Kirill Sergeevich Napolskii

Research interests

1. electrochemical methods for the synthesis and analysis of advanced materials;
2. chemical methods for obtaining spatially ordered nanomaterials (porous films of anodic oxides of valve metals, colloidal crystals);
3. small angle X-ray and neutron scattering for quantitative characterization of porous materials;
4. photonic crystals and scalable techniques of their preparation;
5. templated synthesis of anisotropic nanostructures;
6. nano-/microelectronics, nano-/micro electromechanical systems.

Teaching

Special practical course "Synthesis and study of inorganic substances and materials" for students of the 4th year of the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University and master’s students of the 1st year studying at the Faculty of Materials Science of Moscow State University.

Education

PhD Thesis «Electrochemical fabrication of spatially ordered metallic nanostructures in porous matrices».
Scientific advisers: Dr.Sci.,  Academician of RAS Yu.D. Tretyakov, Dr.Sci., Prof. G.A. Tsirlina.
2006 – Diploma of Higher Education, Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia). Qualification «Chemist. Materials Scientist», speciality «Chemistry».
Diploma Thesis «Porous aluminium oxide films: synthesis, study and possible applications».
Scientific advisers: PhD., Assistant A.A. Eliseev, PhD., Assoc. Prof. A.V. Lukashin.
2000 – High School Diploma, Kirov Physico-Mathematical Lyceum (Kirov, Russia).

Career

2014 – present Leading Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
2009 – present Assistant,  Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University (on a part-time basis).
2011 – 2014    Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
2009 – 2011    Junior Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
2006 – 2009    Technician, Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Awards and scholarships

• Prize winner of the competition of young leaders of scientific groups of Lomonosov Moscow State University (2017).
• Moscow Government Prize winner for young scientists (2015).
• Winner of 37th competition for young scientists of Lomonosov Moscow State University (2012).
• President scholarship for young scientists (2012).
• Russian Academy of Science medal for young scientists (2011).
• Carl Zeiss Prize winner (2011).
• Winner of the MSU candidate pool program (2011).
• RusNanoForum09 prize winner for young scientists (2009).
  
• Prize winner of O.V. Deripaska contest for talented students, PhD students and young scientists of Lomonosov Moscow State University (2007, 2009 – 2013).
  
• Prize winner of Lomonosov Moscow State University contests for young scientists, achieved outstanding results in teaching and research (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015).
  
• Russian Academy of Science medal for students (2006).
  
• Prize winner of Lomonosov conference for students (2001 – 2004, 2007).
  
• V.I. Spitsyn prize winner (2004).
  
• Moscow Government Prize winner for STEM disciplines (2003 – 2005).
  
• Soros fellowship for students (2002).
• Prize winner of Mendeleev contest for chem students (2001, 2002).

Research metrics

h-index: 21
ORCID ID 0000-0002-9353-9114
WoS ResearcherID G-4816-2014
Scopus AuthorID 8601107200
IstinaResearcherID 526083

