Dr. Vasily Artemov

“It is in human nature to desire knowledge.”

 — Aristotle, Metaphysics

Education:
🎓 Master (with honors) - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - 2007
🎓 Ph.D. - Prokhorov Institute of General Physics - 2011

Research Focus:
🔬 Fundamental Properties of Water
🔬 Electrodynamics of Water and Ice
🔬 Dielectric and Terahertz Spectroscopy
🔬 Nanofluidics
🔬 Electrochemical Energy Systems

Author:
📚 Vasily Artemov, "The Electrodynamics of Water and Ice" Springer 2021.

Water Electrodynamics Group

In our group, we study the electrodynamics of water, ice, and moist substances under various thermodynamic and confinement conditions, from macro- to nanoscale. Our fundamental research aimed at understanding polarization, charge-discharge, proton transport, fluidic phenomena, and more in bulk water, ice, and a variety of aqueous interfaces. Our research pushes the boundaries of knowledge by innovating in experiments, models, and ways of thinking. We deliver high-quality science and engineering by drawing on fundamental knowledge and by linking basics to applications.

Research Projects:
🔬 Dielectric properties of water under strong spatial confinement
🔬 Moist natural materials for energy applications
🔬 Electrification phenomena at aqueous interfaces

Representative Publications:

• A. Ryzhov, P. Kapralov, M. Stolov, A. Andreev, A. Radenovic, V. Freger, and V. Artemov, Isotopic Fingerprints of Proton-mediated Dielectric Relaxation in Solid and Liquid Water, arXiv:2509.09462 (2025)
• V. Artemov, S. Babiy, Y. Teng, J. Ma, A. Ryzhov, T.-H. Chen, L. Navratilova, V. Boureau, P. Schouwink, M. Liseanskaia, P. Huber, F. Brushett, L. Laloui, G. Tagliabue, A. Radenovic, Bulk electricity storage in 1-nm water channels, arXiv:2410.11983 (2024)
• V. Artemov, L. Frank, R. Doronin, P. Stärk, A. Schlaich, A. Andreev, T. Leisner, A. Radenovic, and A. Kiselev, The three-phase contact potential difference modulates the water surface charge. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 4796–4802 (2023)
• V. Artemov, A. Ryzhov, H. Ouerdane, K.J. Stevenson, Ionization difference between weak and strong electrolytes as perturbed by conductivity spectra analysis, J. Phys. Chem. B 127, 261-268 (2023)
• S. Melnik, A. Ryzhov, A. Kiselev, A. Radenovic, T. Weil, K.J. Stevenson, and V. Artemov, Confinement-controlled water engenders unusually high electrochemical capacitance, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 6572–6576  (2023)
• V. Artemov, A. Ryzhov, E. Carlsen, P. Kapralov, H. Ouerdane, Nonrotational mechanism of polarization in alcohols, J. Phys. Chem. B 124, 11022–11029 (2020)
• V. Artemov, E. Uykur, P. Kapralov, A. Kiselev, K.J. Stevenson, H. Ouerdane, and M. Dressel, Anomalously high proton conduction of interfacial water, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 3623–3628 (2020)
• V. Artemov, E. Uykur, S. Roh, A. Pronin, H. Ouerdane, and M. Dressel, Revealing excess protons in the infrared spectrum of liquid water, Scientific Reports 10, 11320 (2020)
• V. Artemov, A unified mechanism for ice and water electrical conductivity from direct current to terahertz, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 8067–8072 (2019)