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Discipline Head |
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School / Work Unit |
Applied Sciences |
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Contact Details |
+(61 3) 9925 2571 |
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Building: 14 |
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Science, Engineering & Health |

PhD (Computer Simulation of Hydrophobic solute-ligand interactions), Monash University, 1994
Master of Science (Applied Mathematics - Distinction), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1985
Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1983
My research interests are in using computer simulations to understand the relationship between the atomic structure and properties of molecules, surfaces, interfaces and bulk materials in order to design advanced materials with enhanced and new properties.
Industrial applications:
Biological applications:
Computational Methods:
“Iron Interfaces: structure, adhesion and magnetic properties from Density Functional Theory”, I. Yarovsky, M.J.S. Spencer, I.K.Snook, in “Progress in Surface Science Research”, Ed. F. Columbus, Nova Science Publishers, NY, 2007, in press
Influences of Oxidation, pH, and Lipids on an Amyloidogenic Peptide: Implications for Fibril Formation, A. Hung, G. Howlett, and I. Yarovsky, European Biophysics Journal, in press 2008
Systematic comparison of empirical forcefields for Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Insulin, N. Todorova, F. S. Legge, H. Treutlein, and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, in press, 2008
Performance of Numerical Basis Set DFT for Aluminium Clusters, D. Henry, A. Varano, and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. A, in press 2008
Comparative study of insulin chain B in isolated and monomeric environments under applied external stress, A. Budi, S. Legge, H. Treutlein and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112 (2008) 7916-7924
Ab initio molecular dynamics study of H2S dissociation on Fe (100) surface, M.J.S. Spencer, N. Todorova and I. Yarovsky, Surface Science, 602 (2008) 1547-1553
HRMC: Hybrid Reverse Monte Carlo method with silicon and carbon potentials, G. Opletal, T.C. Petersen, B. O’Malley, I.K. Snook, D.G. McCulloch, I. Yarovsky, Comp. Phys. Comm., 178 (2008) 777
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a fibrillogenic peptide derived from apoC-II, F. S. Legge, H. Treutlein, G. Howlett, and I. Yarovsky, Biophysical Chemistry, 130 (2007) 102-113
Ab initio molecular dynamics study of H2S dissociation on Fe (110) surface, M.J.S. Spencer and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 (2007) 16372-16378
Effect of ageing on interfacial adhesion of polyester and carbon based particles: a Classical Molecular Dynamics Study, G. Yiapanis, D. Henry, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 (2007) 6465
Effect of frequency on insulin response to electric field stress, A. Budi, S. Legge, H. Treutlein and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 111 (2007) 5748
Density Functional Theory Study of Hydrogen Adsorption on Al12 cages, A. Goldberg, I. Yarovsky, Phys. Rev. B, 75 (2007) 195403
A Molecular Dynamics study of siloxane diffusion in a polyester-melamine solution, D. Henry, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, Polymer, 48 (2007) 2179-2185.
The Effect of Surface Composition and Atomic Roughness on Interfacial Adhesion between Polyester and Amorphous Carbon, G. Yiapanis, D. Henry, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 (2007) 3000-3009.
Curved-surface atomic modelling of nanoporous carbon, T. C. Petersen, I. K. Snook, I. Yarovsky, D.G. McCulloch, B. O’Malley, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 (2007) 802-812.
Ab initio study of S dynamics on iron surfaces, N. Todorova, M. J.S. Spencer, and I. Yarovsky, Surface Science , 601 (2007) 665-671.
Density Functional Theory Study of Hydrogen Bonding in Ionic Molecular Materials, N. Benedek, K. Latham, I. Snook, I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 19605-19610
Colorbond® meets Nanotech: understanding coating’s interactions with the environment, I. Yarovsky, D. Henry, G. Yiapanis, E. Evans, Chemistry in Australia, 2006, 73, 3, 11-13. Feature article (invited).
Classical Molecular Dynamics Study of [60]Fullerene Interactions with Silica and Polyester Surfaces, D. Henry, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem B., 2006, 110, 15963-15972.
Protein Flexibility: Multiple Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Insulin Chain B, S. Legge, A. Budi, H. Treutlein, and I. Yarovsky, Biophysical Chemistry, 2006, 119, 146-157.
