Daniela Karashanova

Professor, PhD

Head of Electron Microscopy Laboratory

phone: +359 879 888 149

e-mail: dkarashanova@yahoo.com

2005, PhD in Physical Chemistry, Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses,

“Physico-chemical properties of silver sulphide vacuum deposited thin films: epitaxial growth and surface electrical properties”

1995, Master degree in Physics, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

March 2023-up to now Professor, Institute of Optical Materials and Technologies

2010-February 2023 Associate Professor, Institute of Optical Materials and Technologies

2010 up to now Head of Electron Microscopy Laboratory

2018 up to now Chair of the Scientific Council of IOMT

2001-2010, Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Assistant Professor

1995-1996, Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Physicist

1996-1999, Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, PhD student

1999-2001, Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Physicist

Investigations of the structure, morphology and phase composition of nanomaterials 

Physical vapour deposition of thin films  

Electrical properties and structural characterisation of thin films

Total number of publications: 141

Publications with impact factor or impact rang: 133

Total number of citations (self-citations excluded): 700

Н index (according to Web of Science): 14

Conference participations: 95

Projects: 19

• Supervisor of PhD student Radoslav Angelov, IOMT
• Course for the Doctoral School of the PhD Center of BAS: "Electron microscopy and electron diffraction in the structure analysis of materials"

1. “Scanning electron microscopy of biopolymer nanofibers and nanofibers with mineral additives, produced by sol-gel method” project of Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses-BAS in the frame of the project NANOBIOMAT joint with the Institute of Polymers-BAS and the Institute of Biophysics-BAS, financed by National Science Fund. Contract NT-4-02/2004, (2004-2008).
2. "Novel Functional Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Detection of Pesticides in Food“ - joint project with the Institute of Polymers – Bulgarian Academy of Science and „Asen Zlatarov" University – Burgas, financially supported by National Science Fund in the framework of National Thematic Programm „BIOLOGICAL RESSOURSES, BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND FOODS – QUALITY AND SAFETY“. Contract TK-X-1605/2006, (2006–2009).
3. "New Electrospun Polymeric Materials Containing Natural Biologically Active Compounds: Preparation and Properties", project of the Institute of Polymers-BAS, coordinator prof. Nevena Manolova. Contract T01/2, (2014-2017).
4. "Study on the possibilities for improving the mechanical properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-based electrospun materials", project of the Institute of Polymers, coordinator assoc. prof. Olya Stoilova. Contract DN 09/2 (2016-2018)
5. "Atomic layer deposition of dielectric nanolayers on 2D materials as active platforms for multifunctional devices", project of the Institute for Solid State Physics, coordinator assoc. prof. Dimitre Dimitrov, coordinator for IOMT prof. Vera Marinova. Contract DN 08/09, (2016-2020).
6. “Reversible polarization holographic recording in anisotropic azopolymer based nanocomposites”, coordinator Assoc. prof. Dimana Nazarova, IOMT. Contract DN 08/10, (2016-2018).
7. "Recovery and application of waste materials from the essential-oil industry for the "green" synthesis of metallic nanoparticles“, project of the University for food technology, coordinator assoc. prof. Anton Slavov, coordinator for IOMT assoc. prof. D. Karashanova (for the period 2017-may 2019). Contract DN 17/22, (2017-2020).
8. "Advanced multifunctional structures based on graphene and 2D materials”, coordinator for IOMT prof. V. Marinova, DSc. Contract KP-06-Н28/8, (2018-2021). Participation in the period 2018-may 2019.

