Dr Radomir Slavchov
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
+44 (0)20 7882 8938Queen Mary University of London
r.slavchov@qmul.ac.uk
www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/r.slavchov
Publications
2024
Peychev B, Arabadzhieva D, Minkov IL, Dimitrova IM, Mileva E, Smoukov SK and Slavchov RI (2024). Measuring the Equilibrium Spreading Pressure—A Tale of Three Amphiphiles. Mdpi Molecules vol. 29, (17) 10.3390/molecules29174004
Slavchov RI, Peychev B and Minkov I (2024). Electrolytes at Uncharged Liquid Interfaces: Adsorption, Potentials, Surface Tension, and the Role of the Surfactant Monolayer. American Chemical Society (Acs) Langmuir vol. 40, (33) 17170-17189. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01388
Slavchov RI, Iqbal MH, Faraji S, Madden D, Sonke J and Clarke SM (2024). Corrosion maps: Stability and composition diagrams for corrosion problems in CO2 transport. Elsevier Corrosion Science vol. 236, 10.1016/j.corsci.2024.112204
Peychev B, Arabadzhieva D, Minkov IL, Mileva E and Slavchov RI (2024). Quantifying the Hydrophobic Effect per CF2 Moiety from Adsorption of Fluorinated Alcohols at the Water/Oil Interface. Mdpi Molecules vol. 29, (7) 10.3390/molecules29071421
Burrows S, Shon JW, Peychev B, Slavchov R and Smoukov S (2024). Phase transitions of fluorotelomer alcohols at the water¦alkane interface studied via molecular dynamics simulation. Royal Society of Chemistry Soft Matter 10.1039/d3sm01444d
2023
Slavchov RI (2023). Theory of adsorption of ethoxylates at the water | oil and water | air interfaces. 1. Monolayers of single–component and Poisson distributed alkylphenol ethoxylates. Elsevier Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.068
Farren LJ, Sharifi N, Clarke SM and Slavchov RI (2023). Effect of the solvent quadrupolarizability on the strength of the hydrogen bond: Theory vs data for the Gibbs energy and enthalpy of homo- and heteroassociation between carboxylic acids and water. American Institute of Physics The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 158, (21) 10.1063/5.0137052
Peychev B, Arabadzhieva D, Minkov I, Mileva E, Smoukov SK and Slavchov RI (2023). Measuring the Adsorption of Electrolytes on Lipid Monolayers. American Chemical Society Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4652-4656. 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00795
Slavchov RI, Radev I, Philippi W, Peinecke V, Clarke SM and Filip S (2023). Can diesel internal injector deposits form via an electrokinetic mechanism? Elsevier Fuel vol. 338, 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.127153
Peychev B and Slavchov RI (2023). Interactions between Small Inorganic Ions and Uncharged Monolayers on the Water/Air Interface. American Chemical Society Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry) 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08019
2022
Feng J, Valkova Z, Lin EE, Nourafkan E, Wang T, Tcholakova S, Slavchov R and Smoukov SK (2022). Minimum surfactant concentration required for inducing self-shaping of oil droplets and competitive adsorption effects. Royal Society of Chemistry Soft Matter vol. 18, (35) 6729-6738. 10.1039/d1sm01326b
2021
Slavchov R, Peychev B and Ismail A (2021). Characterization of capillary waves: a review and a new optical method. Aip Publishing Physics of Fluids vol. 33, (10) 10.1063/5.0066759
Minkov IL, Dimitrova IM, Arabadzhieva D, Mileva E and Slavchov RI (2021). The cause of accelerated desorption of sparingly soluble dodecanol monolayers: Convection or leakage? Elsevier Colloids and Surfaces a: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects vol. 629, 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127414
Peychev B and Slavchov RI (2021). Adsorption model and phase transitions of diblock perfluoroalkylated surfactants at the water—alkane interface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.02.057
2020
Dimitrova IM, Yordanova VI and Slavchov RI (2020). Quadrupolarizability of Liquid Mixtures. American Chemical Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry B: Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Liquids, and Soft Matter 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c08841
Slavchov RI, Salamanca M, Russo D, Salama I, Mosbach S, Clarke SM, Kraft M, Lapkin AA and Filip SV (2020). The role of NO2 and NO in the mechanism of hydrocarbon degradation leading to carbonaceous deposits in engines. Elsevier Fuel vol. 267, 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117218
Nikolova M, Slavchov R and Nikolova G (2020). Nanotechnology in Medicine. Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Methods in Clinical Pharmacology Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-319-68864-0_45
2019
