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Scientific interests:

•  Chemical deposition methods of thin
  nanosized films (sol gel method and spray pyrolysis).
• Establishing the relationship of the physicochemical
  features of the layers with their: (a) anticorrosive properties (b)
  photoluminescent and opitical properties (c) photocatalytic properties for the
  decomposition of model contaminants in the liquid and gas phases.
•  Investigation of
  nanosized powders  as photocatalysts.
• Application of “green chemistry” methods for new materials
  preparation.

Selected papers:

1. I. Stambolova, O. Dimitrov, S Vassilev, St. Yordanov, V. Blaskov, N. Boshkov, M. Shipochka,
Preparation of newly developed CeO₂/ZrO₂ multilayers: Effect of the treatment temperature on the structure and corrosion performance of stainless steel,
J. Alloys Comp., 806(2019) 1357.

2. D. Stoyanova, I. Stambolova, V. Blaskov, K. Zaharieva, I. Avramova, O. Dimitrov, S. Vassilev, A. Eliyas, N. Nedyalkov,
Mechanical milling of hydrothermally obtained CaTi₃ powders—morphology and photocatalytic activity,
Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects 18 (2019) 100301.

3  I . Stambolova, M. Shipochka, V. Blaskov, A. Loukanov, S. Vassilev,
Sprayed nanostructured TiO₂ films for efficient photocatalytic degradation of textile azo dye,
J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, 117 (2012) 2 19.

4. I Stambolova, V Blaskov, D Stoyanova, I Avramova, L Dimitrov, K Milenova, K Balashev, S Simeonova, A Tzonev, L Aleksandrov & A Eliyas,
Dependence of the textural properties and surface species of ZnO photocatalytic materials on the type of precipitating agent used in the hydrothermal synthesis,
Bulletin of Materials Science  40 (2017) 483–492(2017

5. D. Nesheva, V. Dzhurkov, I. Stambolova, V. Blaskov, I. Bineva, J M. Calderon, S. Preda, M. Gartner, T. Hristova-Vasileva, M. Shipochka,
Surface modification and chemical sensitivity of sol gel deposited nanocrystalline ZnO films.
Mater. Chem. Phys, 209 (2018) 165