Publications

Barber, A. P., Weber, A. R., & Lednev, I. K. (2024). Raman spectroscopy to determine the time since deposition of heated bloodstains. Forensic Chemistry, 37, 100549. 

Ralbovsky, N. M., & Lednev, I. K. (2024). Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning as a Potential Universal Diagnostic Technique. In Raman Spectroscopy in Human Health and Biomedicine (pp. 108-172). 

Almehmadi, L. M., Reverdatto, S. V., Ermolenkov, V. V., Shekhtman, A., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). In Situ Stability Test for mRNA Vaccines Based on Deep-UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry, 96(3), 1003-1008. 

Almehmadi, L. M., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Stand‐off Raman spectroscopy is a promising approach for the detection and identification of bloodstains for forensic purposes. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 

Goulart, A. C. C., Zângaro, R. A., Carvalho, H. C., Lednev, I. K., & Silveira Jr, L. (2023). Diagnosing COVID-19 in nasopharyngeal secretion through Raman spectroscopy: A feasibility study. Lasers in Medical Science, 38(1), 210. 

Amin, M. O., Al-Hetlani, E., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Discrimination of smokers and nonsmokers based on the analysis of fingermarks for forensic purposes. Microchemical Journal, 188, 108466. 

Ogilvie, R. H., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Soil from footwear is a newly rediscovered type of forensic evidence due to the application of modern analytical techniques: A review. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 117081. 

Khandasammy, S. R., Halámková, L., Baudelet, M., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Identification and highly selective differentiation of organic gunshot residues utilizing their elemental and molecular signatures. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 291, 122316. 

Kistenev, Y. V., Borisov, A. V., Samarinova, A. A., Colón-Rodríguez, S., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). A novel Raman spectroscopic method for detecting traces of blood on an interfering substrate. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 5384. 

Sikirzhytskaya, A., Sikirzhytski, V., Pérez-Almodóvar, L., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Raman spectroscopy for the identification of body fluid traces: Semen and vaginal fluid mixture. Forensic Chemistry, 32, 100468. 

Weber, A., Hoplight, B., Ogilvie, R., Muro, C., Khandasammy, S. R., Pérez-Almodóvar, L., Sears, S. & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Innovative vibrational spectroscopy research for forensic application. Analytical Chemistry, 95(1), 167-205. 

Khandasammy, S. R., Halámková, L., Baudelet, M., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Identification and highly selective differentiation of organic gunshot residues utilizing their elemental and molecular signatures. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 291, 122316. 

Khandasammy, S. R., Halámková, L., Baudelet, M., & Lednev, I. K. (2023). Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 291, 122316. 

Khandasammy, S. R., Bartlett, N. R., Halámková, L., & Lednev, I. K. (2022). Hierarchical Modelling of Raman Spectroscopic Data Demonstrates the Potential for Manufacturer and Caliber Differentiation of Smokeless Powders. Chemosensors, 11(1), 11. 

Almehmadi, L. M., Valsangkar, V. A., Halvorsen, K., Zhang, Q., Sheng, J., & Lednev, I. K. (2022). Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for drug discovery: peptide-RNA binding. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 414(20), 6009-6016. 

Ralbovsky, N. M., Dey, P., Galfano, A., Dey, B. K., & Lednev, I. K. (2022). A Novel Method for Detecting Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Blood Serum of mdx Mice. Genes, 13(8), 1342. 

Weber, A., & Lednev, I. K. (2022). Brightness of blood: Review of fluorescence spectroscopy analysis of bloodstains. Frontiers in Analytical Science, 2, 906532. 

Quiñones-Ruiz, T., Rosario-Alomar, M. F., Shanmugasundaram, M., Ali, M. M., & Lednev, I. K. (2022). Spontaneous Refolding of Amyloid Fibrils from One Polymorph to Another Caused by Changes in Environmental Hydrophobicity. Biochemistry, 61(14), 1456-1464. 

Ralbovsky, N. M., & Lednev, I. K. (2022). Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy Assisted Diagnosis of Diabetics. In Advanced Bioscience and Biosystems for Detection and Management of Diabetes (pp. 133-164). Cham: Springer International Publishing. 

Amin, M. O., Al-Hetlani, E., & Lednev, I. K. (2022). Detection and identification of drug traces in latent fingermarks using Raman spectroscopy. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 3136. 

Halamkova, L., Khandasammy, S. K., Lednev, I. K., & Bartlett, N. R. (2022). Hierarchical Modelling of Raman Spectroscopic Data Demonstrates the Potential for Manufacturer and Caliber Differentiation of Smokeless Powders. 

M.O. Amin, E. Al-Hetlani, I.K. Lednev. Trends in vibrational spectroscopy of fingermarks for forensic purposes. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2021, 116341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2021.116341 

Alexis Weber, Igor K. Lednev, Age Estimation of Bloodstained Fingermarks. Chapter 12 in Technologies for Fingermark Age Estimations: A Step Forward, Springer, 2021. 

Ralbovsky, N.M.; Lednev, I.K. Towards development of a novel universal medical diagnostic method: Raman spectroscopy and machine learning. Chem Soc Rev 2020, 49, 7428-7453 (journal impact factor 47). https://doi.10.1039/d0cs01019g  

Ralbovsky, N.M.; Lednev, I.K. Raman Spectroscopy and Advanced Statistics for Cancer Diagnostics. Chapter 8. In: V.V. Tuchin, J. Popp, and V. Zakharov (eds.), Multimodal Optical Diagnostics of Cancer. Publisher: Springer, Cham. 2020, 273-323. (First Online: 24 October 2020). ISBN 978-3-030-44593-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44594-2_8 

Alexis Weber, Igor K. Lednev, Raman Spectroscopy is Solving the Perpetual Problem of CSI: The Time of a Crime. Spectroscopy 2020, 35 (6), 41–44. Jun 01, 2020. http://www.spectroscopyonline.com/raman-spectroscopy-solving-perpetual-problem-csi-time-crime

Vibrational Spectroscopy in Protein Research: From Purified Protein to Aggregates and Assemblies. Edited by Yukihiro Ozaki, Malgorzata Baranska, Igor K. Lednev, Bayden R. Wood. Elsevier: Academic Press, 2020, 585 p. ISBN: 978-0-12-818610-7. (June 15, 2020)

Joseph Handen and Igor K. Lednev. Ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy for understanding structure and formation mechanism of amyloid fibrils. Chapter 14 in Vibrational Spectroscopy in Protein Research: From Purified Protein to Aggregates and Assemblies. Edited by Yukihiro Ozaki, Malgorzata Baranska, Igor K. Lednev, Bayden R. Wood. Elsevier: Academic Press, 2020, pp 415-434. ISBN: 978-0-12-818610-7. (June 15, 2020)

Alexis Weber and Igor K. Lednev, Review: Crime clock – analytical studies for approximating time since deposition of bloodstains. Forensic Chemistry, 2020, 19: 100248.

Marisia A. Fikiet, Shelby R. Khandasammy, Ewelina Mistek, Yasmine Ahmed, Lenka Halámková, Justin Bueno, Igor K. Lednev. Chapter 9. Forensics: evidence examination via Raman spectroscopy. In “Micro-Raman spectroscopy theory and application.” Eds. Jürgen Popp and Thomas Mayerhöfer, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, ISBN 3110514796, 9783110514797 (2020), 220 pages. (February 24, 2020)

Manuel F. Rosario-Alomar, Tatiana Quiñones-Ruiz, Dmitry Kurouski, Valentin Sereda, Eduardo DeBarros-Ferreira, Lorraine De Jesús-Kim, Samuel Hernández-Rivera, Dmitri V. Zagorevski, Leishla M. Cruz-Collazo, Igor K. Lednev and Juan López-Garriga (2019). Inhibition of Protein Fibrillation by Hydrogen Sulfide. in Amyloid Diseases,  Dmitry Kurouski (Ed.), Publisher: IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.73821, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.86221. p.p. 255-273. (Published: August 7th 2019)

Khandasammy, S. R., & Lednev, I. K. Vibrational Spectroscopy: The New Horizon for Gunshot Residue Analysis. Chapter 2 in Forensic Analysis of Gunshot Residue, 3D-Printed Firearms, and Gunshot Injuries: Current Research and Future Perspectives, NOVA Science Publishers, Inc. New York. 2019, pp. 33-54. 

M.A. Fikiet, S.R. Khandasammy, E. Mistek, Y. Ahmed, L. Halámková, J. Bueno, I.K. Lednev, Forensics: evidence examination via Raman spectroscopy, Physical Science Reviews 2019, 4(2), 20170049. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.  ISSN (Online) 2365-659X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2017-0049 (Published Online: 2018-09-20)

Ralbovsky, N.; Lednev, I.K. Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: A Potential Universal Method for Diagnosing Cancer. Spectrochimica Acta Part A 2019.

Marisia A. Fikiet, Shelby R. Khandasammy, Ewelina Mistek, Yasmine Ahmed, Lenka Halámková, Justin Bueno, Igor K. Lednev. “Micro-Raman spectroscopy theory and application.” – Book chapter – in press

Ewelina Mistek, Marisia A. Fikiet, Shelby R. Khandasammy, Igor K. Lednev. “Toward Locard's exchange principle: Recent developments in forensic trace evidence analysis.” Analyt Chem 2019, 91: 637-654.

