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Viktor A. Karachevtsev

Molecular Biophysics Department,
B.I. Verkin Institute for Low temperature Physics and Engineering,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (ILTPE),
47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov, 61103, Ukraine

E-mail: karachevtsev@ilt.kharkov.ua

Tel: (38 057) 340 15 95,

Fax: (38 057) 333 55 93

Education:

  • 1972-1977 - Physicist, Kharkov State University, Physical Faculty, Physical Optics Chair;
  • 1980-1984 - Post-graduate student at ILTPE, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Posts taken

  • 2000 up to now - Head of the Molecular Biophysics Department, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine
  • 1999 - 2000 - Leading researcher, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine
  • 1994 - 1999 - Senior researcher, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine
  • 1989 - 1994 - Research worker, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine
  • 1984 - 1989 - Junior research worker, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine
  • 1977 - 1980 - Engineer, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine

Scientific Degrees:

  • 1997 – Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine
  • 1987 – Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, ILTPE, NAS of Ukraine

Research area:
Biophysics of one-dimensional nanobiostructures; biosensing, carbon nanotubes, fullerene, photophysics of carbon nanotubes, glucose sensing, computer modeling of nanobiostructures, DNA hybridization, IR and Raman spectroscopy of biomolecules.

Awards:
State Award of Ukraine in Science and Technology in 2012 (Series of works "Quantum effects and structural selforganization in novel multi-functional nanomaterials").

V.A. Karachevtsev has co-authored 84 peer reviewed papers in International journals and 12 conference proceedings, co-author of the book “Photophysics of Carbon Nanotubes Interfaced with Organic and Inorganic Materials”, London; New York: Springer-Verlag, 2012, with I.A. Levitsky and W.B. Euler.

http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4471-4826-5/page/1

Peer reviewed papers:

    2013

  1. M.V. Karachevtsev, G.O. Gladchenko, A.M. Plokhotnichenko, V.S. Leontiev, V.A. Karachevtsev. Adsorption of Biopolymers on SWCNT: Ordered Poly(rC) and Disordered Poly(rI) J. Phys. Chem. B, (2013) (has been accepted)
  2. A.Yu Ivanov, Yu.V.Rubin , S.A. Egupov, L.F. Belous, V.A. Karachevtsev. Fermi resonance in Ne, Ar and Kr-matrix infrared spectra of 5-bromouracil. Low Temperature Physics, (2013) (has been accepted)
  3. M.V. Karachevtsev, G.O. Gladchenko, V.A. Karachevtsev. Comparison of Poly(rI) and Poly(rA) adsorption on carbon nanotubes (2013) (in press)
  4. E.S. Zarudnev, V.A. Karachevtsev. Controlled aggregation of biopolymer-wrapped carbon nanotubes in aqueous suspension, induced by cationic porphyrin Macromolecular Symposia (2013) (has been accepted)

    2012

  5. V.V. Chagovets, M.V. Kosevich, S.G. Stepanian, O.A. Boryak, V.S. Shelkovsky, V.V. Orlov, V.S. Leontiev, V.A. Pokrovskiy, L. Adamowicz, and V.A. Karachevtsev. Noncovalent Interaction of Methylene Blue with Carbon Nanotubes. Theoretical and Mass Spectrometry Characterization J. Phys. Chem. C, 116 , 20579–20590 (2012)
  6. V.S. Leontiev, V.A. Pokrovskiy, L. Adamowicz, and V.A. Karachevtsev. Noncovalent Interaction of Methylene Blue with Carbon Nanotubes. Theoretical and Mass Spectrometry Characterization J. Phys. Chem. C, 116 , 20579–20590 (2012)
  7. E.S. Zarudnev, A.M. Plokhotnichenko, V.S. Leontiev, I.A. Levitsky, V.A. Karachevtsev. Unusual Aggregation of Poly(rC)-wrapped Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Suspension Induced by Cationic Porphyrin. J. Material Chemistry, 22, 10795-10804 (2012)
  8. A. Y. Glamazda, V. A. Karachevtsev, W. B. Euler, I. A. Levitsky. Achieving High Mid-IR Bolometric Responsivity for Anisotropic Composite Materials from Carbon Nanotubes and Polymers. Advanced Functional Materials, 22, 2177–2186 (2012)
  9. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, E. S. Zarudnev, M.V. Karachevtsev, V.S. Leontiev, A.S. Linnik, O.S. Lytvyn, A.M. Plokhotnichenko, S.G. Stepanian. Glucose oxidase immobilization onto carbon nanotube networking. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 57, 700-709 (2012)
  10. A.V. Peschanskii, A.Yu. Glamazda, V.I. Fomin, V.A. Karachevtsev. Raman scattering of nonpolymerized and photopolymerized C60 films at 5 K. Low Temperature Physics, 38, No. 9, 4752103(9 pages) (2012)

