin, 76, pp. 229-234. DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.12.023.
- Kuklo, L.I., Belyaninova, S.I., Ermakov, S.S., Tolstoy, V.P. Fe0.5MnOx·nH2O nanolayers synthesized via successive ionic layer deposition and their use in voltammetric nonenzymatic determination of hydrogen peroxide (2016) Nanotechnologies in Russia, 11 (3-4), pp. 137-143. DOI: 10.1134/S1995078016020105.
- Kuklo, L.I., Tolstoy, V.P. Redox reactions involving Ce3+ cations and FeO42- anions and the synthesis of Ce1.1FeOx·nH2O nanolayers by the SILD method (2016) Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 86 (1), pp. 1-4. DOI: 10.1134/S1070363216010011.
- Ermakov, S.S., Nikolaev, K.G., Tolstoy, V.P. Novel electrochemical sensors with electrodes based on multilayers fabricated by layer-by-layer synthesis and their analytical potential (2016) Russian Chemical Reviews, 85 (8), pp. 880-900. DOI: 10.1070/RCR4605.
- Gulina, L.B., Schäfer, M., Privalov, A.F., Tolstoy, V.P., Murin, I.V., Vogel, M. Synthesis and NMR investigation of 2D nanocrystals of the LaF3doped by SrF2 (2016) Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 188, pp. 185-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2016.07.006.
- Gulina, L.B., Pchelkina, A.A., Nikolaev, K.G., Navolotskaya, D.V., Ermakov, S.S., Tolstoy, V.P. A brief review on immobilization of gold nanoparticles on inorganic surfaces and Successive Ionic Layer Deposition (2016) Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 44 (1), pp. 46-53.
Books
- V.P. Tolstoy, I.V. Chernyshova, V.A. Skryshevsky, Handbook of IR spectroscopy of ultra thin films. / New York: Wiley&Sons. 2003. 710 pp.
- V.P.Tolstoy, Sang Do Han, G.Korotcenkov, Successive Ionic Layer Deposition (SILD): Advanced Method for Deposition and Modification of Functional Nanostructured Metal Oxides Aimed for Gas Sensor Applications // METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES and THEIR APPLICATIONS. Chapter 9. California: American Scientific Publishers, 2010. V. 3. 384-436 P.
Scientific Grants
- RSF grant № 18-19-00370 “Layer-by-Layer synthesis and nanotechnology of compounds from the M_1M_2A_x series (M_1, M_2 = Ni, Co, Mn, Sn, Ir etc., A = O, OH, S, P, etc) and their composites with platinum group metals and/or carbon nanomaterials and the creation of new electrode materials for alternative energy” (project manager Tolstoy V.P.).
- RSF grant № 19-13-13018 “Crystallization at the interface between a metal salt solution and a gaseous reagent and obtaining a new generation of nanostructured inorganic materials” (project manager Gulina L.B.).
- RSF grant № 19-73-00304 “New routes for layer-by-layer synthesis of M_xA_yBO_z hydrated oxides and their nanocomposites with graphene” (project manager Lobinsky A.A.).
- President RF grant № МК-2860.2019.3 “Development of new high-performance electrode materials for hybrid supercapacitor-batteries” (project manager Lobinsky A.A.).
- RFBR grant № 20-33-90228 “Successive ionic layer deposition of nanosized particles of ruthenium and rhodium, their alloys and nanocomposites with oxides of a number of transition metals with the general formulas M_1^0, М_1-xM_2 и M_1O_x-nM_2O_y (M_1= Rh, Ru, M_2 = Co, Ni, Cu, etc.) and creation of new practically important functional nanomaterials” (>project manager Tolstoy V.P.).