Bulone, D., San Biagio, P.L., Quiñones-Ruiz, T., Rosario-Alomar, M., Lednev, I.K., Robb, F.T., Conway de Macario, E., Macario, A.J.L.  A Multipronged Method for Unveiling Subtle Structural-Functional Defects of Mutant Chaperone Molecules Causing Human Chaperonopathies, in Protein Misfolding Diseases: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1873, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. 2019

Mistek, E.; Lednev, I.K. FT-IR Spectroscopy for Identification of Biological Stains for Forensic Purposes. IR Spectroscopy for Today’s Spectroscopists, August 2018, 8-28.

Fikiet, M. A.; Khandasammy, S. R.; Mistek, E.; Ahmed, Y.; Halamkova, L.; Bueno, J.; Lednev, I. K., Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy: A review of recent applications in forensic science. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2018,197, 255–260.

S.R.Khandasammy, M.A.Fikiet, E. Mistek, Y. Ahmed, L. Halámková, J. Bueno. I.K.Lednev. Bloodstains, Paintings, and Drugs: Raman Spectroscopy Applications in Forensic Science. Forensic Chemistry 2018, 8, 111-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2018.02.002

R.S. Jakubek, J. Handen, S.E. White, S.A. Asher, I.K. Lednev. Ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopic markers for protein structure and dynamics. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2018,103, 223-229 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2017.12.002.

K.C. Doty, I.K. Lednev. Raman spectroscopy for forensic purposes: Recent applications for serology and gunshot residue analysis. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2018,103, 215-222 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2017.12.003.

C.K. Muro, K.C. Doty, J. Bueno, L. Halámková, 渡 邉 大 助 and I.K. Lednev. 振動分光学法科学に革命をもたらす新展開. J Spectroscopical Research Japan, 2016, 65(1), 3–32. (Review, in Japanese)

Doty, K. C., Muro, C. K., Bueno, J., Halámková, L. & Lednev, I. K. What can Raman spectroscopy do for criminalistics? J Raman Spectroscopy 2016, 47, 39-50, doi:10.1002/jrs.4826.

Penido, C. A. F. d. O., Pacheco, M. T. T., Lednev, I. K. & Silveira Jr., L.  Raman spectroscopy in forensic analysis: identification of cocaine and other illegal drugs of abuse. J Raman Spectroscopy 2016, 47, 28-38, doi:10.1002/jrs.4864.

Handen, J. D. & Lednev, I. K. Deep UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy for Characterizing Amyloid Aggregation. Methods Mol Biol 2016, 1345, 89-100, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2978-8_6 Methods and Protocols.  Methods in Molecular Biology (ed. David Eliezer) Ch. 6, 89-100 (Springer Science+Business Media, 2016).

C.K. Muro, K.C. Doty, J. Bueno, L. Halámková, and Igor K. Lednev. Vibrational Spectroscopy for Forensic Applications. Chapter 2 in Forensic Science ­ Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Engineering for Justice. Ed. E. Katz and J. Halamek. Wiley-VCH (2016). ISBN: 978-3-527-33894-8.

D. Kurouski,   R.P. Van Duyne, and I.K. Lednev. Exploring Structure and Formation Mechanism of Amyloid Fibrils by Raman Spectroscopy. A Review. Analyst, 2015, 140, 4967-4980, doi:10.1039/c5an00342c

Muro, C. K.; Doty, K. C.; Bueno, J.; Halamkova, L.; Lednev, I. K. Vibrational Spectroscopy: Recent Developments to Revolutionize Forensic Science, Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (1), 306-327.

Oladepo,S.A.; Xiong,K.; Hong,Z.; Asher,S.A.; Handen, Lednev, I.K. UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy: Elucidating Peptide and Protein Structure and Dynamics, Chem. Reviews 2012, 112, 2604-28 (review).

Lednev, I.K.; Sikirzhytski, V. Raman Spectroscopy and Advanced Statistics for Biochemical Research and Analytical Purposes, Am. Pharmac. Review, May/June 2012, 44-48.

Sikirzhytski, V.; Sikirzhytskaya, A; Lednev, I.K. Multidimensional Raman spectroscopic signatures as a tool for forensic identification of body fluid traces: A review, Appl. Spectros. 2011, in press. (Focal point review; Made a cover)

Nihal Simsek Ozek, Aliea Afnan, Justin Bueno,Greg Mclaughlin, Megan Ralbovsky, Aliaksandra Sikirzhytskaya, Vitali Sikirzhytski, Feride Severcan, and Igor K. Lednev. Forensic Applications of Vibrational Spectroscopy on Screening and Characterization of Tissues. Chapter 14 in Vibrational Spectroscopy in Diagnosis and Screening. Edited by F.Severcan and P. I. Haris, Vol. 6 of Series Advances in Biomedical Spectroscopy. IOS Press 2012, pp. 350-385

Shashilov, V. A.; Lednev, I. K. Advanced Statistical and Numerical Methods for Spectroscopic Characterization of Protein Structural Evolution, Chem. Reviews, 2010, 110 (10), 5692-5713 (review).

Topilina, N. I.; Sikirzhytski, V.; Higashiya, S.; Ermolenkov, V. V.; Welch, J. T.; Lednev, I. K. Genetically engineered polypeptides as a model of intrinsically disordered fibrillogenic proteins: deep UV resonance Raman spectroscopic study. In Instrumental analysis of intrinsically disordered proteins, Uversky, V. N.; Longhi, S., Eds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, NJ, 2010; pp 253-302.

Shashilov, V.A.; Lednev, I.K. Two-dimentional correlation Raman spectroscopy for characterizing proteins structure and dynamics, J. Raman Spectrosc. 2009, 40, 1749-1758 (Review).

Lednev, I. K., Biological Applications of Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy. In Protein Structures, Methods in Protein Structures and Stability Analysis. Part B: Vibrational Spectroscopy. Uversky, V. N.; Permyakov, E. A., Eds. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: 2007; pp 1-26.

Virkler, K.; Lednev, I.K. Analysis of Body Fluids for Forensic Purposes: From Laboratory Testing to Non-Destructive Rapid Confirmatory Identification at a Crime Scene, Forensic Sci. Int. 2009, 188, 1-17 (Review Made#1 on the journal list of the most downloaded articles in 2010 and 2011)

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “Langmuir Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Multilayers Containing Macrocyclic Ionophores”, Advanced Materials 1996, 8, 615-630 (Review)

Ralbovsky, N.M.; Fitzgerald, G.S.; Ewan C.McNay, E.C.; Lednev, I.K. Towards development of a novel screening method for identifying Alzheimer’s disease risk: Raman spectroscopy of blood serum and machine learning. Spectrochim Acta Part A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2021, 119603. (Published online February 22, 2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2021.119603  

Ralbovsky, N.M.; Dey, P.; Dey, B. K.; Lednev, I.K. Determining the stages of cellular differentiation using deep ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy. Talanta 2021, 227, 122164. (Published online February 9, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122164 

Ralbovsky, N.M.; Lednev, I.K. Analysis of individual red blood cells for Celiac disease diagnosis. Talanta 2021, 221, 121642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121642 

E. Mistek-Morabito, I. K. Lednev, Discrimination of menstrual and peripheral blood traces using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy and chemometrics for forensic purposes, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2021, (Published online February 13, 2021). doi:10.1007/s00216-021-03206-w

E. Mistek-Morabito, I. K. Lednev, Discrimination between human and animal blood for forensic purposes by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy, Communications Chemistry 2020, 3:178. (Published online December 10, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-00424-8

Weber, A.R. and I.K. Lednev, Crime clock – analytical studies for approximating time since deposition of bloodstains. For Chem, 2020. 19: p. 100248.

A. Wójtowicz, A. Weber, R. Wietecha-Posłuszny, I.K.Lednev. Probing menstrual bloodstain aging with fluorescence spectroscopy. Spectrochim Acta Part A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2020, 119172 (Published online November 13, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2020.119172 

E. Ryzhikova, N.M. Ralbovsky, V. Sikirzhytski, O. Kazakov, L. Halamkova, J. Quinn, E.A. Zimmerman, I.K. Lednev. Raman spectroscopy and machine learning for biomedical applications: Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis based on the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid.  Spectrochim Acta Part A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2020, 119188  (Published online November 13, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2020.119188 

S. Giuliano, E. Mistek-Morabito, and I.K. Lednev. Forensic Phenotype Profiling Based on the Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy of Blood: Chronological Age of the Donor. ACS Omega 2020, 5, 27026−27031. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c01914

Ralbovsky, N.M.; Dey, P.; A. Galfano, Dey, B. K.; Lednev, I.K. Diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in blood serum of MDX mice using Raman hyperspectroscopy. Scientific Reports 2020 10:11734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68598-8 

Bhavik Vyas, Lenka Halamkova, Igor K. Lednev. A Universal Test for the Forensic Identification of All Main Body Fluids Including Urine. Forensic Chemistry 2020, 100247 (Available online 21 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2020.100247 

Bhavik Vyas, Lenka Halamkova, Igor K. Lednev. A Universal Test for the Forensic Identification of All Main Body Fluids Including Urine. Forensic Chemistry 2020, 100247 (Available online 21 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2020.100247 

Bhavik Vyas, Lenka Halamkova, Igor K. Lednev. A Universal Test for the Forensic Identification of All Main Body Fluids Including Urine. Forensic Chemistry 2020, 100247 (Available online 21 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2020.100247 

Bhavik Vyas, Lenka Halamkova, Igor K. Lednev. A Universal Test for the Forensic Identification of All Main Body Fluids Including Urine. Forensic Chemistry 2020, 100247 (Available online 21 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2020.100247 

Taylor Casey, Ewelina Mistek, Lenka Halámková, Igor K. Lednev. Raman spectroscopy for forensic semen identification: Method validation vs. environmental interferences. Vibrational Spectroscopy 2020, 109, 103065.  (Available online 18 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vibspec.2020.103065 

M.A. Fikiet, D. Tuschel, V.V. Ermolenkov, and I.K. Lednev. Clarifying Glass Luminescence at Near-Infrared Excitation. Applied Spectrosc 2020, 74(2) 187–192.