    2011

  11. V.A. Karachevtsev, S.G. Stepanian, A. Yu. Glamazda, M.V. Karachevtsev, V.V. Eremenko, O. S. Lytvyn, L. Adamowicz “Noncovalent Interaction of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with1-Pyrenebutanoic Acid Succinimide Ester and Glucoseoxidase” J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 21072–21082 (2011)
  12. M.V. Karachevtsev and V.A. Karachevtsev “Peculiarities of Homooligonucleotides Wrapping around Carbon Nanotubes: Molecular Dynamics Modeling” J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 9271–9279 (2011)
  13. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, A.M. Plokhotnichenko, V.S. Leontiev, A.S. Linnik. “Comparative Study on Protection Properties of SDS, SDBS and DNA Covering of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes against pH Influence: Luminescence and Absorption Spectroscopy Study” Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, 42, 41-46 (2011)
  14. G.O. Gladchenko, O.S. Lytvyn, M.V. Karachevtsev, V.A. Valeev, V.S. Leontiev, V.A. Karachevtsev “Binding of polynucleotides with single-walled carbon nanotubes: Effect of temperature” Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, 42, 92-97 (2011)

    2010

  15. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.M. Plokhotnichenko, M.V. Karachevtsev and V. S. Leontiev “Decrease of carbon nanotube UV light absorption induced by π-stacking interaction with nucleotide bases” Carbon 48, 3682–3691 (2010)
  16. V.A. Karachevtsev, M.V. Karachevtsev, V.S. Leontiev, O.S. Lytvyn, A.T. Bogorosh “Nanohybrid structures formed by carbon nanotubes with long polynucleotide” Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures 18, 531–537 (2010)
  17. V.A. Karachevtsev, E.S. Zarudnev, S.G. Stepanian, A.Yu. Glamazda, M.V. Karachevtsev and L. Adamowicz "Raman Spectroscopy and Theoretical Characterization of Nanohybrids of Porphyrins with Carbon Nanotubes” J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 16215–16222 (2010)
  18. V.A. Karachevtsev and A.Yu. Glamazda “Raman spectroscopy of DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotube films at 295 and 5 K” Low Temp. Phys 36, 373-381 (2010);
  19. V.N. Zozulya, O.A. Ryazanova, I.M. Voloshin, A.Yu. Glamazda, V.A. Karachevtsev “Spectroscopic Detection of Tetracationic Porphyrin H-Aggregation on Polyanionic Matrix of Inorganic Polyphosphate” Journal of Fluorescence 20, N3, 695-702 (2010)

    2009

  20. S.G. Stepanian, M.V. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, V.A. Karachevtsev, and L. Adamowicz. “Raman Spectroscopy Study and First-Principles Calculations of the Interaction between Nucleic Acid Bases and Carbon Nanotubes” J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 3621-3629 (2009)
  21. E.S. Zarudnev, V.A. Karachevtsev, A.M. Plokhotnichenko, S.G. Stepanian, L. Adamovich “IR spectroscopy and ab initio calculations of imidazophenazine and its derivatives in argon low temperature matrix” Low Temperature Physics 35, N 6, 491-502 (2009)

