ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS OF DR. ZHORRO S. NIKOLOV

(NICKOLOV in publications)

 

 

1. G. Georgiev and J. Nickolov, Spontaneous Parametric Scattering of Light in Ammonium Bioxalate Monohydrate, Phys. Stat. Sol.(b), 86 (1978), 431-437.

2. G. Georgiev, J. Nickolov, P. Stanoev, Refractive Indices of Ammonium Bioxalate Monohydrate in the Infrared Region, Solid State Commun., 26 (1978), 3-5.

3. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, Z. Nickolov, S. Montcheva, Quantitative Analysis of Phytoplankton Monocultures in vivo by Laser Excited Fluorescence, J. Luminescence, 26 (1981), 151-157.

4. A. Abroskin, G. Georgiev, A. Devyatov, T. Lapshenkova, Z. Nickolov, K. Stamenov, V. Fadeev, A. Chekalyuk, V. Chubarov, Determination of Organic Admixtures in Seawater by Laser Fluorimetry, Bulg. J. Phys., 8 (1981), 267-273. (In Russian).

5. A. Chekalyuk, V. Fadeev, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, Application of Laser Induced Saturation of Molecular Fluorescence for Lifetime Measurements, Optics Commun., 38 (1981), 177-181.

6. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, D. Metchkov, Z. Nickolov, K.Stamenov, Influence of the Shape of the Exciting Laser Pulse on Fluorescence Saturation in the Quantitative Analysis of Dissolved Trace Organic Substances, J. Luminescence, 27 (1982), 89-99.

7. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, Z. Nickolov, Influence of the Space Distribution of the Laser Radiation on Fluorescence Saturation in Organic Molecules, Bulg. J. Phys., 9 (1982), 558-565.

8. A. Chekalyuk, V. Fadeev, G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, Z. Nickolov, Determination of Fluorescence Quantum Yields Using a Spontaneous Raman Scattering Line of the Solvent as Internal Standard, Spectroscopy Lett., 15 (1982), 355-365.

9. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, Z. Nickolov, Shape of the Single-Electron Photomultiplier Pulse When Accounting for the anode RC-Group, Bulg. J. Phys., 9 (1982), 215 (In Russian).

10. G. Georgiev, P. Georgiev, T. Gentchev, T. Kalkanjiev, D. Metchkov, Z. Nickolov, Minicomputer Controlled Laser Fluorimeter, Electroindustry and Instrument Design, No 10 (1982), 433-436. (In Bulgarian).

11. G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, Lasers in Oceanology, Bulletin of the National Ocean. Committee, No4 (1982), 3-8. (In Bulgarian).

12. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, Z. Nickolov, Programmable Controller for Stepping Motor Control, Electroindustry and Instrument Design, No5 (1983), 6-8. (In Bulgarian).

13. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, V. Petrov, Z. Nickolov, M. Miteva, Concentration-Dependence Studies of Raman Spectra of Water by the Method of Self Deconvolution, Chem. Phys. Lett., 103 (1983), 83-88.

14. T. Kalkanjiev, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, V. Petrov, Computerized Laser Raman Spectrometer, J. Mol. Struct., 115 (1984), 281-284.

15. Z. Nickolov, D. Dimitrov, G. Georgiev, Z. Mihova, An Algorithm for Optimization of the Conditions for Determination of the Total Concentration of a Multicomponent Mixture from its Fluorescence, Annuarie de L'Universite de Sofia, 78 (1984), (In Bulgarian).

16. Z. Nickolov, Application of Ultrashort Light Pulses in Holography, Physics (Sofia), No2 (1984), 11-16. (In Bulgarian).

17. T. Kalkanjiev, V. Petrov, G. Georgiev, M. Miteva, Z. Nickolov, A New Approach to the Analysis of the Effect of Dissolved Salts on the Raman Spectrum of Water, J. Mol. Struct., 115 (1984), 409-412.

18. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, V. Petrov, Z. Nickolov, Determination of Salts in Water Solutions by a Skewing Parameter of the Water Raman Band, Appl. Spectrosc., 38 (1984), 593-595.

19. G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, Laser Instruments for Remote Sensing of the Ocean Surface Layer, Oceanology (Sofia), No14 (1985), 91-98. (In Bulgarian).

20. G. Georgiev, T. Kalkanjiev, Z. Nickolov, V. Fadeev, T. Lapshenkova, A. Bekkiev, A. Chekalyuk, V. Chubarov, Investigation of Laser-Induced Sea Water Fluorescence Using Normalization by the Water Raman Signal, Annuarie de L'Universite de Sofia, 79 (1986), 64-78. (In Bulgarian).

21. I. Ivanov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, Influence of the Fluctuations of Laser Power on Fluorescence Saturation, Rev. Roum. Phys., 32 (1987), 141-145.

22. V. Zhelyaskov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, Temperature Study of Intra- and Inter-Molecular Coupling and Fermi Resonance Constants in the Raman Spectra of Liquid Water Using Fourier Deconvolution, J. Raman Spectrosc., 19 (1988), 405-412.

