Sergey Evgenievich Kushnir

Research interests

1. photonic crystals and optical microcavities;
2. electrochemical synthesis of segmented nanowires;
3. magnetic materials (hard-magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic liquids, magnetoresistance).

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

2012 –  PhD degree in chemistry (solid-state chemistry, “Synthesis and properties of hard-magnetic strontium hexaferrite nanoparticle ensembles and colloidal solutions on their basis”, scientific adviser: Dr.Sci., Prof. P.E. Kazin), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
2009 –  Master’s degree in Chemistry, Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (“Synthesis of strontium hexaferrite nanoparticles with high coercitive force from glass in system SrO-Fe₂O₃-B₂O₃”, scientific adviser: Dr.Sci., Prof. P.E. Kazin).
2007 –  Bachelor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (“Synthesis of (La,Sr)MnO₃ based magnetoresistive glass-ceramic composites”, scientific advisers: PhD., Assistant D.D. Zaitsev, Dr.Sci., Prof. P.E. Kazin).

Career

2017 – now  Research Scientist at Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
2016 – now  Engineer at Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (on a part-time basis).
2013 – 2016     Senior Engineer at Samsung Electro-Mechanics Corporate R&D Center, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
2013 – 2013     Research Staff Member at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) Samsung Electronics, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. 
2013 – 2013     Research Staff at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) Samsung Electronics, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
2012 – 2013     Research Scientist at Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGIC RAS), Moscow, Russia.

Awards and scholarships

• V.I. Spitsyn prize winner (2012)
  
• Carl Zeiss Prize winner (2011).
• Prize winner of Lomonosov conference for students (2005, 2007, 2012).
• Second Prize winner of Mendeleev contest for chem students (2005).
• Moscow Grant in the field of science and technology (2004 – 2005).

Research metrics

h-index: 10
Sum of times cited: 182    
ORCID ID 0000-0001-9256-6965
WoS ResearcherID J-8972-2012
Scopus AuthorID 9271368700
IstinaResearcherID 387666

Selected publications

1. S.E. Kushnir, T.Y. Komarova, K.S. Napolskii, High-quality-factor anodic alumina optical microcavities prepared by cyclic anodizing with voltage versus optical path length modulation // Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, v. 8, pp. 3991–3995.
2. A.I. Sadykov, S.E. Kushnir, N.A. Sapoletova, V.K. Ivanov, K.S. Napolskii, Anodic titania photonic crystals with high reflectance within photonic band gap via pore shape engineering // Scripta Materialia, 2020, v. 178, pp. 13–17.      
   
3. A.I. Sadykov, S.E. Kushnir, I.V. Roslyakov, A.E. Baranchikov, K.S. Napolskii, Selenic acid anodizing of aluminium for preparation of 1D photonic crystals // Electrochemistry Communications, 2019, v. 100, pp. 104–107.
   
4. G.A. Ermolaev, S.E. Kushnir, N.A. Sapoletova, K.S. Napolskii, Titania photonic crystals with precise photonic band gap position via anodizing with voltage versus optical path length modulation // Nanomaterials, 2019, v. 9, pp. 651.
5. 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, v. 6, pp. 12192–12199.
   
6. 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.
   
7. 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.
   
8. S.E. Kushnir, A.I. Gavrilov, P.E. Kazin, A.V. Grigorieva, Y.D. Tretyakov, M. Jansen, Synthesis of colloidal solutions of SrFe₁₂O₁₉ plate-like nanoparticles featuring extraordinary magnetic-field-dependent optical transmission // Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, v. 22(36), pp. 18893–18901.
9. S.E. Kushnir, P.E. Kazin, L.A. Trusov, Y.D. Tretyakov, Self-organization of micro- and nanoparticles in ferrofluids // Russian Chemical Reviews, 2012, v. 81(6), pp. 560–570.
10. D.D. Zaitsev, S.E. Kushnir, P.E. Kazin, Y.D. Tretyakov, and M. Jansen, Preparation of the SrFe₁₂O₁₉-based magnetic composites via boron oxide glass devitrification // Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2006, v. 301(2), pp. 489–494.