    2008

  22. M.V. Karachevtsev, O.S. Lytvyn, S.G. Stepanian, V.S. Leontiev, L. Adamowicz and V.A. Karachevtsev “SWNT-DNA and SWNT-polyC Hybrids: AFM Study and Computer Modeling” J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 8, 1473–1480 (2008)
  23. S.G. Stepanian, M.V. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda V.A. Karachevtsev, L. Adamowicz. “Stacking interaction of cytosine with carbon nanotubes: MP2, DFT and Raman spectroscopy study” Chemical Physics Letters 459, 153–158 (2008)
  24. V.A. Karachevtsev, G.O. Gladchenko, M.V. Karachevtsev, V.A. Valeev, V.S. Leontiev and O.S. Lytvyn. “Adsorption of poly(rA) on the carbon nanotube surface and its hybridization with poly(rU)” Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, 9, 2872-2881 (2008)
  25. V.A. Karachevtsev, G.O. Gladchenko, M.V. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda,V.S. Leontiev, O.S. Lytvyn and U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska “RNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes aggregation induced by polymer hybridization” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 497, 339-351 (2008)
  26. A.Yu. Glamazda, V.S. Leontiev, A.S. Linnik, and V.A. Karachevtsev Luminescence study on hybrids of carbon nanotubes with DNA in water suspension and film at 5-290 K, Fizika Nizkikx Temperatur, 34, 1313-1318 (2008)

    2007

  27. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, V.S. Leontiev, O.S. Lytvyn and U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska “Glucose oxidase adsorbed onto DNA-wrapped SWNT: Spectroscopy and AFM study” Chem. Phys. Lett. 435, 1-3, 104-108 (2007)
  28. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, M.V. Karachevtsev, O.S. Lytvyn and U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, Emission of carbon nanotube-DNA-GOX bionanohybrid for glucose detection. Proc. SPIE 6796, 679625 (2007) (7 pages).
  29. V.A. Karachevtsev, À.Ì. Plokhotnichenko , V.A. Pashynska, A.Yu. Glamazda, O.M. Vovk, A. M. Rao. “Permeability of C60 films deposited on polycarbonatesyloxane to N2, O2, CH4, He gases“ Applied Surface Science 253, 3062-65 (2007)
  30. V. A. Karachevtsev, A. Yu. Glamazda, V. A. Pashinskaya, A.V. Peschanskii, A. M. Plokhotnichenko, and V. I. Fomin “Luminescence and Raman scattering of nonpolymerized and photopolymerized fullerene films at 297 and 5 K” Low Temp. Phys. 33, 704 (2007)
  31. Ivanov A.Yu., Karachevtsev V.A. “FTIR spectra and conformations of 2'-deoxyuridine in Kr matrices” ÔÍÒ 33 , N6-7, 772-777, (2007).
  32. Ryazanova O.A., Voloshin I.M., Makitruk V.L., Zozulya V.N., Karachevtsev V.A. “pH - Induced changes in electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra of phenazine derivatives” Spectrochimica Acta A 65 , 712-722 (2007).

    2006

  33. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, V.S. Leontiev, P.V. Mateichenko, S. Roth, and A. M. Rao “Spectroscopic and SEM studies of SWNTs:Polymer Solutions and Films” Carbon 44, 1292-97 (2006).
  34. A.Yu. Glamazda, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, V. S. Leontiev, P. V. Mateichenko, V. A. Karachevtsev “Raman Spectroscopy and SEM Study of SWNTs in Aqueous Solution and Films with Surfactant or Polymer Surroundings” Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures, 14, N 2-3, p.221 – 225, (2006)
  35. A. M. Plokhotnichenko, S. G. Stepanian, and V. A. Karachevtsev Hydrogen-bonded complexes of 2-aminopyrimidine–parabenzoquinone in an argon matrix. Low Temp. Phys. 32, 148 -160 (2006)
  36. S.G. Stepanian, V.A. Karachevtsev, À.Ì. Plokhotnichenko, L.K Adamowicz and A.M. Rao. “Infrared spectra of photopolymerized C60 films: Experimental and DFT study” J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 15769-15775 (2006).
  37. Kosevich M.V., Boryak O.A., Orlov V.V., Shelkovsky V.S., Chagovets V.V.,Stepanian S.G., Karachevtsev V.A., Adamowisz L. “Evaluation of the reduction of imidazophenazine dye derivatives under fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric conditions" J. of Mass Spectrometry 41, 113-123 (2006)
  38. Sorokin V.A., Karachevtsev V.A, Spolnik À.N. «Interaction of SWNT with polynucleotides” Peports of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, N3, 68-73 (2006)