Slavchov RI, Dimitrova IM and Menon A (2019). From the molecular quadrupole moment of oxygen to the macroscopic quadrupolarizability of its liquid phase. Aip Publishing Llc Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 151, (6) 10.1063/1.5110675
Dreyer JAH, Slavchov RI, Rees EJ, Akroyd J, Salamanca M, Mosbach S and Kraft M (2019). Improved methodology for performing the inverse Abel transform of flame images for color ratio pyrometry. Optical Society of America Applied Optics vol. 58, (10) 2662-2670. 10.1364/AO.58.002662
Minkov IL, Arabadzhieva D, Salama IE, Mileva E and Slavchov RI (2019). Barrier kinetics of adsorption-desorption of alcohol monolayers on water under constant surface tension. Soft Matter vol. 15, (8) 1730-1746. 10.1039/c8sm02076k
Minkov IL, Arabadzhieva D, Salama IE, Mileva E and Slavchov RI (2019). Correction: Barrier kinetics of adsorption-desorption of alcohol monolayers on water under constant surface tension (Soft Matter (2019), DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02076k). Soft Matter vol. 15, (8) 1890-1890. 10.1039/C9SM90032B
2018
Martin JW, Botero M, Slavchov RI, Bowal K, Akroyd J, Mosbach S and Kraft M (2018). Flexoelectricity and the Formation of Carbon Nanoparticles in Flames. American Chemical Society (Acs) The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 122, (38) 22210-22215. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08264
Slavchov RI and Ivanov IB (2018). Effective osmotic cohesion due to the solvent molecules in a delocalized adsorbed monolayer. J Colloid Interface Sci vol. 532, 746-757. 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.08.025
Slavchov RI, Mosbach S, Kraft M, Pearson R and Filip SV (2018). An adsorption-precipitation model for the formation of injector external deposits in internal combustion engines. Applied Energy vol. 228, 1423-1438. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.130
Martin JW, Bowal K, Menon A, Slavchov RI, Akroyd J, Mosbach S and Kraft M (2018). Polar curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soot formation. Proceedings of The Combustion Institute vol. 37, (1) 1117-1123. 10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.046
Slavchov RI, Novev JK, Mosbach S and Kraft M (2018). Vapor Pressure and Heat of Vaporization of Molecules That Associate in the Gas Phase. American Chemical Society (Acs) Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research vol. 57, (16) 5722-5731. 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04241
2017
Martin JW, Slavchov RI, Yapp EKY, Akroyd J, Mosbach S and Kraft M (2017). The Polarization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Curved by Pentagon Incorporation: The Role of the Flexoelectric Dipole. American Chemical Society (Acs) The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 121, (48) 27154-27163. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b09044
Slavchov RI, Dimitrova IM and Radoev BP (2017). Contribution of the surface dipole moment and the contact potential-induced disjoining pressure to the stress balance at a three-phase contact. Pleiades Publishing Colloid Journal vol. 79, (6) 815-821. 10.1134/s1061933x17060151
Novev JK, Panchev N and Slavchov RI (2017). Evaporating foam films of pure liquid stabilized via the thermal Marangoni effect. Chemical Engineering Science vol. 171, 520-533. 10.1016/j.ces.2017.06.016
Dimitrova IM, Slavchov RI, Ivanov T and Mosbach S (2017). Comment on “A spherical cavity model for quadrupolar dielectrics” [J. Chem. Phys. 144, 114502 (2016)]. Aip Publishing The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 146, (18) 10.1063/1.4979717
Slavchov RI and Ivanov IB (2017). Adsorption parameters and phase behaviour of non-ionic surfactants at liquid interfaces. Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) Soft Matter vol. 13, (46) 8829-8848. 10.1039/c7sm01370a
2016
Nakayama Y, Slavchov RI, Bavi N and Martinac B (2016). Energy of Liposome Patch Adhesion to the Pipet Glass Determined by Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters vol. 7, (22) 4530-4534. 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02027
Peshkova TV, Minkov IL, Tsekov R and Slavchov RI (2016). Adsorption of Ions at Uncharged Insoluble Monolayers. American Chemical Society (Acs) Langmuir vol. 32, (35) 8858-8871. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02349
Dimitrova IM, Slavchov RI, Ivanov T and Mosbach S (2016). A spherical cavity model for quadrupolar dielectrics. Aip Publishing The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 144, (11) 10.1063/1.4943196
2015
Slavchov RI, Dimitrova IM and Ivanov T (2015). The polarized interface between quadrupolar insulators: Maxwell stress tensor, surface tension, and potential. Aip Publishing The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 143, (15) 10.1063/1.4933370
2014
