Name：Alexey Sobolev

Title (academic degree)： PhD in Chemistry, Associate professor (academic degree: Associate professor)

Speciality：(Chemistry) Inorganic Chemistry

e-mail：alex@radio.chem.msu.ru

Personal profile

Alexey Sobolev is a dean of Chemistry Department at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University and an Associate Professor in Lomonosov MSU. He earned his MS degree in Chemistry from Lomonosov MSU and PhD degree in Inorganic Chemistry in Lomonosov MSU as well. After graduation he remained as a teacher in Chemistry Department of Lomonosov MSU, and gained the position of Associate Professor at Radiochemistry Division in 2011. He was bachelor and MS supervisor of more than 15 students in MSU and SMBU, and after obtaining of the “Associate Professor” academic degree he supervised 2 PhD students in MSU.

His research interests include inorganic and pure chemistry, material sciences, solid state physics and solid state chemistry, radiochemistry, quantum chemistry and nuclear physics. He has strong experience in device construction projects from design to implementation, and strong analytical background; hands-on knowledge of various physical methods of compounds analysis – X-Ray, Mössbauer spectroscopy, and inorganic synthesis incuding high-pressure – high-temperature methods.

Teaching experience covers various chemistry and physics disciplines for graduate and postgraduate students: general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, radiochemistry, nuclear resonance methods.

As a scientist he had published as the first, and corresponding coauthor of more than 140 research academic papers including Journal of the American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Physical Review B, etc. and performed more than 175 lections at scientific conferences.

Since 1997 he gained 5 Grants by George Soros (subsequently grants of the Moscow government) for young Graduate and Undergraduate students (1997 - 2002); 5 awards of O. Deripaska’s grants for talented young scientists  in MSU; 8 times awarded by Lomonosov MSU for scientific achievements (2016 - 2023). He was also the leader and principal investigator in numerous grant projects (list of selected is below):

1. RSF 19-73-10034 (2019 – 2022) New magnetically frustrated materials: from hyperfine interactions to functional characteristics (PI) (15000 kRUR)

2. RSF19-73-10034-P (2023 – 2024) New magnetically frustrated materials: from hyperfine interactions to functional characteristics (PI) (12000 kRUR)

3. RFBR 19-03-00976 (2019 – 2021) Electronic structure and magnetism of new perovskite-like chromites: from hyperfine interactions to first-principle calculations. (leader) (3000 kRUR)

4. RFBR 18-33-20214 (2018 – 2020) Probe Mossbauer diagnostics of charge, orbital and spin ordering in perovskite–like manganites (PI) (6000 kRUR)

5. RFBR 18-03-00529 (2018 – 2020) Charge, orbital and spin ordering in Ni(III) nickelates: probe Mossbauer diagnostics (PI) (2100 kRUR)

6. RFBR 17-52-80036 (2017 – 2020) Magnetic structure of the ground state, spin dynamics and hyperfine interactions in frustrated gelimagnets based on 3d metals: research by nuclear resonance methods (PI) (11400 kRUR)

7. RFBR 16-03-01065 (2016 – 2018) Diagnostics of the local structure of perovskite-like ferrites-cobaltites by emission and absorption Mossbauer spectroscopy (leader) (1650 kRUR)

8. RFBR Grant // 09-03-00840 (2009 – 2011) Complex Mossbauer studies of changes in the phase and structural states of iron and iron-containing intermetallic nanoparticles in the formation of carbon nanotubes (leader) (900 kRUR)

Educational experience

1995 – 2001 Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Specialist degree in Chemistry equivalent to a master's diploma;

2001 – 2005 Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, PhD in Inorganic Chemistry.

Work experience

2005 – 2011 Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Researcher;

2011 – present Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Associate Professor;

2020 – 2022 Department of Materials Science SMBU, Shenzhen, P.R.C., Associate Professor;

2022 – present Chemistry Department of SMBU, Shenzhen, P.R.C., Dean.

Areas of research and selected papers

Alkali-metal batteries (operando Mössbauer investigations), The first- and the second-type Multiferroics (nuclear forward scattering and Mössbauer investigations), new magnetic and thermoelectric materials (Mössbauer investigations), Transition metal high oxidation states (Mössbauer investigations).

