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Elena is leading researcher at Center of informatiоn optical technologies in ITMO University. From 2019 to 2021, she served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in City University of Hong Kong. Elena is the author of 104 publications indexed by Web of Science (H index =23). From 2018, she participated in 3 international (UK, Hong Kong, and Germany) and 4 Russian scientific projects as researcher. Elena has received several awards, including the “L’Oreal-UNESCO “For women in science” (2021) and “Grant of the Russian President for young scientists” (2017-2018). Currently, she runs 2 projects funded by Priority 2030 Federal Academic Leadership Program and Russian Science Foundation.

From 2021 she is head of laboratory “Light-emissive carbоn nanostructures” with focus оn R&D of novel nanostructured materials for a wide spectrum of applications from biomedicine to photovoltaics. Her group consists of 4 Postdocs with background in Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Theoretical modeling, and 5 PhD students. The research interests of the group include development of emissive bio-compatible labels, sensing probes for environmental monitoring and food industry, and auxiliary nanoparticles for improvement of photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices.

Publications

  1. 47Arefina I.A., Kurshanov D.A., Vedernikova A., Danilov D., Koroleva A.V., Zhizhin E., Sergeev A.A., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. Carbon Dot Emission Enhancement in Covalent Complexes with Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles // Nanomaterials - 2023, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 223 [IF: 3.553, SJR: 0.919]
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  2. 46Kosolapova K.D., Koroleva A.V., Arefina I.A., Miruschenko M.D., Cherevkov S.A., Spiridonov I.G., Zhizhin E.V., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. Energy-level engineering of carbon dots through a post-synthetic treatment with acids and amines // Nanoscale - 2023, Vol. 15, No. 19, pp. 8845-8853 [IF: 7.367, SJR: 2.038]
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  3. 45Zhang B., Wang B., Ushakova E., He B., Xing G., Tang Z., Rogach A., Qu S. Assignment of Core and Surface States in Multicolor-Emissive Carbon Dots // Small - 2023, Vol. 19, No. 31, pp. 2204158 [IF: 8.643, SJR: 3.785]
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  4. 44Das A., Kundelev E.V., Vedernikova A., Cherevkov S.A., Danilov D., Koroleva A.V., Zhizhin E., Tsypkin A.N., Litvin A.P., Baranov A.V., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules // Light: Science and Applications - 2022, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 92 [IF: 14.098, SJR: 6.104]
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  5. 43Doring A., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. Chiral carbon dots: synthesis, optical properties, and emerging applications // Light: Science and Applications - 2022, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 75 [IF: 14.098, SJR: 6.104]
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  6. 42Kundelev E.V., Strievich E.D., Tepliakov N.V., Murkina A.D., Dubavik A., Ushakova E.V., Baranov A.V., Fedorov A.V., Rukhlenko I.D., Rogach A.L. Structure-Optical Property Relationship of Carbon Dots with Molecular-like Blue-Emitting Centers // Journal of Physical Chemistry C - 2022, Vol. 126, No. 42, pp. 18170–18176 [IF: 4.536, SJR: 1.401]
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  7. 41Stepanidenko E.A., Skurlov I.D., Khavlyuk P.D., Onishchuk D.A., Koroleva A.V., Zhizhin E., Arefina I.A., Kurdyukov D.A., Eurov D.A., Golubev V.G., Baranov A.V., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. Carbon Dots with an Emission in the Near Infrared Produced from Organic Dyes in Porous Silica Microsphere Templates // Nanomaterials - 2022, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 543 [IF: 3.553, SJR: 0.919]
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  8. 40Vedernikova A., Miruschenko M.D., Arefina I.A., Babaev A.A., Stepanidenko E.A., Cherevkov S.A., Spiridonov I.G., Danilov D.V., Koroleva A.V., Zhizhin E.V., Ushakova E.V. Dual-Purpose Sensing Nanoprobe Based on Carbon Dots from o-Phenylenediamine: pH and Solvent Polarity Measurement // Nanomaterials - 2022, Vol. 12, No. 19, pp. 3314 [IF: 3.553, SJR: 0.919]
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  9. 39Zhu J., Hu J., Hu Q., Zhang X., Ushakova E.V., Liu K., Wang S., Chen X., Shan C., Rogach A., Bai X. White Light Afterglow in Carbon Dots Achieved via Synergy between the Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and the Delayed Fluorescence // Small - 2022, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 2105415 [IF: 8.643]
