ANTON A. GRIGORIEV

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL

BORN: 4 March 1975 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

CITIZENSHIP: Russian

MARITAL STATUS: married, two sons

Languages: Russian, English, Swedish.

PRESENT AFFILIATION: Post doc. at Uppsala University, Institute of Physics, Condensed matter theory (Fysik IV).

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Office: Uppsala University, Ångström Laboratory, Condensed matter theory (Fysik IV),

Street address: Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1

Post address: Box 530, 751 21 Uppsala

Fax: 018-471 20 00

Room: Å 13204

Phone: +46-18-471 58 65

E-MAIL: 

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Physics

September 1992 – June 1996: B.Sc. at the St.Petersburg State University (with the specialisation in Mathematical Physics). Supervisor: Prof. V.S. Buldyrev. Degree awarded June 14, 1996.

THESIS FOR THE BSc DEGREE: Ray Method for the Electromagnetic Chiral Media in Time and Space Domain. Opponent A.P. Kiselev. Saint Petersburg, June 1996.

• Master of Science in engineering

September 1996 – May 1998: M.Sc. student (within International Master Program in Physics) at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. Examiner of the thesis Prof. Tor Kihlman. Degree awarded June 30, 1998.

THESIS FOR THE MSc IN ENGINEERING DEGREE:Solution of the Model Problem of Sound Wave Propagation above an Infinite Screen Placed on a Flat Terrain in the Presence of Turbulence. Supervisor Jens Forssen. Department of Applied Acoustics, CTH, Gothenburg, September 1997. Report E 97-09. ISSN 0283-8338

• Master of Science in Physics

July 1996 – January 2000: M.Sc. at the St.Petersburg State University, Department of Mathematical Physics (Chair of the Department: Prof. L. D. Faddeev). Supervisor: Prof. V.S. Buldyrev. Degree awarded January 18, 2000.

THESIS FOR THE MSc IN PHYSICS DEGREE: Generalization of the Space-Time Ray Method for the Equations with Pseudodifferential Operators and Application of the Developed Theory to the Wave Propagation Problems. Opponent: Prof. M.M. Faddeev. St.Petersburg State University, 2000

• DOCTOR OF PHYLOSOPHY

February 2000 – September 2004: Ph.D. student at Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Microelectronics and Nanoscience, Göteborg, Sweden. Supervisor: Prof. Göran Wendin. Degree awarded September 24, 2004.

THESIS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHYLOSOPHY: Molecular Alligator Clips: a Study of Metal-Molecular Contacts for Molecular Electronics. Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, 2004. ISSN 0346-718x, ISBN 91-7291-498-x

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Asymptotical methods for systems of integrodifferential equations, electromagnetic wave propagation in anisotropic, chiral media with time dependent properties, memory and dissipation.
• Wave propagation in random media, outdoor acoustical wave propagation under realistic conditions of atmospheric turbulence.
• Ab initio simulations of molecular structure, metal surfaces and molecular adsorption with application to molecular electronics, density functional theory; ab initio and semiempirical investigation of optically active field switchable molecules with application to three terminal molecular devices and switches.
• Theoretical investigation of electron transport properties of metal-molecule-metal systems with combination of density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green's functions.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Surface physics and chemistry: detailed understanding of individual molecular adsorption, adsorption of molecular films and intermolecular interactions in films and application to possible technological problems.
• Molecular electronics theory: computer simulations of realistic metal-molecular systems, molecular wires.
• Wave propagation in complex media, scattering.
• Operator theory: pseudodifferential operators, asymptotical expansions as solutions for equations with pseudodifferential operators.

WORK EXPERIENCE

October 2004 – present: Post doc. at Uppsala University, Institute of Physics, Condensed matter theory (Fysik IV).

1989 – present: participated in 17 archaeological expeditions, projects from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg State University.

POSITIONS: worker, assistant manager, laboratory assistant.

PRIMARY DUTIES: measurements, maintenance of measurement equipment, graphical fixation.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002-2003: course assistant, Condensed Matter Physics course (Master program level), Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

2007, 2009: 2 lectures in Molecular Electronics course (PhD students level, 10 credits), Uppsala University, Sweden, given every second year.

2010: Solid State Theory (1FA556, MSc/PhD students level, 10 credits), 50% of the lectures/home assignments.

2010: IFA Supervisor training course - 4 half-day PhD supervision training.

2011: University teacher training course - 5 weeks full-time training, in Swedish.

