Publications

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Prior to Rutgers University

  1. Georgiy Akopov, Gayatri Viswanathan, Nethmi W. Hewage, Philip Yox, Kui Wu, Kirill Kovnir “Pd and octahedra do not get along: Square planar [PdS4] units in non-centrosymmetric La6PdSi2S14” J. Alloys Compd. 2022, 902, 163756 Link
  2. Shannon J. Lee, Gayatri Viswanathan, Scott L. Carnahan, Colin P. Harmer, Georgiy Akopov, Aaron J. Rossini, Gordon J. Miller, and Kirill Kovnir “Add a Pinch of Tetrel: The Transformation of Centrosymmetric RhP3 into a Nonsymmorphic, Chiral Narrow Gap Semiconductor” Chem. Eur. J. 2022, e202104319 Link
  3. Georgiy Akopov, Nethmi W. Hewage, Philip Yox, Gayatri Viswanathan, Shannon J. Lee, Liam P. Hulsebosch, Sarah D. Cady, Alexander L. Paterson, Frédéric A. Perras, Wenqian Xu, Kui Wu, Yaroslav Mudryk, Kirill Kovnir “Synthesis-Enabled Exploration of Chiral and Polar Multivalent Quaternary Sulfides” Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 14718-14730 Link (Cover Image Link)
  4. Georgiy Akopov§, Justin Mark§, Gayatri Viswanathan§, Shannon J. Lee, Brennan C. McBride, Juyeon Won, Frédéric A. Perras, Alexander L. Paterson, Adedoyin N. Adeyemi, Feng Zhang, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho, Gordon J. Miller, Kirill Kovnir “Third time’s the charm: Intricate non-centrosymmetric polymorphism in LnSiP3 (Ln = La and Ce) induced by distortions of phosphorus square layers” Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 6463-6476 Link (Cover Image Link)
  5. Shannon Lee, Scott Carnahan, Georgiy Akopov, Philip Yox, Lin-Lin Wang, Aaron Rossini, Kui Wu, Kirill Kovnir “Noncentrosymmetric Tetrel Pnictides RuSi4P4 and IrSi3P3: Nonlinear Optical Materials with Outstanding Laser Damage Threshold” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2010293 Link
  6. Shannon J Lee, Juyeon Won, Lin-Lin Wang, Dapeng Jing, Colin P Harmer, Justin Mark, Georgiy Akopov, Kirill Kovnir “Novel Noncentrosymmetric Tetrel Pnictides composed of Square‐Planar Au (I) with Peculiar Bonding” Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 7383-7390 Link
  7. Georgiy Akopov, Gayatri Viswanathan, Kirill Kovnir “Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structure of La2SiP4” Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2021 647, 91-97 Link
  8. Georgiy Akopov, Wai H. Mak, Dimitrios Koumoulis, Hang Yin, Bryan Owens-Baird, Michael T. Yeung, Mit H. Muni, Shannon Lee, Inwhan Roh, Zachary C. Sobell, Paula L. Diaconescu, Reza Mohammadi, Kirill A. Kovnir and Richard B. Kaner “Synthesis and Characterization of Single Phase Metal Dodecaboride Solid Solutions: Zr1-xYxB12 and Zr1-xUxB12” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019 141, 22, 9047-9062 Link
  9. Jialin Lei, Georgiy Akopov, Michael T. Yeung, Jinyuan Yan, Abby Kavner, Richard B. Kaner, and Sarah H. Tolbert “Radial X-Ray Diffraction Study of Superhard Early Transition Metal Dodecaborides under High Pressure” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 1900293 Link
  10. Lisa E. Pangilinan, Christopher L. Turner, Georgiy Akopov, Mackenzie Anderson, and Richard B. Kaner “Superhard Tungsten Diboride-Based Solid Solutions” Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57 (24), 15305–15313 Link
  11. Georgiy Akopov, Hang Yin, Inwhan Roh, Lisa E. Pangilinan, Michael T. Yeung, and Richard B. Kaner “Investigation of Hardness of Ternary Borides of the YCrB4, Y2ReB6, Y3ReB7 and YMo3B7 Types” Chem. Mater. 2018,30 (18), 6494–6502 Link