23. V. Zhelyaskov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, M. Miteva, Concentration Raman Study of Intramolecular, Intermolecular and Fermi Resonance Interactions in the OH Stretching Spectra of Dilute Solutions of HDO in D2O Using Fourier Deconvolution Technique, Mol. Phys., 64 (1988), 1133-1144.

24. V. Zhelyaskov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, M. Miteva, Concentration (D2O in H2O) and Temperature Raman Study of the Molecular Interactions in the OD Stretching Spectra of D2O and D2O/H2O Mixtures Using the Fourier Deconvolution Technique, J. Raman  Spectrosc., 20 (1989), 67-75.

25. V. Zhelyaskov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, M. Miteva, Raman Study of 12-Crown-4, 15-Crown-5, 18-Crown-6 and Their Complexation with Metal Cations Using Fourier Deconvolution of CH Stretching Spectra, Spectrochim. Acta, 45A (1989), 625-633.

26. V. Zhelyaskov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, M. Miteva, Raman Temperature Study of 12-Crown-4 Using Fourier Deconvolution of CH Stretching Spectra, Spectroscopy Lett.,   22 (1989), 15-29.

27. P. Yankov, Z. Nickolov, V. Zhelyaskov, I. Petkov, Fluorescence of the Benzophenone Ketyl Radical: Solvent Effects, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 47 (1989), 155-165.

28. V. Zhelyaskov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, M. Miteva, Temperature Dependencies of Intra- and Inter-Molecular Interactions in Water and 12-Crown-4 - a Comparison, J. Mol. Liq., 45 (1990), 115-119.

29. V. Zhelyaskov, G. Georgiev, Z. Nickolov, On the Behaviour of the High-Frequency Component of the OH Stretching Raman Band of Water in H2O2/H2O Mixtures, J. Raman Spectr., 21 (1990), 203-205.

30. G. Georgiev, J. Nikolov, Z. Nickolov, V. Zhelyaskov, Temperature Study of the Intramolecular Interactions in 15-Crown-5 and 18-Crown-6, Spectrochim. Acta, 47A, (1991), 749-757.

31. M. Stoev, V. Astinov, J. Maria, Z. Nickolov and G. Georgiev, Raman and IR Study on the H2O-CH3OH Mixed Solvent at 25 °C Using Fourier Deconvolution Technique, J. Mol. Struct., 293 (1993), 231.

32. Z. S. Nickolov, J. C. Earnshaw and J. J. McGarvey, Water Structure at Interfaces Studied by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy, Colloids and Surfaces A, 76 (1993), 41-49.

33. Z. S. Nickolov, J. C. Earnshaw and J. J. McGarvey, Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy as a Method to Study Water Structure Near Langmuir-Blodgett Films, J. Raman Spectrosc., 24 (1993), 411-416.

34. Z. S. Nickolov, J. C. Earnshaw, J. J. McGarvey and G. M. Georgiev, Raman Study of Dioxane/D2O Mixtures by Analysis of the O-D Band Structure, J. Raman Spectrosc., 25 (1994), 837-844.

35. Z. S. Nickolov and J. C. Earnshaw, Phase Transitions in C10E5/water System Studied by Raman Spectroscopy of the O-H Band, J. Mol. Struct., 348 (1995), 273-276.

36. Z. S. Nickolov, G. Georgiev, I. Ivanov and D. Stoilova, Raman and IR Study of Cobalt Acetate Dihydrate, J. Mol. Struct., 354 (1995), 119-125.

37. Z. S. Nickolov, J. C. Earnshaw, F. Mallamace, N. Micali and C. Vasi, A Light Scattering Study of Phase Transitions in Aqueous Solutions of Nonionic Amphiphiles, Physical Review E, 52 (1995), 5241-5249.

38. Z. S. Nickolov, I. Ivanov, G. Georgiev and D. Stoilova, Raman Study of Complexation in Aqueous Solutions of Magnesium Acetate, J. Mol. Struct., 377 (1996), 13-17.

39. N. Goutev and  Z. S. Nickolov, Raman Studies of Three-Dimensional Foam, Physical Review E, 54 (1996), 1725-1733.

40. N. Goutev, Z. S. Nickolov and J. J. Ramsden, Waveguide Raman Spectroscopy of Si(Ti)O2  Thin Films with Grating Coupling, J. Raman Spectrosc., 27 (1996), 897-900.

41. N. Goutev, Z. S. Nickolov, G. Georgiev and H. Matsuura, Hydration of a Short Chain Poly(Oxyethylene) (C1E2C1) Studied by Analysis of the O-H Raman Band, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 93, (1997), 3167-3171.

42. N. Goutev, Z. S. Nickolov and H. Matsuura, Hydration Structure of 1,2–Dimethoxyethane (C1E1C1): O-H Raman Band Studies, J. Mol. Liq., 76 (1998), 117-126.

