Mostly known to colleagues and friends as Sasha, Aleksandr M. Kuznetsov (1938-2009) was uniquely friendly and highly concentrated person. He kept the spirit of Theoretical Department for two decades after the Department was mostly dispersed all over the world at the very beginning of 1990s. He was also very precise theoretical instructor for experimentalist, and a great lecturer.
Memorial texts in J. Electroanal. Chem. 660 (2011) issue 2 (memorial special issue) and in J. Solid State Electrochem. 2009. V. 13. P. 1801-1802.
Alexander Kuznetsov Prize for Theoretical Electrochemistry is awarded by International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) every two years, starting from 2010.
This 2004 photo was taken in 2004, when Sasha Kuznetsov presented Christmas lecture “Phenomenological theory of Love” in Moscow University. He was uniquely creative both in science and beyond. As a part of Christmas performance, he wrote touching romance under the pseudonym A. Man (a man). He also cited the text of this imaginary author, named “Farfetched story”. Presentation (mostly in Russian) was serious and ironic simultaneously. Love was considered as a self-arranged structure affected by a number of factors/parameters, with corresponding equations and predictions.
This is A.M. Kuznetsov’s complete list of publications (his own last version, one article published posthumously is added). Translations of a number of his early articles (originally published in Russian) are collected below. The articles co-authored with V.G. Levich can be found at Levich’s page.
A number of Dogonadze’s articles are also in this list, and his coplete list of publications can be found in the introductory article of the memorial special issue (J. Electroanal. Chem. 1986. V. 204. P. 1-12).
Dogonadze R.R. Semi-classical treatment of electron exchange in solution // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1962. V. 142. P. 156-159. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1962. V. 142. P. 1108-1111.
Dogonadze R.R., Chizmadzhev Yu.A. Calculation of the probability of the elementary act of some heterogeneous oxidation-reduction reactions // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1962. V. 144. P. 463-466. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1962. V. 144. P. 1077-1080.
Dogonadze R.R., Chizmadzhev Yu.A. The kinetics of certain electrochemical oxidation-reduction reactions on metals // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1962. V. 145. P. 563-566. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1962. V. 145. P. 848-852.
Dogonadze R.R., Chizmadzhev Yu.A. The kinetics of some electrochemical oxidation-reduction reactions on semiconductors // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1963. V. 150. P. 402-405. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1963. V. 150. P. 333-336.
Dogonadze R.R., Chizmadzhev Yu.A. Structure and capacitance of the metal – fused salt interface // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1964. V. 157. P. 778-781. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1964. V. 157. P. 944-947.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of oxidation-reduction reactions in the system impurity semiconductor – electrolyte solution // Sov. Electrochem. 1965. V. 1. P. 661-663. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1965. V. 1. P. 742-744.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Some steady processes in semiconductor – electrolyte systems // Sov. Electrochem. 1965. V. 1. P. 898-900. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1965. V. 1. P. 1008-1011.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M., Chernenko A.A. Theory of slow electrons in liquids // Sov. Electrochem. 1965. V. 1. P. 1288-1295. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1965. V. 1. P. 1434-1442.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M., Chernenko A.A. Structure of the energy spectrum of the energy of electrons in unordered systems // Sov. Electrochem. 1966. V. 2. P. 578. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1966. V. 2. P. 620.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Role of the electron work function in electrochemical kinetics // Sov. Electrochem. 1967. V. 3. P. 329-331. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1967. V. 3. P. 380-383.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Influence of changes in the first coordination sphere of an ion on the reaction rate // Sov. Electrochem. 1967. V. 3. P. 1189-1194. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1967. V. 3. P. 1324-1330.
Kuznetsov A.M. A contribution to the theory of the elementary act of charge-transfer reactions in liquids. I // Sov. Electrochem. 1969. V. 5. P. 439-441. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1969. V. 5. P. 479-482. Part II is the next item (with a slightly different title).