Selected publications

1. S.E. Kushnir, T.Yu. Pchelyakova, K.S. Napolskii, Anodizing with voltage versus optical path length modulation: a new tool for the preparation of photonic structures // Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C8TC04246B.
2. I.A. Kolmychek, A.R. Pomozov, A.P. Leontiev, K.S. Napolskii, T.V. Murzina. Magneto-optical effects in hyperbolic metamaterials // Optics Letters, 2018, v. 43(16), pp. 3917–3920. DOI: 10.1364/OL.43.003917.
3. I.V. Roslyakov, K.S. Napolskii, V.S. Stolyarov, E.E. Karpov, A.V. Ivashev, V.N. Surtaev. A thin-film platform for chemical gas sensors // Russian Microelectronics, 2018, v. 47, pp. 226–233. DOI: 10.1134/S1063739718040078.
4. N.A. Sapoletova, S.E. Kushnir, K.S. Napolskii. Anodic titanium oxide photonic crystals prepared by novel cyclic anodizing with voltage versus charge modulation // Electrochemistry Communications, 2018, v. 91, pp. 5–9. DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2018.04.018.
5. S.E. Kushnir, K.S. Napolskii. Thickness-dependent iridescence of one-dimensional photonic crystals based on anodic alumina // Materials & Design, 2018, v. 144, pp. 140–150. DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.02.012.
6. I.V. Roslyakov, D.S. Koshkodaev, A.A. Eliseev, D. Hermida-Merino, V.K. Ivanov, A.V. Petukhov, K.S. Napolskii. Growth of Porous Anodic Alumina on Low-Index Surfaces of Al Single Crystals // The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, v. 121, pp. 27511–27520. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b09998.
7. O.V. Skryabina, S.V. Egorov, A.S. Goncharova, A.A. Klimenko, S.N. Kozlov, V.V. Ryazanov, S.V. Bakurskiy, M.Yu. Kupriyanov, A.A. Golubov, K.S. Napolskii, V.S. Stolyarov, Josephson coupling across a long single-crystalline Cu nanowire // Applied Physics Letters, 2017, v. 110, 222605, DOI: 10.1063/1.4984605.
8. I.V. Roslyakov, E.O. Gordeeva, K.S. Napolskii, Role of Electrode Reaction Kinetics in Self-Ordering of Porous Anodic Alumina // Electrochimica Acta, 2017, v. 241, pp. 362–369, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.04.140.
9. A.A. Noyan, A.P. Leontiev, M.V. Yakovlev, I.V. Roslyakov, G.A. Tsirlina, K.S. Napolskii, Electrochemical growth of nanowires in anodic alumina templates: the role of pore branching // Electrochimica Acta, 2017, v. 226, pp. 60–68, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.142.
10. I.V. Roslyakov, D.S. Koshkodaev, A.A. Eliseev, D. Hermida-Merino, A.V. Petukhov, K.S. Napolskii. Crystallography-Induced Correlations in Pore Ordering of Anodic Alumina Films // The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016, v. 120, pp. 19698–19704. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05268.
11. A.P. Leontiev, O.A. Brylev, K.S. Napolskii. Arrays of rhodium nanowires based on anodic alumina: preparation and electrocatalytic activity for nitrate reduction // Electrochimica Acta, 2015, v. 155, pp. 466–473. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.12.073.
12. C. Li, A. Kasumov, A. Murani, S. Sengupta, F. Fortuna, K. Napolskii, D. Koshkodaev, G. Tsirlina, Y. Kasumov, I. Khodos, R. Deblock, M. Ferrier, S. Guéron, H. Bouchiat. Magnetic field resistant quantum interferences in Josephson junctions based on bismuth nanowires // Physical Review B, 2014, v. 90, 245427. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.245427.
13. D.I. Petukhov, K.S. Napolskii, M.V. Berekchiyan, A.G. Lebedev, A.A. Eliseev. Comparative Study of Structure and Permeability of Porous Oxide Films on Aluminum Obtained by Single- and Two-Step Anodization // ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013, v. 5, pp. 7819−7824. DOI: 10.1021/am401585q.
14. I.V. Roslyakov, A.A. Eliseev, E.V. Yakovenko, A.V. Zabelin, K.S. Napolskii. Longitudinal pore alignment in anodic alumina films grown on polycrystalline metal substrates // Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2013, v. 46, pp. 1705–1710. DOI: 10.1107/S002188981302579X.
15. A.A. Mistonov, N.A. Grigoryeva, A.V. Chumakova, H. Eckerlebe, N.A. Sapoletova, K.S. Napolskii, A.A. Eliseev, D. Menzel, S.V. Grigoriev. Three-dimensional artificial spin ice in nanostructured Co on an inverse opal-like lattice // Physical Review B, 2013, 87, 220408(R). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.220408.
