Alexei Sokolov
Governor's Chair, Professor
Department of Chemistry and
Department of Physics & Astronomy
M.S. in Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia (1981)
PhD in Physics, Academy of Sciences of USSR (1986)
Habilitation (Dr.Sci.), Russian Academy of Sciences
Soft Materials
- Physics of Soft Matter, including polymers, glass forming systems, biological materials;
- Dynamics and nano-structure of Soft Materials;
- Dynamics and function of biological macromolecules (proteins, DNA, RNA), biopreservation;
- Light, neutron and X-ray scattering spectroscopy, dielectric relaxation spectroscopy;
- Nano-optics, plasmonics.
Additional Information
Research
Dynamics of disordered materials (including low-energy excitation spectra, low-temperature properties, implications for other properties, etc.);
Glass transition; Raman, Brillouin and neutron scattering spectroscopies of disordered materials (including glasses, polymers, liquids and disordered crystals);
Dynamics and functions of biological macromolecules; Photonics and nano-optics, scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy.
Alexei Sokolov
563 Buehler Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-1600
Phone: (865) 974-3852
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