Kuznetsov A.M. Elementary act of charge transfer in liquids. II // Sov. Electrochem. 1969. V. 5. P. 693-695. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1969. V. 5. P. 742-745.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Kuznetsov A.M. Theory of electrochemical reactions involving the transfer of several electrons // Sov. Electrochem. 1970. V. 6. P. 196-199. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1970. V. 6. P. 208-211.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetic theory of chemical reactions // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1970. V. 194. P. 781-783. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1970. V. 194. P. 1116-1118.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. I. Semiphenomenological theory // Sov. Electrochem. 1971. V. 7. P. 158-164. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1971. V. 7. P. 172-180.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. II. Phenomenological theory. General properties of polarization curves // Sov. Electrochem. 1971. V. 7. P. 289-294. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1971. V. 7. P. 306-312.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Kats V.M., Kuznetsov A.M. Calculation of the kinetics of chemical reaction in polar liquids for anharmonic molecular potentials // Sov. Electrochem. 1971. V. 7. P. 577. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1971. V. 7. P. 597. This is a single-page (with one Equation) abstact of 14-page article deposited to VINITI (ВИНИТИ), the institute formally responsible for collecting scientific information in Russia. Full text is hardly available now.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of electrode processes. III. Quantum-mechanical theory. The polar solvent models // Sov. Electrochem. 1971. V. 7. P. 735-742. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1971. V. 7. P. 763-770.
Kuznetsov A.M. Calculating the probability of electron transfer in polar medium // Sov. Electrochem. 1971. V. 7. P. 1028-1030. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1971. V. 7. P. 1067-1069.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. On the theory of simple substitution reactions in the liquid phase // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1971. V. 198. P. 377-380. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1971. V. 198. P. 130-133.
Vol’kenshtein M.V., Dogonadze R.R., Madumarov A.K., Kharkats Yu.I. Quasiclassical calculation of the probability for electron transfer via a virtual intermediate state of a bridging group // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1971. V. 199. P. 569-572. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1971. V. 199. P. 124-127.
Kukhtin R.I., Kuznetsov A.M., Lozhkin B.I., Boguslavskii L.I. Photoelectrochemical reactions at the antracene electrode. III. Kinetics in a medium with variable dielectric constant // Sov. Electrochem. 1972. V. 8. P. 1563-1566. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1972. V. 8. P. 1604-1608. Parts I and II are experimental articles of Boguslavsii et al.
Dogonadze R.R., Kornyshev A.A. Possible determination of the dielectric constant from the data on positronium scattering in a polar medium // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1972. V. 204. P. 521-524. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1972. V. 204. P. 1381-1384.
Vargaftik M.N., German E.D., Dogonadze R.R., Syrkin Ya.K. Kinetics and equilibrium of complex formation between the palladium (II) aquaion and aromatic amines in aqueous solution // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1972. V. 206. P. 769-772. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1972. V. 206. P. 370-373.
Dogonadze R.R., Ulstrup J., Kharkats Yu.I. A theory of concerted proton transfer reactions in a polar medium // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1972. V. 207. P. 965-968. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1972. V. 207. P. 640-643.
Dogonadze R.R., Kornyshev A.A. Ionic interactions in polar liquids // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1972. V. 207. P. 983-985. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1972. V. 207. P. 896-898.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Theory of proton transfer processes in a polar medium // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1973. V. 209. P. 321-324. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1973. V. 209. P. 1135-1138.
German E.D., Dogonadze R.R., Khidyreli V.K. Calculation of the activation energy of adiabatic reactions // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1973. V. 209. P. 354-357. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1973. V. 209. P. 1365-1368.
German E.D., Dogonadze R.R. Semiclassical calculation of kinetic parameters of some substitution reactions // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1973. V. 210. P. 399-402. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1973. V. 210. P. 377-380.