E. Mistek, L. Halámková, I.K. Lednev.  Phenotype profiling for forensic purposes: Nondestructive potentially on scene attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy of bloodstains. Forensic Chemistry 2019,16: 100176.

Colón-Rodríguez, S., Schönhoff, M., Abdulkhalek, J., Quiñones-Ruíz, T., Bentham, S.W., Bhowmik, G., Huang, M., Langer, P., Lednev, I.K., Flechsig, G.-U., Rapid and accurate automatic temperature calibration of disposable screen-printed heated gold electrodes. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 2019, 851, 113414. doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.113414.

Ralbovsky NM, Halámková L, Wall K, Anderson-Hanley C, Lednev IK. Screening for Alzheimer's Disease Using Saliva: A New Approach Based on Machine Learning and Raman Hyperspectroscopy. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;71(4):1351‐1359. doi:10.3233/JAD-190675

Rosenblatt, Robert & Halámková, Lenka & Doty, Kyle & Oliveira, Emanuel & Lednev, Igor. (2019). Raman spectroscopy for forensic bloodstain identification: Method validation vs. environmental interferences. Forensic Chemistry. 16. 100175. 10.1016/j.forc.2019.100175. 

E Al-Hetlani; L Halamkova; MO Amin; IK Lednev: Differentiating Smokers and Nonsmokers Based on Raman Spectroscopy of Oral Fluid and Advanced Statistics for Forensic Applications.  J Biophotonics. 2019 Nov 8:e201960123. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201960123

Almehmadi, L.M., Curley, S.M., Tokranova, N.A. et al. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Single Molecule Protein Detection. Sci Rep 9, 12356 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48650-y

Khandasammy, SR; Rzhevskii, A; Lednev, IK: A Novel Two-Step Method for the Detection of Organic Gunshot Residue for Forensic Purposes: Fast Fluorescence Imaging Followed by Raman Microspectroscopic Identification. Anal. Chem. 2019, 91, 18, 11731-11737. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02306

Colón-Rodríguez, Sonivette; Schönhoff, Martin; Abdulkhalek, Juhaina; Quiñones-Ruíz, Tatiana; Bentham, Stephen W.; Bhowmik, Gourav; et al. (2019): Rapid and Accurate Automatic Temperature Calibration of Disposable Screen-printed Heated Gold Electrodes. ChemRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.8159642.v1

Mistek, Ewelina & Halámková, Lenka & Lednev, Igor. (2019). Phenotype profiling for forensic purposes: Nondestructive potentially on scene attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy of bloodstains. Forensic Chemistry. 16. 100176. 10.1016/j.forc.2019.100176. 

Ralbovsky, N.M.; Wall, K.; Halamkova, L.; Anderson-Hanley, C.; Lednev, I. K., Screening for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Saliva: A New Approach Based on Machine Learning and Raman Hyperspectroscopy. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2019; 71: 1351-1359. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-190675

 Ryzhikova, E.; Ralbovsky, N.M.; Halámková, L.; Celmins, D.; Malone, P.; Molho, E.; Quinn, J.; Zimmerman, E.A.; Lednev, I.K. Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectra of Human Serum for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 3256. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9163256 

Jeff Salyards, William MacCrehan, Bonner Denton, Karen Kafadar, Igor Lednev, Hal Stern, William Thompson. Letter to the Editors regarding Rodriguez-Cruz, S.E., and R.S. Montreuil. “Assessing the quality and reliability of the DEA drug identification process.” Forensic Chem 2019, 13, 100147.

Ralbovsky N.M.; Egorov V; Moskovets E; Dey P; Dey B. K.; Lednev I.K. Deep-ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy for cancer diagnostics: A feasibility study with cell lines and tissues. Cancer Stud Mol Med Open J. 2019; 5 (1): 1-10. doi: 10.17140/CSMMOJ-5-126.

Takamura A. , Hálamková L., Ozawa T., Lednev I.K., 2019. Phenotype Profiling for Forensic Purposes: Determining Donor Sex Based on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Urine Traces. Analyt Chem 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01058.

Fikiet, M. A.; Lednev, I. K., Raman spectroscopic method for semen identification: Azoospermia. Talanta 2019, 194, 385-389.

A.A. Nazeera, E. Al-Hetlania, M.O. Amina, T. Quiñones-Ruiz, I.K. Lednev.  A poly(butyl methacrylate)/graphene oxide/TiO2 nanocomposite coating with superior corrosion protection for AZ31 alloy in chloride solution. Chem Engineer J 2019, 361, 485–498.

Bueno, J.; Halámková, L.; Rzhevskii, A.; Lednev, I.K.  Raman Microspectroscopic Mapping as a Tool for Detection of Gunshot Residue on Adhesive Tape. Analyt Bioanalyt Chem 2018, 410(28), 7295–7303. (Chosen as a Paper in Forefront).

Doty, K.C.; Lednev, I.K. Differentiating Donor Age Groups Based on Raman Spectroscopy of Bloodstains for Forensic Purposes. ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 862−867. (Made a journal cover).

N. Ralbovsky, N. and Lednev, I.K.  Raman hyperspectroscopy shows promise for diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Biophotonics 2018, 4(25), 33–37.

Doty, K. C.; Lednev, I. K., Differentiation of human blood from animal blood using Raman spectroscopy: A survey of forensically relevant species. Forensic Sci Int 2018, 282, 204-210.

D'Elia, V.; Montalvo, G.; Ruiz, C. G.; Ermolenkov, V. V.; Ahmed, Y.; Lednev, I. K., Ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy for the detection of cocaine in oral fluid. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2018, 188, 338-340.

Korepanov, V. I.; Hamaguchi, H.-o.; Osawa, E.; Ermolenkov, V.; Lednev, I. K.; Etzold, B. J. M.; Levinson, O.; Zousman, B.; Epperla, C. P.; Chang, H.-C., Carbon structure in nanodiamonds elucidated from Raman spectroscopy. Carbon 2017, 121, 322-329.

Quinones-Ruiz, T.; Rosario-Alomar, M. F.; Ruiz-Esteves, K.; Shanmugasundaram, M.; Grigoryants, V.; Scholes, C.; Lopez-Garriga, J.; Lednev, I. K. Purple Fibrils: A New Type of Protein Chromophore. J Am Chem Soc 2017,139, 9755-9758, doi:10.1021/jacs.7b03056.

Mathew S. Boll, Kyle C. Doty, Ray Wickenheiser, Igor K. Lednev. Differentiation of hair using ATR FT-IR spectroscopy: A statistical classification of dyed and non-dyed hairs. Forens Chem 2017, 6, 1–9.

Ciro Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira Penido, Marcos Tadeu Tavares Pacheco, Etelvino Henrique Novotny, Igor K. Lednev, Landulfo Silveira Jr. Quantification of cocaine in ternary mixtures using partial least squares regression applied to Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. J Raman Spectrosc 2017, 48, 1732–1743.

Pazderková M, Pazderka T, Shanmugasundaram M, Dukor RK, Lednev IK, Nafie LA. Origin of enhanced VCD in amyloid fibril spectra: Effect of deuteriation and pH. Chirality 2017;1‐7. https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.22722

Doty, K.C.; Muro, C.M. and Lednev, I.K. Predicting the time of the crime: Bloodstain aging estimation for up to two years. Forensic Chem 2017, 5, pp 1-7

Muro, C.M and Lednev, I.K. Race Differentiation Based on Raman Spectroscopy of Semen Traces for Forensic Purposes. Analyt Chem 2017, 89 (8), pp 4344-4348. DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00106 

Sikirzhyskaya A., Sikirshytski, V., Lednev I.K. Determining Gender by Raman Spectroscopy of a Bloodstain. Analyt Chem 2017, 89 (3), pp1486-1492. DOI:10.1021/acschem.6b02986

 Muro, C.M. and Lednev, I.K. Identification of individual red blood cells by Raman microspectroscopy for forensic purposes: in search of a limit of detection. Analyt Bioanalyt Chem 2017, 409,287-293 (Journal Cover)

Sereda, V., and Lednev, I.K. Two mechanisms of tip enhancement of Raman scattering by protein aggregates. Appl Spectros 2017, 71, 118-128. DOI:10.1177/0003702816651890.