Effect of S arrangement on Fe(110) properties at 1/3 monolayer coverage: a DFT study, M.J.S. Spencer, I.K. Snook and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006,110, 956-962
Monte Carlo based modelling of carbon Nanostructured surfaces, T. Petersen, I. Yarovsky, D. McCulloch, I. Snook, Phys. Rev. B, 2005, 72, 125417-125429
Electric Field Effects on Insulin Chain B Conformation, A. Budi, S. Legge, H. Treutlein, and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 22641-22648.
Adhesion between graphite and modified polyester surfaces: a theoretical study, D. Henry, G. Yiapanis, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 17224-17231.
Effect of S contamination on properties of Fe(100) surfaces, S.G. Nelson, M.J.S. Spencer, I.K. Snook and I. Yarovsky, Surface Science, 2005, 590, 63-75.
Effect of Sulfur coverage on Fe(110) Adhesion: a DFT study, M.J.S.Spencer, I.K. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 10204-10212.
Coverage –dependant Adsorption of Atomic Sulfur on Fe(110) surface: a DFT Study, M.J.S. Spencer, I.K. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 9604-9612.
Theoretical Study of Adhesion between Graphite, Polyester and Silica Surfaces, D.J. Henry, C. A. Lukey, E.J. Evans, and I. Yarovsky, Molecular Simulation, 2005, 31, 449-455.
A systematic DFT geometry optimisation study of perovskite and hexagonal phases of BaTiO3, T. Colson, M. Spencer, and I. Yarovsky, Computational Materials Science, 2005, 34, 157-165.
DFT study of hydrogen adsorption on Al13 cluster, I. Yarovsky, A. Goldberg, Molecular Simulation, 2005, 31, 475-482.
Dynamic Properties of the Sulfur Contaminated Fe(110) Surface, N. Todorova, M.J.S. Spencer, and I. Yarovsky, Proceedings of the 16th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, 2005, ISBN 0-09598064-8-2
The structure of disordered carbon solids using a Hybrid Reverse Monte Carlo algorithm, G. Opletal, T. Petersen, D. McCulloch, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Condensed Matter, 2005, 17, 1-12.
Prediction of liquid crystalline properties of poly(1,4-phenylene sebacate-oxybenzoate) by Monte Carlo simulation, D. Pavel, I. Yarovsky, R. Shanks, Polymer, 2005, 46, 2003-2010.
Application of Numerical Basis Sets to Hydrogen Bonded Systems: a DFT study, N. Benedek, I. Snook, K. Latham, and I. Yarovsky, J. Chem. Phys., 2005, 122, 144102-144110.
Protein Response to Electric Field Stress, A. Budi, S. Legge, H. Treutlein, and I. Yarovsky, Proceedings of the 16th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, 2005, ISBN 0-09598064-8-2
Refinements in the Collection of Energy Filtered Electron Diffraction Patterns from Disordered Materials, T.C. Petersen, W.E.McBride, D.G. McCulloch, I.K. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, Ultramicroscopy, 2005, 103/4, 275-283
Quantum Monte Carlo Study of the Water Molecule: a Preliminary Investigation, N. Benedek, I. Yarovsky, K. Latham, I. Snook, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2004, 57, 1229-1232
Microstructure Of An Industrial Char By Diffraction Techniques and RMC Modelling, T. Petersen, I. Yarovsky, I. Snook, D. G. McCulloch, G. Opletal, Carbon, 2004, 42, 2457-2469
Effect of Sulfur Impurity on Fe (110) adhesion: a DFT study, M. Spencer, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 10965-10972
‘Exact’ Surface Free Energies of Iron Surfaces Using a Modified Embedded Atom Method Potential and λ-integration, G. Grochola, S. Russo, I. Yarovsky, I. Snook, J. Chem. Phys., 2004, 120, 3425-3430.
Effect of External Stresses on Protein Conformation: a Computer Modelling study, A. Budi, S. Legge, H. Treutlein, and I. Yarovsky, European Biophysics Journal, 2004, 33, 121-129.
