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Alex Zakharov

Surname:

Zakharov

Given name:

Alexandre

Patronymic name:

Vasilyevich

Contact info:

Tel: + 7 (812) 321-24-70

Fax: + 7 (812) 321-47-71

E-mail: alexandre.zakharov at yahoo.ca

Address: V.O., Bolshoy pr., 61, St. Peters­burg, 199178, Russia, IPME RAS

Home page: RU EN

Position in IPME RAS:

Leading researcher

Laboratory for Mathematical Modelling of Wave Phenomena

Academic degree:

D.Sc.

Date of birth:

17.11.1951

Professional activity:

1969–1974 — Student of Leningrad State University

1974–1986 — Heat and Mass Transfer Institute BSSR Acad. Sci., Minsk , USSR

since 1986 — Senior Researcher at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences

1992 — Academic degree of D.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics

Scientific interests:

  • Statistical mechanics of anisotropic systems

  • Physics of liquid crystals

  • Hydrodynamics of anisotropic systems

Profiles in scientific databases and networks:

Researchgate

Russian Science Citation Index

Selected publications:

  • Izabela Śliwa, A.V. Zakharov, Translational diffusion across a free-standing smectic film above the bulk smectic-A-isotropic transition temperature, Phys. Rev. E, 95, 012704 (2017).

  • Izabela Śliwa, W. Jeżewski, A.V. Zakharov, The effect of surfaces on molecular ordering in thin liquid crystal systems, J. Chem. Phys., 145, 084905 (2016).

  • A.V. Zakharov, A.A. Vakulenko, Orientational relaxation in free-standing smectic C film driven byrotating circular frame, J. Chem. Phys., 143, 104902 (2015).

  • A.V. Zakharov, A. A. Vakulenko, Thermally excited fluid flow in a microsized liquid crystal channel with a free surface, Physics of Fluids, 27, 062001 (2015).

  • A.V. Zakharov, Izabela Śliwa, Squeezing-out dynamics in free-standing smectic films, J. Chem. Phys., 142, 214703 (2015).

  • A.V. Zakharov, A.A. Vakulenko, Dynamics of the periodic distortions in confined nematic liquid crystals imposed by a strong orthogonal electric field, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 217, 23 (2015).

  • Izabela Śliwa, A.V. Zakharov, Surface tension and disjoining pressure of free-standing smectic films above the bulk smectic-A-isotropic transition temperature, J. Chem. Phys., 140, 124705 (2014).

  • A.V. Zakharov, A.A. Vakulenko, Dynamics of the modulated distortions in confined nematic liquid crystals, J. Chem. Phys., 139, 244904 (2013).

  • A.V. Zakharov, A.A. Vakulenko. Temperature-driven motion of liquid crystals confined in a microvolume, Physics of Fluids, 25, 113101 (2013).

  • A.V. Zakharov, A.A. Vakulenko, Field-induced director dynamics in confined nematic liquid crystals imposed by a strong orthogonal electric field, Phys. Rev. E, 86, 022505 (2013).