Skills

Languages: FORTRAN, MatLab, HTML

Environments and Tools: Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux, SunSolaris, Mac OS 9, Windows 95, gcc, AbSoft ProFortran, MPW, InfoGlue.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Theoretical nano-engineering; software engineering; simulations of molecular, surface and open systems.

Member of Uppsala University UniMolecular Electronics Center (U3MEC), webeditor.

TRAINING

• The NANOSCIENCE Group (Chairman: Prof. Christian Joachim)

CEMES- CNRS, Toulouse, France, May 2001, 2 weeks.

PROGRAM: "Theoretical investigation of field switchable molecules".

Modelling of electronic structure of three-terminal molecules and analysing the effect of a localized electric field on the molecular orbitals for a family of selected molecules.

• Molecular Electronics project (Project leader: Prof. Kurt Stokbro)
  
  Mikroelektronik Centret, Technical University of Denmark
  
  Lyngby, Denmark, June 2001, 3days
  
  PROGRAM: learning the TranSIESTA code, www.atomistix.com

PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH PAPERS:

• • S. Mankefors, A. Grigoriev and G. Wendin Molecular alligator clips: a theoretical study of adsorption of S, Se and S–H on Au(111) Nanotechnology Vol.14, No. 8 (August 2003) pp. 849-858.
  • Z. Crljen, A. Grigoriev, G. Wendin and K. Stokbro Nonlinear conductance in molecular devices: Molecular length dependence Physical Review B, Vol. 71, No. 16, p. 165316, 2005 (Preprint: cond-mat/0408651);included in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science 11 (17) May 2005.
  • A. Grigoriev, J. Skoldberg, G. Wendin and Z. Crljen Critical Roles of Metal-Molecule Contacts in Electron Transport Through Molecular-wire Junctions Physical Review B, Vol. 74, No. 4, p. 045401, 2006 (Preprint: cond-mat/0603518); included in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science 14 (3), p. 55, July 2006.
  • A. Grigoriev, N.V. Skorodumova, S.I. Simak, G. Wendin, B. Johansson, R. Ahuja Electron transport in stretched monoatomic gold wires, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 97, p. 236807, 2006; included in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 14 (25) December 18, 2006.
  • Haiying He, Ralph H. Scheicher, Ravindra Pandey, Alexandre Reily Rocha, Stefano Sanvito, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Shashi P. Karna Functionalized nanopore-embedded electrodes for rapid DNA sequencing, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 112, No. 10, pp. 3456-3459, 2008 (Preprint: cond-mat/0708.4011).
  • J. Schiessling, A. Grigoriev, R. Fasel, R. Ahuja and P.A. Bruhwiler Interplay of covalent bonding and correlation effects at molecule–metal contacts, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 478, Issues 4-6, pp. 191-194, 2009.
  • J. Prasongkit, A. Grigoriev, G. Wendin, and Rajeev Ahuja Cumulene molecular wire conductance from first principles, Physical Review B, Vol. 81, No. 11, p. 115404, 2010 (Preprint: cond-mat/1001.4934).
  • Yuhui He, Lubing Shao, Ralph H. Scheicher, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Shibing Long, Zhuoyu Ji, Zhaoan Yu and Ming Liu Differential Conductance as a Promising Approach for Rapid DNA Sequencing with Nanopore-embedded Electrodes, Applied Physics Letters Vol. 97 p. 043701, 2010; included in August 9, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
  • Joachim Schiessling, Anton Grigoriev, Mauro Stener, Lisbeth Kjeldgaard, Thiagarajan Balasubramanian, Piero Decleva, Rajeev Ahuja, Joseph Nordgren, Paul A. Brühwiler The role of charge-charge correlations and covalent bonding in the electronic structure of adsorbed C₆₀: C₆₀/Al The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 (2010) 18686.
  • S.H.M. Jafri, T. Blom, K. Leifer, M. Strømme, H. Löfås, A. Grigoriev, R. Ahuja and K. Welch Assessment of a nanoparticle bridge platform for molecular electronics measurements Nanotechnology 21, p. 435204, 2010.
  • Yuhui He, Ralph H. Scheicher, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Shibing Long, ZongLiang Huo, Ming Liu Enhanced DNA sequencing performance through edge-hydrogenation of graphene electrodes Advanced Functional Materials 21(14), pp. 2674–2679; selected for the journal's inside front cover image (Preprint: bio-ph arXiv:1012.0031v1).
  • Jariyanee Prasongkit, Anton Grigoriev, Biswarup Pathak, Rajeev Ahuja and Ralph H. Scheicher Transverse conductance of DNA nucleotides in a graphene nanogap from first principles Nano Letters 11(5), 1941-1945, 2011 (Preprint: ins-det arXiv:1012.1669).
  • Jariyanee Prasongkit, Anton Grigoriev, Göran Wendin, Rajeev Ahuja Interference effects in phtalocyanine controlled by H-H tautomerization: a potential two-terminal unimolecular electronic switch Physical Review B 84, 165437, 2011. (Preprint: cond-mat arXiv:1104.1441v2) .
  • Henrik Löfås, Anton Grigoriev, Jan Isberg and Rajeev Ahuja Effective masses and electronic structure of diamond including electron correlation effects in first principles calculations using the GW-approximationAIP Advances 1, 032139, 2011.
  • B. Pathak, H. Löfås, J. Prasongkit, A. Grigoriev, R. H, Scheicher and R. Ahuja Double-functionalized nanopore-embedded gold electrodes for rapid DNA sequencing Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 023701, 2011; featured as a front cover image; selected for the January 23, 2012 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. DOI:10.1063/1.3673335