Nataraja S. Yadavalli, Nikolay Borodinov, Chandan K. Choudhury, Tatiana Quiñones-Ruiz, Amine M. Laradji, Sidong Tu, Igor K. Lednev, Olga Kuksenok, Igor Luzinov, and Sergiy Minko. Thermal Stabilization of Enzymes with Molecular Brushes. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 8675-8684.

Muro, C.K., Fernandes,L. d. S., Lednev, I.K. Sex Determination Based on Raman Spectroscopy of Saliva Traces for Forensic Purposes. Analyt Chem 2016, 88, 12489-12493

Tanja Deckert-Gaudig, Dmitry Kurouski, Martin A. B. Hedegaard, Pushkar Singh, Igor K. Lednev, Volker Deckert.  Spatially resolved spectroscopic differentiation of hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains on individual insulin amyloid fibrils.  Sci Reports. 2016, 6, 33575.

Mistek, E., L. Halamkova, K. C. Doty, C. K. Muro, and I. K. Lednev. Race Differentiation by Raman Spectroscopy of a Bloodstain for Forensic Purposes. Analyt Chem 2016, 88, 7453−7456 (Made a journal cover).

Claire K. Muro, Kyle C. Doty, Luciana de Souza Fernandes, Igor K. Lednev. Forensic body fluid identification and differentiation by Raman spectroscopy. Forensic Chem 2016, 1, 31-38. DOI:10.1016/j.forc2016.06.003

Thomas J. Paul, Zachary Hoffmann, Congzhou Wang, Maruda Shanmugasundaram, Jason DeJoannis, Alexander Shekhtman, Igor K. Lednev, Vamsi K. Yadavalli, and Rajeev Prabhakar.  Structural and Mechanical Properties of Amyloid Beta Fibrils: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach. J Phys Chem Lett 2016, 7, 2758-2764, doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01066.

Breydo, L., D. Kurouski, S. Rasool, S. Milton, J. W. Wu, V. N. Uversky, I. K. Lednev, and C. G. Glabe.. Structural differences between amyloid beta oligomers. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (BBRC). 2016, 477, 700-705. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.06.122.

J. Manheim, K.C. Doty, G. McLaughlin and I.K. Lednev.  Differentiation of human, cat, dog, and synthetic hair by attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy for forensic purposes. Applied Spectroscopy 2016, 70(7) 1109–1117.

Sereda, V., Ralbovsky N.M., Vasudev M.C., Naik R.R. & Lednev, I. K. Polarized Raman spectroscopy for determining the orientation of di-d-phenylalanine molecules in a nanotube. J Raman Spectroscopy, 2016,47, 1056–1062. DOI: 10.1002/jrs.4884.

Doty, K. C., McLaughlin, G. & Lednev, I. K. A Raman "spectroscopic clock" for bloodstain age determination: the first week after deposition. Analyt Bioanalyt Chem 2016, 408 (15), 3993-4001 doi:10.1007/s00216-016-9486-z (2016).

Garip, S.; Bayari, S. H.; Severcan, M.; Abbas, S.; Lednev, I. K.; Severcan, F., Structural effects of simvastatin on liver rate tissue: Fourier transform infrared and Raman microspectroscopic studies. J Biomed Opt 2016, 21 (2), 25008. doi:10.1117/1.JBO.21.2.025008

E. A. Zimmerman and I.K. Lednev. Application of Raman Spectroscopy to Clinical Medicine: Potential Use as an Accurate Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease.  F&M Scientist, 2016, 151-163.

Sereda, V., Sawaya, M. R. & Lednev, I. K. Structural Organization of Insulin Fibrils Based on Polarized Raman Spectroscopy: Evaluation of Existing Models. J Am Chem Soc, 2015, 137, 11312-11320, doi:10.1021/jacs.5b07535.

Zaarur, N. … Shanmugasundaram, M. … Lednev, I. K.; Chernoff, Y. O.; Sherman, M. Y. RuvbL1 and RuvbL2 enhance aggresome formation and disaggregate amyloid fibrils. Embo J 2015, 34, 2363-2382, doi:10.15252/embj.201591245.

Shanmugasundaram, M; Kurouski, D; Wan, W; Stubbs, G; Dukor, R. K.; Nafie, L. A.; Lednev, I. K. Rapid Filament Supramolecular Chirality Reversal of HET-s (218-289) Prion Fibrils Driven by pH Elevation. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 8521 - 8525.

E. Mistek, I.K. Lednev, Identification of species' blood by attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Anlayt Bioanalyt Chem 2015, 407, 7435-7442, DOI:10.1007/s00216-015-8909-6

Ryzhikova, E. Kazakov, O., Halamkova L., Celmins, D., Malone, P., Molho, E., Zimmerman, E. A., Lednev, I.K., Raman spectroscopy of blood serum for Alzheimer's disease diagnosics: specificity relative to other types of dementia. J Biophotonics, 2015, 8 (7), 584-596 (Made journal cover)

McLauglin, G., Lednev, I.K. In Situ Identification of Semen Stains on Common Substrates via Raman Spectroscopy. J Forensic Sci 2015, 60, 595-604

Rosario-Alomar, M. F.; Quiñones-Ruiz, T.; Kurouski, D.; Sereda, V.; Ferreira, E. B.; Jesús-Kim, L. D.; Hernández-Rivera, S.; Zagorevski, D. V.; López-Garriga, J.; Lednev, I. K. Hydrogen Sulfide Inhibits Amyloid Formation. J Phys Chem B, 2015, 119, 1265.

Kurouski, D.; Handen, J. D.; Dukor, R. K.; Nafie, L. A.; Lednev, I. K. Supramolecular chirality in peptide microcrystals. Chem Comm, 2015, 51, 89.

Takor, G.A., Higashiya, S., Sikirzhytski, V.K., Seeley, J.P., Lednev, I.K., Welch, J.T. The role of proline-containting peptide triads in beta-sheet formation: A kinetic study. Biopolymers 2015, 103, 339-350

Min, W; Angileri, F; Luo, H; Lauria, A; Shanmugasundaram, M; Almerico, A. M.; Cappello, F; de Macario, E. C.; Lednev, I. K.; Macario, A. J. L; Robb, F. T. A Human CCT5 Gene Mutation Causing Distal Neuropathy Impairs Hexadecamer Assembly in an Archaeal Model. Sci. Rep., 2014, 6688, doi: 10.1038/srep06688

Sereda, V., Lednev, I.K. Polarized Raman spectroscopy of Aligned Insulin Fibrils.J Raman Spectros 2014, 45(8), 665-671

McLaughlin, G.; Lednev, I.K. A modified Raman multidimensional spectroscopic signature of blood to account for the effect of laser power. Forensic Sci. Int. 2014, 240, 88-94.

Bueno, J.; and Lednev, I.K.  Raman microspectroscopic chemical mapping and chemometric classification for the identification of gunshot residue on adhesive tape." Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2014, 406(19): 4595-4599. 

Bueno, J; and Lednev, I.K. Attenuated Total Reflectance-FT-IR Imaging for Rapid and Automated Detection of Gunshot Residue. Anal Chem 2014, 86 (7), 3389-3396. (ACS made press release to highlight this article)

Lednev, I.K. Amyloid Fibrils: the Eighth Wonder of the World in Protein Folding and Aggregation. Biophys. J, 106, 7, 1433-1435.

McLaughlin, G., Doty, K. C. & Lednev, I. K. Raman spectroscopy of blood for species identification. Analytical Chemistry 2014, 86, 11628-11633, doi:10.1021/ac5026368.

McLaughlin, G.; Doty, K.C.; Lednev, I.K. Discrimination of human and animal blood traces via Raman spectroscopy. Forensic Sci Int 2014, 238, 91-95.

Kurouski, D.; Lu,X.; Popova, L.; Wan, W.; Shanmugasundaram, M.; Stubbs, G.; Dukor, R.K.; Lednev, I.K. and Nafie, L.A.  Is Supramolecular Proto-Filament Chirality the Underlying Cause of Major Morphology Differences in Amyloid Fibrils?  J Am Chem Soc 2014, 136 (6), 2302-2312.

Kurouski, D.; Deckert-Gaudig, T.; Deckert, V. and Lednev, I.K.  Surface Characterization of Insulin Proto-filaments and Fibril Polymorphs Using Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS).  Biophys. J. 2014, 106 (1), 263-271. (Made journal cover)

Sikirzhytskaya, A.; Sikirzhytski, V. and Lednev, I.K. Raman spectroscopy coupled with advanced statistics for differentiating menstrual and peripheral blood. J Biophotonics 2014, 7 (1-2), 59-67. (Made journal cover)

Kurouski, D.; Sorci, M.; Postiglione, T.; Belfort, G. and Lednev. Detection and Structural Characterization of Insulin Prefibrilar Oligomers Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). Biotechnology Press 2014, in press.

