Specialization

- Physics of Soft Matter, Disordered Materials including glasses, polymers, liquids, etc.;

- Nanostructure and dynamics, optical properties of Soft Materials;

- Raman and Brillouin scattering, Inelastic neutron and X-ray scattering spectroscopy; 

- Processes of optical memory; Non-linear optics and Photonics in general

- Amorphous semiconductors.

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Research interests

- Dynamics of Soft Materials, Fast dynamics (MHz-THz frequency range) in disordered materials; Influence of the fast dynamics on macroscopic properties of materials.

- Glass transition, including the glass transition in thin films and confined geometries. Influence of molecular structure and architecture on dynamics and macroscopic properties of polymers.

- Mechanical and thermal properties of nanostructured and nanocomposite materials. Influence of nano-scale confinement on properties of polymeric materials.

- Dynamics and functions of biological macromolecules; Processes of super-molecular structure formations in biological systems.

- Photonics and nano-optics, single-molecular Raman spectroscopy, scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy.

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Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Alexei P. Sokolov

Affiliation and official address:

 

Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron

Akron, OH 44325-3909, USA

  
Education: 1994 Dr.Sci.(Habilitation) in Physics, Russ.Ac.Sci., Novosibirsk, Russia  
1986 Ph.D.in Physics, USSR Acad.Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
1981

 

 M.S. in Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia

 

Career: 2009- Governor's Chair Professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  2004-2009 Thomas A. Knowles Professor of Polymer Science, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Ohio, USA
2004 Professor
2002 -2004 Associate Professor
1998-2002 Assistant Professor, The University of Akron, OH, USA
1997-1998 Senior Scientist, IFF Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
1994-1996 Max-Planck Fellow, MPIP Mainz, Germany
1991-1993 Humboldt Fellow, FU Berlin, Germany
1981-1991

 

 Researcher, Senior Scientist, Institute of Automation & Electrometry Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia 

 

Teaching: Since 1999 Teaching courses "Polymer Dynamics", "Physical Properties of Polymers I", "Polymer Technology III" and "Polymer Structure and Characterization" at the Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron
Spring 1997

organizing Seminars to lecture course „Introduction to Solid

State Physics" at Düsseldorf University (together with Prof.Otto).
Current Advising PhD students:  Andrei Malkovskiy, Liang Hong, Andrea Macy, Alexander Agapov

 Undergraduate students advised: Sausan Azzam, Ryan Hartschuh, Ryan Greytak, Greg Burg, Johnathan Neiswinger, Kathleen Armistead, Krista Freeman
1991-1998

work with several undergraduate and postgraduate students 
Graduates

 

The University of  Akron (PhD degree)

2009- Sheila Khodadadi, Kunal Kumar

2007- Tae-Eun Chang, Burak Begen,  Ryan Hartschuh

2006- Disha Mehtani, Joon Ho Roh, 

2005 - Y. Ding, 

2003 - G. Caliskan, 

Novosibirsk State University, Russia (MS degree):

1990 - V. Ivlev

1988 - V. Gochiyaev

1987 - S. Simakov, 

1986 - N. Potchuev,

 

 

Specialization:

 

Physics of disordered materials including glasses, polymers, liquids, etc.; Raman, Brillouin and inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopies; Processes of optical memory; Non-linear optics; Amorphous semiconductors.

 

 

Current research interests:

 

Dynamics of disordered materials (including low-energy excitation spectra, low-temperature properties, implications for other properties, etc.); Glass transition; Raman, Brillouin and neutron scattering spectroscopies of disordered materials (including glasses, polymers, liquids and disordered crystals); Dynamics and functions of biological macromolecules; Photonics and nano-optics, scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy.

 
Awards, Fellowships: 2008 Fellow of the American Physical Society
  2007 University of Akron Outstanding Researcher Award
  1994-1996 Max-Planck Fellowship, Germany
1991-1993

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany
1990

Third prize in physics of Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of

Sciences, Russia
1988 First prize for young scientists of Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Russia

 

Publications:

 

more than 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals and monographs

more than 100 contributions to scientific meetings; 

4 patents

  

 

Synergistic activities:

- regular referee for Phys.Rev. (including PRL), Nature Journals, J.Phys.Cond.Matt., Macromolecules, Polymer and many other US and European journals, referee for NSF, DOE and NIST proposals.

- Member of the Science Review Committee for the Oak Ridge National Lab;

- Member of the Admission Committee and various Search Committees for the Department of Polymer Science U.A.

- Member of the Graduate Committee for Integrated Biosciences Program at the University of Akron;

- Member of the The University wide RTP Committee;

- Organizer of various Conferences.