BOOK CHAPTERS:

• • A. Grigoriev, R. Ahuja Molecular Electronics Devices for Nano and Molecular Electronics Handbook, editor S.E. Lyshevski, CRC Press, 2007. Preview available at books.google

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• Conference papers:
  • A.A. Grigoriev Generalisation of the Time-Space Ray Metod for Electromagnetic Media with Relaxation "DAYS on DIFFRACTION'00", 2000
  • Anton Grigoriev Molecular alligator clips: ab initio study of metal-molecule contacts MC2C-03, 2003
  • Anton Grigoriev, Göran Wendin, Zeljko Crljen, Kurt Stokbro Ab Initio Modelling for Molecular Electronics TNT03, 2003
  • J. Skoldberg, A. Grigoriev, G. Wendin, Z. Crljen and K. Stokbro, Electron Transport in Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions: A TranSIESTA Study of the Adsorption Site Dependence of Metal-Molecule Contacts,MRS Fall Meeting, 2003
  • Z. Crljen, G. Wendin, A. Grigoriev, K.Stokbro, Calculation of the electronic transport properties of OPVN molecules coupled to Au(111) surfaces, EURESCO Conference on Fundamentals Aspects of Surface Science, Kerkrade, The Nederlands, 4-9 October 2003, see abstract.
  • A.Grigoriev, N. Skorodumova, R. Ahuja and G. Wendin Electron Transport in Nanowires stretching and breaking gold atomic chains ATOMISTIX Conference 2005, Progress in Atomic-Scale Modeling of Nanotechnology Systems, August 18-19, 2005 The Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • A. Grigoriev, J. Skoldberg, G. Wendin, Z. Crljen Critical Roles of Metal-Molecule Contacts in Electron Transport Through Molecular-wire Junctions APS March Meeting, 2005
  • A.Grigoriev, G.Wendin and R.Ahuja Electrodes for Nanoelectronics, "Challenges and Opportunities in Nanoarchitectures", Halmstad, Sweden, 2006.
  • Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja Ab initio simulation of electrical contacts in molecular electronic devices: from molecular recognition to biosensors applications; Henrik Ottosson, Jariyanee Prasongkit, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Jun Jiang, and Yi Luo A first-principles investigation of charge transport through σ/π-conjugated and metal/π-conjugated compounds;J. Prasongkit, A.Grigoriev, G.Wendin and R.Ahuja The first-principle model study of single molecular switch based on hydrogen tautomerization; T. Blom, H. Jafri, K. Welch, M. Strømme, E. Coronel, A. Grigoriev, K. Leifer Dielectrophoretic trapping of gold nanoparticles on SAM-prepared nanogaps: A comparative study of different molecular systems ECME2009
  • J. Prasongkit, A. Grigoriev, G. Wendin, R. Ahuja Unusual Conductance in Cumulene Molecular Wires APS MAR09, 2009
  • Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja Ab initio simulation of electrical contacts in molecular electronic devices; J. Prasongkit, A.Grigoriev, G.Wendin and R.Ahuja Conductance of linear carbon chains bridging carbon nanotubes and graphene electrodes;Ralph H. Scheicher, Anton Grigoriev, Jariyanee Prasongkit, Rajeev Ahuja Transverse Electron Transport through DNA for Applications in Rapid Genome Sequencing;Rikard Emanuelsson, Andreas Wallner, Jariyanee Prasongkit, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Henrik Ottosson An investigation of charge transport through σ/&pi-conjugated organosilicon compounds; Henrik Ottosson, Jariyanee Prasongkit, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Jun Jiang and Yi Luo A first-principles investigation of charge transport through sp-conjugated and metal p-conjugated compounds; Klaus Leifer, Tobias Blom, Hassan Jafri, Ken Welch, Maria Strømme, E. Coronel, A. Grigoriev Molecular electronics on non-perfect electrode surfaces International Conference on Molecular Electronics, Emmetten, Switzerland, 2010 (see program and corrected record in DIVA).
