Andrii Vasin, CSc., DSc.

Professional activities

since May 2022: Associate scientist at ÚFE
2018 - 2022: Leading Research scientist, Institute of Semiconductor Physics (National Academy of Science, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Current research projects:

Institute of Semiconductor Physics. Kyiv, Ukraine:

• Development of CIGS absorber for effective thin film flexible solar cells (Low-temperature and pulse technologies for high-efficient flexible solar cells).
• Modification and investigation of optoelectronic properties of ZnO thin films and nanostructures for photovoltaic applications.
• Development and fabrication of positioning and motion systems for unbalancing magnet and substrate holder for unbalanced magnetron deposition setup.

Selected past projects:

Institute of Semiconductor Physics. Kyiv, Ukraine:

• Prospective functional nanomaterials on the base of silicon and carbon for modern sensors and optoelectronics.
• Development of the technology of light-emitting nanocomposite materials SiO2:C for prospective white light sources.
• Research and Development of Amorphous SiXC1-X:H and Rare-Earth Doped Amorphous SiXC1-X:H films on Crystalline Si for Light-Emitting Devices.

Publications:

• Scopus (documents – 78, citations - 594, h index - 13)
• ResearchGate

1. Vasin, A.V., Rusavsky, A.V., Mamykin, S.V. et al. On the nature of doping effect of methane in ZnO thin films deposited by RF-magnetron sputtering. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 6421–6431 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-07814-9
2. Dariya Savchenko, Andrii Vasin, Andrii Rusavsky, Alexei Nazarov, Jan Lancok, and Ekaterina Kalabukhova, Electron spin dynamics in sucrose-derived luminescent carbon dot-silica nanocomposites, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Volume 162, March 2022, 110536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2021.110536
3. Vasin, A.; Kysil, D.; Rusavsky, A.; Isaieva, O.; Zaderko, A.; Nazarov, A.; Lysenko, V. Synthesis and Luminescent Properties of Carbon Nanodots Dispersed in Nanostructured Silicas (Review paper). Nanomaterials  2021, 11, 3267. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123267
4. Andrii Vasin, Dmytro Kysil, Stanislav Sevostianov, Oksana Isaieva, Galyna Rudko, Bruno Capoen, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Valentyn Tertykh, Sergii Starik, and Alexei Nazarov, Liquid‐Phase Synthesis of Hydrophilic Luminescent Carbon Dots Using Porous Silica as a Nanotemplate, Phys. Status Solidi A 2021, 218, 2000817 (6 pages) https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202000817
5. O. M. Slobodian , P. N. Okholin, P. M. Lytvyn, S. V. Malyuta, O. Yu. Khyzhun, A. V. Vasin , A. V. Rusavsky, Yu. V. Gomeniuk, T. M. Nazarova, O. I. Gudymenko, S. P. Starik, A. N. Nazarov, Plasma treatment as versatile tool for tuning of sorption properties of thin nanoporous carbon films, Applied Surface Science, 544 (2021) 148876.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148876
6. Dariya Savchenko, Andrii Vasin, Oleksandr Kuz, Igor Verovsky, Andrey Prokhorov, Alexey Nazarov, Jan Lančok, Ekaterina Kalabukhova, Role of the paramagnetic donor‑like defects in the high n‑type conductivity of the hydrogenated ZnO microparticles, Scientific Reports, 10, Article number: 17347 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74449-3
7. A.V. Vasin, A.V. Rusavsky, E.G. Bortchagovsky, Y.V. Gomeniuk, A.S. Nikolenko, V. V. Strelchuk, R. Yatskiv, S. Tiagulskyi, S. Prucnal, W. Skorupa, A.N. Nazarov, Methane as a novel doping precursor for deposition of highly conductive ZnO thin films by magnetron sputtering, Vacuum 174 (2020) 109199 (6 pages). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2020.109199
8. A.V. Vasin, S. Muto, Y. Ishikawa, D.V. Kysil, S.V. Sevostianov, O.F. Isaieva, G. Yu. Rudko, R. Yatskiv, S. Starik, V.A. Tertykh, A.N. Nazarov, V.S. Lysenko, Evolution from UV emission of phenyl groups to visible emission of pyrolytic nanocarbons dispersed in fumed silica: Alternative insight into photoluminescence of carbon nanodots, Journal of Luminescence 219 (2020) 116926.