Bueno, J. and Lednev, I.K.  Advanced statistical analysis and discrimination of gunshot residue implementing combined Raman and FTIR data. Analyt Methods 2013, 5, 6292-6296. (Made a journal cover).

Kurouski, D., Postiglione, T., Deckert-Gaudig, T., Deckert, V. & Lednev, I. K. Amide I vibrational mode suppression in surface (SERS) and tip (TERS) enhanced Raman spectra of protein specimens. Analyst 2013, 138, 1665-1673. (Made a journal cover).

Sikirzhytskaya, A.; Sikirzhytski, V. and Lednev, I.K.  Raman spectroscopy coupled with advanced chemometrics for differentiating semen and blood mixtures for forensic purposes.  Spectroscopy 2013, 28 (12), 25-29

Bueno, J.; Sikirzhytski, V. and Lednev, I.K. Attenuated Total Reflectace-FT-IR Spectroscopy for Gunshot Residue Analysis: Potential for Ammunition Determination. Anal Chem, 2013, 85 (15), 7287-7294.

Kurouski, D.; Luo, H.; Sereda, V.; Robb, R.T. and Lednev, I.K.  Deconstruction of stable cross-beta fibrillar structures into toxic and nontoxic products using a mutated archaeal chaperonin. ACS Chem. Biol. 2013, 8, 2095-2101.

Kurouski, D.; Kar, K.; Wetzel R.; Dukor, R.K.; Lednev, I.K.; Nafie, L.A.; Levels of Supramolecular Chirality of Polyglutamine Aggregates Revealed by Vibrational Circular Dichroism.  FEBS Letters 2013, 587 (11), 1638-1643.

Burova, T.G.; Ermolenkov, V.V.; Ten, G.N.; Kadrov, D.M.; Nurlygaianova, M.N.; Baranov, V.I. and Lednev, I.K. ionic and Tautomeric Composition of Cytosine in Aqueous Solution: Resonance and Non-Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Study. J Phys Chem 2013, 117, 12734-12748.

Bhat, V.; Kurouski, D.; Faridi, M.H.; Olenick, M.B.; Mikles, D.C.; Deegan, B.J.; Seldeen, K.L.; McDonald, C.B.; Gupta, V.: Lednev, I. K.; Farooq, A.. Heat-Induced Fibrillation of BclXL Apoptotic Repressor. Biophys Chem 2013, 179, 12-25.

McLaughlin, G.; Sikirzhytski, V.; Lednev, I.K. Circumventing substrate interference in the Raman spectroscopic identification of blood stains. Forensic Sci. Int. 2013, 231, 157–166.

McDonald, C. B.; Bhat, V.; Kurouski, D.; Mikles, D. C.; Deegan, B. J.; Seldeen, K. L.; Lednev, I. K.; Farooq, A.. Structural landscape of the proline-rich domain of Sos1 nucleotide exchange factor. Biophys Chem 2013, 175-176, 54-62.

Ma, L., Sikirzhytski, V., Hong, Z., Lednev, I. K. & Asher, S. A. Insight into resolution enhancement in generalized two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy 2013, 67, 283-290.

Srinivasan, S.; Patke, S.; Wang, Y.; Ye, Z.; Litt, J.; Srivastava, S. K.; Lopez, M. M.; Kurouski, D.; Lednev, I. K.; Kane, R. S.; Colon, W. Pathogenic Serum Amyloid A 1.1 Shows a Long Oligomer-rich Fibrillation Lag Phase Contrary to the Highly Amyloidogenic Non-pathogenic SAA2.2. J Biol Chem 2013, 288, 2744-2755.

Sikirzhytskaya, A; Sikirzhytski, V.; McLaughlin, G.; Lednev, I.K. Forensic identification of blood in the presence of contaminations using Raman microspectroscopy coupled with advanced statistics: effect of sand, dust, and soil. J. Forensic Sci., 2013, 58(5), 1141-1148.

Kurouski, D.; Deckert-Gaudig, T.; Deckert, V.; Lednev, I.K. Structure and Composition of Insulin Fibril Surfaces Probed by TERS. J Am Chem Soc 2012, 134, 13323−13329.

Sikirzhytski, V.; Sikirzhytskaya, A; Lednev, I.K. Advanced statistical analysis of Raman spectroscopic data for the identification of body fluid traces: semen and blood mixtures. Forensic Sci. Int. 2012, 222, 259–265.

Vikas Bhat; Dmitry Kurouski; Max B Olenick; Caleb B McDonald; David C Mikles; Brian J Deegan; Kenneth L Seldeen; Igor K Lednev; Amjad Farooq.  Acidic pH Promotes Oligomerization and Membrane Insertion of the BclXL Apoptotic Repressor. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2012, 528, 32-44.

Bueno, J.; Sikirzhytski, V. and Lednev, I.K. Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Gunshot Residue Offering Great Potential for Caliber Differentiation.  Analyt Chem, 2012, 84, 4334-4339. (Made a journal cover, C&E News, and Canada Discovery Channel – Daily Planet program).

Kurouski, D.; R.A.; Dukor, R.K.; Lu, X.; Nafie, L.A.; Lednev, I.K.; Spontaneous inter-conversion of insulin fibril chirality.  Chem. Comm. 2012, 48(23), 2837-2839 (Made a journal cover).

Sikirzhytski, V.; Sikirzhytskaya, A; Lednev, I.K. CSI: Multidimensional Raman Spectroscopy, BioOptics World 2012, Jan/Feb, 33-36. (Feature Article; Made a journal cover).

Kurouski, D.; Dukor,R.K.; Lu, X.; Nafie, L.A. and Lednev, I.K.  Normal and Reversed Supramolecular Chirality of Insulin Fibrils Probed by VCD at the Proto-Filament Level of Fibril Structure.  Biophys J, 2012, 103(3) 522 - 531.

Shashilov, V.; Xu, M.; Makarava, N.; Savtchenko, R.; Baskakov, I. V.; Lednev, I. K. Dissecting Structure of Prion Amyloid Fibrils by Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116 (27), 7926–7930.

Sikirzhytskaya, A; Sikirzhytski, V.; Lednev, I.K. Raman spectroscopic signature of vaginal fluid and its potential application in forensic body fluid identification, Forensic Sci. Int. 2012, 216(1-3): 44-48.

Sikirzhytski, V.; Topilina, N.I.; Takor, G.A.; Higashiya, S.; Welch, J.T.; Uversky, V.N., Lednev, I.K.  Fibrillation Mechanism of a Model Intrinsically Disordered Protein Revealed by 2D Correlation Deep UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy.  Biomacromol, 2012, 13(5): 1503-1509.

Kurouski, D.; Washington, J.; Ozbil, M.; Prabhakar, R.; Shekhtman A. and Lednev I.K. Disulfide Bridges Remain Intact While Native Insulin Converts into Amyloid Fibrils. PLoS One, 2012, 7(6): e36989.

Kurouski, D.; Luo, H.; Sereda, V.; Robb, F.T. and Lednev, I.K.  Rapid degradation kinetics of amyloid fibrils under mild conditions by an archaeal chaperonin.  Biochem Biophys Research Comm (BBRC), 2012, 422(1): 97-102.

Sikirzhytski, V.; Sikirzhytskaya, A; Lednev, I.K. Multidimensional Raman spectroscopic signature of sweat and its potential application to forensic body fluid identification, Analyt Chim Acta 2012, 718, 78-83.

McLaughlin, G.; Lednev, I.K.; Spectroscopic Discrimination of Bone Samples from Various Species. Am J Analyt Chem, 2012, 3, 161-167.

Rafferty, S.M.; Lednev, I.; Virkler, K.; Chovanec, Z.  Current research on smoking pipe residues. J Archaeological Science 2012, 39, 1951-1959.

Heldt, C. L.; Kurouski, D.; Sorci, M.; Grafeld, E.; Lednev, I. K.; Belfort, G., Isolating Toxic Insulin Amyloid Reactive Species that Lack beta-Sheets and Have Wide pH Stability. Biophys J 2011, 100, (11), 2792-800.

Kurouski, D.; Lednev, I.K. The impact of protein disulfide bonds on the amyloid fibril morphology.  Int. J. Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2011, 2 (2) 167-176.

McLaughlin, G.; Lednev, I.K. Potential Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Determining Burial Duration of Skeletal Remains, Anal. Bioanal. Chem.  2011, 401 (8) 2511-2518.

T. G. Burova, V. V. Ermolenkov, G. N. Ten, R. S. Shcherbakov, V. I. Baranov and I. K. Lednev; Raman spectroscopic study of the tautomeric composition of adenine in water. J. Phys. Chem., 2011, 115, 10600-10609.

Kurouski, D.; Lauro, W.; Lednev, I.K.  Amyloid fibrils are alive: spontaneous refolding from one polymorph to another, Chem. Comm. 2010, 46 (24): p. 4249-51.  (Made a journal cover and RSC Highlights).

Kurouski, D.; Rosina A. Lombardi, R.A.; Dukor, R.K.; Lednev, I.K.; Nafie, L.A. Direct observation and pH control of reversed supramolecular chirality in insulin fibrils by vibrational circular dichroism.  Chem. Comm. 2010, 46 (38), 7154-6.