• Expert in the Programme Committee of Horizon 2020,

Configuration Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing

• Bulgarian Crystallographic Society

2007, Postdoctoral Specialisation in CINaM, Marseille, France

"Influence of mechanical stress on the structure and properties of the vicinal surfaces in Si"

1. D.Karashanova, D.Kostadinova, S.Vasilev, N.Petrova, “Size and distribution of Pt nanoparticles in LDH nanocomposites at different temperatures”, Bulgarian Chemical Communications 44 (2012) 268–274.
2. R.G. Nikov, A.S. Nikolov, N.N. Nedyalkov, P. A. Atanasov, M. T. Alexandrov and D.B.Karashanova, „Processing condition influence on the characteristics of gold nanoparticles produces by pulced laser ablation in liquids“, Applied Surface Science 274 (2013) 105-109.
3. A.S. Nikolov, R.G. Nikov, N.N. Nedyalkov, P.A. Atanasov, M.T. Alexandrov аnd D. B. Karashanova, “Modification of the silver nanoparticles size-distribution by means of laser light irradiation of their water suspensions”, Applied Surface Science 280 (2013) 55– 59.
4. M. Dimitrova, E. Krumov and D. Karashanova, “Simplified procedure for Al2O3 microfibers preparation by the method of electrospinning”, Bulgarian Chemical Communications 45, Special Issue B (2013) 94-98.
5. D. Virovska, D. Paneva, N. Manolova, I. Rashkov, D. Karashanova, “Electrospinning/electrospraying vs. electrospinning: A comparative study on the design of poly(L-lactide)/zinc oxide non-woven textile”, Applied Surface Science 311 (2014) 842 - 850.
6. A.S. Nikolov, N.N. Nedyalkov, R.G. Nikov, I.G. Dimitrov, P.A. Atanasov, K. Maximova, P. Delaporte, A. Kabashin, M.T. Alexandrov, D.B. Karashanova, "Processing conditions in pulsed laser ablation of gold in liquid for fabrication of nanowire networks", Applied Surface Science 302 (2014) 243 - 249.
7. D. Dimova-Malinovska, K. Lovchinov, M. Petrov, D. Karashanova, O. Angelov, “Structural, optical and electrical properties of multilayer stacks ZnO:Al/Ag/ZnO:Al and ZrO2/Ag/ZrO2”, Energy Procedia 60 (2014) 143 - 147.
8. K.N. Kalinov, M.G. Ignatova, N.E. Manolova, N.D. Markova, D.B. Karashanova, I.B. Rashkov, “Novel antibacterial electrospun materials based on polyelectrolyte complexes of a quaternized chitosan derivative”, RSC Advances 5, 67 (2015) 54517 - 54526.
9. D. Virovska, D. Paneva, N. Manolova, I. Rashkov, D. Karashanova, “Photocatalytic self-cleaning poly(L-lactide) materials based on a hybrid between nanosized zinc oxide and expanded graphite or fullerene” Materials Science and Engineering C 60 (2016) 184 - 194.
10. R. Angelov, B. Georgieva, D. Karashanova, "Films of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, obtained by electrospraying, for paper and textile impregnation", Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 48, Special Issue G (2016) 156-160.
11. Т. Tsoncheva, А. Mileva, B. Tsyntsarski, D. Paneva, I. Spassova, D. Kovacheva, N. Velinov, D. Karashanova, B. Georgieva, N. Petrov, "Activated carbon from Bulgarian peach stones as a support of catalysts for methanol decomposition", Biomass& Bioenergy 109 (2018) 135-146.
12. Y.C. Lai, P.M. Rafailov, V.Marinova, S.H. Lin, Yu Peichen, Chi Gou Chung, D. Dimitrov, D. Karashanova, M. Gospodinov, “Chemical vapour deposition growth of single- and bi-layer graphene via altering gas flux geometry", Surface Science (2017) SUSC_2017_616.   
