Fields of Scientific Interest:
synthesis, investigation and application of hypercrosslinked polystyrene networks and adsorbents,
chromatographic resolution of enantiomers,
ligand exchange chromatography,
stereochemistry of coordination compounds,
enantioselective metallocomplex catalysis,
polymers for hemoperfusion.
Most important publications:
Hypercrosslinked Polymeric Networks and Adsorbing Materials, Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Application, V.A. Davankov, M.P. Tsyurupa, Elsevier 2010, ISBN: 978-0-444-53700-3, ISSN: 0166-526X, 648 pages.
Ligand Exchange Chromatography, V. Davankov, J. Navratil, H. Walton, SRC-Press, USA, 1988, 209 p.
Self-concentration effects in preparative SEC of mineral electrolytes using nanoporous neutral polymeric sorbents, V. Davankov, M. Tsyurupa, Z. Blinnikova, L. Pavlova, J. Separation Science, 32/1 (2009) 64-73
Inherent Homochirality of Primary Particles and Meteorite Impacts as Possible Source of Prebiotic Molecular Chirality, V.A. Davankov, Russ. J. Physic. Chem. 83/8 (2009) 1247-1256, DOI 10.1134/S0036024409080019
Palladium-containing hyper-cross-linked polystyrene as an easy to prepare catalyst for Suzuki reaction in water and organic solvents, S.E. Lyubimov, A.A. Vasil’ev, A.A. Korlyukov, M.M. Ilyin, S.A. Pisarev, V.V. Matveev, A.E. Chalykh, S.G. Zlotin, V.A. Davankov, React. Funct. Polym., 69 (2009) 755-758.