Rakhim R. Rakhimov, Sc. D.

Professor

Department of Chemistry & Center for Materials Research

Academics

• Sc. D. (Doctor of Chemical Sciences), 1994, Russian Academy of Sciences.

• Ph. D., Chemical Physics, 1986, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

• M. S., Chemical Physics, 1983, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Honors

      Fellowship of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1994, Stockholm, Sweden.

Employment history:

• August 2001 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA.

• August 1997 – July 2001, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA.

• September 1996- July 1997, Research Associate Professor, Center for Materials Research, Norfolk  State University, Norfolk, VA.

• 1994-1996, Visiting Professor, Division of Chemical Physics, Linköping University, Sweden.

• 1986-1994, Senior Scientist, ESR Research Center, Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow.  Lecturer/Docent, Department of Kinetics and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow.

Teaching Experience:

1986-1994. Chemical Kinetics, graduate lecture course.  Research advisor, graduate and Ph.D. students. Department of Kinetics and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow.

1997-1998. General Chemistry, undergraduate lecture and laboratory courses, Norfolk State University.

1998-present. Molecular Dynamics, graduate lecture course, Norfolk State University.

1999-present. Physical Chemistry, undergraduate lecture course, Norfolk State University.

1996-present. Research Advisor, graduate and undergraduate students, Norfolk State University.

Research Experience:

Chemistry of organic and organoelement free radicals, reduction/oxidation and nucleophilic reactions of organic molecules. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, transition metal complexes, spin trap and spin probe techniques. Synthesis and characterization of organic donor-acceptor systems in polymeric structures for non-linear optics. Investigation of spin and charge state dynamics of metal dopants and paramagnetic defects in inorganic optical materials. Characterization of magnetic materials and materials for spin electronics.

Currently funded research projects:

“Center for Materials Research”, Head of ESR laboratory, funded by the Department of Energy (with Dr. Larry Mattix, Center Director).

“Electron and spin dynamics in optically active oxide glasses and crystals containing metal ions in unusual paramagnetic charge states”. PI, NSF/CREST program, Center for Photonic Materials Research (with Dr. Carl Bonner, Center Director).

“Center for organic photonic materials research” Co-PI. Department of Defense (with Dr. Sam Sun, PI).

Selected Publications:    (Selected from more than 60 research papers in peer-reviewed journals)

Hydrogen and electron transfer in photoreduction reaction of quinones. G. G. Lazarev, Y. S. Lebedev, A. I. Prokof’ev, and R. R. Rakhimov. Chem. Phys. Lett., 95 (1983) 262.

The effect of molecular mobiltiy on spin exchange in dinitroxylpinacol. E. G. Rozantsev, O. A. Ozhogina, R. R. Rakhimov, and A. I. Prokof’ev. Mol. Phys. 76 (1992) 1009.

Intramolecular and reorientation dynamics of bis(triphenylphosphine)-3,6-di-tert-butyl-4,5-dimethoxy-o-semiquinone complex of copper (I) in viscous media. R. R. Rakhimov, N. P. Benetis, A. Lund, J. S. Hwang, A. I. Prokof’ev, and Y.S. Lebedev. Chem. Phys. Lett., 255 (1996) 156.

Off-axis extra lines in powder pattern electron paramagnetic resonance of Cr³⁺ in YAlO₃. R. R. Rakhimov, A. L. Wilkerson, G. B. Loutts, H. R. Ries. J. Appl. Phys. 82 (1997) 1970.

Spin and valence states of manganese ions in manganese-doped yttrium aluminates. R. R. Rakhimov, A. L. Wilkerson, G. B. Loutts, M. A. Noginov, N. Noginova, W. Lindsay, H. R. Ries. Solid State Commun. 108 (1998) 549.

Microwave response near zero magnetic field in transition-metal-doped silicate glasses. R. R. Rakhimov, H. R. Ries, D. E. Jones, L. B. Glebov, and L. N. Glebova. Appl. Phys. Lett., 76 (2000) 751.

Spin dynamics of the triplet Cr⁴⁺ in the vicinity of energy level anti-crossing. R. R. Rakhimov, H. D. Horton, D. E. Jones, G. B. Loutts, and H. R. Ries. Chem. Phys. Lett., 319 (2000) 639.

Zero-field signal in the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of Mn²⁺ in silicate glasses. R. R. Rakhimov, D. E. Jones. J. Chem. Phys. 113 (2000) 1575.

Electron paramagnetic resonance study of W⁵⁺ pairs in lithium-tungsten phosphate glasses. R. R. Rakhimov, D. E. Jones, H. L. Rocha, A. I. Prokof’ev, A. I. Aleksandrov. J. Phys. Chem. B, 104 (2000) 10973.

Crystal growth of vanadium doped YAlO₃, LaGaO₃, and CaYAlO₄ crystals and spectroscopic studies of vanadium valence states. M. A. Noginov, G. B. Loutts, D. E. Jones, V. J. Turney, R. R. Rakhimov, L. Herbert, and A. Truong,  J. Appl. Phys. 91 (2002) 569.