  
Grants:

 

 The main  funding Agencies   

   Air Force     

ACS Petroleum Research Fund 

 

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Selected List of Highly Cited Papers

Dr. Alexei Sokolov

List of selected publications with high citation index

[according to http://cite.ohiolink.edu/isi/CIW.cgi, July 2009]

Publication

Citation

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V.K.Malinovsky, A.P.Sokolov: The nature of the boson peak in Raman scattering in glasses, Sol.St.Comm. 57, 757 (1986). 258  
A.P.Sokolov, A.Kisliuk, M.Soltwisch, D.Quitmann: Medium range order in glasses: comparison of Raman and diffraction measurements, Phys.Rev.Lett. 69, 1540 (1992). 251 Download the paper  
A.P.Sokolov, E.Rössler, A.Kisliuk, D.Quitmann: Dynamics of Strong and Fragile Glass Formers: Differences and Correlation with Low-Temperature Properties. Phys.Rev.Lett. 71, 2062 (1993). 251 Download the paper
V.K.Malinovsky, V.N.Novikov, P.P.Parshin, A.P.Sokolov, M.G.Zemlyanov: Universal form of the low-energy (2 to 10 meV) vibrational spectrum of glasses, Europhys.Lett. 11, 43 (1990). 184 Download the paper
V.N. Novikov, A.P. Sokolov: Poisson’s ratio and fragility of glass-forming liquids, Nature 431, 961- 963 (2004). 143  
A.P.Sokolov, A.Kisliuk, D.Quitmann, E.Duval: Evaluation of density of vibrational states from low-frequency Raman spectra. Phys.Rev.B 48, 7692 (1993). 128 Download the paper
A.P.Sokolov, A.Kisliuk, D.Quitmann, A.Kudlik, E.Rössler: The dynamics of strong and fragile glass formers: vibrational and relaxation contributions. J.Non-Cryst.Sol. 172-174, 138 (1994). 103 Download the paper
A.P.Sokolov, U.Buchenau, W.Steffen, B.Frick, A.Wischnewski: Comparison of Raman- and neutron-scattering data for glass-forming systems. Phys.Rev.B 52, R9815 (1995). 100 Download the paper
E.Rössler, A.P.Sokolov, A.Kisliuk, D.Quitmann: Low-frequency Raman scattering on different types of glass formers used to test predictions of mode-coupling theory. Phys.Rev.B 49, 14967 (1994). 96 Download the paper

V.N. Novikov, A.P. Sokolov, “Universality of the dynamic crossover in glassforming liquids: a “magic” relaxation time?” Phys.Rev.E 67, 031507 (2003).

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A.P.Sokolov, R.Calemczuk, B.Salce, A.Kisliuk, D.Quitmann, E.Duval: Low-Temperature Anomalies in Strong and Fragile Glassformers. Phys.Rev.Lett. 78, 2405 (1997) 75 Download the paper
A.Brodin, L.Börjesson, D.Engberg, L.M.Torell, A.P.Sokolov: Relaxational and vibrational dynamics in the glass transition range of a strong glass former B2O3. Phys.Rev.B 53, 11511 (1996).V 81 Download the paper
V.Z.Gochiyaev, V.K.Malinovsky, V.N.Novikov, A.P.Sokolov: Structure of the Rayleigh line wing in highly viscous liquids, Phil.Mag.B 63, 777 (1991). 74 Download the paper
N.V.Surovtsev, J.Wiedersich, V.N.Novikov, E.Rössler, A.P.Sokolov: Light scattering spectra of the fast relaxation in glasses, Phys.Rev.B 58, 14888 (1998). 73 Download the paper
A.P.Sokolov: Why the glass transition is still interesting, Science 273, 1675 (1996). 66 Download the paper
A.P.Sokolov, J.Hurst, D.Quitmann: Dynamics of supercooled water: Mode-coupling theory approach. Phys.Rev.B 51, 12865-12868 (1995) 62 Download the paper
D.Engberg, A.Wischnewski, U.Buchenau, L.Börjesson, A.J.Dianoux, A.P.Sokolov, L.Torrell: Sound waves and other modes in the strong glass former B2O3, Phys.Rev.B 58, 9087 (1998). 58  
J.Gapinskii, W.Steffen, A.Patkowski, A.P.Sokolov, A.Kisliuk, U.Buchenau, M.Russina, F.Mezei, H.Schober: Spectrum of fast dynamics in glass forming liquids: Does the “knee” exist? J.Chem.Phys. 110, 2312 (1999). 57  
J.H. Roh, V.N. Novikov, R.B. Gregory, J.E. Curtis, Z. Chowdhuri, A.P. Sokolov, “Onsets of Anharmonicity in Protein Dynamics”, Phys.Rev.Lett. 95, 038101-1-4 (2005). 53  
D. Mehtani, N. Lee, R. D. Hartschuh, A. Kisliuk, M.D. Foster, A. P. Sokolov, J. F. Maguire, Nano-Raman Spectroscopy with Side-illumination Optics, J. Raman Spectr. 36, 1068-1075 (2005). 51  
T.E. Chang, L.R. Jensen, A. Kisliuk, R.B. Pipes, R. Pyrz, A.P. Sokolov, “Microscopic mechanism of reinforcement in single-wall carbon nanotube / polypropylene nanocomposite”, Polymer 46, 439-444 (2005). 50  
G. Caliskan, D. Mechtani, S. Azzam, J.H. Roh, A. Kisliuk, M.T. Cicerone, S. Lin-Gibson, I. Peral and A.P. Sokolov, Protein and Solvent Dynamics: How Strongly Are They Coupled?, J.Chem.Phys. 121, 1978-1983 (2004) 50  
V.N.Novikov, A.P.Sokolov, B.Strube, N.Surovtsev, E.Duval, A.Mermet: Connection between quasielastic Raman scattering and free volume in polymeric glasses and supercooled liquids, J.Chem.Phys. 107, 1057 (1997). 50  

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