Boris Borisovich Damaskin (1932-2019), right in the photo, and Oleg Aleksandrovich Petrii (1937-2021), headed the Dept successively after Frumkin, during 1976-1998 and 1998- 2008 periods. They were uniquely friendly to each other, despite (or because of?) essentially different research style and favorite topics. They co-authored, jointly or separately, many important Frumkin’s articles, and also wrote a number of textbooks.
Their complete lists of publications are available in jubilee special issues published in 2003 (Damaskin) and in 2008 (Petrii). All later articles are available in the international databases. Their last joint publication (2011) is the historical review on the ‘double layer’ concepts.
A number of their rarely available articles published in Russian are collected below (translated versions). Their joint photos can be found at the end of this page.
Petrii O.A. On the activity of electrolytic mixed platinum—ruthenium deposits in methanol electrooxidation reaction // Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1965. V. 160. P. 871-874, in Russian. Translated text and Captions (see Figs in original version). O.A. Petrii was very happy with this work, and monitored Pt-Ru literature during all his life. He completed two reviews on Pt-Ru in 2008 and in 2017. See also his importantr Pt-Ru articles with Entina below.
Entina V.S., Petrii O.A. Zhitnev Yu.N. Behavior of a platinum-ruthenium electrode in solutions of saturated alcohols and acetaldehyde // Sov. Electrochem. 1967. V. 3. P. 296-300. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1967. V. 4. P. 344-348.
Entina V.S., Petrii O.A. Comparison of the properties of compact and disperse platinum-ruthenium electrodes // Sov. Electrochem. 1968. V. 4. P. 97-100. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1967. V. 4. P. 111-114.
Entina V.S., Petrii O.A. Study of the adsorption properties of ruthenium and platinoruthenim electrodes // Sov. Electrochem. 1968. V. 4. P. 406-409. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1967. V. 4. P. 457-461.
Entina V.S., Petrii O.A. Electrooxidation of methanol on Pt + Ru and Ru electrodes at different temperatures // Sov. Electrochem. 1968. V. 4. P. 604-606. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1967. V. 4. P. 678-681.
Ivanov V.F., Damaskin B.B., Peshkova N.I., Ivashchenko A.A., Balashov V.F. Differential capacitance curves of a mercury electrode for concentrated solutions of salts in methanol and ethanol // Sov. Electrochem. 1968. V. 4. P. 768-770. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1968. V. 4. P. 851-854.
Petrii O.A., Kotlov Yu.G. Dependence of the charge of the surface of a platinum electrode on the potential in alkaline solutions // Sov. Electrochem. 1968. V. 4. P. 696-701. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1967. V. 4. P. 774-779.
Petrii O.A., Kotlov Yu.G. Determining the adsorption of ions on platinum by the method of adsorption potentials. I. Adsorption of Br– from acidic solutions // Sov. Electrochem. 1968. V. 4. P. 1139-1142. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1968. V. 4. P. 1256-1260.
Petrii O.A., Nguen van Tue, Kotlov Yu.G. Determining the adsorption of ions on platinum by methof of adsorption potentials. II. The adsorption of Br– on rhodium and iridium // Sov. Electrochem. 1969. V. 5. P. 1048-1051. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1969. V. 5. P. 1108-1112.
Kuznetsov V.A., Vasil’kevich N.G., Damaskin B.B. Polarography of ions of alkali metals in propylene carbonates // Sov. Electrochem. 1969. V. 5. P. 939-942. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1969. V. 5. P. 997-1000.
Vasina S. Ya., Petrii O.A. Adsorption of perchlorate ions on platinum and rhodium electrodes // Sov. Electrochem. 1970. V. 6. P. 231-234. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1970. V. 6. P. 242-246.
Petrii O.A., Kotlov Yu.G. Influence of solution pH on the adsorption of hydrogen and oxygen on platinum and rhodium electrodes // Sov. Electrochem. 1970. V. 6. P. 399-402. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1970. V. 6. P. 404-407.
Petrii O.A., Nguen van T’ue. Study of the surface state of an iridium electrode by the method isoelectric potential shifts // Sov. Electrochem. 1970. V. 6. P. 403-406. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1970. V. 6. P. 408-411.
Petrii O.A., Kazarinov V.E., Vasina S.Ya. Concentration dependence of sodium and cesium ion adsorption on the platinum electrode in acid solutions// Sov. Electrochem. 1970. V. 6. P. 712-715. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1970. V. 6. P. 729-732.
Petrii O.A., Kazarinov V.E., Shchigorev I.G. Specific adsorption of cesium ions on platinum electrode // Sov. Electrochem. 1970. V. 6. P. 1508-1511. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1970. V. 6. P. 1565-1568.
Topolev V.V., Petrii O.A. Adsorption properties of rhodium and palladium electrodes in acid solutions // Sov. Electrochem. 1970. V. 6. P. 1651-1654. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1970. V. 6. P. 1726-1730.
Joint photos of Boris Damaskin and Oleg Petrii are numerous, here is a small selection from various periods. Photo in the centrum shows presentation of the “Frumkin portrait by Picasso” (1965). Photos in the lower raw are collected during less formal Department meetings, where they always were singing some joke songs.