Shashilov, V. A.; Sikirzhytski, V.; Popova, L. A.; Lednev, I. K. Quantitative Methods for Structural Characterization of Proteins Based on Deep UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy, Methods 2010, 52 (1), 23-37 (invitation–only–journal).

Popova, L.A.; Kodali, R.; Wetzel, R.; Lednev, I.K. Structural Variations in the Cross-β Core of Amyloid β Fibrils Revealed by Deep UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy, J Am Chem Soc 2010, 132 (18): 6324-6328.

Topilina, N. I.; Sikirzhytsky, V.; Higashiya, S.; Ermolenkov, V. V.; Lednev, I. K.; Welch, J. T., Charge Distribution and Amyloid Fibril Formation: Insights from Genetically Engineered Model Systems. Biomacromolecules, 2010, 11 (7), pp 1721–1726.

Topilina, N. I.; Ermolenkov, V. V.; Sikirzhytski, V.; Higashiya, S.; Lednev, I. K.; Welch, J. T., A de novo designed 11 kDa polypeptide: Model for amyloidogenic intrinsically disordered proteins. Biopolymers 2010, 93, (7), 607-618.

Sikirzhytski, V.; Virkler, K; Lednev, I.K. Discriminant Analysis of Raman Spectra for Body Fluid Identification for Forensic Purposes, Sensors 2010, 10(4), 2869-2884.

Virkler, K.; Lednev, I.K. Raman spectroscopic signature of blood and its potential application to forensic body fluid identification, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2010, 396 (1) 525 -524.

Virkler, K.; Lednev, I.K. Forensic Body Fluid Identification: The Raman Spectroscopic Signature of Saliva, Analyst, 2010, 135, 512-517. (Made a journal cover).

Burova, T.G.; Ten, G.N.; Ermolenkov, V.V.; Shcherbakov, R.S. and Lednev, I.K.; Determination of the tautomeric composition of adenine in the gas phase by vibrational spectroscopy methods: II. Analysis of resonance Raman spectra. Optics and Spectroscopy, 2010, 109 (6), 853-860.

Virkler, K.; Lednev, I.K. Raman spectroscopic signature of semen and its potential application to forensic body fluid identification, Forensic Sci. Int. 2009, 193, 56–62.

Zhuqiu Ye, Kinsley C. French, Ludmila A. Popova, Igor K. Lednev, Maria M. Lopez and George I. Makhatadze. Mechanism of Fibril Formation by a 39-Residue Peptide (PAPf39) from Human Prostatic Acidic Phosphatase, Biochemistry, 2009, 48 (48), 11582–11591.

Virkler, K.; Lednev, I.K. Blood Species Identification for Forensic Purposes Using Raman Spectroscopy Combined with Advanced Statistical Analysis, Anal. Chem. 2009, 81 (18), 7773-7777.  (Made a journal news story).

Lednev, I.K.; Xu, M.; and Shashilov, V.; Ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy is uniquely suitable for studying amyloid diseases.Current Science, 2009, 97 (2), 180-185.  (Made a journal cover).

Moroz, O. V.; Burkitt, W.; Wittkowski, H.; He, W.; Ianoul, A.; Novitskaya, V.; Xie, J.; Polyakova, O.; Lednev, I. K.; Shekhtman, A.; Derrick, P. J.; Bjoerk, P.; Foell, D.; Bronstein, I. B.  Both Ca2+ and Zn2+ are essential for S100A12 protein oligomerization and function. BMC Biochem 2009, 10: 11.

Virkler, K.; Lednev, I.K. Raman spectroscopy offers great potential for the nondestructive confirmatory identification of body fluids, Forensic Sci. Int. 2008, 181, e1-e5 (Rapid Communication).

Sikirzhitsky, V.; Topilina, N. I.; Higashiya, S.; Welch, J. T., Lednev, I. K.;  Genetic Engineering Combined with Deep UV Raman Spectroscopy for Structural Characterization of Amyloid-Like Fibrils. J Am Chem Soc 2008, 130, (18), 5852-5853.

Shashilov, V. and Lednev, I. K., 2D Correlation Deep UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Early Events of Lysozyme Fibrillation: Kinetic Mechanism and Potential Interpretation Pitfalls.  J Am Chem Soc 2008, 130, (1), 309-317.

Xu, M.; Ermolenkov, V.V.; Uversky, V.N.; Lednev, I. K.; Hen egg white lysozyme fibrillation: a deep UV resonance Raman spectroscopic study.  J Biophotonics 2008, 1, (3), 215– 229.

Xu, M.; Shashilov, V.; and Lednev, I.K., Probing the Cross-β Core Structure of Amyloid Fibrils by Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Deep UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy J Am Chem Soc 2007, 129, (36), 11002-11003.

Shashilov, V.; Xu, M.; Ermolenkov, V. V.; Fredriksen, L.; Lednev, I. K., Probing a fibrillation nucleus directly by deep ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2007, 129, (22), 6972-3.

Ma, S.; Cao, X.; Mak, M.; Sadik, A.; Walkner,C.; Freedman, T.B.; Lednev, I.K.; Dukor, R.K.; Nafie, L.A., Vibrational Circular Dichroism Shows Unusual Sensitivity to Protein Fibril Formation and Development in Solution. J Am Chem Soc 2007, 129, (41), 12364-12365.

Xu, M.; Shashilov, V. A.; Ermolenkov, V. V.; Fredriksen, L.; Zagorevski, D.; Lednev, I. K., The first step of hen egg white lysozyme fibrillation, irreversible partial unfolding, is a two-state transition. Protein Sci 2007, 16, (5), 815-32.

Shashilov, V. and Lednev, I.K., Deep-UV Raman spectroscopy directly probes a fibrillation nucleus.  Laser Focus World,December 2007, 87-90. (Feature article.)

Topilina, N. I.; Ermolenkov, V. V.; Higashiya, S.; Welch, J. T.; Lednev, I. K., beta-sheet folding of 11-kDa fibrillogenic polypeptide is completely aggregation driven. Biopolymers 2007, 86, (4), 261-4.

Shashilov, V. A.; Lednev, I. K., Bayesian Extraction of Deep UV Resonance Raman Signature of Fibrillar Cross-β Sheet Core based on H-D Exchange Data.  American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 2007, 954, (Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering), 450-457.

Xie, J.; Burz, D. S.; He, W.; Bronstein, I. B.; Lednev, I.; Shekhtman, A., Hexameric Calgranulin C (S100A12) Binds to the Receptor for Advanced Glycated End Products (RAGE) Using Symmetric Hydrophobic Target-binding Patches. J Biol Chem 2007, 282, (6), 4218-31.

Lednev, I. K., V. V. Ermolenkov, S. Higashiya, L. Popova, N. I. Topilina, and J. T. Welch. 2006. Reversible Thermal Denaturation of a 60-kDa Genetically Engineered beta-Sheet Polypeptide. Biophys. J. 91: 3805-3818 (2006).

Shashilov, V. A., V. V. Ermolenkov, and I. K. Lednev. Multiple Bicyclic Diamide-Lutetium Complexes in Solution: Chemometric Analysis of Deep-UV Raman Spectroscopic Data. Inorg Chem 45:3606-3612 (2006).

Shashilov, V. A., M. Xu, V. V. Ermolenkov, and I. K. Lednev. 2006. Latent Variable Analysis of Raman Spectra for Structural Characterization of Proteins. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Transfer 102:46-61 (2006).

Topilina, N. I., S. Higashiya, N. Rana, V. V. Ermolenkov, C. Kossow, A. Carlsen, S. C. Ngo, C. C. Wells, E. T. Eisenbraun, K. A. Dunn, I. K. Lednev, R. E. Geer, A. E. Kaloyeros, and J. T. Welch. Bilayer fibril formation by genetically engineered polypeptides: preparation and characterization. Biomacromolecules 7:1104-1111 (2006).

Shashilov, V.A.; Ermolenkov, V.V.; Levitskaia, T.G.; Lednev, I.K.; “Metal Ion Binding by a Bicyclic Diamide: Deep UV Raman Spectroscopic Characterization,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 109 (32), 7094-7098 (2005).

Xu, M.; Ermolenkov, V.V.; He, W.; Uversky, V.N.; Fredriksen, L.; Lednev, I.K.; “Lysozyme Fibrillation: Deep UV Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Protein Structural Transformation,” Biopolymers, 79, (1) 58-61 (2005).

Lednev, I.K.; Ermolenkov, V.V.; He, W.; Xu, M.; “Deep-UV Raman spectrometer tunable between 193 and 205 nm for structural characterization of proteins,” Anal Bioanal Chem,  381 (2), 431 - 437 (2005).

Bykov, S., Lednev, I., Ianoul, A., Mikhonin, A., Munro, C., Asher, S. A. “Steady-State and Transient Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Spectrometer for the 193-270 nm Spectral Region,” Applied Spectroscopy 59, 1541-1552 (2005).

Maurer, M. K., I. K. Lednev, and S. A. Asher. Photoswitchable spirobenzopyran-based photochemically controlled photonic crystals. Advanced Functional Materials 15:1401-1406 (2005).

