Main field of study: 001120 Physics
Area of specialization:  Molecular optics
Department of molecular biophysics
Scientific supervisor: Dr. Sci. (Physics and Mathematics), Prof. V.V. Voitylov
Reviewer: Candidate of Science (Physics and Mathematics), E.V.Lebedeva

Study of bacteria and bacterial spores using electro-optics
A.K. Shalygin

The paper is dedicated to studies of aqueous suspensions of bacteria (Listeria monocytogenes, Lactobacillus plantarum) and bacterial spores of Bacilus subtilis using electro-optical methods and dynamic light scattering. The observed effect was conservative dichroism induced by electric field. In the paper the new method of describing the electro-optical effect rise, which allows to identify the mechanism of interaction between an orientating field and suspension particles, was tried out. Also applicability of the existing algorithms of calculating particles’ hydrodynamic radius using dynamic light scattering method to biosuspensions was investigated.
Paper composition comprises introduction, three chapters, conclusion and list of references. Scientific review is represented in first chapter.  The second chapter is dedicated to the experimental setup. The third chapter includes description of studied systems, experimental data and discussion.
The paper contains 21 figures, 1 table, 35 references. Total page number is 41.

The list of the publications
1.	V.Voitylov, A.Shalygin. Elopto 2012 p.101
2.	S.A. Klemeshev, M.P. Petrov, A.K. Shalygin, A.A. Trusov and A.V.Voitylov «Electrooptical effects in colloid systems in strong field of arbitrary shape» J.Phys.: Cond.. Matter (in print)