13. A. Karamanov, A. Kamusheva, D. Karashanova, B. Ranguelov, G. Avdeev, "Structure of glass-ceramic from Fe-Ni wastes", Materials Letters 223 (2018) 86-89.  
14. N. Dimitrova, J. Georgieva, S. Sotiropoulos, T.Z. Boiadjieva-Scherzer, E. Valova, S. Armyanov, O. Steenhaut, A. Hubin, D. Karashanova, "Pt(Cu) catalyst on TiO2 powder support prepared by photodeposition-galvanic replacement method", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 823 (2018) 624-632.
15. B. Georgieva, D. Karashanova, R. Angelov, A. Slavov, I. Vasileva, T. Dodevska, "TEM characterization of silver and gold nanoparticles synthesized by а ‘green’ method using water extract of Rosa Damascena petals waste and beer yeast", Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 50, Special Issue F (2018) 158-162.    
16. T. Dodevska, I. Vasileva, P. Denev, D. Karashanova, B. Georgieva, D. Kovacheva, N. Yantcheva, A. Slavov, “Rosa damascena waste mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Characteristics and application for an electrochemical sensing of hydrogen peroxide and vanillin”, Materials Chemistry and Physics 231 (2019) 335–343.
17. M.E. Koleva, N.N. Nedyalkov, D.B. Karashanova, G.B. Atanasova, A.L. Stepanov, “Modification of plasmon resonance properties of noble metal nanoparticles inside the glass matrices”, Applied Surface Science 475 (2019) 974–981.
18. N. Nedyalkov, M. Koleva N. Stankova, R. Nikov, A. Dikovska, L. Aleksandrov, R. Iordanova, G. Atanasova, D. Karashanova, K. Grochowska, G. Sliwinski, “All optical formation and decomposition of silver nanoparticles in glass”, Applied Surface Science 495 (2019) 143546.
19. S. Petrov, P. M. Rafailov, V. Marinova, S.-H. Lin, Y.-C. Lai, P. Yu, G.-C. Chi, D.Z. Dimitrov, D. Karashanova, M. Gospodinov, “Chemical vapor deposition growth of bilayer graphene via altering gas flux geometry”, Thin Solid Films 690 (2019) 137521.
20. T. Milenov, A. Dikovska, G. Avdeev, I. Avramova, K. Kirilov, D. Karashanova, P. Terziyska, B. Georgieva, B. Arnaudov, S. Kolev E. Valcheva, “Pulsed laser deposition of thin carbon films on SiO2/Si substrates”, Applied Surface Science 480 (2019) 323–329.
21. M.E. Koleva, N.N. Nedyalkov, Ru. Nikov, Ro. Nikov, G. Atanasova, D. Karashanova, V.I. Nuzhdin, V.F. Valeev, A.M. Rogov, A.L. Stepanov, ”Fabrication of Ag/ZnO nanostructures for SERS applications”, Applied Surface Science 508 (2020) 145227.
22. Ro.G. Nikov, N.N. Nedyalkov, D.B. Karashanova, “Laser ablation of Ni in the presence of external magnetic field: Selection of microsized particles”, Applied Surface Science 518 (2020) 146211.
23. T. Tsoncheva. I. Spassova, G. Issa, R. Ivanova, D. Kovacheva, D. Paneva, D. Karashanova, N. Velinov, B. Tsyntsarski, B. Georgieva, M. Dimitrov, N. Petrov, “Ni0.5M0.5Fe2O4 (M = Cu, Zn) Ferrites Hosted in Nanoporous Carbon from Waste Materials as Catalysts for Hydrogen Production”, Waste and Biomass Valorization 12 (2021) 1371–1384.
24. S. Todorova, J.L. Blin, A. Naydenov, B. Lebeau, D. Karashanova, H. Kolev, P. Gaudin, R. Velinov, L. Vidal, L. Michelin, L. Josien, D. Filkova, I. Ivanova, A. Dotzevа, K. Tenchev, “Co-Mn oxides supported on hierarchical macro-mesoporous silica for CO and VOCs oxidation”, Catalysis Today 361 (2021) 94–101.
