SERGEI MUSIKHIN

SERGEI MUSIKHIN

EMAIL: sergei.musikhin [at] utoronto.ca

PHONE: 905-828-3809

RESEARCH INFORMATION:
I am interested in the nanotechnology and optical and electrical properties of semiconductor nanostructures and nanocomposites on base of conducting polymers and nanocrystals. My research is aimed to obtain fundamental knowledge on physical phenomena in quantum superlattices, dots and polymer-nanocrystal nanocomposites and to apply them to development of new devices.

DEGREES:
1986 Ph.D. St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia
Semiconductor and Dielectric Physics

EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE:
Research Associate: Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 2004-present

Associate Professor: Radiophysics Department, Semiconductor Physics and Nanoelectronics Faculty, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia, 2004

Post Doctoral Fellow: ECE department, University of Toronto, Canada, 2001-2004

Associate Professor: Radiophysics Department, Semiconductor Physics and Nanoelectronics Faculty, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia, 1991-2001
Physicist/Senior Researcher: Radiophysics Department, Semiconductor Physics Faculty, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia, 1987-1991

PUBLICATIONS:

Books

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, H. E. Ruda, A. Shik Luminescence and Photovoltaic Effects in Polymer-Based Nanocomposites, Chapter P in Handbook of Organic-Inorganic Hibrid Materials and Nanocomposites, Vol. 2, 35 pages, American Scientific Publishers, 2003, USA

A. Ya. Shik, L. G. Bakueva, S. F. Musikhin, S. A. Rykov Physics of Low-Dimensional Systems, Nauka: St-Petersburg, Russia, 155 pages, 2001.

V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin, A. Y. Shik Semiconductors with graded band-gap and heterostructures, Nauka: St-Petersburg, Russia, 100 pages, 2000.

Journal Papers

L. Levina, V. Sukhovatkin, S. Musikhin, S. Cauchi, R. Nisman, D. P. Bazet-Jones and E. H. Sargent, Efficient Infrared-Emitting PbS Quantum Dots Grown on DNA and Stable in Aqueous Solution and Blood Plasma Adv. Mater., Vol. 17 (15), pp 1854-1857, 2005

X. S. Zhao, I. Gorelikov, S. Musikhin, S. Cauchi, V. Sukhovatkin, E.H. Sargent, E. Kumacheva, Synthesis and optical properties of thiol-stabilized PbS nanocrystals, Langmuir, Vol. 21(3), pp. 1086-1090, 2005

V. Sukhovatkin, S. Musikhin, I. Gorelikov, S. Cauchi, L. Bakueva, E. Kumacheva, E. H. Sargent, Room-temperature amplified spontaneous emission at 1300 nm in solution-processed PbS quantum-dot films, Optics Letters, Vol. 30(2), pp 171-173, 2005

L. Bakueva, G. Konstantatos, S. Musikhin, H. E. Ruda and A. Shik, Negative capacitance in polymer-nanocrystal composites Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 85 (16), pp. 3567-3569, 2004

T.-W. F. Chang, S. Musikhin, L. Bakueva, L. Levina, M. A. Hines, P. W. Cyr, E. H. Sargent. (2004) Efficient excitation transfer from Polymer to Nanocrystals Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 84 (21), pp. 4295-4297.

L. Bakueva, G. Konstatos, L. Levina, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent. (2004) Luminescence from processible quantum dot-polymer light emitters 11001600 nm: Tailoring spectral width and shape Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 84 (18), pp. 3459-3461.

L. Bakueva, I. Gorelikov, S. Musikhin, Xu Sheng Zhao, E. H. Sargent, E. Kumacheva (2004) One-stage Aqueous Synthesis of Quantum Dots with Stable Efficient Luminescence in the Near IR-Spectral Range Adv. Mater., vol.16 (11) pp. 926-929,

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, M. A. Hines, T.-W. Chang, M. Tzolov, G. D. Scholes, and E. H. Sargent (2003) Size-tunable infrared (1000-1600) electroluminescence from PbS quantum dot nanocrystals in a semiconducting polymer, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 82 (17), pp. 2895-2897.