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  10. 38Cherevkov S.A., Azizov R.R., Sokolova A.V., Nautran V., Miruschenko M., Arefina I.A., Baranov M.A., Kurdyukov D.A., Stovpiaga E.Y., Golubev V.G., Baranov A.V., Ushakova E.V. Interface chemical modification between all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals and porous silica microspheres for composite materials with improved emission // Nanomaterials - 2021, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 119 [IF: 3.553, SJR: 0.919]
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  11. 37Das A., Arefina I.A., Danilov D.V., Koroleva A.V., Zhizhin E., Parfenov P.S., Kuznetsova V.A., Ismagilov A.O., Litvin A.P., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A. Chiral carbon dots based on l/d-cysteine produced: Via room temperature surface modification and one-pot carbonization // Nanoscale - 2021, Vol. 13, No. 17, pp. 8058-8066 [IF: 7.367, SJR: 2.038]
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  12. 36Doring A., Xiong Y., Li Y., Schneider J., Cherevkov S.A., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. Composite Nanospheres Comprising Luminescent Carbon Dots Incorporated into a Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Matrix // Journal of Physical Chemistry C - 2021, Vol. 125, No. 27, pp. 15094-15102 [IF: 4.536, SJR: 1.401]
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  13. 35Khavlyuk P.D., Stepanidenko E.A., Bondarenko D.P., Danilov D.V., Koroleva A.V., Baranov A.V., Maslov V.G., Kasak P., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. The influence of thermal treatment conditions (solvothermal Versus microwave) and solvent polarity on the morphology and emission of phloroglucinol-based nitrogen-doped carbon dots // Nanoscale - 2021, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 3070-3078 [IF: 7.367, SJR: 2.038]
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  14. 34Kuznetsova V.A., Gromova Y., Martinez-Carmona M., Purcell-Milton F., Ushakova E., Cherevkov S.A., Maslov V.G., Gun’ko Y.K. Ligand-induced chirality and optical activity in semiconductor nanocrystals: theory and applications // Nanophotonics - 2021, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 797-824 [IF: 4.492]
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  15. 33Li D., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A., Qu S. Optical Properties of Carbon Dots in the Deep-Red to Near-Infrared Region Are Attractive for Biomedical Applications // Small - 2021, Vol. 17, No. 43, pp. 2102325 [IF: 8.643, SJR: 3.785]
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  16. 32Liang T., Liu E., Li M., Ushakova E.V., Kershaw S.V., Rogach A.L., Tang Z., Qu S. Morphology Control of Luminescent Carbon Nanomaterials: From Dots to Rolls and Belts // ACS Nano - 2021, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 1579-1586 [IF: 13.942, SJR: 5.554]
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  17. 31Litvin A.P., Zhang X., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A.L. Carbon Nanoparticles as Versatile Auxiliary Components of Perovskite-Based Optoelectronic Devices // Advanced Functional Materials - 2021, Vol. 31, No. 18, pp. 2010768 [IF: 12.124, SJR: 6.069]
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  18. 30Liu E., Liang T., Ushakova E., Wang B., Zhang B., Zhou H., Xing G., Wang C., Tang Z., Qu S., Rogach A.L. Enhanced Near-Infrared Emission from Carbon Dots by Surface Deprotonation // Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters - 2021, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 604-611 [IF: 9.353, SJR: 2.563]
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  19. 29Ragazzon G., Cadranel A., Ushakova E., Wang Y., Guldi D., Rogach A.L., Kotov N.A., Prato M. Optical processes in carbon nanocolloids // Chem - 2021, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 606-628
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  20. 28Stepanidenko E.A., Ushakova E.V., Fedorov A.V., Rogach A. Applications of carbon dots in optoelectronics // Nanomaterials - 2021, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 364 [IF: 3.553, SJR: 0.919]
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  21. 27Arefina I.A., Khavlyuk P.D., Stepanidenko E.A., Dubavik A., Cherevkov S.A., Baranov A.V., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E., Rogach A.L. Influence of heteroatoms on optical properties and photoluminescence kinetics of carbon dots // Journal of Physics: Conference Series - 2020, Vol. 1461, No. 1, pp. 012008 [SJR: 0.21]
