Popov studied physics and engineering at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, completing a Master of Science in Physics and Engineering in 1985 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988. His later scientific work has remained closely connected with advanced carbon materials, high-pressure physics, nanostructures, and spectroscopic methods.
Popov began his documented research career at the Institute of Spectroscopy, where he worked as a senior researcher during the 1990s. His later research became associated with the Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials in Troitsk, where he led the Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials and investigated fullerites, nanodiamond, superhard carbon phases, and related nanostructured materials. His research has included the catalytic synthesis and depolymerization of ultrahard fullerite, the mechanical and spectroscopic characterization of carbon nanoclusters, high-pressure transformations of carbon and carbon-nitrogen materials, and the study of nanodiamond by Raman spectroscopy. He has also been affiliated with the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, and other research institutions involved in this work.
(Co-authored review chapter on carbon nanocluster-based su...)
2014(Co-authored study reporting the transformation of diamond...)
2020(Co-authored research on the cluster structure and Raman c...)
2023(Co-authored study of resonant Raman effects and surface T...)
2023(Co-authored research on the pressure-induced transformati...)
2021(Co-authored research on nanocomposite thermoelectric mate...)
2011(Co-authored study of the catalytic depolymerization of ul...)
2015(Co-authored investigation of nanodiamond Raman spectra an...)
2017Popov's documented family relations include his mother Anna, father Yurii, wife Irina Vladimirovna Gnutova, and child Daria Mikhailovna Popova.
