Head of the Photonics Oxide Nanosystems Laboratory PhD in Chemistry, Seniour Researcher   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-98 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

N.P. Smirnova works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1986. She is a member of Academic Council of the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine

Scientific interests

Heterogeneous photochemistry: investigation of photoinduced electron transfer reactions and ensuing processes in heterogeneous photochemical systems on the basis of nanosize titania-silica photocatalysts (colloids, films and powders); synthesis and investigation of mesoporous mixed oxides – TiO₂, TiO₂/ZrO₂, TiO₂/SiO₂, TiO₂/Al₂O₃ and silica modified with organic sensitizer benzophenone, active in ecological photocatalysis. Photogeneration of stable noble metal (Ag, Au, Pd) nanoparticles in colloidal solutions and mesoporous SiO₂ (TiO₂) films.

Background

1969-1974 - graduated from T.G. Shevchenko Kyiv State University, chemical department

1989 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physical chemistry” (candidate dissertation “Influence of metal (Al, Zr, Mn) doping in silica on electronic spectra of dyes adsorption complexes”) (in Russian)

2000 - Senior Researcher, specialty “physics and chemistry of surface”

Scientific work

Author of 150 scientific works including 5 chapters in books, 142 papers, 3 patents, supervisor of 3 PhDs.

Selected publications

N.P. Smirnova, E.V. Manuilov, A.M. Korduban, Yu.I. Gnatyuk, V.O. Kandyba, A.M. Eremenko, P.P. Gorbyk, A.P. Shpak. Design of TiO₂-based films modified with Ag nanoparticles with controlled optical and photocatalytic properties // Nanomaterials and Supramolecular Structures / A.P. Shpak, P.P. Gorbyk (eds.). –Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2009. – P.131–144.

M.A. Zhukowsky, N.P. Smirnova, A.M. Eremenko, V.V. Shvalagin, A.L. Stroyuk, O.T. Lytvyn. Photocatalytic deposition of CdS, PbS and CuxS nanoparticles on the nanocrystalline TiO2 films // Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. – 2009. – V. 203. – P.137–144.

G.V. Krylova, Yu.I. Gnatyuk, N.P. Smirnova, A.M. Eremenko, V.M. Gunko. Ag nanoparticles deposited onto silica, titania and zirconia mesoporous films synthesized by sol-gel template method // J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. –2009. – V 50. – P.216–228

A.M. Eremenko, N.P. Smirnova, Yu.P. Mukha, H.R. Jashan Silver and gold nanoparticles insilica matrices: synthesis, properties and application // Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry – 2010. – V 46, N 2. – С. 67– 130.

A. Eremenko, N. Smirnova, Yu. Gnatiuk, O. Linnik, N. Vityuk, Yu. Mukha, A. Korduban. Silver and gold nanoparticles on sol-gel TiO2, ZrO2, SiO2 surfaces: optical spectra, photocatalytic activity, bactericide properties // Chapter in Book 3: Composite Materials. – 2011. – Р.2–32.