Professor of Chemistry and Physics, T. Pipes Eminent Endowed Chair on Micro and Nanosystems at the Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, USA.
He earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from #1 Russian school, M. Lomonosov’s Moscow State University in 1979, then worked at the Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences where got Doctor of Science (habilitation) in physics in 1991.
After Soviet Union collapsed, he worked in the world-famous research centers in Germany (Mainz University and Max Planck Institute for Colloids & Interfaces), Japan (National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba), and USA (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC). In 1999, Dr. Lvov came to Louisiana Tech from the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory.
His area of specialization is micro/nano technology including assembly of ultrathin organized films, bio/composites, construction of ordered shells on tiny templates (drug capsules, shells on microbes), clay nanotubes for controlled release of anticorrosion, bioactive agents, drugs, and spill oil remediation. He was among pioneers of the polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly, – a method, followed by many thousand publications. LbL assembly already found industrial applications in HPLC, for eye lens, cellulose fiber for better fabric and paper, microcapsules for insulin sustained release, anticancer capsules, corrosion protection.
He also pioneered halloysite clay nanotubes for functional polymeric composites (flame-retardant, anticorrosion, antimicrobials), drug delivery and mesoporous core-shell metal/ceramic catalytic systems. Lvov coordinates the world efforts in these natural nanomaterials’ applications, as proved by his chairing of a number of halloysite symposiums in USA and China.
Y. Lvov has 18 US, Australian and Japanese patents on nanomaterials, four of which are licensed to industry. He edited 4 books, published 27 book chapters, and 325 peer reviewed papers in high impact journals: Advanced Materials, Chem. Soc. Rev., Progress Polymer Sciences, ACS Nano, Nano Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Funct. Materials, and ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces. Lvov’s total citations are 42,400 which is an outstanding result, and his h-index is 110 in Google Scholar and 96 in Scopus. His pioneering paper in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on nano-architecture was cited 1,800 times and 57 other papers were cited 1,000 – 200 times each.
His NSF, NIH, NASA, DoE grants and industrial contracts exceeded $4.8 mln in the last ten years. In 2003, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2021 he chaired American Chemical Society International Symposiums on Nanomaterials in New York, Philadelphia, Anaheim, New Orleans, San Diego, and San Antonio. Y. Lvov was named the Louisiana State’s Top Researcher in New Technologies, and in 2008 he got Best of Small Tech US National Innovator Award in recognition of achievements in micro and nanotechnology. In 2015, Lvov was awarded with prestigious international Alexander von Humboldt Prize for lifetime achievements in nanochemistry. Dr. Lvov has been invited to present talks at more than 70 national or international scientific conferences and has delivered lectures at 75 major universities and companies. Y. Lvov is an elected member of US National Academy of Inventors and a visiting professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.
Recent publications with Lvov’s co-authorship:
1) Chem Soc. Rev, v.50, 9240, 2021, “Clay nanotube-metal core/shell catalysts.”- impact factor 54.6,
2)ACS Appl. Materials Interf, v.12, 1840-1849, 2020, “Delivery of Surfactants for Applications in Oil Spill Remediation.”
3) Expert Opinion Drug Delivery, v.16, 1169, 2019, “Biomedical potential of clay nanotube formulations and their toxicity,”
4) Small, v.15, 1900357, 2019, “Clay nanotube aligned with shear forces for mesenchymal stem cells patterning.”
5) Nanoscale, v.10, 18205, 2018, “Clay nanotube hair self-assembly coating for coloring and drug delivery.”
6) Adv. Func. Mater. v.28, 1703553, 2018, “Stabilized dye – pigment formulations with platy and tubule nanoclays.”
7) Colloids Surfaces B, v.134, 27, 2018, “Bacterial proliferation on clay nanotube Pickering emulsions for oil spill bioremediation.”
8) Advanced Materials, v.28, 1227, 2016, “Halloysite clay nanotubes for loading and sustained release of functional compounds.”- 970 citations