16. A.A. Eliseev, N.A. Sapoletova, I. Snigireva, A. Snigirev, K.S. Napolskii. Electrochemical X-ray Photolithography // Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, v. 51(46), pp. 11602–11605, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204801.
17. D.I. Petukhov, K.S. Napolskii, A.A. Eliseev. Permeability of anodic alumina membranes with branched channels // Nanotechnology, 2012, v. 23, 335601. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/33/335601.
18. K.S. Napolskii, I.V. Roslyakov, A.Y. Romanchuk, O.O. Kapitanova, A.S. Mankevich, V.A. Lebedev, A.A. Eliseev. Origin of long-range orientational pore ordering in anodic films on aluminium // Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, v. 22, pp. 11922–11926. DOI: 10.1039/c2jm31710a.
19. K.S. Napolskii, I.V. Roslyakov, A.A. Eliseev, D.V. Byelov, A.V. Petukhov, N.A. Grigoryeva, W.G. Bouwman, A.V. Lukashin, A.P. Chumakov, S.V. Grigoriev. The Kinetics and Mechanism of Long-Range Pore Ordering in Anodic Films on Aluminum // The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011, v. 115, pp. 23726–23731. DOI: 10.1021/jp207753v.
20. M.R. Lukatskaya, L.A. Trusov, A.A. Eliseev, A.V. Lukashin, M. Jansen, P.E. Kazin, K.S. Napolskii. Controlled way to prepare quasi-1D nanostructures with complex chemical composition in porous anodic alumina // Chemical Communications, 2011, v. 47, pp. 2396–2398. DOI: 10.1039/c0cc04394j.
21. K.S. Napolskii, I.V. Roslyakov, A.A. Eliseev, D.I. Petukhov, A.V. Lukashin, S.-F. Chen, C.-P. Liu, G.A. Tsirlina. Tuning the microstructure and functional properties of metal nanowire arrays via deposition potential // Electrochimica Acta, 2011, v. 56, pp. 2378–2384. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2010.12.013.
22. N. Sapoletova, T. Makarevich, K. Napolskii, E.Mishina, A. Eliseev, A. van Etteger, T. Rasing, G. Tsirlina. Controlled growth of metallic inverse opals by electrodeposition // Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010, v. 12, pp. 15414–15422. DOI: 10.1039/c0cp00812e.
23. А.А. Елисеев, Д.И. Петухов, Д.А. Булдаков, Р.П. Иванов, К.С. Напольский, А.В. Лукашин, Ю.Д. Третьяков. Морфологическая модификация поверхности полимеров репликацией структуры анодного оксида алюминия // Письма в ЖЭТФ, 2010, т. 92(7), стр. 499–503.
24. A. Bosak, I. Snigireva, K.S. Napolskii, A. Snigirev. High-Resolution Transmission X-ray Microscopy: A New Tool for Mesoscopic Materials // Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, pp. 3256–3259. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201000173.
25. K.S. Napolskii, I.V. Roslyakov, A.A. Eliseev, A.V. Petukhov, D.V. Byelov, N.A. Grigoryeva, W.G. Bouwman, A.V. Lukashin, K.O. Kvashnina, A.P. Chumakov, S.V. Grigoriev. Long-range ordering in anodic alumina films: a microradian X-ray diffraction study // Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2010, v. 43, pp. 531–538. DOI: 10.1107/S0021889810009131.
26. K.S. Napolskii, N.A. Sapoletova, D.F. Gorozhankin, A.A. Eliseev, D.Yu. Chernyshov, D.V. Byelov, N.A. Grigoryeva, A.A. Mistonov, W.G. Bouwman, K.O. Kvashnina, A.V. Lukashin, A.A. Snigirev, A.V. Vassilieva, S.V. Grigoriev, AV. Petukhov. Fabrication of Artificial Opals by Electric-Field-Assisted Vertical Deposition // Langmuir, 2010, v. 26(4), pp. 2346–2351. DOI: 10.1021/la902793b.
27. K.S. Napolskii, P.J. Barczuk, S.Yu. Vassiliev, A.G. Veresov, G.A. Tsirlina and P.J. Kulesza. Templating of electrodeposited platinum group metals as a tool to control catalytic activity // Electrochimica Acta, 2007, v. 52, pp. 7910–7919. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2007.06.043.
28. С.В. Григорьев, Н.А. Григорьева, А.В. Сыромятников, К.С. Напольский, А.А. Елисеев, А.В. Лукашин, Ю.Д. Третьяков, Х. Эккерлебе. Двумерные пространственно-упорядоченные системы Al₂O₃: исследование методом малоуглового рассеяния нейтронов // Письма в ЖЭТФ, 2007, т. 85(9), стр. 549–554.
29. K.S. Napolsky, A.A. Eliseev, A.V. Knotko, A.V. Lukahsin, A.A. Vertegel, Yu.D. Tretyakov. Preparation of ordered magnetic iron nanowires in the mesoporous silica matrix // Materials Science and Engineering C, 2003, v. 23(1–2), pp. 151–154. DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4931(02)00252-7.