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  22. 26Chang S., Ushakova E.V., Litvin A.P., Cherevkov S.A., Sokolova A.V., Gets D.S., Berestennikov A.S., Makarov S.V., Chen T., Rogach A., Zhong H. Tunable Mie Resonances of Tin-based Iodide Perovskite Islandlike Films with Enhanced Infrared Photoluminescence // Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters - 2020, Vol. 11, No. 9, pp. 3332-3338 [IF: 9.353, SJR: 2.563]
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  23. 25Meng L., Ushakova E.V., Zhou Z., Liu E., Li D., Zhou D., Tan Z., Qu S., Rogach A. Microwave-assisted: In situ large scale synthesis of a carbon dots@g-C3N4 composite phosphor for white light-emitting devices // Materials Chemistry Frontiers - 2020, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 517-523 [SJR: 1.857]
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  24. 24Stepanidenko E.A., Arefina I.A., Khavlyuk P.D., Dubavik A., Bogdanov K.V., Bondarenko D.P., Cherevkov S.A., Kundelev E.V., Fedorov A.V., Baranov A.V., Maslov V.G., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A. Influence of the solvent environment on luminescent centers within carbon dots // Nanoscale - 2020, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 602-609 [IF: 7.367, SJR: 2.038]
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  25. 23Stepanidenko E.A., Khavlyuk P.D., Arefina I.A., Cherevkov S.A., Xiong Y., Doring A., Varygin G.V., Kurdyukov D.A., Eurov D.A., Golubev V.G., Masharin M.A., Baranov A.V., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E., Rogach A. Strongly luminescent composites based on carbon dots embedded in a nanoporous silicate glass // Nanomaterials - 2020, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 1063 [IF: 3.553, SJR: 0.919]
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  26. 22Stepanidenko E.A., Kurshanov D.A., Khavlyuk P.D., Arefina I.A., Baranov A.V., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V., Rogach A. Wide-range emitting carbon dots synthesized from O-phenylenediamine by microwave-assisted method // AIP Conference Proceedings - 2020, Vol. 2300, pp. 020124 [SJR: 0.177]
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  27. 21Ushakova E.V., Cherevkov S.A., Sokolova A.V., Li Y., Azizov R.R., Baranov M.A., Kurdyukov D.A., Stovpiaga E., Golubev V.G., Rogach A., Baranov A.V. Stable luminescent composite microspheres based on porous silica with embedded CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals // ChemNanoMat - 2020, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 1080-1085 [IF: 2.937, SJR: 0.947]
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  28. 20Ushakova E.V., Matuhina A., Sokolova A.V., Cherevkov S.A., Dubavik A., Medvedev O., Litvin A.P., Kurdyukov D.A., Golubev V.G., Baranov A.V. Optical properties stability of CSPBX3 nanocrystals embedded in porous glass matrix // 11th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research and Application, NANOCON 2019 - 2020, pp. 621-625
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  29. 19Ushakova E.V., Matuhina A.I., Sokolova A.V., Cherevkov S.A., Bogdanov K.V., Dubovik A.Y., Baranov M.A., Takai K., Litvin A.P., Fedorov A.V., Baranov A.V. Stability of Optical Responses from Lead-free Perovskite Films // Оптика и спектроскопия - 2020, Vol. 128, No. 2, pp. 263 [IF: 0.484]
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  30. 18Vovk I.A., Litvin A.P., Ushakova E.V., Cherevkov S.A., Fedorov A.V., Rukhlenko I.D. Nonparabolicity of Size-quantized Subbands of Bilayer Semiconductor Quantum Wells with Heterojunction // Optics express - 2020, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 1657-1664 [IF: 3.307, SJR: 1.394]
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  31. 17Zhou Z., Ushakova E.V., Liu E., Bao X., Li D., Zhou D., Tan Z., Qu S., Rogach A. A Co-crystallization Induced Surface Modification Strategy with Cyanuric Acid Modulates the Bandgap Emission of Carbon Dots // Nanoscale - 2020, Vol. 12, No. 20, pp. 10987-10993 [IF: 7.367, SJR: 2.038]
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  32. 16Bao X., Ushakova E.V., Liu E., Zhou Z., Li D., Zhou D., Qu S., Rogach A. On-Off switching of the phosphorescence signal in a carbon dot/polyvinyl alcohol composite for multiple data encryption // Nanoscale - 2019, Vol. 11, No. 30, pp. 14250-14255 [IF: 7.367, SJR: 2.038]
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  33. 15Khavlyuk P.D., Arefina I.A., Bondarenko D.P., Bogdanov K.V., Stepanidenko E.A., Baranov A.V., Fedorov A.V., Ushakova E.V., Dubavik A., Rogach A. Synthesis and energy structure of optical transitions of the nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots // Journal of Physics: Conference Series - 2019, Vol. 1410, No. 1, pp. 012020 [SJR: 0.21]
