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2016-

• Evolutionary selection growth of two-dimensional materials on polycrystalline substrates’ 
  I. Vlassiouk, Y. Stehle, P. R. Pudasaini, R. R. Unocic, P. D. Rack, A. P. Baddorf, I. N. Ivanov, N. V. Lavrik, F. List, N. Gupta, K. Bets, B. I. Yakobson, S. Smirnov 
  Nature Materials , 18 (2018) 318-322
• Synergistic Effect of Iron Diselenide Decorated Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube for Enhanced Heterogeneous Electron Transfer and Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution 
  S. Sarker, P. Chaturvedib, L. Yan, T. Nakotte, X. Chen, S. K. Richins, S. Dash, J. Peters, M. Zhou, S. N. Smirnov, H. Luo 
  Electrochimica Acta , 20 (2018) 138-146
• Anisotropic Etching of Hexagonal Boron Nitride and Graphene: Question of Edge Terminations. 
  Y. Stehle, X. Sang, R. R. Unocic, D. Voylov, R. K. Jackson, S. Smirnov, I. Vlassiouk 
  Nano Lett., 17 (2017) 7306-7314
• P. Chaturvedi, S. D. Rodriguez, I.V. Vlassiouk , I.A. Hansen, S. N. Smirnov, Simple and Versatile Detection of Viruses Using Anodized Alumina Membranes. ACS Sensors, 1 (2016) 488-492

2011-2015

• Y. Stehle, H.M. Meyer, R.R. Unocic, M. Kidder, G. Polizos, P.G. Datskos, R. Jackson, S. N. Smirnov, I.V. Vlassiouk, Synthesis of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer: Control of Nucleation and Crystal Morphology. Chem. Mat., 27 (2015) 8041-8047
• L.Yan, G. Chen, S. Tan, M. Zhou, G. Zou, S. Deng, S. Smirnov, H.Luo, Titanium Oxynitride Nanoparticles Anchored on Carbon Nanotubes as Energy Storage Materials. ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces, 7 (2015) 24212-2421.
• I.V. Vlassiouk, G. Polizos, R. Cooper, I.N. Ivanov, J.K. Keum, F. Paulauskas, P.G. Datskos, S.N. Smirnov, Strong and Electrically Conductive Graphene Based Composite Fibers and Laminates. ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces, 7 (2015) 10702-10709
• E. Dahal, J. Curtiss, D. Subedi, G. Chen, J. Houston, S.N. Smirnov, Evaluation of the Catalytic Activity and Cytotoxicity of Palladium Nanocubes. The Role of Oxygen. ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces 7 (2015) 9364-9371
• S.P. Surwade, S.N. Smirnov, I.V. Vlassiouk, R.R. Unocic, G.M. Veith, S. Dai, S.M. Mahurin, Water desalination using nanoporous single-layer graphene. Nature Nanotechnology, 10 (2015) 459-464
• L.Yan, Y. Xu, M. Zhou, G. Chen, S. Deng, S. Smirnov, H.Luo, G. Zou, Porous TiO2 Conformal Coating on Carbon Nanotubes as Energy Storage Materials. Electrochimica Acta, 169 (2015) 73-81
• G. Chen, R. Rodriguez, L. Fei, Y. Xu, S. Deng, S. Smirnov, H. Luo, A facile hydrothermal route to iron(III) oxide with conductive additives as composite anode for lithium ion batteries. J. Power Sources, 259 (2014) 227-232
• L. Fei, Y. Xu, X. Wu, G. Chen, Y. Li, S. Deng, S. Smirnov, H. Luo, Instant Gelation Synthesis of 3D Porous MoS2@C Nanocomposites for Lithium Ion Batteries. Nanoscale, 6 (2014) 3664-3669
• Y. P. Shan P. B. Tiwari, P. Krishnakumar, I. Vlassiouk, W.Z. Li, X.W. Wang, Y. Darici, S.M. Lindsay, H. D. Wang, S. Smirnov, J. He, Surface modification of graphene nanopores for protein translocation. Nanotechnology, 24 (2013) 495102
• I.V. Vlassiouk, S.N. Smirnov, M. Regmi, S.P. Surwade, N. Srivastava, R.M. Feenstra, G. Eres, C.Parish, N. Lavrik, P. Datskos, S. Dai, P.F. Fulvio, Graphene Nucleation Density on Copper: Fundamental Role of Background Pressure. J. Phys. Chem. C, 117 (2013) 18919 – 18926
• Li, Y.; Trujillo, M.A.; Fu, E.; Patterson, B.; Fei, L.; Xu, Y.; Deng, S.; Smirnov, S.; Luo, H., Bismuth Oxide: A New Lithium-Ion Battery Anode. J. Mater. Chem. A, 1 (2013) 12123 – 12127
• Fei, L.; Lin, Q.; Yuan, B.; Chen, G.; Xie, P.; Li, Y.; Xu, Y.; Deng, S.; Smirnov, S.; Luo, H., Reduced Graphene Oxide Wrapped FeS Nanocomposite for Lithium-Ion Battery Anode with Improved Performance. ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces, 5 (2013) 5330-5335
• I. Vlassiouk, P. Fulvio, H. Meyer, N. Lavrik, S. Dai, P. Datskos, S. Smirnov, Large Scale Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Graphene. Carbon, 2013, 54, 58 – 67
• S. N. Smirnov, I. V. Vlassiouk, N. V. Lavrik, Voltage Gated Hydrophobic Nanopores. ACS Nano , 2011, 5, 7453 – 7461
• F. Rios, S. Smirnov, pH Valve Based on Hydrophobicity Switching. Chem. Mater. , 2011, 16, 3601-3605
• I. Vlassiouk, M. Regmi, P. Fulvio, S. Dai, P. Datskos, G. Eres, S. Smirnov, Role of Hydrogen in CVD Growth of Large Single Crystal Graphene. ACS Nano , 2011, 5, 6069-6076
• I. Vlassiouk, S. Smirnov, I. Ivanov, P. F. Fulvio, S. Dai, H. Meyer, M. Chi, D. Hensley, P. Datskos and N. V. Lavrik, Electrical and thermal conductivity of low temperature CVD graphene: the effect of disorder. Nanotechnology, 2011, 22, 275716