Density Functional Theory Studies of Xanthate Adsorption on the Pyrite FeS2 (100) Surface, A. Hung, I. Yarovsky, S. Russo, Phil. Mag. Letters., 2004, 84, 175-182.
First Principles Study of Hydrogen Bond in Mixed Ligand Copper Organophosphonates, N.A. Benedek, M.J. Spencer, K. Latham, and I. Yarovsky, Chem. Phys. Letters, 2003, 387, 400-405.
Monte Carlo Prediction of Optical and Liquid Crystalline Properties, D. Pavel, I. Yarovsky, R. Shanks, X. Han, Proceedings of the 19th Polymer Processing Symposium, 2003, Melbourne, Australia
Atomistic Simulation of polymer interactions with colloidal particles in aqueous solution, H.C. Lay, M. Spencer, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107, 9681-9691.
Sulfur adsorption on Fe (110) surface: a DFT study, M. Spencer, A. Hung, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, Surface Science, 2003, 540, 420-430.
Iron Surfaces: Pathways to interfaces, M. Spencer, A. Hung, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, Surface Reviews and Letters, 2003, 10, 169-174.
Structural analysis of carbonaceous solids, using an adapted Reverse Monte Carlo algorithm, T. Petersen, I. Yarovsky, I. Snook, D. McCulloch, G. Opletal, Carbon, 2003, 41, 2405-2413.
Density Functional Theory Studies of Xanthate Adsorption on the Pyrite FeS2 (110) and (111) Surfaces, A. Hung, I. Yarovsky, S. Russo, J. Chem. Phys., 2003, 118, 6022-6029.
Effect of water concentration on sol formation in synthesis of organic inorganic polymer hybrid materials, H.C. Lay and I. Yarovsky, Molecular Simulation, 2003, 29, 231-233.
Thermal behavior and molecular simulation of liquid crystalline polymers containing a pentamethylenic spacer, N. Hurduc, I. Yarovsky, R. Shanks, D. Pavel, Computational Materials Science, 2003, 27, 393-402.
Further studies of iron adhesion: (111) surfaces, M. Spencer, A. Hung, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, Surface Science, 2002, 515, 464-468.
Density Functional Theory Studies of Pyrite FeS2 (111) and (210) surfaces, A. Hung, J. Muscat, I. Yarovsky, S. Russo, Surface Science, 2002, 520, 111-119.
Density Functional Theory Studies of Pyrite FeS2 (100) and (110) surfaces, A. Hung, J. Muscat, I. Yarovsky, S. Russo, Surface Science, 2002, 513, 511-524.
Universal simulation method to compute surface and interfacial free energies of disordered solids, G. Grochola, S. Russo, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 117, 7685-7690.
New lambda integration method to compute surface free energies of disordered surfaces, G. Grochola, S. Russo, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 117, 7676-7684.
Density Functional Theory Study of Relaxation and Energy of Iron surfaces, M. Spencer, A. Hung, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, Surface Science, 2002, 513, 389-398.
Characterisation of metallurgical chars by small angle neutron scattering, I. Snook, I. Yarovsky, H. Hanley, M.Y. Lin, D. Mainwaring, H. Rogers, P. Zulli, Energy and Fuel, 2002, 15, 1009-1015.
Investigation of lignin-water interactions by molecular simulation, T. Vu, A. Chaffee, and I. Yarovsky, Molecular Simulation, 2002, 28, 981-991.
Hybrid approach for generating realistic amorphous carbon structure using Metropolis and Reverse Monte Carlo, G. Opletal, T. Petersen, B. O’Malley, I. Snook, D. McCulloch, N. Marks, and I. Yarovsky, Molecular Simulation, 2002, 28, 927-938.
Atomistic simulation of the sol formation during synthesis of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, I. Yarovsky, E. Evans, Molecular Simulation, 2002, 28, 993-1004.
On simulation methods to compute surface and interfacial free energies of disordered solids, G. Grochola, S. Russo, I. Snook, and I. Yarovsky, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 116 (20), 8547-8555.
First Principles Study of Metallic Iron Interfaces, A. Hung, I. Yarovsky, J. Muscat, S. Russo, I. Snook, R.O. Watts, Surface Science, 2002, 501, 261-269.