43. G. Stanev, N. Goutev and  Z. S. Nickolov, Coupled Waveguides for Raman Studies of Thin Liquid Films, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 31 (1998), 1782-1786.

44. Z. S. Nickolov, G. M. Georgiev, Measurement Errors with Micro-Laser Particle Spectrometer mLPS-16, Bulg. J. Phys., 25 (1998), 104-111.

45. M. Georgiev, N. Goutev, Z. Nickolov, G. Georgiev, and J. J. Ramsden, FTIR Studies of the Structure of Water in Salt Solutions, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3571 (1999), 234-239.

46. Z. S. Nickolov, K. Ohno, and H. Matsuura, FTIR-ATR Studies of the Hydration of  15-Crown-5 and 18-Crown-6 in Aqueous Solutions, J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, (1999),  7544-7551.

47. V. S. Marinov, Z. S. Nickolov, and H. Matsuura, Raman Spectroscopic Study of Hydration Behavior in Aqueous Nonionic Amphiphile Solutions, J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, (2001), 9953-9959.

48. Z. S. Nickolov, N. Goutev, and H. Matsuura, Hydrogen Bonding in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of 1,2-Dimethoxyethane: Formation of Water Clusters, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105 (2001), 10884-10889.

49. M. Georgiev, N. Goutev, Z. Nickolov, and G. Georgiev,  Raman Spectroscopy of Aqueous Salt Solutions, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4397, (2001) 241-245.

50. M. Georgiev, N. Goutev, Z. S. Nickolov, J. J. Ramsden, and G. Georgiev, Thermodynamic Parameters of Water Calculated from its Infrared OH Stretching Spectrum, Phil. Mag. B, 82 (2002), 1795-1807.

51. M. Georgiev, T. Popova, N. Goutev, Z. Nickolov and G. Georgiev, Raman Spectroscopic Studies of the OH Stretching Band of Short Polyoxyethylene Chains (C1EnC1, n=1-4): Concentrational And Temperature Dependences, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5226, (2003) 174-178.

52. Z. S. Nickolov, O. Ozcan, and J. D. Miller, FTIR Analysis of Water Structure and Its Significance in the Flotation of Sodium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate Salts, Colloids and Surfaces A, 224, (2003), 231-239.

53. Ö. Özcan, M. S. Çelik, Z. S. Nickolov, and J. D. Miller. Effect of Thermal Stability on the Flotation Response of Sodium Carbonate Salts, Minerals Engineering, 16, (2003), 353-358.

54. Z. S. Nickolov, O. Ozcan, and J. D. Miller, FTIR Analysis of Water Structure and its Significance in the Flotation of Sodium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate Salts, 2003 SME Annual Meeting Preprints, SME Annual Meeting, February 22-24, 2003, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

55. Z. S. Nickolov, V. Parachuri, D. O. Shah, and J. D. Miller, FTIR-ATR Studies of Water Structure in Reverse Micelles Used as Microreactors for the Synthesis of YBa2Cu3O7-x Nanoparticles, Colloids and Surfaces A, 232(1), (2004), 93-99.

56. Z. S. Nickolov, X. Wang, J. D. Miller, Liquid/Air Interfacial Structure of Alcohol - Octyl Hydroxamic Acid Mixtures: A Study by Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy, Spectrochim. Acta A, 60(12), (2004), 2711-2717.

57. Z. S. Nickolov, J. D. Miller, Sum Frequency Spectroscopy Reveals New Possibilities to Study Interfaces, 2004 SME Annual Meeting Preprints, (2004), p 699-704.

58. M. Georgiev, T. Popova, Z. S. Nickolov, N. Goutev, G. Georgiev, H. Matsuura, Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Hydration of Short-Chain Poly(Oxyethylene)s C1EnC1 (n = 1−4), Central European Journal of Chemistry, 2(4), (2004), 617-626.

59. M. Georgiev, Z. S. Nickolov, N. Goutev, G. Georgiev, Excess Thermodynamic Quantities of D2O Water Calculated from its Raman O-D Stretching Spectra, Central European Journal of Physics, 3(1), (2005), 104-114.

60. Z. S. Nickolov and J. D. Miller, Water Structure in Aqueous Solutions of Alkali Halide Salts: FTIR Spectroscopy of the OD Stretching Band, J. Coll. Int. Sci., 287, (2005), 572-580.

61. O. Ozdemir A.V. Nguyen, Z. S. Nickolov, M. S. Çelik, and J. D. Miller, Flotation Chemistry Considerations in the Development of Flotation Technology for the Trona Industry, XXIII International Mineral Processing Congresss Proceedings, (2006), September 3-8, Istanbul, Turkey.

62. Z. S. Nickolov, D. W. Britt and J. D. Miller, Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy Analysis of Two-Component Langmuir Monolayers and the Associated Interfacial Water Structure, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, (2006), 15506-15513.

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