2006-2010

• S. Smirnov, X. Wang, Nanoporous Sensors. ECS Trans. , 2010, 33, 17-20
• S. Smirnov, I. Vlassiouk, P. Takmakov, F. Rios, Water Confinement in Hydrophobic Nanopores. Pressure Induced Wetting and Drying. ACS Nano , 2010, 4, 5069-5075
• K.Velizhanin, T. Zeidan, I. Alabugin, S.Smirnov, Single Molecule Conductance of Bipyridyl Ethynes: The Role of Surface Binding Modes., J.Phys.Chem.B , 2010, 114 , 14189-14193
• J. McGarrah, S.Smirnov, J.Hupp Electron Transfer in Platinum (II) Diimine Centered Triads: Mechanistic Insights from Photoinduced Transient Displacement Current Measurements , J.Phys.Chem.A , 2009, 113 , 6430-6436
• I. Vlassiouk and S. Smirnov, Ch. 15 in “Biosensing using nanomaterials”, Ed. Arben Merkoci, Wiley, 2009, pp. 459-490, ISBN 978-0-470-18309-0
• X. Wang, S.Smirnov, Label-Free DNA Sensor Based on Surface Charge Modulated Ionic Conductance. , ACS Nano, 2009, 2, 1004-1010
• F. Rios, S.Smirnov, Biochemically Responsive Smart Surface , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2009, 1, 768-774
• I. Vlassiouk, S.Smirnov, Z. Siwy, Nanofluidic Ionic Diodes. Comparison of Analytical and Numerical Solutions, ACS Nano,2008, 2, 1589–1602
• I. Vlassiouk, S.Smirnov, Z. Siwy, Ionic Selectivity of Single Nanochannels, Nano Letters, 2008, 8, 1978 – 1985
• I. Vlassiouk, F. Rios, S. A. Vail, D. Gust, S.Smirnov, Electrical Conductance of Hydrophobic Membranes or What Happens Below the Surface, Langmuir, 2007, 23(14), 7784 – 7792
• P. Takmakov, I. Vlassiouk and S.Smirnov, Hydrothermally Shrunk Alumina Nanopores and their Application to DNA Sensing. Analyst, 2006, 131, 1248-1253
• A. Krasnoslobodtsev, S.Smirnov, Surface Assisted Transient Displacement Charge Technique. I. Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Self-assembled Monolayers. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 17931 – 17940
• A. Krasnoslobodtsev, S.Smirnov, Surface Assisted Transient Displacement Charge Technique. II. Effect of Gases on Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Self-Assembled Monolayers. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 17941 – 17948
• P. Takmakov, I. Vlassiouk, S.Smirnov, Application of Anodized Aluminum in Fluorescence Detection of Biological Species., Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2006, 385, 954-958
• V. Szczepanski, I. Vlassiouk, S.Smirnov, Stability of Silane Modifiers on Alumina Nanoporous Membranes Journal of Membrane Science, 2006, 281, 587-591
• I. Vlassiouk, C.-D. Park, S. A. Vail, D. Gust, S.Smirnov Control of Nanopore Wetting by a Photochromic Spiropyran: A Light-Controlled Valve and Electrical Switch, Nano Letters, 2006, 6, 1013-1017