Ozdemir, A., I. K. Lednev, and S. A. Asher. UVRR spectroscopic studies of valinomycin complex formation in different solvents. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 61:19-26 (2005).

Kamenjicki, M.; Lednev, I. K.; Asher, S. A.; “Photoresponsive Azobenzene Photonic Crystals,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 12637-12639 (2004).

Kamenjicki, M.; Lednev, I.K.; Mikhonin, A.; Kesavamoorthy, R.; Asher, S.A.  “Photochemically controlled photonic crystals.”Adv. Funct. Mater. 13, 774-780 (2003).

Alexeev, V. L.; Sharma, A. C.; Goponenko, A. V.; Das, S.; Lednev, I. K.; Wilcox, C. S.; Finegold, D. N.; Asher, S. A.; “High Ionic Strength Glucose-Sensing Photonic Crystal,” Anal. Chem. 75, 2316-2323 (2003).

Asher, S. A.; Alexeev, V. L.; Goponenko, A. V.; Sharma, A. C.; Lednev, I. K.; Wilcox, C. S.; Finegold, D. N.; “Photonic Crystal Carbohydrate Sensors: Low Ionic Strength Sugar Sensing” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 3322 (2003).

I.K. Lednev, A.S. Karnoup, M.C. Sparrow, S.A. Asher; “Transient UV Raman Spectroscopy Finds No Crossing Barrier Between the Peptide a-Helix to Fully Random Coil Conformation,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 2388 (2001).

A. Ozdemir, I.K. Lednev, S.A. Asher; “Comparison between UV Raman and Circular Dichroism Detection of Short a-Helices in Bombolitin III”, Biochemistry, 41, 1893 (2002).

Ianoul, A. Mikhonin, I.K. Lednev, S.A. Asher; “UV Resonance Raman Study of the Spatial Dependence of a-Helix Unfolding”, J. Phys. Chem. A2002, 3621 (2002).

I.K. Lednev, A.S. Karnoup, M.C. Sparrow, S.A. Asher; “a-Helix peptide folding and unfolding activation barriers: A nanosecond UV Resonance Raman Study”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 8074 (1999).

I.K. Lednev, A.S. Karnoup, M.C. Sparrow, S.A. Asher; “Nanosecond UV Resonance Raman Examination of Initial Steps in a-Helix Secondary Structure Evolution”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 4076 (1999).

J.S.W. Holtz, I.K. Lednev, S.A. Asher; “UV resonance Raman study of Angiotensin II conformation in non-aqueous environments: Lipid micelles and acetonitrile”, Biopolymers 57, 55-63 (2000).

I.K. Lednev, T.-Q. Ye, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; "Photoisomerization of a capped azobenzene in solution probed by ultrafast time-resolved UV-visible absorption spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem., A102, 9161 (1998).

I.K. Lednev, T.-Q. Ye, P. Matousek, A.W. Parker, M. Towrie, P. Foggi, F.V.R. Neuwahl, S. Umapathy, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore, "Femtosecond time-resolved UV-visible absorption spectroscopy of trans-azobenzene: dependence on excitation wavelength ", Chem. Phys. Lett., 290, 68 (1998).

M.R. Bryce, A.S. Batsanov, T. Finn, T.K. Hansen, A.J. Moore, J.K. Howard, M. Kamenjicki, I.K. Lednev, S.A. Asher; "Molecular Saddles Part 5: Crown-annelated 9,10-bis(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-9,10-dihydroanthracene derivatives as a cation sensors: synthesis, X-ray, crystal structures, voltammetric and spectroscopic monitoring of complex formation", Eur. J. Org. Chem., 933 (2001).

M.R. Bryce, A.S. Batsanov, T. Finn, T.K. Hansen, J.K. Howard, M. Kamenjicki, I.K. Lednev, S.A. Asher; "Crown-annelated 9,10-bis(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-9,10-dihydroanthracene derivatives: a new efficient transducer in the electrochemical and spectroscopic monitoring of metal complexation", J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 295 (2000).

A. Green, M.R. Bryce, A.J. Moore, M.A. Coffin, M. Savíron, A.S. Batsanov, J.K. Howard, N. Martín, C. Seoane, L. Sáncez, E. Chinarro, E. Ortí, I.K. Lednev, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; "Novel donor--acceptor species derived from functionalized 1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene anthracene donor units exhibiting photoinduced electron transfer properties: spectroscopic, electrochemical, X-ray crystallographic and theoretical studies", Chem. Eur. J., 4, 2580 (1998).

I.K. Lednev, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; "Direct observation of photocontrolled ion release: a nanosecond time-resolved spectroscopic study of a benzothiazolium styryl azacrown ether dye complexed with barium", J. Phys. Chem., A101, 7371 (1997).

L.M. Goldenberg, M.R. Bryce, S. Wegener, M.C. Petty, J.P. Cresswell, I.K. Lednev, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; "LB films of tetrathifulvalene derivative substituted with an azobenzene group", J. Mater. Chem., 7, 2033 (1997).

I.K. Lednev, R.E. Hester, and J.N. Moore; "A cation specific, light-controlled, transient chromoionophore based on a benzothiazolium styryl aza-crown ether dye", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 3456 (1997).

I.K. Lednev, T.-Q. Ye, R.E. Hester, and J.N. Moore; "Photocontrol of cation complexation with a benzothiazolium styryl azacrown ether dye: spectroscopic studies on picosecond and kilosecond time scales", J. Phys. Chem., 101, 4966 (1997).

M.V. Alfimov, A.V. Churakov, Y.V. Fedorov, O.A. Fedorova, S.P. Gromov, R.E. Hester, J.A.K. Howard, L.G. Kuz’mina, I.K. Lednev, J.N. Moore; "Structure and ion-complexing properties of an aza-15-crown-5 ether dye: synthesis, crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, spectrophotometry and potentiometry", J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 2249 (1997).

I.K. Lednev, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; "Benzothiazolium styryl dyes containing a monoazacrown ether: Protonation and complexation with metal and ammonium cations in solution", J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 93, 1551 (1997).

I.K. Lednev, T.-Q. Ye, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; "Femtosecond absorption spectroscopy of trans-azobenzene in solution", J. Phys. Chem., 100, 13338 (1996).

I.K. Lednev, T.-Q. Ye, P. Matousek, , M. Towrie, S. Umapathy, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; “Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Azobenzene” Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Ann. Rep.,TR-97-045, 124 (1997).

M.V. Alfimov, Y.V. Fedorov, O.A. Fedorova, S.P. Gromov, R.E. Hester, I.K. Lednev, J.N. Moore, V.P. Oleshko, A.I. Vedernikov; "SERS spectroscopic study of novel photochromic crown ether styryl dyes", Spectrochim. Acta, A53, 1853 (1997).

M.V. Alfimov, Y.V. Fedorov, O.A. Fedorova, S.S. Gromov, R.E. Hester, I.K. Lednev, J.N. Moore, V.P. Oleshko, A.I. Vedernikov; "Synthesis and spectroscopic studies of novel photochromic benzodithiacrown ethers and their complexes", J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1441 (1996).

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “Ion Sensitive LB films of a chromoionophore”, Thin Solid Films, 284-285, 683 (1996).

R. Dieing, V. Morisson, L.M. Goldenberg, M.R. Bryce, J.-M. Raoul, M.C. Petty, G. Garin, M. Saviron, I.K. Lednev, R.E. Hester, J.N. Moore; “Crown-annelated TTF: synthesis of new functionalised derivatives and spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of metal complexation”, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1587 (1996).

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “Ion Selective LB films of chromoionophore”, Advanced Mat. Opt. Electron. 5, 137 (1995).

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “Complex Formation of an Amphiphilic Benzothiazolium Styryl Chromoionophore with Metal Cations in a Monolayer at Air-Water Interface”, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 4176 (1995).

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “Photochemistry of an Amphiphilic Benzothiazolium Styryl Chromoionophore Organized in LB Films”, Langmuir,  10, 4190 (1994).

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “LB Films of Chromoionophores Containing a Crown Ether Ring: Complex Formation with Ag+ Cations in Water”,  J. Phys. Chem., 98, 9601 (1994)

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “Aggregate Formation in LB Films of an Amphiphilic Benzothiazolium Styryl Chromoionophore”, Langmuir,  10, 4185 (1994).

I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “LB Films of Benzothiazolium Dye Containing a Crown Ether Ring”, Advanced Mat. Opt. Electron. 4 , 225 (1994).

I.K. Lednev,  M.V. Alfimov, “Photochemistry of Crown Ether Styryl Dye Adsorbed on Silica Gel and in Acetonitrile Solution. A Comparative Flash Photolysis Study”, Supramolecular Sci., 1 (1) 55 (1994).

I.K. Lednev,  N. Mathivanan, L.J. Johnston, “Photochemistry of Stilbene Adsorbed on Silica Gel and NaX Zeolite. A Diffuse Reflectance Laser Flash Photolysis Study,“ J. Phys. Chem., 98, 11444 (1994).

I.K. Lednev, E.V. Malysheva, M.V. Alfimov; "Luminescence Quenching of Ru(bpy)Amphliphilic Derivatives by Acetylanthracene in Triton X-100 Micellar Solution", Khim.Vys. Energ., 28 68 (1994).