Slavchov RI, Nomura T, Martinac B, Sokabe M and Sachs F (2014). Gigaseal Mechanics: Creep of the Gigaseal under the Action of Pressure, Adhesion, and Voltage. American Chemical Society (Acs) The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 118, (44) 12660-12672. 10.1021/jp506965v
Slavchov RI and Georgiev GS (2014). Markov chain model for the critical micelle concentration of surfactant mixtures. Springer Nature Colloid and Polymer Science vol. 292, (11) 2927-2937. 10.1007/s00396-014-3337-2
Slavchov RI and Peshkova TV (2014). Adsorption of ions at the interface oil|aqueous electrolyte and at interfaces with adsorbed alcohol. Elsevier Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 428, 257-266. 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.04.063
Slavchov RI (2014). Quadrupole terms in the Maxwell equations: Debye-Hückel theory in quadrupolarizable solvent and self-salting-out of electrolytes. Aip Publishing The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 140, (16) 10.1063/1.4871661
Slavchov RI and Ivanov TI (2014). Quadrupole terms in the Maxwell equations: Born energy, partial molar volume, and entropy of ions. Aip Publishing The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 140, (7) 10.1063/1.4865878
Zahariev TK, Slavchov RI, Tadjer AV and Ivanova AN (2014). Fully atomistic molecular‐mechanical model of liquid alkane oils: Computational validation. Wiley Journal of Computational Chemistry vol. 35, (10) 776-788. 10.1002/jcc.23546
Slavchov RI, Nomura T, Martinac B, Sokabe M and Sachs F (2014). Gigaseal Mechanics: Creep of the Gigaseal under the Action of Pressure, Adhesion, and Voltage. Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 118, (44) 12660-12672. 10.1021/jp506965v
2013
Slavchov RI and Novev JK (2013). Comment on “Surface tension of concentrated electrolyte solutions” (R.I. Slavchov, J.K. Novev, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 387 (2012) 234). Elsevier Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 423, 168-169. 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.11.058
Slavchov RI, Novev JK, Peshkova TV and Grozev NA (2013). Surface tension and surface Δχ-potential of concentrated Z+:Z− electrolyte solutions. Elsevier Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 403, 113-126. 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.04.038
Slavchov RI, Dimitrova IM and Ivanov IB (2013). Cohesive and non-cohesive adsorption of surfactants at liquid interfaces. Understanding Complex Systems 199-225. 10.1007/978-3-642-34070-3_22
Slavchov RI, Dimitrova IM and Ivanov IB (2013). Cohesive and Non-cohesive Adsorption of Surfactants at Liquid Interfaces. Without Bounds: a Scientific Canvas of Nonlinearity and Complex Dynamics Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-642-34070-3_22
2012
Slavchov RI and Novev JK (2012). Surface tension of concentrated electrolyte solutions. Elsevier Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 387, (1) 234-243. 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.07.020
2011
Ivanov IB, Slavchov RI, Basheva ES, Sidzhakova D and Karakashev SI (2011). Hofmeister effect on micellization, thin films and emulsion stability. Elsevier Advances in Colloid and Interface Science vol. 168, (1-2) 93-104. 10.1016/j.cis.2011.06.002
2010
Karakashev SI, Ivanova DS, Angarska ZK, Manev ED, Tsekov R, Radoev B, Slavchov R and Nguyen AV (2010). Comparative validation of the analytical models for the Marangoni effect on foam film drainage. Elsevier Colloids and Surfaces a Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects vol. 365, (1-3) 122-136. 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.01.054
Slavchov R and Tsekov R (2010). Quantum hydrodynamics of electron gases. Aip Publishing The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 132, (8) 10.1063/1.3328126
Slavchov R, Dutschk V, Heinrich G and Radoev B (2010). Justification of biexponential rate law of spreading over heterogeneous and rough surfaces. Elsevier Colloids and Surfaces a Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects vol. 354, (1-3) 252-260. 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.11.019
2009
Tsekov R, Ivanova DS, Slavchov R, Radoev B, Manev ED, Nguyen AV and Karakashev SI (2009). Streaming Potential Effect on the Drainage of Thin Liquid Films Stabilized by Ionic Surfactants. American Chemical Society (Acs) Langmuir vol. 26, (7) 4703-4708. 10.1021/la903593p
2006
Slavchov R, Ivanov T and Radoev B (2006). Effect of the surface polarizability on electrostatic screening in semiconductors. Iop Publishing Journal of Physics Condensed Matter vol. 18, (26) 10.1088/0953-8984/18/26/007
2005
Czarnecki J, Radoev B, Schramm LL and Slavchev R (2005). On the nature of Athabasca Oil Sands. Elsevier Advances in Colloid and Interface Science vol. 114, 53-60. 10.1016/j.cis.2004.09.009