2024

1. Soboleva I.S., Šandalova S., Sobolev A.V.*, Nygaard R.R., Smirnova M.N., Maksimova O.V., Vasiliev A.N., Presniakov I.A. // Magnetic hyperfine interactions of probe ⁵⁷Fe atoms within the hexagonal manganite ScMnO₃ // Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2024), 994, 174758 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174758

2. Stepanova Anna V., Mironov Andrei V., Bogach Alexey V., Azarevich Andrey N., Presniakov Igor A., Sobolev Alexey V., Pankratov Denis A., Zayakhanov Vladimir A., Starchikov Sergey S., Verchenko Valeriy Yu, Shevelkov Andrei V. // Chemical Communications (2024), 60, 5518-5521 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC01160K

3. Li Yu, Zhao Zhen, Zhang Jiawei, Chen Zhen, Liu Xin, Wang Kangli, Sobolev Alexey V., Savilov Serguei V., Chen Minghua // High pseudocapacitance electrode enabled by heterovalent doping and surface coating for rapid charge storage // Surface and Coatings Technology 476, 130169 (2024) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.130169

4. Soboleva Iana S., Nitsenko Vladimir I., Sobolev Alexey V.*, Smirnova Maria N., Belik Alexei A., Presniakov Igor A. // Understanding Complex Interplay among Different Instabilities in Multiferroic BiMn₇O₁₂ Using ⁵⁷Fe Probe Mössbauer Spectroscopy // International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2024) 25, 3, 1437 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms25031437

5. Polevik Alexey O., Efimova Anastasia S., Sobolev Alexey V.*, Soboleva Iana S., Presniakov Igor A., Verchenko Valeriy Yu, Lyssenko Konstantin A., Teterin Yurii A., Teterin Anton Yu, Maslakov Konstantin I., Shevelkov Andrei V. // Atomic distribution, electron transfer, and charge compensation in artificial iron-bearing colusites Cu_26-xFe_xTa_2-γSn₆S₃₂ // Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2024), 976, 173280 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.173280

2023

6. Mankaev B.N., Serova V.A., Syroeshkin M.A., Akyeva A.Ya, Sobolev A.V., Churakov A.V., Lermontova E.Kh., Minyaev M.E., Oprunenko Yu.F., Zabalov M.V., Zaitsev K.V., Zaitseva G.S., Karlov S.S. // Synthesis of ONO-Ligated Tetrylenes Based on 2,6-bis(2-Hydroxyphenyl)pyridines: Influence of Ligand Sterics on the Structure of the Products // European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2023) 26 (11) e202200690 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202200690

7. Glazkova I.S., Smirnova M.N., Kondrat’eva O.N., Nikiforova G.E., Romanova E.S., Sobolev A.V., Presniakov I.A., Ketsko V.A. // Synthesis and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer Studies of Polycrystalline Magnesium Ferrites MgFe₂O₄ and Mg(Fe_0.8Ga_0.2)₂O₄ // Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0036023623600387

8. Verchenko V.Yu, Kanibolotskiy A.V., Chernoukhov I.V., Cherednichenko K.A., Bogach A.V., Znamenkov K.O., Sobolev A.V., Glazkova I.S., Presniakov I.A., Shevelkov A.V. // Layered van der Waals Chalcogenides FeAl₂Se₄, MnAl₂S₄, and MnAl₂Se₄: Atomically Thin Triangular Arrangement of Transition-Metal Atoms // Inorganic Chemistry (2023) 62 (19) 7557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00912

9. Polevik A.O., Sobolev A.V., Glazkova I.S., Presniakov I.A., Verchenko V.Yu., Link J., Stern R., Shevelkov A.V. // Interplay between Fe(II) and Fe(III) and Its Impact on Thermoelectric Properties of Iron-Substituted Colusites Cu_26-xFe_xV₂Sn₆S₃₂ // Compounds (2023) 3 (2) 348 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/compounds3020027

