Prof. Dr. Elmar Grigorievich Petrov

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation,Theoretical Physics,Biophysics
Keywordselectron transfer, molecular electronics, biophysics

Current contact address

CountryUkraine
CityKiev
InstitutionNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
InstituteBogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter HänggiLehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg
Dr. habil. Volkhard MayInstitut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2004

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Petrov of the Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics obtains the Humboldt Award in recognition for his key contributions to the theory of excitons in magnetically ordered insulators. He was also among the first to describe electron transfer processes in proteins by using the concept of quantum tunnelling. Together with his hosts (V. May, HU-Berlin) and P. Hänggi (Augsburg) he is going to undertake research that relates to the manipulation of electronic transport thorugh nanostructures and molecules.

Publications (partial selection)

2007Elmar Petrov, Yaroslav Zelinskyy, Volkhard May, Peter Hanggi: Charge transmission through a molecular wire: The role of terminal sites for the current-voltage behavior. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2007, 08479-1-084709-11
2006Elmar Petrov, Yaroslav Zelinskyy, Volkhard May, Peter Hanggi: Kinetic control of the current through a single molecule. In: Chemical Physics, 2006, 173-182
2006Elmar Petrov, Volkhard May, Peter Hanggi: Kinetic rectification of charge transmission through a single molecule. In: Physical Review B, 2006, 045408-1-045408-12
2005Elmar Petrov, Volkhard May, Peter Haanggi: Kinetic theory for electron transmission through a molecular wire. In: Chemical Physics, 2005, 380-408