Andrey Kh. Vorobiev

Prof.,Dr. Sci. Born in 1953. 1976 - Graduated from Moscow State University 1981 - PhD in Chemistry 1996 - Dr. Sci. in Chemistry

Laureath of Presidential Prize in Education (2002).

Scientific Interests

Kinetics of photochemical reactions. Photoinduced anisotropy of solids. Photoselection. Photo-orientation. Electron Paramagnetiс Resonance. Numerical simulation of EPR spectra. Molecular mobility in glasses and polymers.

Contacts

Selected Publications

1. A.Kh. Vorobiev and V.S. Gurman, Solid phase photoinitiated ligand exchange reaction in chromium(III) complexes, J.Photochem 20, 123 (1982). PDF
2. A.Kh. Vorobiev, Photochemical bistability and oscillations in isothermal closed systems. Substances in dimer-monomer equilibrium, J.Photochem. ad Photobiol.,A: Chem. 97, 1-4 (1997). PDF
3. A.Kh. Vorobiev, ESR study of Photoselection and Photo-orientation, J.Phys.Chem. 98, 11835, (1994). PDF
4. A.Kh.Vorobiev, V.S.Gurman, T.A.Klimenko, Rotation Mobility of guest molecules studied by method of oriented spin probe, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2000, v.2, 379-385. PDF
5. A.Kh.Vorobiev, N.A.Chumakova, Determination of orientation distribution function of anisotropic paramagnetic species by analysis of ESR spectra angular dependence, J.Magn.Res. 2005, v.175, No.1 pp.146-157. PDF
6. A. Kh. Vorobiev , D. Menshykau, Photochemical reaction kinetics in optically dense media.The influence of thermal reactions, J. of Photochem. and Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 2008, 197, 359-363. PDF
7. A. Kh. Vorobiev , D. Menshykau, Kinetics of photochemical reactions in optically dense media with reagent diffusion, J. of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 199 (2008) 303-310. PDF
8. E.L. Straz, D. A. Chernova, A. Kh. Vorobiev, Complexation of molecular oxygen with nitroxide radicals adsorbed on the surface of silica and MCM-41, Mendeleev Commun., 2008, 18, 246-248. PDF
9. Daria A. Chernova, Andrey K. Vorobiev, Molecular Mobility of Nitroxide Spin Probes in Glassy Polymers: Models of the Complex Motion of Spin Probes, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2011, Vol.121, Issue 1, 102-110. PDF
10. I.D. Gridnev, A.Kh. Vorobiev, Quantification of Sophisticated Equilibria in the Reaction Pool and Amplifying Catalytic Cycle of the Soai Reaction // ACS Catalysis, 2011, V. 2, 2137-2149.
11. Andrey Kh. Vorobiev and Natalia A. Chumakova, Simulation of Rigid-Limit and Slow-Motion EPR Spectra for Extraction of Quantitative Dynamic and Orientational Information. In: Nitroxides - Theory, Experiment and Applications, Edited by Alexander I. Kokorin, p. 57-112, InTech 2012. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/48067

Scientific grants (2001-2011 гг.)

• 2009-2011, chief Andrey Kh. Vorobiev, "Bifunctional paramagnetic probe for control of orientation of molecules and orientation alignment of media."
• 2009-2010, chief Valeriy P. Shibaev, "The elaboration and creation of a novel type of photo- and elecrtocontarollable nanostructurated materials based on the porous polyethylene films modified by liquid crystals and photochromic compounds."
• 2008-2010, chief Alexandr I.Kokorin "Relations between the structure of ionic liquids and the dynamics of small, and intramolecular dynamics of flexible molecules"
• 2006-2008, chief Andrey Kh. Vorobiev, "Molecular distributions on orientation and rotation mobility in systems with various molecular organization. Experimental study and search of the methods of directional influence on reactivity"
• 2006-2008, chief Vladimir L. Ivanov "Magnetic isotope effect on the mercury nuclei in the reactions of organomercury compounds"
• 2003-2005, chief Anatoly L.Buchachenko, "Magnetic isotope effect on the tin nuclei in the reactions of organotin compounds."
• 2002-2004, chief Andrey Kh. Vorobiev, "Molecular mobility and features of the elementary act of the chemical reactions in the systems with controlled molecular organization."
• 2001-2003, chief Andrey Kh. Vorobiev, "Molecular mobility and features of the elementary act of the chemical reactions in the systems with controlled molecular organization."

Scientific collaborations

• Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, http://www.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/jinkan/index_e.php
• Department of Material Science, Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, http://www.sci.u-hyogo.ac.jp/english/index.html
• N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics PAS, http://www.chph.ras.ru/

Teaching

Professor A.Kh. Vorobiev gives lectures for students of Chair of Chemical Kinetics

• "Theory of elementary act of reactions in condensed phase"
  Materials on this course can be downloaded - here.
  
• "Kinetics of diffusion-controlled reactions"
  Materials on this course can be downloaded here.
• "Macrokinetics"