2001-2005

• I. Vlassiouk, P. Takmakov, S.Smirnov Sensing DNA Hybridization via Ionic Conductance through a Nanoporous Electrode, Langmuir, 2005, 21, 4776-4778
• I. Vlassiouk, A. Krasnoslobodtsev, S. Smirnov, and M. Germann, ‘Direct’ Detection and Separation of DNA Using Nanoporous Alumina Filters, Langmuir, 2004, 20, 9913-9915
• F.-P. Montforts, I. Vlassiouk, S. Smirnov and M. Wedel, Long-Lived Photoinduced Charge Transfer State of Synthetically Affable Porphyrin – Fullerene Dyads. Optical and Transient Displacement Current Measurements, J. Porph. Phthal., 2003, 7, 651-666
• S. Smirnov, P.A. Liddell, I. Vlassiouk, A. Teslja, D. Kuciauskas, C. L. Braun, A. L. Moore, T. A. Moore, and D. Gust, Characterization of the Giant Transient Dipole Generated by Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Carotene-Porphyrin-Fullerene Molecular Triad,  J. Phys. Chem, 2003, 107, 7567-7573
• I. Vlassiouk, S. Smirnov Electric Polarization of Dilute Polar Solutions. Revised Treatment for Arbitrary Shaped Molecules, J. Phys. Chem, 2003, 107, 7561-7566
• I. Vlassiouk, S. Smirnov, O. Kutzki, M. Wedel and F.-P. Montforts, Radical Induced Impeding of Charge Recombination, J. Phys. Chem., 2002, 106, 8657-8666
• S.Smirnov, I. Vlassiouk,O. Kutzki, M.Wedel, F.-P. Montforts, Unusual Role of Oxygen in Electron Transfer Processes, JACS, 2002, 124, 4212-4213
• A. Krasnoslobodtsev, S.Smirnov, Effect of Water on Silanization of Silica by Trimethoxysilanes, Langmuir, 2002 (18) 3181-3184
• A. Krasnoslobodtsev, S.Smirnov, Surface Assisted Intermolecular Interactions in Self-Assembled Coumarin Submonolayers, Langmuir, 2001 (17) 7593-7599
• B. Tadjikov, S.Smirnov, Mechanism of TMPD photolysis in alcohols. Spin-dependent ion recombination and photoconductivity, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2001, 3, 204 – 212

1996-2000

• S.Smirnov, C.L. Braun, Photoinduced Free Carrier Yields in High Fields: Field Dependent Distribution Functions, J. Imag. Sci. Tech., 1999 , 43, 425-429.
• S.E. Mylon, S.Smirnov, C.L.Braun, Exciplex Dipole Moments: Cyanoanthracenes Acceptors and Methyl-Substituted Benzene Donors, J. Phys. Chem., 1998, 102, 6558-6564
• B.R. Findley, S.Smirnov, C.L.Braun, Larger Than Expected Free Ion Yields from the Photoexcited Trans-Stilbene/Fumaronitrile CT Complex in a Variety of Solvents, J. Phys. Chem., 1998, 102, 6385-6389
• S. Smirnov, C.L. Braun, Advances in the Transient DC Photocurrent Technique for Excited State Dipole Moment Measurements, Rev. Sci. Instr., 1998, 69, 2875-2887
• P. Piotrowiak, G. Strati, S. Smirnov, J.M. Warman, W. Schuddeboom, Singlet Biaradical -> Singlet Zwitterion Optical Transition in a Twisted Olefin , JACS,1996, 118, 89981-8982
• K.N. Grzeskowiak, S.E.Ankner-Mylon, S.Smirnov, C.L.Braun, Exciplex Dipole Moments: Excited Cyanoanthracenes in Neat Methylbenzene Solvents, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1996, 257, 89-92
• S. Smirnov, C.L. Braun, S.E. Ankner-Mylon, K.N. Grzeskowiak, S.R. Greenfield, M.R.Wasielewski, Photoinduced Charge Separation. Dipoles, Exciplexes and Ion Pairs, Mol.Cryst. Liq.Cryst. 1996, 283, 243-248
• S. Smirnov, C.L. Braun, S.R.Greenfield, W.A.Svec, M.R.Wasielewski, Giant Dipole Moment in a Triad System. Mechanisms of Anisotropic Photoresponse in the Transient dc Conductivity of Dipolar Solutes. J.Phys.Chem., 1996, 100, 12329 -12336