Computer Simulation of Structure and properties of crosslinked polymers: application to epoxy resins, I. Yarovsky, E. Evans, Polymer, 2002, 43, 963-969.
First Principles Studies of Pyrite FeS2, J. Muscat, A. Hung, S. Russo, and I. Yarovsky, Phys. Rev.B, 2002, 65, 54107-54119.
Carbon Nanotubes: properties, applications and production routes, M. Spencer and I. Yarovsky, Literature review prepared for BHP Billiton, RMIT University, September 2002
Theoretical Study of Adhesion between Graphite and Dirt Resistant Coatings, H.C. Lay, M. Spencer and I. Yarovsky, Report prepared for BHP Steel Research Laboratories, RMIT University, August 2002
Molecular simulation study of organic/inorganic polymer hybrids: polymer interactions with colloidal particles in aqueous solution, H.C. Lay, M. Spencer and I. Yarovsky, Final report prepared for BHP Steel Research Laboratories, RMIT University, April 2002
Effect of microstructure of carbonaceous materials on carbon dissolution in molten iron: an experimental and computer modelling investigation, Part 2, T. Petersen, D. McCulloch, I. Snook, I. Yarovsky, Report prepared for BHP Steel Research Laboratories, RMIT University, February 2002
Molecular simulation study of organic/inorganic polymer hybrids: polymer interactions with colloidal particles in aqueous solution, H.C. Lay, M. Spencer and I. Yarovsky, Report prepared for BHP Steel Research Laboratories, RMIT University, November 2001
Effect of microstructure of carbonaceous materials on carbon dissolution in molten iron: an experimental and computer modelling investigation, Part 1, T. Petersen, D. McCulloch, I. Snook, I. Yarovsky, Report prepared for BHP Steel Research Laboratories, RMIT University, February 2001
Molecular simulation of organic/inorganic hybrid materials, I. Yarovsky, Report prepared for BHP Steel Research Laboratories, RMIT University, September 2000
Theoretical study of performance mechanisms of dirt resistant coatings, I. Yarovsky, Report prepared for BHP Steel Research Laboratories, RMIT University, June 2000
Surface interaction potentials for components of fluidised bed iron ore reduction reactors from molecular simulations, A. Lee, I. Yarovsky, TechNote No. BHPR/T/1999/035, 1999
Predicting adhesion at metal/metal oxide interfaces from molecular simulations: background, literature review and preliminary results, F. Wang, A. Lee, I. Yarovsky, Report No. BHPR/R/1999/019, 1999
The embedded atom method for prediction of properties of metals and alloys. G. Grochola, S. Russo, I. Snook, I. Yarovsky, Report BHPR/R/1999/006, 1999
Organic species on metal oxide surfaces: forcefield parameterisation and molecular mechanics simulations. Part 2. Oxides of Molybdenum and Chromium. H.L. Kennedy, I. Yarovsky,
Organic species on metal oxide surfaces: forcefield parameterisation and molecular mechanics simulations. Part 1. Chromium oxide surface. H.L. Kennedy, I. Yarovsky, R.O. Watts, TechNote BHPR/N/1997/040, 1997
Molecular modelling investigation of lubricant effect on adhesion and surface tension of tinplated steel. J. Zhang, A. Chaffee, I. Yarovsky, TechNote BHPR/ST/N/G/019, 1997
New theoretical method for prediction of structure and properties of crosslinked polymers. Application to Cr-free epoxy primers. I. Yarovsky, TechNote BHPR/SC/N/008, 1996
Atomistic simulation of the primer/top coat interface in COLOBOND®. I. Yarovsky, Report BHPR/CP/R/010, 1996
Molecular modelling investigation of CORSTRIP® adhesion to COLORBOND® I. Yarovsky, TechNote BHPR/CP/N/004, 1995
Adhesion at the interface between ZINCALUME® and primer: a molecular modelling investigation. I. Yarovsky, A.L. Chaffee, Report BHPR/CP/R/005, 1995
Effect of primer chemical composition and molecular weight on adhesion to ZINCALUME®: a molecular modelling investigation. I. Yarovsky, A.L. Chaffee, Report BHPR/CP/R/018, 1995