    2005

  39. Sorokin V.A., Valeev B.A., Gladchenko G.O., Degtyar M.V.,Andrus E.A., Karachevtsev V.A. “Mg2+ and Ni2+ ion effect on stability and structure of triple poly(I)-poly(A)-poly(I) helix" International J. of Biological Macromolecules 35, 201-210 (2005).
  40. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, V.S. Leontiev, P.V. Mateichenko and U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, “SWNTs with DNA in Aqueous Solution and Films”, in “Electronic properties of novel materials” ed. by Kuzmany H., Fink J., Mehring M., Roth S., AIP Conference Proceedings,v.786, 257-262 (2005).

    2004

  41. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, V.S. Leontiev, A.V. Peschanskii, À.Ì. Plokhotnichenko, S.G. Stepanian and S. Roth, “Noncovalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes for biological application: Raman and NIR absorption spectroscopy” in “Spectroscopy of Emerging Materials” ed. by Faulques E. C. et al.,139-150 (2004).
  42. V.A. Karachevtsev, P.V. Mateichenko, N.Yu. Nedbailo, A.V.Peschanskii, À.Ì. Plokhotnichenko, O.M. Vovk, E.N. Zubarev and A. M. Rao “Effective photopolymerization of C60 films under simultaneously deposition and UV light irradiation: spectroscopy and morphology study” Carbon 42, 2091-2098 (2004).
  43. Ryazanova O.A. , Zozulya V.N., Voloshin I.M., Karachevtsev V.A., Makitruk V.L. and Stepanian S.G. “Absorption and fluorescent spectral studies of imidazophenazine derivatives” Spectrochimica Acta A 60, 2005-2011 (2004).
  44. V.A. Karachevtsev, P.V. Mateichenko, N.Yu. Nedbailo, A.V. Peschanskii, À.Ì. Plokhotnichenko, and A.M. Rao. “Effective photopolymerization of fullerene films under simultaneous deposition and UV light irradiation” Proceedings of World Polymer Congress Macro 2004, Paris, France, 4.2. Polymer interfaces and polymer at interfaces, 2 pages
  45. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, V.S. Leontiev “Single-walled carbon nanotubes in SDS and DNA surrounding: aqueous solution and films”.Nanosystems, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology v.2, 1063-1068 (2004)
  46. M.V.Dobrotvotska, V.A. Karachevtsev, O.M. Vovk and A. M. Rao “XPS study of ammonia-exposed C60 films both original and photopolymerized” Functional materials 11, N 4, 836-843 (2004).
  47. Linnik A.S., Glamazda A.Yu., Karachevtsev V.A., “Controller of CCD matrix for spectral investigation” Instruments and Experimental Techniques, ¹6, 283-284 (2004)

    2003

  48. S.G. Stepanian, V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu Glamazda, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, L. Adamowicz, “Combined Raman Scattering and ab initio investigation of the interaction between pyrene and carbon SWNT” Molecular Physics 101, 2609 (2003).
  49. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, V.S. Kurnosov, E.D. Obraztsova, A.V. Peschanskii, V.V. Eremenko, S. Roth, “Raman spectroscopy of HiPCO single-walled carbon nanotubes at 300 and 5 K” Carbon 41, 1567 (2003).
  50. V.A. Karachevtsev, A.Yu. Glamazda, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, V.S. Leontiev, À.Ì. Plokhotnichenko, S. Roth, “Spectroscopy Study of SWNT in Aqueous Solution With Different Surfactants”, in “Structural and electronic properties of molecular nanostructures” ed. by Kuzmany H., Fink J., Mehring M., Roth S., AIP Conference Proceedings, 685, p. 202-207 (2003).
  51. Sorokin V.A, Valeev V.A., Gladchenko G.O., Degtiar M.V., Karachevtsev V.A., Blagoi Y.P. “Mg2+ ion effect on conformational equilibrium of polyA•2 polyU and polyA•polyU in aqueous solution” J. of Biological Macromolecules 31, 223-233 (2003)

