Sergei F. Lyuksyutov

Title: Professor
Department: Physics
Office: AYER 105
Phone: (330) 972 - 8356
Fax: (330) 972 - 6918
Email: sfl(at)uakron.edu
Website: http://nebula.physics.uakron.edu/dept/faculty/sfl.htm

Biography

Education:

• M.S. Physics and Engineering, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1984
• Visiting PhD student, Hertford College, Oxford University UK, 1989-1990
• Ph.D. Physics and Mathematics, Russian Academy of Science 1991

Employment:

• Research Scientist, Institute of Physics, Kiev Ukraine1984-1995
• Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Technical University of Denmark 1995-1997
• Faculty Research Scientist, Nanotechnology Center, Louisville, KY 1997-2000
• Faculty, Department of Physics, University of Akron OH from 2000

Selected Publications

• P.B. Paramonov and S.F. Lyuksyutov, "Density functional description of water condensation in proximity of nanoscale asperity," J. Chemical Physics 123, 084705 (2005)  pdf
• N.V. Kukhtarev, T. Kukhtareva, M.E. Edwards, J. Jones, M. Bayssie, J. Wang, S. F. Lyuksyutov, M.A. Reagan, and P. Buchhave, "Smart photogalvanic running grating interferometer,"J. Applied Physics 97, 054301 (2005) pdf
• S.F. Lyuksyutov, P.B. Paramonov, R.A. Sharipov, and G. Sigalov, "Induced deformations in polymers on nanoscal using atomic force microscopy,"Physical Review B 70, 174110 (2004) pdf
• S.F. Lyuksyutov, P.B. Paramonov, S. Juhl, and R.A. Vaia, "Amplitude-modulated electrostatic nanolithography in polymers based on atomic force microscopy,"Applied Physics Letters 83, 4405-4407 (2003) pdf
• S.F. Lyuksyutov, R.A. Vaia, P.B. Paramonov, S. Juhl, L. Waterhouse, R.M. Ralich, G, Sigalov, and E. Sancaktar, "Electrostatic nanolithography in polymers using atomic force microscopy,"Nature Materials, 468-472 (2003) 2 pdf
• S.F. Lyuksyutov, P.B. Paramonov, R.M. Ralich, adn I. Dolog, "peculiarities of an anomalous electronic current during atomic force microscopy assisted nanolithography on n-type silicon,"Nanotechnology 14, 716-721 (2003) pdf
• S. Sharma, M. K. Sunkara, M.M. Crain, S.F. Lyuksyutov, S. A. Harfenist, K. M. Walsh, and R.W. Cohn, “Selective plasma nitridation and contrast reversed etching of silicon,”J. Vacuum Science Technology B, 1743-1747 (2001) pdf 19
• J. Chen, A. M. Rao, S. Lyuksyutov, M. E. Itkis, M. A. Hamon, H. Hu, R. W. Cohn, P. C. Eklund, D. T. Colbert, R. E. Smalley, R. C. Haddon, "Dissolution of full-length single-walled carbon nanotubes,"J. Physical Chemistry B 105, 2525-2528, (2001) pdf
• J. Gotpagar, S. Lyuksyutov, R. Cohn, E. Grulke, and D. Bhattacharyya, "Reductive Dehalogenation of Trichloroethylene with Zero-Valent Iron: Surface Profiling Microscopy and Rate Enhancement Studies,"Langmuir 15, 8412-8420 (1999) pdf
• R.W. Cohn, S.F. Lyuksyutov, K. Walsh, and M.M. Crain, "Nanolithography considerations for multi-passband filters," Optical Review6, 345-354 (1999)
• F. Havermeyer, S. F. Lyuksyutov, R. A. Rupp, H. Eckerlebe, P. Staron, and J. Vollbrandt, "Nondestructive Resolution of Higher Harmonics of Light-Induced Volume Gratings in PMMA with Cold Neutrons," Physical Review Letters 80, 3272-3275 (1998) pdf
• Sergei F. Lyuksyutov, Preben Buchhave, and Mikhail V. Vasnetsov, "Self-Excitation of Space Charge Waves," Physical Review Letters 79, 67-70 (1997) pdf

Awards, Visiting positions and Distinctions:

• Outstanding Student Award, Institute of Physics, Kiev Ukarine 1988
• George Soros Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford University UK 1989-1990
• Visiting Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark 2001
• National Research Council Summer Faculty Fellow, AF Research Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB OH, 2002-2004
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan 2004
• Earlier Career Research Award, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, University of Akron, OH 2005

Research Interests

•Nanotechnology
•Photorefractive Optics
•Atomic Force Microscopy-assisted Electrostatic Nanolithography and its application for polymers, biomaterials, and alternative medicine