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, A. Shik, (2003) Influence of Nanocrystals on the Energy Levels and Luminescent Properties of the Polymer Matrix in Conjugated Polymer-Dielectric Nanocomposites, Surface Science, vol. 532-535, p. 1051-1055.

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, S. Schulz. (2003) Fabrication and Investigation of Nanocomposites Conducting Polymer/GaSb Nanocrycrystals, Surface Science, vol. 532-535, pp. 828-831,

S. Musikhin, L. Bakueva, E. H. Sargent, (2002) Luminescent properties and electron structure of composite structures conjugated polymer-dielectric nanocrystals, J.Appl. Phys. Vol. 91, pp.6679-6683.

L. Bakueva, D. Matheson, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, (2002) \"Luminescence of Pure and Iodine Doped PPV: Internal Energetic Structure Revealed Through Spectral Signatures\", Synthetic Metals, vol. 126, p.207-211

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, (2001) Time-Resolved Luminescence in Conducting Polymers with Quantum Antidots, J. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 457-460.

S. A. Nemov, S. F. Musikhin, P. A. Osipov, and V. I. Proshin. (2000) Energy Spectrum of (Sn0.65Pb0.35)0.95Ge0.05Te Solid Solutions, Phys. Solid State 42, 638

S. F. Musikhin, O. V. Rabizo, V. I. Il\'in, A. S. Fedorov, and L. V. Sharonova. (2000) Optical-Absorption Spectra of PbS/C-Based Fibonacci Superlattices with Phonon-Assisted Transitions. Semiconductors 34, 1327

S. F. Musikhin, V. I. Il\'in, O. V. Rabizo, L. G. Bakueva, and L. V. Sharonova. (1998) Light absorption in aperiodic PbS/C superlattices in an electric field. Semiconductors 32, 762

L. V. Belyakov, I. B. Zakharova, T. I. Zubkova, S. F. Musikhin, and S. A. Rykov. (1997) Study of PbTe photodiodes on a buffer sublayer of porous silicon. Semiconductors 31, 76

S. F. Musikhin, V. I. Il\'in, O. V. Rabizo, L. G. Bakueva, and T. V. Yudintseva. (1997) Optical properties of quasiperiodic and aperiodic PbS--CdS superlattices. Semiconductors 31, 46

S. A. Nemov, S. F. Musikhin, and V. I. Proshin. Effect of In additions on the electrical properties of Sn0.8Ge0.2Te thin films obtained by laser sputtering. (1996) Semiconductors 30, 179

S. F. Musikhin, S. A. Rykov, V. I. Il\'in, D. N. Davydov. (1995) Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of Fibonacci superlattices fabricated by pulse laser deposition method. Poverkhnost (Surface), No. 4, 34-40

V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin, L. G. Bakueva, O. V. Rabiso, S. A. Rykov. (1995) Quantum-size layered PbS/C structures deposited by pulsed laser evaporation in vacuum. Material Sci. Engineer. B 35, p.120-124.

S. A. Nemov, S. F. Musikhin, R. V. Parfen\'yev, V. N. Svetlov, D. I. Popov, V. I. Proshin, and D. V. Shamshur. (1995) Effect of addition of Ge on the distribution of components and the superconducting transition in Sn1 - zPbzTe: In films. Phys. Solid State 37, 1936

S. A. Nemov, S. F. Musikhin, D. I. Popov, V. I. Proshin, and D. V. Shamshur. (1995) Superconducting and electrophysical properties of thin-films of Sn1 - zGezTe:In solid solutions. Phys. Solid State 37, 1850

