Sergei Smirnov
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
New Mexico State University
M.S. (Novosibirsk University, Russia) 1982
Ph.D. (Novosibirsk University , Russia) 1987
Postdoctoral (Dartmouth College, NH) 1991-1995
Research Assistant Professor (Dartmouth College, NH) 1995-1998
Hosted by: Melissa Downey, Angela Wnek, and Jessica Lindle
“Hydrophobicity at the Nanoscale”
Hydrophobicity is a fundamental property that controls interactions between nonpolar substances and water. These interactions are responsible for numerous physical and biophysical phenomena. We investigate hybrid materials where specially designed surface modifications and nanoconfined structures can be engineered into switching between hydrophobic and hydrophilic in response to physical and chemical stimuli.
The examples of responsiveness to light, pressure, voltage, pH, small molecules, and proteins for nanopores and flat surfaces will be illustrated. Applications in sensing and drug delivery will be discussed.
Dr. Smirnov conducts research in the areas of physico-chemical phenomena, intracellular drug delivery and cell transfection, and electron transfer utilizing scanning probe microscopy. For more information on Dr. Smirnov’s involvement at NMSU, visit his http://www.chemistry.nmsu.edu/Faculty/SMIRNOV.htm#Research webpage. For more information about Dr. Smirnov’s research group, visit http://web.nmsu.edu/~snsm/group/.
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