    2002- 1993

  52. V.A.Karachevtsev, O.M.Vovk and À.Ì.Plokhotnichenko "New approach to growth of the photopolymerized C60 films", In book Structural and Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures,ed. by Kuzmany H., Fink J., Mehring M., Roth S., AIP Conference Proceedings, 633, p. 17-20, 2002.
  53. Bogatina N., Scheikina N., Karachevtsev V., Kordyum E. ”Gravitropic reaction of higher plants in weak combine magnetic fields” Peports of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, N4, 102-105 (2002)
  54. Sorokin V.A, Valeev V.A., Gladchenko G.O., Degtiar M.V., E.A.Andrus, Blagoi Y.P., Karachevtsev V.A. "Effect of Mg2+ ions on the stability of polyA-2polyU three stranded helices in aqueous solutions” Macromol. Biosci. 2,155-162 (2002)
  55. Plochotnichenko A.M., Radchenko E.D., Karachevtsev V.A. Blagoi Yu.P. “Dimers Phenol in Ar and Ne Matrices” J. Low. Temp.Phys., 27, N8, 666-675 (2001)
  56. Karachevtsev V.A., Kachur I.S., Nedbailo N.Yu., Piryatinskaya V.G., Slavin V.V., Shapiro V.V. Eremenko V.V. Absorption and luminescence of CsMnCl3 2H2O crystals doped with Cu2+ J.Luminescence, 92, 35-42 (2001)
  57. Karachevtsev V.A., Kachur I.S., Nedbailo N.Yu., Piryatinskaya V.G., Slavin V.V., Shapiro V.V. Eremenko V.V., Optical Excitations in Doped Quasi-One-Dimensional Antiferromagnet CsMnCl3 2H2O doped with 3% Cu2+. Ukr.Phys.Zhurn vol. 43, N11 (1998), p.1393-1400.
  58. Karachevtsev V.A., Slavin V.V.,Phonon termoactivated exciton tunneling in q-1-d crystals of weak CT complexes N-TCPA doped with Nd8-TCPA. Chem.Phys., vol.216, N1-2, p.1-6 (1997)
  59. Eremenko V.V., Karachevtsev V.A., Shapiro V.V., Slavin V.V.,Low temperature quasi-one-dimensional exciton transport in antifermagnetic crystals CsMnCl3 2H2O doped with 3% Cu2+ , Phys.Rev.B 54, No 1, pp.447-453 (1996)
  60. Karachevtsev V.A., Levitsky I.A and Slavin V.V., Monte Carlo simulation of exciton trapping in quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnetic CsMnCl2 2H2O, J.Chem.Phys., v.103, pp.2656-2660 (1995)
  61. Influence of magnetic structure distortions induced by Cu impurity ions on the transport properties of exciton in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet CsMnCl3 2H2O. Sov.J.Low Temp.Phys. vol. 21, No 3, p.211-213 (1995).
  62. Eremenko V.V., Karachevtsev V.A., Kazachkov A.R. ShapiroV.V., Slavin V.V., Exciton migration in quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnetic CsMnCl3 2H2O Phys.Rev.B, v.49, pp.11799-808 (1994).
  63. Eremenko V.V., Karachevtsev V.A., Kazachkov A.R. ShapiroV.V., Slavin V.V., Quasi-one-dimensional excitons in the antiferromagnet CsMnCl3 2H2O. Sov.J.Low Temp.Phys. vol. 19, N3, p.244-246 (1993).
  64. Eremenko V.V., Karachevtsev V.A., Kazachkov A.R. ShapiroV.V., Slavin V.V., Unusual behaviour of the luminescence in quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnetic crystal CsMnCl3 2H2O at low temperature. Sol.St.Communc. v.87, No 11, p.1027-1029, (1993).
  65. Eremenko V.V., Karachevtsev V.A., Kazachkov A.R., ShapiroV.V., Slavin V.V., Excitons tunnelling in quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnets. Fiz.Nizk Temp. v.19, No 11, pp.1277-1279 (1993). (Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys, v.19, No 11, p.908-909 (1993) )
  66. Eremenko V.V., Karachevtsev V.A., Zaika A.S., V.V., Slavin V.V., Wide band recording setup for emission decay kinetics. Zhurn. Priklad. Spectrosk. v.58, No 5-6, pp.572-578 (1993) [J. Appl. Spectrosc.v.58, No 5-6,pp.448-454 (1993)].