D. I. Popov, S. F. Musikhin, S. A. Nemov, R. V. Parfen\'ev, T. L. Makarova, and V. N. Svetlov. (1995) Electrophysical properties and distribution of the components of the solid solution Sn1-zGezTe:In in films prepared by the method of pulsed laser deposition. Phys. Solid State 37, p.106

S. F. Musikhin, L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, O. V. Rabizo, and L. V. Sharonova. (1995) Optical and Electrical Properties of Fibonacci PbS-C Superlattices Fabricated by Pulsed-Laser Deposition. Semiconductors 29, 245

S. F. Musikhin, L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, O. V. Rabiso, L. V. Sharonova. (1994) Optical properties of PbS-CdS superlattices grown by pulsed laser evaporation. Superlattices & Microstructures 15, 495-498.

L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin, and L. V. Sharonova. (1993) Diamond-like films formed by laser evaporation and multilayer structures based on them. Semiconductors 27, 1029

L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin, L. V. Sharonova, and A. V. Girich. (1993) Superlattices of the PbS--CdS type formed by laser evaporation in vacuum. Semiconductors 27, 1027

S. F Musikhin, S. A. Nemov, V. I. Proshin, I. E. Semin, D. V. Shamshur, A. V. Berezin, and S. D. Imamkuliev. (1993) Electrical properties of (Sn0.8Ge0.2)1 - xInxTe films formed by a laser-evaporation method. Semiconductors 27, 288

L. G. Bakueva, I. B. Zakharova, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin. (1992) Influence of the structure and phase composition on photoelectric properties of PbSnS films. Sov. Phys. Semicond. 26, 1132-3.

L. G. Bakueva, I. B. Zakharova, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin. (1988) Electrical and photoelectrical properties of PbSnS films. Sov. Phys. Semicond. 22, 1202-1204.

L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin. (1988) Contact of aluminum with the photosensitive lead sulfide film. Sov.Phys.Semicond. 22, 948-949.

L. G. Bakueva, S. F. Musikhin, V. I. Il\'in, M. Yu. Putilovskaya, L. V. Ozerova, N. Ya. Karasik. (1987) Structure of the contact of lead sulfide and silicon. Inorg. Mater. (USA) 23, 1578-81.

L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin. (1987) Current-voltage characteristic of components of the heterojunction lead sulfide-silicon. Sov. Phys. Semicond. 21, 201-203.

L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin. (1986) Current-voltage characteristic of an intermediate layer in the photosensitive heterojunction PbS-Si. Sov. Phys. Semicond. 20, 1172-1174.

L. G. Bakueva, V. I. Il\'in, S. F. Musikhin, O. V. Rabizo, A. Ya. Shik. (1982) Photoresponce kinetics of a lead sulfide-silicon heterojunction. Sov. Phys. Semicond. 16, 907-10.

Proceedings

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent. (2002) Luminecsence Characteristics of PPV-Yttrium Oxide Nanocomposite Layers for Photon Devices. CLEO/QELS 2002, Long Beach, Technical Digest, pp.458-459.

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, S. Schulz. (2002) Infrared Absorption and Emission in Conducting Polymer / GaSb Nanocomosites, IEEE-NANO\'2002, Washington DC, p. 181-183.

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, A. Shik, (2002) Multi-Layer Contacts for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Enhanced Injection Efficiency, 2001 MRS Fall Meeting Proceedings, Boston, vol. 708, p. 107-112.

L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin, E. H. Sargent, (2001) \"Quantum Anti-Dots in a PPV matrix: Physical Origins of Time-Resolved Spectral Behaviour\", IEEE-NANO Conference on Nanotechnology, Maui, Hawaii, Proceedings, p. 437-439.

S. F. Musikhin, V. I. Il\'in, O. V. Rabiso, L. G. Bakueva. (1997) Optical and electrical properties of the CdS/PbS Thue-Morse and Fibonacci superlattices at visible and UV regions. Inst.Phys.Conf.Series 155, 141-143