I.K. Lednev, E.V. Malysheva, K.-H. Feller, M.V. Alfimov; “Trisbipyridine Ruthenium Complex Luminescence Quenching in Micellar System. Influence of the Quencher Nature”, Dokl.Akad.Nauk SSSR,  328, 66 (1993).

A.V. Barzykin, I.K. Lednev; "Fluorescence Quenching Kinetics in Monodisperse Micellar Solution with Exchange of Probes and Quenchers", J.Phys.Chem., 97, 2774 (1993).

E.N. Ushakov, I.K. Lednev, M.V. Alfimov; "Isomerization of Substituted Stilbenes Photocatolyzed by Diphenyldiselenides", Dokl.Akad.Nauk.SSSR , 329, 317 (1993).

I.K. Lednev, E.N. Ushakov, M.V. Alfimov; "Isomerization of Stilbene Photocatalyzed with Diphenyldiselenide Via a Radical Mechanism ", Catalysis Lett., 7, 67 (1993).

I.K. Lednev, O.A. Feydorova, S.P. Gromov, M.V. Alfimov, J.N. Moore, R.E. Hester; "A Raman Spectroscopic Study of Photochromic Benzothiazolium Dyes", Spectrochim. Acta, 49A, 1055 (1993).

I.K. Lednev, M.V. Fomina, S.P. Gromov, O.B. Stanislavsky, M.V. Alfimov, J.N. Moore, R.E. Hester; "A Raman Spectroscopic Study of Indolinium Styryl Dyes", Spectrochim. Acta, 48A, 931 (1992).

I.K. Lednev, S.P. Gromov, E.N. Ushakov, M.V. Alfimov, J.N. Moore, R.E. Hester; "Photochromic Crown Ether Complexes: A Raman Spectroscopic Study", Spectrochim. Acta, 48A, 799 (1992).

R.E. Hester, I.K. Lednev, P. Matousek, J.N. Moore,  A.W. Parker, D. Phillips, W.T. Toner, M. Towrie, S. Umapathy; “ps-TR3 Studies of the excited singlet state of trans-stilbene in micelles”, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Ann. Rep. RAL-92-020, 164 (1992).

A.J. Langley, P. Matousek, A.W. Parker, M. Towrie, I.C.E. Turcu, D. Phillips, R.E. Hester, I.K. Lednev, J.N. Moore, S. Umapathy; “High repetition rate picosecond time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy apparatus”, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Ann. Rep. RAL-93-031, 218 (1993).

I.K. Lednev, M.V. Alfimov Y. Kuriyama, T. Arai, H. Sakuragi, K. Tokumaru; "Photosensitized cis-trans Isomerization of Stilbene Via Cation Radical Mechanism in Micellar Solution", J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 63, 20 (1992).

K. Tokumaru, Y. Kuriyama, T. Arai, I.K. Lednev, R. Akaba, H. Sakuragi; "Highly Specific Isomerization of Aromatic Olefin Radical Cations Produced by Photosensitized Electron Transfer" in "Photochemical Processes in Organized Molecular Systems" (K. Honda, Ed), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 199 (1991).

M.V. Alfimov, S.P. Gromov and I.K. Lednev; "Molecular Design, Photoisomerization and Complexation of Crown Ether Styryl Dyes", Chem.Phys.Lett., 185, 455 (1991).

S.P. Gromov, O.A. Feydorova, E.N. Ushakov, O.B. Stanislavsky, I.K. Lednev and M.V. Alfimov; "Styryl Dyes Containing Crown Ether. 2. Synthesis, Photoinitiated and Dark Complexation of Betaine 15-crown-5 Dye", Dokl.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 317, 1134 (1991).

E.N. Ushakov, I.K. Lednev and M.V. Alfimov; "Quantum Yield of Photodissociation of Diphenyldiselenide in n-hexane”, Khim.Vys.Energ., 25, 93 (1991).

E.N. Ushakov, I.K. Lednev, N.N. Magdesieva and M.V. Alfimov; "Stilbene cis-trans Isomerization Photosensitized with Diphenyldiselenide", Khim.Vys.Energ., 24, 447 (1990).

I.K. Lednev, E.V. Oskina and M.V. Alfimov; "Luminescence Quenching of Tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium Complex by Acetylanthracene in a Cationic Micellar System", Khim.Vys.Energ., 24, 533 (1990).

S.P. Gromov, M.V. Fomina, E.N. Ushakov, I.K. Lednev and M.V. Alfimov; "Synthesis, Photoisomerization and Complexation of Crown Ether Dyes", Dokl.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 314, 1135 (1990).

E.N. Ushakov, I.K. Lednev and M.V. Alfimov; "Photosensitized Catalytic Isomerization of Stilbene", Dokl.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 313, 903 (1990).

D.A. Styrkas, I.K. Lednev and M.V. Alfimov; "Isomerization of 1-(p-chlorphenyl)-2-(a-naphthyl) ethylene in Solution Photosensitized by a Langmuir-Blodgett Film of Ruthenium (2+) Complex", Biol.Membr., 7, 1173 (1990).

D.A. Styrkas, I.K. Lednev and M.V. Alfimov; "Spectral and Luminescence Properties of Langmuir-Blodgett Films Based on a Stilbazolium Salt. Formation of H-Aggregates", Dokl.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 312, 407 (1990).

M.V. Alfimov, I.K. Lednev, D.A. Styrkas; "Spectral and Luminescent Properties of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Stilbazole Salt: Formation of H Aggregates", Thin Solid Films, 179, 397 (1989 (1989).

I.K. Lednev, T.V. Khenkina, V.F. Razumov and M.V. Alfimov; "High-Efficiency Cis-Trans-Isomerization of Phenylnapthylethylene Photosensitized with Iodine", Khim.Vys. Energ., 22, 184 (1988).

I.K. Lednev, V.A. Aulov, N.Ph. Bakeev; "Stabilization of Charges and Radiothermoluminescence of Polyethylene Doped with Aromatics", Radiat.Phys. Chem., 27, 335 (1986).

V.A. Aulov, I.K. Lednev; in "Systems of special temperature  points  of solids", (U.N. Venevcev and V.I. Muramcev, Eds.), Nauka, Moscow, p.82 (1986).

N.V. Skuratova, V.V. Filippov, V.A. Aulov, A.T. Koritskii, I.K. Lednev, B.V. Tolkachev and V.G. Nikol'skii; "Mechanism of Radiothermoluminescence of Polyolefins Containing Luminophors", Dokl.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 279, 140 (1984).

V.A. Aulov, I.K. Lednev, A.G. Perekupka, A.V. Chichagov and N.F. Bakeev; "Effect of Hexane on the Radiothermoluminescence of Polyethylene", Vysokomol.Soedin., 25A, 935 (1983).

I.K. Lednev, V.A. Aulov and N.F. Bakeev; "Role of Aromatic Additives in the Mechanism of Radiothermoluminescence of Polyethylene", Khim.Fiz., 9, 1223 (1983).

I.K. Lednev, V.A. Aulov and N.F. Bakeev; "Spectral Composition of Radiothermo-luminescence of Polyethylene with Aromatic Additives", Optica Tverdogo Tela, MPhTI, p.43 (1983).

I.K. Lednev, V.A. Aulov, N.F. Bakeev; "Dose Dependence of Radiothermoluminescence of Polyethylene Doped with Aromatics", Optica Tverdogo Tela, M.: MPhTI, p.45 (1983).

I.K. Lednev and V.A. Aulov, in "Bibliography VINITI. Deponirovannye rukopisi", 8, 105 (1982).

I.K. Lednev, V.A. Aulov and N.F. Bakeev; "Mechanism of Radiothermoluminescence of Polyethylene with Aromatic Additives", Dokl.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 265, 1424 (1982).

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING COGNITIVE DISEASES AND IMPAIRMENTS IN HUMANS. I.K. Lednev and N. Ralbovsky. U.S. Patent Application filed on 3 July 2020. 

Gender and Race Identification from Body Fluid Traces Using Spectroscopic Analysis. Lednev, I.K. US Patent App. 15/748,769, 2019. Claims were approved.

Spectroscopic methods for body fluid age determination. Lednev, I.K. US Patent number: US 10,801,964 B2 (2020). (Filed July 29, 2016, Date of Patent: October 13, 2020).

Spectroscopic method of Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. U.S. Patent No: US 9,891,108 (2018). By Lednev, I.K.

Ammunition and Weapon Type Identification Based of Spectroscopic Gunshot Residue Analysis. US Patent No: US 9,518,808 B2 (2016). Lednev, I.K.; Bueno, J.

Identification of Body Fluids Using Raman Spectroscopy. US Patent No. US 8,467,053 B2. Issued June 18, 2013.

Intelligent polymerized crystalline colloidal array carbohydrate sensors. SA Asher, VL Alexeev, IK Lednev, AC Sharma.  US Patent 7,105,352 (2006).

Polymerized crystalline colloidal array comprising photochromic azobenzene for photochemically controlled photonic crystal diffraction. US Patent 6, 589, 452 (2003). By Asher, S.A.; Kamenjicki, M.; Lednevv, I.K.; Meier, V.