Candidate of chemical sciences

Researcher

Телефон: 38 (044) 525 58 58
Факс: 38 (044) 525 02 70
Email: shvalagin@inphyschem-nas.kiev.ua

Scientific interests

photochemical methods of formation of spatially organized semiconductor nanostructures, photocatalytic processes of destruction of air pollutants.

Professional record:

2002-2005 – PhD student with L.V. Pysarzhevsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of NASU

2005-2007 – junior researcher

from 2007 on – researcher

Education – high, Uzhgorod National University, Faculty of chemistry

Authors of over 40 scientific works

Selected publications

• Stroyuk A.L., Shvalagin V.V., Rayevskaya A.Ye., Korzhak A.V., Kuchmiy S.Ya., Photocatalysis of Cd²⁺ ions reduction in 2-propanol by CdS nanoparticles // Тheoret. Experim. Chem. – 2003. – Vol. 39, N. 6. – P. 331-336.
• Shvalagin V.V., Stroyuk A.L., Kuchmiy S.Ya., Influence of quantum size  effects on cathodic photocorrosion of  ZnO nanoparticles in ethanol // Тheoret. Experim. Chem. – 2004. – Vol. 40, N. 6. – P. 363-367.
• Stroyuk A.L., Shvalagin V.V., Kuchmii S.Ya. Photochemical synthesis and optical properties of binary and ternary metal-semiconductor composites based on zinc oxide nanoparticles // J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. – 2005. – Vol. 173, N. 2. – P. 185-194.
• Stroyuk, A.L., Shvalagin, V.V. and Kuchmiy, S.Ya. Photochemical synthesis of ZnO/Ag nanocomposites // J. Nanoparticle Research. – 2007. – 9, N. 3. – P. 427-440.
• Shvalagin V.V., Stroyuk A.L., Kotenko I.Ye., Kuchmiy S.Ya. Photocatalytic formation of porous CdS/ZnO nanospheres and CdS nanotubes // Тheoret. Experim. Chem. – 2007. – Vol. 43, N. 4. – P. 215-219.
• Stroyuk A.L., Shvalagin V.V., Rayevskaya A.Ye., Kryukov A.I., Kuchmiy S.Ya. Photochemical formation of semiconductor nanostructures // Theoret. Experim. Chem. – 2008. – Vol. 44, N. 4. – P. 199-220.
• M. A. Zhukovskiy, A. L. Stroyuk, V. V. Shvalagin, N.P. Smirnova, O. S. Lytvyn, A. M. Eremenko Photocatalytic growth of CdS, PbS, and Cu_xS nanoparticles on the nanocrystalline TiO₂ films // J. Photochem. Рhotobiol. A: Chem. –2009. – Vol. 203, N. 2-3. – P. 137-144.
• O. L. Stroyuk, V. M. Dzhagan, V. V. Shvalagin and  S. Ya. Kuchmiy. Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal ZnO Nanoparticles Charged by Photoexcitation // J. Phys. Chem. C. – 2010. – Vol. 114. – Р. 220–225.