  • J. Prasongkit, A. Grigoriev, G. Wendin, R. Ahuja The first-principle study of single molecular switch based on Hydrogen Tautomerization sandwiched between atomic chain electrode APS MAR10, 2010
  • Yuhui He,Ralph H. Scheicher,Anton Grigoriev,Rajeev Ahuja,Shibing Long,Zhuoyu Ji,Zhaoan Yu,Ming Liu Fast DNA Sequencing via Transverse Differential Conductance, the annual conference for semiconductor device modeling and simulation society in IEEE: Simulation of Semiconductor Devices and Processes (SISPAD) 2010 (see program). The conference proceeding is published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices: International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD), 2010 pp. 313-316, 2010.
  • Yuhui He, Ralph H. Scheicher, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Shibing Long, Zhuoyu Ji, Zhaoan Yu, Ming Liu Fast DNA sequencing with graphene-embedded nanoelectrodes, the International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM) 2010 (see program). The conference proceeding is published in: Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1483 - 1485M, 2010.
  • S. Hassan M. Jafri, Tobias Blom, Ken Welch, Maria Strømme, Henrik Löfås , Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Klaus Leifer Control of junction resistances in molecular electronic devices fabricated by FIB36th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE), Genoa, Italy 2010.
  • J. Prasongkit, A. Grigoriev, R. H. Scheicher, R. Ahuja A molecular electronics approach for whole-genome sequencing, BIO Ångström 2010, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • He, Y., Scheicher, R., Grigoriev, A., Ahuja, R., Long, S., Huo, Z., Liu, M. DNA sequencing with nanopore-embedded bilayer-graphene nanoelectrodes CSICT-2010 - 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Proceedings , art. no. 5667534, pp. 1483-1485, 2010.
  • K. Leifer, T. Blom, H. Jafri, H. Löfås, R. Ahuja, A. Grigoriev, A. Wallner, H. Ottosson Use of a nanoelectrode nanoparticle bridge platform in molecular electronics ElecMol10, Grenoble, France, 2010.
  • Klaus Leifer, Tobias Blom, S.H. M Jafri, Ken Welch, Maria Stromme, H. Löfås, A. Grigoriev, R. Ahuja FIB Fabrication and use of high resistance nanogaps for application in molecular electronics 17th International Microscopy Congress, IMC17, Brazil, 2010 (see record in DIVA).
  • Christian Dahlstrand, Burkhard O. Jahn, Anton Grigoriev, Sebastien Villaume, Rajeev Ahuja, Henrik Ottosson The Fulvene Unit: A Repeat Unit with Two Easy-to-Use Handles for Polymer Band Gap Variation 8th European Conference on Computational Chemistry (Satellite meeting to 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Nuremberg), Lund, Sweden, 2010.
  • Henrik Löfås, Anton Grigoriev, Jan Isberg and Rajeev Ahuja Protection groups on alkanedithiol coated gold nanoparticles: mechanism for enhanced electrical resistance GRADuate School in Advanced Materials for the 21st century: Workshop 2011, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Yuhui He, Ming Liu, Anton Grigoriev, Ralph H. Scheicher, Rajeev Ahuja How to improve the sensitivity in transverse electronic measurements of DNA for nucleobase distinction? Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS March Meeting 2011 Vol. 56(1), 2011.
  • H. Löfås, A. Grigoriev, J. Isberg and R. Ahuja Conductance traces over a wide range of geometries by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations Advanced Meterials Workshop at GRADuate School in Advanced Materials for the 21st century, Uppsala, Sweden, 2012. The poster won the best poster award.

REFERENCES

References are available on request.

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