Possible research titles

• Chemistry of weak interactions
• Fluorescent systems, organic dyes and their complexes with cavitands.

Supervisor’s research interests

Since the 1980th supramolecular chemistry also known as the chemistry of weak interactions become one of the most interesting fields of chemistry. This discipline descrbies the relations between receptor and substrate, host and guest. This approaches leads us to nature-like technologies such as sensor systems, molecular machines and devices.. My interest concerns to fluorescent systems, organic dyes and their complexes with cavitands.

Research highlights

As it was shown earlier, the molecular machines based on organic dyes are able to work in aqueous media. Our goal is development of different approaches to novel effective molecular devices for sensor systems or dyes for laser technics. Our work was supported by grants from the Russian Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

Main publications

• Martyanov T. P., Vedernikov A. I., Ushakov E. N., Sazonov S. K., Aleksandrova N. A., Lobova N. A., Kuz’mina L. G., Howard J. A. K., Alfimov M. V., Gromov S. P. “Pseudodimeric complexes of 4-styrylpyridine derivatives: structure–property relationships and a stereospecific [2+2]-cross-photocycloaddition in solution.” // Dyes Pigments. – 2020. – V. 172. – 107825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107825. (Q1)
• Vedernikov A. I., Lobova N. A., Kuz’mina L. G., Fomina M. V., Strelenko Y. A., Howard J. A. K., Gromov S. P. “Self-assembly of cucurbiturils and cyclodextrins to supramolecular millstones with naphthalene derivatives capable of translocations in the host cavities.” // New. J. Chem. – 2019. – V. 43. – No. 9. - P. 3673 - 3689. DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04685a.
• Gromov S. P., Vedernikov A. I., Lobova N. A., Kuz’mina L. G., Dmitrieva S. N., Strelenko Yu. A., Howard J. A. K. “Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Supramolecular Photoswitches Based on Ammonioalkyl Derivatives of Crown-Ether Styryl Dyes” // J. Org. Chem. – 2014. – V. 79. – No. 23. - P. 11416−11430.