25. Ru.G. Nikov, A.Og. Dikovska, G.V. Avdeev, G.B. Atanasova, D.B. Karashanova, S. Amoruso, G. Ausanio, N.N. Nedyalkov, „Single-step fabrication of oriented composite nanowires by pulsed laser deposition in magnetic field“, Materials Today Communications 26 (2021) 101717.
26. T.I. Milenov, I.A. Avramova, A. Dikovska, D. Karaivanova, P. Terziyska, S.K. Kolev, D. Karashanova, B. Georgieva, D. Dimov, V. Atanasov, E.P. Valcheva, „Modification of graphene-like, hydrogenated amorphous, hydrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon and amorphous carbon thin films by UV-C light“, Surfaces and Interfaces 24 (2021) 101073.
27. T. Milenov, T, Dimov, D, Nikolov, A, Stankova, N, Avramova, I, Karashanova, D, Georgieva, B, Avdeev, G, Karaivanova, D, Valcheva, E. Synthesis of graphene-like phases by laser ablation of micro-crystalline graphite in water suspension. Surfaces and Interfaces 24 (2021) 101491.
28. N. Stankova, A. Nikolov, E. Iordanova, G. Yankov, N. Nedyalkov, P. Atanasov, D. Tatchev, E. Valova, K. Kolev, S. Armyanov, D. Karashanova, N. Fukata, „New Approach toward Laser-Assisted Modification of Biocompatible Polymers Relevant to Neural Interfacing Technologies”, Polymers 13 (2021) 3004.
29. Ilieva, L, Ivanov, I, Sobczak, JW, Lisowski, W, Karashanova, D, Kaszkur, Z, Petrova, P, Tabakova, T. Effect of support preparation method on water-gas shift activity of copper-based catalysts. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 47 (2022) 41268-41278.
30. C. Rosmini, T. Tsoncheva, D. Kovatcheva, N. Velinov, H. Kolev, D. Karashanova, M. Dimitrov, B. Tsyntsarski, D. Sebastian, "Mesoporous Ce-Fe-Ni nanocomposites encapsulated in carbon-nanofibers: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior in oxygen evolution reaction" Carbon 196 (2022) 186-202.
31. Nedyalkov, N., Dikovska, A., Nikov, R., Nikov, Ro., Dliova, T., Atanasova, G., Aleksandrov, L., Karashanova D., Strijkova, V., Terakawa M.. Nanosecond laser-induced oriented periodic structures on AlN ceramic. Applied Surface Science, 585, 2022, ISSN:01694332, DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152712,
32. Kyuchyuk, S, Paneva, D, Karashanova, D, Markova, N, Georgieva, A, Toshkova, R, Manolova, N, Rashkov, I. "Core-Sheath-Like Poly(Ethylene Oxide)/Beeswax Composite Fibers Prepared by Single-Spinneret Electrospinning. Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antitumor Activities", Macromolecular Bioscience 22 (2022) 6.
33. Kyuchyuk, S, Paneva, D, Manolova, N, Rashkov, I, Karashanova, D, Markova, N. “Core/Double-Sheath Composite Fibers from Poly(ethylene oxide), Poly(L-lactide) and Beeswax by Single-Spinneret Electrospinning”. Polymers, 14, 5036, 2022.
34. Popova, М, Oykova, М, Dimitrov, М, Karashanova, D, Kovacheva, D, Atanasova, G, Szegedi, A. CO2 Hydrogenation to Renewable Methane on Ni/Ru Modified ZSM-5 Zeolites: The Role of the Preparation Procedure. Catalysts 12, 1648, 2022.
35. Palcheva, R, Kaluža, L, Petrova, T, Dimitrov, L, Karashanova, D, Tyuliev, G, Jirátová. K. Nanocrystalline Sulfided NiMoW Catalyst Supported on Mesoporous Aluminas for the Hydrodesulfurization of 4, 6-Dimethyldibenzothiophene. Crystals 13, 543, 2023.
36. Lazarova, K, Christova, D, Karashanova, D, Georgieva, B, Marovska, G, Slavov, A, Babeva, T. "Blending Approach Preparation of PVA-g-PMA Films with Embedded "Green" Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles for Acetone Optical Detection", Sensors 23 (6) (2023) 2941.