1991-1995

• K.N. Grzeskowiak, S.Smirnov, C.L.Braun, Charge Separation in Triplet C60/TMPD Exciplexes, J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 98, 5661-5664
• S. Smirnov, C.L. Braun, Light Polarization Effects in the Transient dc Conductivity Response to Excitation of Dipolar Solutes, Chem.Phys.Lett., 1994, 217, 167-172
• S. Smirnov, C.L.Braun, Transient Displacement Currents Generated by Excited State Dipole Moments in Liquids , J.Phys. Chem., 1994, 98, 1953-1961.
• C.L. Braun, S. Smirnov, Why is Water Blue?, J. Chem. Edu., 1993, 70, 612-614.
• S. Smirnov, C.L. Braun, Study of Excited State Dipole Reorientation in Liquids by a DC Conductivity Method with Subnanosecond Time Resolution, J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 9587-9591.
• S. Smirnov, S.M.Vatnik, A.N. Smal’, Yu.A. Grishin, Induced Flux Creep as a Novel Technique for Detecting Alternating Magnetic Fields. Study of YBa2Cu3O7-x thin Film at 0.006-100 MHz, Physica C, 1991, 182, 261-268.
• C.L.Braun, S.Smirnov, S.S. Brown, T.W. Scott, Picosecond Transient Absorption Measurements of Geminate Electron-Cation Recombination, J. Phys.Chem., 1991, 95, 5529-5532.
• S.M. Vatnik, S.Smirnov, Induced Flux Creep and Detection of Alternating Magnetic Fields in HTSC films, Phys. Lett. A, 1991, 160 , 298-300.

1990 and before

• Yu.D. Varlamov,V.F. Vratskikh, M.R. Predtechensky, S.Smirnov, A.V. Smal’, A.V. Turbin, Epitaxy of Y-Ba-Cu-O Films on Sapphire Substrate, Superconductivity: phys., chem., engin., 1990, 3, 2277-2281.
• Yu.D. Varlamov, M.R. Predtechensky, S.Smirnov, A.V. Turbin, A.V. Smal’, Correlation Between Critical Parameters and Grain Misorientation for Granular Superconducting Films , Superconductivity: phys., chem., engin., 1990, 3, 461-468 , in Russian.
• S.Smirnov, Peculiarities of Microwave Absorption of Superconducting RBa2Cu3O7-x Compounds in Magnetic field – ZTF(Technical Physics Journal), 1989, 11, 114-117, in Russian.
• S.Smirnov, Characteristics of Microwave Absorption of Superconducting RBa2Cu3O7-x Compounds in Magnetic field – Superconductivity: phys., chem., engin., 1989, 2, 11-24, in Russian.
• S.Smirnov, A.Yu. Pusep, O.A. Anisimov, Yu.N. Molin, Determination of the Frequency of Excess Electron Trap to Trap Migration in Saturated Hydrocarbons by an OD ESR Technique, Chem.Phys., 1990, 144, 241-248.
• S.Smirnov, O.A. Anisimov, Yu.N. Molin Application of the ODESR method for Studying the Molecular Structure of Excess Electron Trap in g-irradiated Hydrocarbons, Chem.Phys., 1988, 124, 81-89.
• S.Smirnov, O.A. Anisimov, Yu.N. Molin ODESR Studies on the Interaction of Electron with Polar Additions in Liquid Saturated Hydrocarbons, – Chem. Phys., 1986, 109, 321-330.
• Yu.N. Molin, O.A. Anisimov, V.I. Melekhov, S.Smirnov, Optically Detected Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Electrons and Holes Involved into Geminate Recombination in Nonpolar Solution, – Faraday Disc. Chem.Soc., 1984, 78, 289-301.
• S.Smirnov, V.A. Rogov, S.V. Sheberstov, N.V. Panfilovitch, O.A.Anisimov, Yu.N.Molin. ODESR Signals of Excess Electrons in Liquid Hydrocarbons Depending on the Geminate Recombination Parameters. Theory and Experiment., Chem.Phys., 1985, 92, 381-389.
• O.A. Anisimov, Yu.N. Molin, S.Smirnov, V.A. Rogov. Optically Detected ESR of Excess Electrons Participating in Geminate Recombination in Liquid Hydrocarbons – Radiat. Phys. Chem., 1984, 23, 727-729.