9. O.M. Slobodian, A.V. Rusavsky, A.V. Vasin, O.Yu. Khyzhun, O.I. Gudymenko, V.P. Kladko, A.S. Nikolenko, B.I. Tsykaniuk, P.M. Lytvyn, Yu.V. Gomeniuk, O.M. Fesenko, A.N. Nazarov, Highly porous carbon films fabricated by magnetron plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition: Structure, properties and implementation, Applied Surface Science 496 (2019) 143735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143735
10. Kazuki Oguni, Koji Sato, Yosuke Ishii, Yukari Ishikawa, Shinji Kawasaki, Andrii Vasin, Shunsuke Muto, Analysis of evolution of electron-radiation-induced defects in white-luminescent, carbonized, mesoporous silica nanocomposite using transmission electron microscopy/cathodoluminescence, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research B 439 (2019) 22–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2018.11.007
11. A.V. Vasin, D.V. Kysil,  O.F. Isaeva, G.Yu. Rudko, D.V. Virnyi, S.V. Sevostianov, V.A. Tertykh, Yu.P. Piryatinski, S. Starik, L. Vaccaro, M. Cannas, V.S. Lysenko, A.N. Nazarov, Effect of Hydration Procedure of Fumed Silica Precursor on the Formation of Luminescent Carbon Centers in SiO2:C Nanocomposites, Phys. Status Solidi A 2019, 1800560 (8 pages) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116926
12. A.V. Vasin, D.V. Kysil, L. Lajaunie, G.Yu. Rudko, V.S. Lysenko, S.V. Sevostianov, V.A. Tertykh, Yu. P. Piryatinski, M. Cannas, L. Vaccaro, R. Arenal, A.N. Nazarov, Multiband Light Emission and Nanoscale Chemical Analyses of Carbonized Fumed Silica, Jour. Appl. Phys. 124, 105108 (12 pages) (2018). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5042671
13. A.M. Slobodyan, P.M. Lytvyn, A.S. Nikolenko, V. M. Naseka, O.Yu.Khyzhun, A.V. Vasin, S.V. Sevostianov, A.N. Nazarov, Low-Temperature Reduction of Graphene Oxide: Electrical Conductance and Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy, Nanoscale Research Letters  (2018) 13:139 (11 pages). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-018-2536-z
14. Dariya Savchenko, Andrii Vasin, Shunsuke Muto, Ekaterina Kalabukhova, Alexei Nazarov,  EPR study of porous Si:C and SiO2:C layers. Physica Status Solidi b 2018 p.1700559 (6 pages). https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201700559
15. A.V. Vasin, I.P. Neshpor, T.V. Mosina, D.V. Vedel, A.V. Rusavsky, J. Kopeček, A.N. Nazarov, O.N. Grigoriev, Amorphous SiOxCy(:Er) films deposited by RF-magnetron sputtering on ZrB2–SiC ceramics: antioxidation and strengthening effects, Surface and Coating Technologies, Volume 343, 15 June 2018, Pages 11-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.11.069
16. A.V. Vasin, M. Adlung, V.A.Tertykh, D. Kysil, S. Gallis, A.N. Nazarov, V.S. Lysenko, Broad band (UV-VIS) photoluminescence from carbonized fumed silica: emission, excitation and kinetic properties, Journal of Luminescence, 190 (2017) 141–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.05.045
17. Dariya Savchenko, Vladimir Vorliček, Ekaterina Kalabukhova, Aleksandr Sitnikov, Andrii Vasin, Dmytro Kysil, Stanislav Sevostianov, Valentyn Tertykh and Alexei Nazarov, Infrared, Raman and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study of SiO2:C Nanopowders, Nanoscale Research Letters  Vol. 12, article 292, 12 pages, (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2057-1
18. S I Tiagulskyi, A V Vasin, A V Rusavsky, P M Lytvyn, A S Nikolenko, V V Strelchuk, Yu Yu Stubrov, Yu Yu Gomeniuk, O M Slobodian, V S Lysenko, V N Poroshin, V Yu Povarchuk and A N Nazarov, Transformation of graphene flakes into carbon nanostructures by γ-irradiation Mater. Res. Express 4 (2017) 045602 (11 pages). https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aa6655
19. Vasin A.V., Rusavsky A.V., Kysil D.V., Prucnal S., Piryatinsky Yu.P., Starik S.P., Nasieka Iu., Strelchuk V.V., Lysenko V.S., Nazarov A.N. The effect of deposition processing on structural and luminescent properties of a-SiOC:H thin films fabricated by RF-magnetron sputtering // Journal of Luminescence. – 2017. – V. 191. – P. 102–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.10.029