Education

Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics (Chemical Physics)
Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, 1991
PhD (Chemical Physics), Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, 1979
Diploma, Physics and Applied Mathematics, Novosibirsk University, Novosibirsk, 1972

Research Interest

• Chemical kinetics and thermodynamics of gas phase reactions. Thermodynamics of free radicals and strengths of chemical bonds.
• Kinetics of particle nucleation and growth.
• Reactions in non-thermal plasmas.
• Supercritical fluids as process media. Reactions, film deposition and nanoparticle formation from supercritical solutions

Selected Recent Publications

L.N. Krasnoperov, J. Peng, and P. Marshall. "Modified Transition State Theory and Negative Apparent Activation Energies of Simple Metathesis Reactions: Application to the Reaction CH3 + HBr --> CH4 + Br", J. Phys. Chem A. (2006), 110(9), 3110-3120.

Y. Gao, I.M. Alecu, P.-C. Hsieh, B.P. Morgan, P. Marshall, and L.N. Krasnoperov.  “Thermochemistry Is Not a Lower Bound to the Activation Energy of Endothermic Reactions: A Kinetic Study of the Gas-Phase Reaction of Atomic Chlorine with Ammonia.”   J.  Phys. Chem. A,  ACS  ASAP Web release,  March 2006. 

D. Johnson, L.N. Krasnoperov, S. Raoult and R. Lesclaux "UV Absorption Spectra of Methyl-substituted Hydroxy-cyclohexadienyl Radicals in the Gas Phase", The Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology - Section A. 2005, 176, 98-106.

V. Stepanov, I.B. Elkina, X. Zhang and L.N. Krasnoperov. "Production of Nanocrystalline RDX by Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions". Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 30(3), 2005, 178-183

L.N. Krasnoperov, E.N. Chesnokov,E.N., H. Stark, A.R. Ravishankara. "Unimolecular Dissociation of Formyl Radical, HCO --> H + CO, Studied Over 1 - 100 bar Pressure Range". J. Phys. Chem. A. 2004, 108, 11526-11536.

L.N. Krasnoperov, J.V. Michael. "High Temperature Shock Tube Studies Using a Novel Multi-Pass Absorption Cell: Rate Constant Results for OH + CH3, OH + CH2, and the Dissociation of CH3OH". J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 108(40); 8317-8323.

L.N. Krasnoperov, E.N. Chesnokov, H. Stark, A.R. Ravishankara. "Elementary reactions of formyl (HCO) radical studied by laser photolysis - Transient absorption spectroscopy." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2004, 30(1), 919-927.

J. Hahn, L.N. Krasnoperov, K. Luther, J. Troe. "Pressure dependence of the reaction H + O2 (+Ar) --> HO2 (+Ar) in the range 1-900 bar and 300-700 K." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2004, 6(9), 1997-1999.

L.N. Krasnoperov, J.V. Michael. "Shock Tube Studies Using a Novel Multipass Absorption Cell: Rate Constant Results For OH + H2 and OH + C2H6". J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 108(26), 5643-5648.

S.Y. Grebenkin, L.N. Krasnoperov. "Kinetics and Thermochemistry of the Hydroxycyclohexadienyl Radical Reaction with O2: C6H6OH + O2 <=> C6H6(OH)O2". J. Phys. Chem. A., 2004, 108, 1953-1963.

L.G. Krishtopa, L.N. Krasnoperov. "Destruction of isotopically enriched nitric oxide, 15N18O, in air in corona discharge: direct observation of NOx reduction to molecular nitrogen". Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies  (2003), 6(1), 30-34.

A.A. Chernov, L.G. Krishtopa, O.P. Korobeinichev, L.N. Krasnoperov. "Kinetics, products and mechanism of destruction of ethane in corona discharge." Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 2003, 6(1), 23-29.