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  34. 14Li D., Liang C., Ushakova E.V., Sun M., Huang X., Zhang X., Jing P., Yoo S.J., Kim J., Liu E., Zhang W., Jing L., Xing G., Zheng W., Tang Z., Qu S., Rogach A.L. Thermally Activated Upconversion Near-Infrared Photoluminescence from Carbon Dots Synthesized via Microwave Assisted Exfoliation // Small - 2019, Vol. 15, No. 50, pp. 1905050 [IF: 8.643, SJR: 3.785]
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  35. 13Stepanidenko E.A., Gromova Y.A., Kormilina T.K., Cherevkov S.A., Kurshanov D.A., Dubavik A., Baranov M.A., Medvedev O.S., Fedorov A.V., Gun’ko Y.K., Ushakova E., Baranov A.V. Porous flower-like superstructures based on self-assembled colloidal quantum dots for sensing // Scientific Reports - 2019, Vol. 9, pp. 617 [IF: 4.259, SJR: 1.24]
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  36. 12Sun M., Liang C., Tian Z., Ushakova E., Li D., Xing G., Qu S., Rogach A.L. Realization of the Photostable Intrinsic Core Emission from Carbon Dots through Surface Deoxidation by Ultraviolet Irradiation // Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters - 2019, Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 3094-3100 [IF: 9.353, SJR: 2.563]
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  37. 11Ushakova E.V., Cherevkov S.A., Kuznetsova V.A., Baranov A.V. Lead-free perovskites for lighting and lasing applications: a minireview // Materials - 2019, Vol. 19, No. 23, pp. 3845 [IF: 2.654, SJR: 0.682]
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  38. 10Xiong Y., Zhang X., Richter A.F., Li Y., Doring A., Kasak P., Popelka A., Schneider J., Kershaw S.V., Yoo S.J., Kim J., Zhang W., Zheng W., Ushakova E.V., Feldmann J., Rogach A.L. Chemically Synthesized Carbon Nanorods with Dual Polarized Emission // ACS Nano - 2019, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 12024-12031 [IF: 13.942, SJR: 5.554]
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  39. 9Zhu J., Bai X., Chen X., Shao H., Zhai Y., Pan G., Zhang H., Ushakova E.V., Zhang Y., Song H., Rogach A.L. Spectrally Tunable Solid State Fluorescence and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Carbon Dots Synthesized via Seeded Growth Method // Advanced Optical Materials - 2019, Vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 1801599 [IF: 6.875, SJR: 2.89]
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  40. 8Tian Z., Li D., Ushakova E., Maslov V.G., Zhou D., Jing P., Shen D., Qu S., Rogach A. Multilevel Data Encryption Using Thermal-Treatment Controlled Room Temperature Phosphorescence of Carbon Dot/Polyvinylalcohol Composites // Advanced Science - 2018, Vol. 5, No. 9, pp. 1800795 [IF: 9.034, SJR: 5.388]
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  41. 7Xiong Y., Schneider J., Ushakova E., Rogach A.L. Influence of molecular fluorophores on the research field of chemically synthesized carbon dots // Nano Today - 2018, Vol. 23, pp. 124-139 [IF: 17.476, SJR: 5.586]
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  42. 6Litvin A.P., Ushakova E.V., Parfenov P.S., Cherevkov S.A., Fedorov A.V., Baranov A.V. Forster resonant energy transfer in lead sulfide QD assemblies // Proceedings of SPIE - 2014, Vol. 9126, pp. 912626-(1-7) [SJR: 0.192]
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  43. 5Litvin A.P., Ushakova E.V., Parfenov P.S., Fedorov A.V., Baranov A.V. FRET between close-packed quasi-monodispersed PbS QDs in a porous matrix // Journal of Physical Chemistry C - 2014, Vol. 118, No. 12, pp. 6531-6535 [IF: 4.536, SJR: 1.401]
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  44. 4Ushakova E.V., Golubkov V.V., Litvin A.P., Parfenov P.S., Cherevkov S.A., Fedorov A.V., Baranov A.V. Self-organization of lead sulfide quantum dots of different sizes // Proceedings of SPIE - 2014, Vol. 9126, pp. 912625-(1-7) [SJR: 0.192]
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  45. 3Litvin A.P., Parfenov P.S., Ushakova E.V., Fedorov A.V., Artemyev M.V., Prudnikau A.V., Rukhlenko I.D., Baranov A.V. Optical properties and aging of PbS quantum dots embedded in a porous matrix // Proceedings of SPIE - 2013, Vol. 8807, pp. 88070T-(1-7) [SJR: 0.192]
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  46. 2Parfenov P.S., Litvin A.P., Ushakova E.V., Fedorov A.V., Baranov A.V., Berwick K. Note: Near Infrared Spectral and Transient Measurements of PbS Quantum Dots Luminescence // Review of Scientific Instruments - 2013, Vol. 84, No. 11, pp. 116104-(1-3) [IF: 1.515, SJR: 0.605]
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  47. 1Ushakova E.V., Litvin A.P., Parfenov P.S., Fedorov A.V., Cherevkov S.A., Baranov A.V. Nonradiative resonant energy transfer between PbS QDs in porous matrix // Proceedings of SPIE - 2013, Vol. 8807, pp. 88070W-(1-6) [SJR: 0.192]
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