10. Umedov S.T., Grigorieva A.V., Sobolev A.V., Knotko A.V., Lepnev L.S., Kolesnikov E.A., Charkin D.O., Shevelkov A.V. // Controlled Reduction of Sn⁴⁺ in the Complex Iodide Cs₂SnI₆ with Metallic Gallium // Nanomaterials (2023) 13 (3) 427-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13030427

11. Shevchenko V.A., Glazkova I.S., Novichkov D.A., Skvortsova I., Sobolev A.V., Abakumov A.M., Presniakov I.A., Drozhzhin O.A., Antipov E.V. // Competition between the Ni and Fe Redox in the O3-NaNi_1/3Fe_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ Cathode Material for Na-Ion Batteries // Chemistry of Materials 35, 4015–4025 (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00338

12. Nazarov E.E., Dembitskiy A.D., Trussov I.A., Tyablikov O.A., Glazkova I.S., Sobolev A.V., Presniakov I.A., Mikheev I.V., Morozov A.V., Nikitina V.A., Abakumov A.M., Antipov E.V., Fedotov S.S. // A Li-rich strategy towards advanced Mn-doped triphylite cathodes for Li-ion batteries // Energy Advances (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ya00292b

13. Nitsenko V.I., Sobolev A.V., Belik A.A., Glazkova Ya S., Presnyakov I.A. // Electric polarization in the BiMn₇O₁₂ quadruple manganite: A ⁵⁷Fe probe Mössbauer investigation // J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 136, 620–629 (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1063776123050114

14. Teterin Yu A., Smirnova M.N., Maslakov K.I., Teterin A.Yu, Nikiforova G.E., Glazkova Ya S., Sobolev A.V., Presnyakov I.A., Ketsko V.A. // Synthesis, ionic, and phase compositions of ferrogarnet Y_2.5Ce_0.5Fe_2.5Ga_2.5O₁₂ // Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 68 (7), 829-837 (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0036023623600831

15. Sobolev A.V., Šandalova S., Smirnova M.N., Belik A.A., Glazkova I.S., Presniakov I.A. // Structure of the Local Environment and Hyperfine Interactions of ⁵⁷Fe Probe Nuclei in AMnO3 (A = Sc, In) // Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 68 (10), 1364-1372 (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0036023623601812

16. Sobolev A.V., Nitsenko V.I., Belik A.A., Glazkova I.S., Kondratyeva M.S., Presniakov I.A. // Jahn–Teller Ordering Dynamics in the Paraelectric BiMn₇O₁₂ Phase: ⁵⁷Fe Probe Mössbauer Diagnostics // J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 137, 404–412 (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1063776123090145

17. Badalyan Siranuysh, Mnoyan Anush, Sobolev Alexey V., Soboleva Iana S., Presniakov Igor A., Youn Jae-Rang, Han Taeyoul, Kim DongYeon, Lee Kyubock // Ferrous-immobilized iron saccharide complexes for electro-synthesis of ammonia via NORR // Chemical Engineering Journal 474, 145578 (2023) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.145578

2022

18. Kargina, Y.V., Sobolev, A.V., Kozlyakova, E.S., Vasiliev A.N., Kharin A.Yu, Sharonova N.V., Perepukhov A.M., Stavitskaya A.V., Ischenko A.A., Timoshenko V.Yu. // Composite silicon-iron nanoparticles: physical properties and potential application in MRI contrasting. // J Nanopart Res 24, 115 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-022-05497-1

19. Alexei A.Belik, Andreas Dönni, MasahikoTanaka, Iana S.Glazkova, Alexey V.Sobolev, Igor A.Presniakov // Different magnetic and magnetodielectric behavior of BaRFeO₄ ferrites with R = Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb // Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 922, 166297 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.166297

20. Khalaniya Roman A., Verchenko Valeriy Yu, Sobolev Alexey V., Presniakov Igor A., Wei Zheng, Dikarev Evgeny V., Shevelkov Andrei V. // Intricate magnetic behavior of Fe₆Ge₅ and its origin within a complex iron framework: The magnetic and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer study // Journal of Alloys and Compounds 902, 163759 (2022) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.163759

