A Kuznetsov's scientific contributions

This work is aimed at finding the optimal technological modes for the deposition of TiO2 films by reactive magnetron sputtering for use as a photoactive material in plasmonic applications. The structural and optical parameters of films obtained at different ratios of oxygen in a mixture of working gases were studied. On the basis of the obtained experimental results, a numerical simulation of the spectral characteristics of the TiO2 / NP structure of the metals silver and gold was carried out.

In this work, an experimental comparison of the laser-driven alteration of nickel, copper, and steel surface efficiency was carried out. The selection of the material most suitable for non-enzymatic measurement of the glucose amount in the medium was carried with respect to surface modification efficiency. The electrooxidative activity of the fabricated structures with a modified surface was investigated with respect to the glucose addition to a 0.1 M solution NaOH by potentiostatic method. The modified active NiO layer allows us the amperometric determination of glucose in the concentration range from 10 µM to 1.5 mM with sensitivity is higher than 10 µA/(mM·cm2) and the detection limit is not less than 5 µM. The proposed technology allows the manufacture of electrodes for non-enzymatic determination of glucose in alkaline solutions.

In this work a technique for optically active nanocomposite structures consisting of an oxide matrix with plasmonic NPs were demonstrated. A nanocomposite film was formed on a silicon substrate by NiO oxide matrix sputtering and gold nanoparticles dewetting. Studies of the morphology, elemental composition, and structure of the nanocomposite using SEM, EDS, XRD methods are presented. The transfer of the film onto a polymer substrate made it possible to study the optical characteristics of the obtained structures. It is shown that formed nanocomposite coatings on a polymer substrate are highly flexible and exhibit excellent mechanical properties.