Department of Physical Chemistry
Plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy and bioimaging
Short URL for media https://go.spbu.ru/rgsolovyeva
Group Members
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Group Leader Elena V. SolovyevaPhD, associate professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Galina A. Chripunlead engineer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. rooms 2088, 2093 |
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Aleksei N. SmirnovPhD student This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. rooms 2090, 2093, 2008 |
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Vasilisa O. Svinkobachelor student laboratory researcher This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Alisa I. Shevchukmaster student research engineer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Andrey I. Demenshinbachelor student laboratory researcher This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Aleksei A. Smirnovbachelor student laboratory researcher This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Simar F. Araslanovbachelor student This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Current Research Topics
Development of optical labels and theranostics agents for therapeutic photodynamic and hyperthermal therapy based on gold nanoparticles | ![]() |
Charge transfer processes between photoactive ligand and plasmonic nanoparticle, study of their mechanisms and role in surface-enhanced Raman scattering | ![]() |
Analytical applications of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy | ![]() |
Development of materials based on hydroxyapatite doped with metal nanoparticles for biomedicine and environmental engineering | ![]() |
Organic-Inorganic nanocomposites with controlled size and structure for optics and photonics | ![]() |
Collaborations
- Imperial College London, Department of Chemical Engineering, prof. S. Kazarian group
- Sharif University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, prof. Z. Jamshidi group
- Almazov National Medical Research Centre
- Department of Laser Chemistry and Laser Material Science
- Department of Organic Chemistry
Grants, Scholarships and Awards
Grants and Projects
- SPBU Grant «Laboratory of plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy and bioimaging» (within the program «Foundation of Laboratory under leading young scientist leadership») 2022–2024
- RSF Grant 22-73-10052 «Multimodal plasmon tags for bioimaging and therapeutic hyperthermia» 2022-2025
- RFBR Grant 20-33-70034 «Self-organized plasmon structures based on metal nanoparticles and molecular bridges, promising as materials for optics and photonics» 2020–2021
- RSF Grant 17-73-10209 «Development of new organometallic substrates with "hot spots" promising for the use in highly efficient components of nanophotonics»,2017–2019
- Grant SPBU-Sharif University of Technology joint program «Effect of charge transfer in surface-enhanced Raman scattering: experimental and theoretical study» 2020
- Grant from Saint-Petersburg Government «Development of method for express analysis of water-soluble drugs using SERS spectroscopy to quality control» 2020
Students Scholarships and Awards
- Grant U.M.N.I.K «Photonics 2022» (Vasilisa Svinko)
- Youth Prize of Saint-Petersburg for 2021 in the nomination “Science and technology “(Aleksei N. Smirnov)
- The winners in the first competition dedicated to Andrei Pavlenko (Aleksei N. Smirnov, Vasilisa Svinko, Andrey Demenshin, Aleksei A. Smirnov)
- President scholarship for graduate students and young scientists (Aleksei N. Smirnov) 2022–2024
- Grant U.M.N.I.K «Photonics 2020» (Aleksei N. Smirnov)
- Start up SPBU 2020, 2 place (Aleksei N. Smirnov, Olga Odintsova)
Selected Publications
- E.V. Solovyeva, Z. Jamshidi, Observation of High-Order Overtones and Combinations in SERRS: The Essential Role on Elucidation of Chemical Mechanism, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (2022) 12038–12043.
- Patent on invention 2774817 «Method for qualitative and quantitative determination of a biologically active substance in water-soluble medical products» issued on 23.06.2022
- V.O. Svinko, A.I. Shevchuk, A N. Smirnov, D.V. Makeeva, E.V. Solovyeva, Gold nanostars-based labels for surface-enhanced Raman scattering imaging with red medical lasers, Optics and Spectroscopy 130 (2022) 1590–1595.
- E.V. Solovyeva, A.N. Smirnov, V.O. Svinko, A.S. Strelnikov, A.I. Shevchuk, S.G. Kazarian, Unraveling a role of molecular linker in nanoparticles self-organization by SERS spectroscopy: comparative study of three aromatic diamines, Colloids and Surfaces A 645 (2022) 128881.
- Z. Jamshidi, S. Ashtari-Jafari, A. Smirnov and E. Solovyeva, Role of Herzberg–Teller Vibronic Coupling in Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectra of 4,4′-Diaminotolane with Nearly Close Molecular and Charge-Transfer Transitions, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125 (2021) 17202.
- E. V. Solovyeva, H. Lu, G. A. Khripoun, K. N. Mikhelson, S. G. Kazarian, In situ ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging of PVC, plasticizer and water in solvent-polymeric ion-selective membrane containing Cd2+-selective neutral ionophore, Journal of Membrane Science 619 (2021) 118798.
- E. V. Solovyeva, E. Borisov, Demonstration of Physical and Analytical Features of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Analysis of Folic Acid in Commercial Tablets, Journal of Chemical Education 97 (2020) 2249–2253.
- E.V. Solovyeva, Surface enhanced Raman scattering of 4,4'-diaminostilbene: dependence of spectral features and resonant enhancement on surface coverage, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 50 (2019) 647–655.