21. Gorbachev Evgeny Andreevich, Trusov Lev A., Alyabyeva Liudmila, Roslyakov Ilya V., Lebedev Vasily, Kozlyakova Ekaterina, Magdysyuk Oxana V., Sobolev Alexey V., Glazkova Iana, Beloshapkin Sergey, Gorshunov Boris, Kazin Pavel E. // High-Coercivity Hexaferrite Ceramics Featuring Sub-Terahertz Ferromagnetic Resonance // Mater. Horiz., 2022, Advance Article http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1mh01797g

2021

22. Khalaniya R.A., Sobolev A.V., Verchenko V.Yu, Tsirlin A.A., Senyshyn A., Damay F., Presniakov I.A., Shevelkov A.V. // Magnetic structures of Fe_32+δGe₃₃As₂ and Fe_32+δ′Ge_35−xP_x intermetallic compounds: a neutron diffraction and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study // Dalton Trans., 50, 2210-2220 (2021) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0dt03923c

23. Nawa Kazuhiro, Avdeev Maxim, Berdonosov Peter, Sobolev Alexey, Presniakov Igor, Aslandukova Alena, Kozlyakova Ekaterina, Vasiliev Alexander, Shchetinin Igor, Sato Taku J. // Magnetic structure study of the sawtooth chain antiferromagnet Fe₂Se₂O₇  // Sci. Rep. 11, 24049 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03058-5

24. Glazkova Ya S., Rusakov V.S., Sobolev A.V., Gapochka A.M., Gubaidulina T.V., Volkova O.S., Vasil’ev A.N., Presnyakov I.A. // Magnetic Hyperfine Interactions of ⁵⁷Fe Probe Atoms in the CaCu_xMn_7–xO₁₂ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Manganites // J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 132, 426–437 (2021) http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S106377612103002X

25. Sobolev A.V.*, Yi Wei, Belik A.A., Glazkova I.S., Presniakov I.A. // Local Structure and Magnetic Hyperfine Interactions of ⁵⁷Fe Probe Nuclei in TlCr_0.95⁵⁷Fe_0.05O₃ // J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 133, 49–58 (2021) http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1063776121060157

2020

26. Alexey V.Sobolev*, Alena A.Aslandukova, Ekaterina S.Kozlyakova, Elena S.Kuznetsova, Ahmad Yu.Akhrorov, Petr S.Berdonosov, Iana S.Glazkova, Olga S.Volkova, Alexander N.Vasiliev, Igor A.Presniakov // Magnetic hyperfine interactions in a sawtooth chain iron oxoselenite Fe₂O(SeO₃)₂: Experimental and theoretical Investigation // Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 822, 153549 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.153549

27. Oleg A. Drozhzhin, Alexey V. Sobolev, Vasiliy D. Sumanov, Iana S. Glazkova, Dmitry A. Aksyonov, Anastasia D. Grebenshchikova, Oleg A. Tyablikov, Anastasia M. Alekseeva, Ivan V. Mikheev, Iurii Dovgaliuk, Dmitry Chernyshov, Keith J. Stevenson, Igor A. Presniakov, Artem M. Abakumov, Evgeny V. Antipov // Exploring the Origin of the Superior Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermally Prepared Li-Rich Lithium Iron Phosphate Li_1+δFe_1−δPO₄ // J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 1, 126 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09594

28. Glazkova Iana S., Belik Alexei A., Sobolev Alexey V., Smirnova Maria N., Ovanesyan Nikolai S., Presniakov Igor A. // Modulated Magnetic Structures in BaRFeO₄ (R = Y and Dy): Magnetic and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer Investigations // J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 24, 13374–13384 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03506

29. Sobolev A.V.*, Rusakov V.S., Gapochka A.M., Glazkova I.S., Gubaidulina T.V., Matsnev M.E., Belik A.A., Presniakov I.A. // ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of cycloidal spin arrangements and magnetic transitions in BiFe_1-xCo_xO₃ //Phys. Rev. B 101, 224409 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.224409

30. Aslandukova A.A., Sobolev A.V.*, Silkin I.G., Morozov I.V., Glazkova I.S., Presniakov I.A. // ⁵⁷Fe probe Mössbauer study of magnetic phase transitions in MnP phosphide // J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 130, 864–872 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776120050027