Dogonadze R.R., Kir’yanov V.A., Kornyshev A.A. Role of polar solvent structure in the statistical mechanics of strong electrolyte solutions // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1973. V. 212. P. 815-818. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1973. V. 212. P. 904-907.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. IV. Quantum-mechanical theory. Calculation of the probability of transition for nonadiabatic reactions within the harmonic approximation (general relationships) // Sov. Electrochem. 1974. V. 10. P. 658-667. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1974. V. 10. P. 658-667.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. V. Quantum-mechanical theory. Calculation of the probability of transition for nonadiabatic reactions within the harmonic approximation (entnglement of the quantum and classical degrees of freedom) // Sov. Electrochem. 1974. V. 10. P. 827-834. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1974. V. 10. P. 867-875. Here are the abstracts of two related articles deposited to VINITI in 1976.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. VI. Quantum-mechanical theory. Role of the interdependent character of the motion of individual atoms in reactions in which polyatomic systems participate // Sov. Electrochem. 1974. V. 10. P. 973-979. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1974. V. 10. P. 1023-1030.
German E.D., Dogonadze R.R. Connection between the rate constants of cross and symmetrical electron transfer reactions // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1974. V. 215. P. 303-306. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1974. V. 215. P. 620-623.
German E.D., Dogonadze R.R. Effect of pressure on the rate of ligand displacement processes in the coordination sphere of metal complexes // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1974. V. 216. P. 523-525. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1974. V. 216. P. 840-843.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. VII. Effect of the ionic atmosphere and double layer structure on the elementary act of an electrochemical reaction // Sov. Electrochem. 1975. V. 11. P. 1-6. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1975. V. 11. P. 3-8.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Dogonadze R.R., Zakaraya M.G., Kuznetsov A.M. Theory of low-temperature chemical reactions // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1975. V. 223. P. 832-835. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1975. V. 223. P. 1168-1171.
Kuznetsov A.M., Kharkats Yu.I. Semiclassical theory of adiabatic and nonadiabatic electron-transfer bridging reactions // Sov. Electrochem. 1976. V. 12. P. 1170-1176. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1976. V. 12. P. 1277-1283.
German E.D., Dvali V.G., Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Homogeneous electron transfer processes // Sov. Electrochem. 1976. V. 12. P. 639-643. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1976. V. 12. P. 667-672.
Vorotyntsev M.A., Dogonadze R.R., Zakaraya M.G., Kuznetsov A.M. Atom-molecule conversions in the condensed phase at low temperatures // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1976. V. 226. P. 1-3. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1976. V. 226. P. 105-108.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Quantum statistical and dynamical character of the elementary step of catalytic process // Sov. Electrochem. 1977. V. 13. P. 577-581. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1977. V. 13. P. 672-676.
Dogonadze R.R., Kuznetsov A.M. Dynamic effect of the ionic atmosphere in electrochemical kinetics with excess indifferent electrolyte // Sov. Electrochem. 1977. V. 13. P. 1085. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1977. V. 13. P. 1268-1269.
Itskovich E.M., Kuznetsov A.M. Problem of irreversibility in the theory of electronic and vibrational transitions in polar media // Sov. Electrochem. 1980. V. 16. P. 651-656. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1980. V. 16. P. 755-762.
Dogonadze R.R., Itskovich E.M. Optical absorption of trapped electrons in polar media which is accompanied by charge transfer // Sov. Electrochem. 1981. V. 17. P. 52-60. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1981. V. 17. P. 62-71.
Kuznetsov A.M. Free energy of activation of nonadiabatic electron transfer reactions and the parameters of solvent reorganization // Sov. Electrochem. 1981. V. 17. P. 70-74. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1981. V. 17. P. 84-89.
Kuznetsov A.M. Role of the interaction of reactants with a phonon field in electron transfer processes in polar media // Sov. Electrochem. 1982. V. 18. P. 522-525. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1982. V. 18. P. 594-597.
Kuznetsov A.M. Influence of the interaction of an electron with a phonon field on the transmission coefficient of a nonadiabatic transition in the Condon approximation // Sov. Electrochem. 1982. V. 18. P. 526-530. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1982. V. 18. P. 598-602.
Kuznetsov A.M. Effect of electronic state modulation by phonon fields on the kinetic parameters of nonadiabatic electron-transfer reactions // Sov. Electrochem. 1982. V. 18. P. 653-658. Russian version: Elektrokhimiya. 1982. V. 18. P. 736-742.