  12. Georgiy Akopov§, Lisa E. Pangilinan§, Reza Mohammadi, Richard B. Kaner Invited Perspective: “Superhard Metal Borides – A Look Forward” APL Materials 2018, 6, 070901 Link (Featured Article APL Materials; Highlighted in Scilight 16 July 2018 Link)
  13. Georgiy Akopov, Inwhan Roh, Zachary C. Sobell, Michael T. Yeung, and Richard B. Kaner “Investigation of Ternary Metal Dodecaborides (M1M2M3)B12 (M1, M2 and M3 = Zr, Y, Hf and Gd)” Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 6683-6691 Link (Cover image 21 May 2018, 47(19))
  14. Georgiy Akopov, Michael T. Yeung, Inwhan Roh, Zachary C. Sobell, Hang Yin, Wai H. Mak, Saeed I. Khan, and Richard B. Kaner “Effects of Dodecaboride Forming Metals on the Properties of Superhard Tungsten Tetraboride” Chem. Mater. 2018, 30(10), 3559–3570 Link
  15. Georgiy Akopov, Michael T. Yeung, Inwhan Roh, Zachary C. Sobell, Lisa Pangilinan, Christopher L. Turner, and Richard B. Kaner “Effects of Variable Boron Concentration on the Properties of Superhard Tungsten Tetraboride” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017 139 (47), 17120–17127 Link
  16. Cheng-Wei Lin, Rebecca L. Li, Shauna Robbennolt, Michael T. Yeung, Georgiy Akopov, Richard B. Kaner “Furthering Our Understanding of the Doping Mechanism in Conjugated Polymers Using Tetraaniline” Macromolecules 2017, 50 (15), 5892-5897 Link
  17. Georgiy Akopov§, Michael T. Yeung§, Richard B. Kaner Review Article: “Rediscovering the Crystal Chemistry of Borides” Adv. Mater. 2017, 29(21), 1604506 Link
  18. Michael T. Yeung, Georgiy Akopov, Cheng-Wei Lin, Daniel J. King, Rebecca L. Li, Zachary C. Sobell, Reza Mohammadi, Richard B. Kaner “Superhard W0.5Ta0.5B nanowires prepared at ambient pressure” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016, 109 (20), 203107 Link (Cover image 14 November 2016, Editor’s Pick, and featured by APL)
  19. Georgiy Akopov§, Zachary C. Sobell§, Michael T. Yeung, Richard B. Kaner “Stabilization of LnB12 (Ln = Gd, Sm, Nd, and Pr) in Zr1–xLnxB12 under Ambient Pressure” Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55 (23), 12419–12426 Link
  20. Georgiy Akopov, Michael T. Yeung, Zachary C. Sobell, Christopher L. Turner, Cheng-Wei Lin, Richard B. Kaner “Superhard Mixed Metal Dodecaborides” Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (18), 6605-6612 Link
  21. Georgiy Akopov, Michael T. Yeung, Christopher L. Turner, Rebecca L. Li, and Richard B. Kaner “Stabilization of HfB12 in Y1-xHfxB12 Under Ambient Pressure” Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55 (10), 5051-5055  Link
  22. Georgiy Akopov, Michael T. Yeung, Christopher L. Turner, Reza Mohammadi, and Richard B. Kaner “Extrinsic Hardening of Superhard Tungsten Tetraboride Alloys with Group 4 Transition Metals” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (17), 5714–5721 Link (Highlighted by Yablon, D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (20), 6313-6314)

Patents

  1. Binder composition of tungsten tetraboride and abrasive methods thereof. Pat. No.: US11,033,998 B2, Pub. Date: 06/15/2021. Link
  2. Metal borides and uses thereof. Pat. No.: US 2019/0135646A1. Pub. Date: 05/09/2019. Link
  3. Mixed metal dodecaborides and uses thereof. Pat. No.: US2019/0071318A1, Pub. Date: 03/07/2019. Link