Graduated from Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, (1966-1971); PhD student of Institute of Physics of Semiconductors, Siberian Branch of Academy of Science of USSR, Novosibirsk (1973-1976)

 Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Science (Ph. D.) Institute of Physics of Semiconductors, Siberian Branch of Academy of Science of USSR, Novosibirsk (1978)

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Science (Professor) Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow(1990)

 Visiting scientist of Solid State Institute, Juelich Scientific Center, Juelich , Germany (1991-2011`)
Visiting scientist of International Center of Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2001-2003)

Senior scientific member, Highest Qualification Commission at Board of Ministers of USSR (1982)

Professor, Committee on highest school of Ministry of science, highest school and technical policy of Russian Federation (1992)

 Junior scientific member, Institute of Physics of Semiconductors, Siberian Branch of Academy of Science of USSR, Novosibirsk (1971-1973)
Senior scientific member, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk (1976-1982)

Associated Professor of Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute (at present Samara State Technical University), Kuibyshev (at present Samara) (1982-1990)
Professor of Samara State Technical University, Samara (1990 – present time)

1. A.I. Volokitin, “Noncontact friction between nanostructures”, 1 ESF-Nanotribology Workshop, 19-23 October, Portovenera 2002, Italy
2. A.I. Volokitin, “Resonant photon tunneling enhancement of the van der Waals friction”, 2 ESF-Nanotribology Workshop, 20-23 October 2003, Antalya, Turkey
3. A.I. Volokitin, “Surface roughness enhancement of the non-contact friction”, 3 ESF-Nanotribology Workshop, 18-22 September 2004, Sesimbra,Portugal
4. A.I. Volokitin, “Theory of noncontact friction”, 4 ESF-Nanotribology Workshop, 18-22 June 2005, Porquerolles, France
5. A.I. Volokitin, “Non-contact friction mediated by the electromagnetic fluctuations in dielectrics”, 5 ESF-Nanotribology Workshop, 23-27 September 2006, Antalya, Turkey
6. A.I. Volokitin, “Frictional-drag induced particle current in a low dimensional system”, 6 ESF-Nanotribology Workshop, 13-16 May 2007, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
7. A.I. Volokitin, “Near-field radiative heat transfer and non-contact friction”, (invited talk), Joint ICTP/FANAS Conference on Trends in Nanotribology, 18-24 October 2009, Trieste, Italy
8. A.I. Volokitin, “Adsorbate vibtation modes enhancement of van der Waals friction and radiative heat transfer” (invited talk), 11th International Conference on Vibrations at Surfaces, 6-10 June, 2004, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
9. A.I. Volokitin, “Near-field radiative heat transfer and non-contact friction” (invited talk), International Conference on Thermal Radiation at the Nanoscale: Forces, Radiative Heat Transfer, Coherence; 21-25 May 2007, Les Houches, France
10. A.I. Volokitin, “Heat generation in carbon nanotubes and graphene electronics mediated by the van der Waals friction”, ESF-FANAS CONFERENCE 2010, 25-28 October 2010, Saarbrucken , Germany
11. A.I. Volokitin, “Heat generation and dissipation in graphene electronics”, III International Forum on Nanotechnologies RUSNANOTECH 2010, 1-3 November 2010, Moscow, Russia
12. A.I. Volokitin, “Quantum friction and graphene”, Joint ICTP/FANAS Conference on Trends in Nanotribology, 12-16 September 2011, Trieste, Italy

1. On the role of image forces in chemisorption theory, O.M.Braun  and  A.I.Volokitin, SURFACE SCIENCE, 131, (1983), 148-158

2. Shift and broadening of adsorbate vibrational modes,  A.I.Volokitin, O.M.Braun and V.M.Yakovlev, SURFACE SCIENCE, 172, (1986), 31-46

3. Vibrational spectroscopy of adsorbates, O.M.Braun, A.I.Volokitin and V.P.Zhdanov, Usp. Fiz. Nauk 158, (1989), 421-450 [Sov. Phys. Usp. 32, (1989), 605-620]

4. Vibrational lineshapes of  of adsorbates  molecules,  A.I.Volokitin, SURFACE SCIENCE, 224, (1989), 359-374

5. On the origin of anti-absorption resonances in adsorbate vibrational spectroscopy,  B.N.J.Persson and A.I.Volokitin, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS,185, (1991), 292-297

6. Infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy of dipole forbidden adsorbate vibrations, B.N.J.Persson and A.I.Volokitin, SURFACE SCIENCE, 310(1-3), (1994), 314-336

7. Quantum theory of infrared-reflection spectroscopy from adsorbate-covered metal surfaces in the anomalous skin-effect frequency region,   A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW  B52, N4, (1995), p.2899-2906

8. Electronic friction of physisorbed molecule, B.N.J.Persson and A.I.Volokitin, Journal of Chemical Physics, V.103, 1995, p.8679-8683

9. Theory of friction: the contribution from a fluctuating electromagnetic fields, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, 11(2), (1999)345-359

10. Comment on “Brownian motion of microscopic solids under the action of fluctuating electromagnetic fields”, B.N.J.Persson, and A.I.Volokitin, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 84(15), (2000)3504-3504

11. The frictional drag force between quantum wells mediated by a fluctuating electromagnetic field, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, 13(5), (2001)859-873 

12. Radiative heat transfer between nanostructures, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL       REVIEW B 63(20), (2001) art.no 205404 

13. Dissipative van der Waals interaction between a small particle and a metal surface, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 65(11), (2002) art.no

14. Resonant photon tunneling enhancement of van der Waals friction, A.I.Volokitin and B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 91(10), (2003) art.no 106101

15. Noncontact friction between nanostructures, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 68 (21), (2003) art.no 155420

16. Resonant photon tunneling enhancement of the radiative heat transfer,  A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW  B69,045417(2004)

17. On the nature of surface roughness with application  to contact mechanics, rubber friction and adhesion (review), B.N.J.Persson, O.Albohr, U.Tartaglino, A.I.Volokitin and E.Tosatti, Journal  of Physics: Condensed Matter, 17(2005) R1-R62

18. Adsorbate-Induced Enhancement of Electrostatic Noncontact Friction, A.I.Volokitin  and B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 94,  (2005) art.no 086104  

19. Enhancement of noncontact friction between closely spaced bodies by two-dimensional systems, A.I.Volokitin ,  B.N.J.Persson and H. Ueba, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 73(2006) article number 165423

20. Quantum field theory of van der Waals friction, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW  B74,205413(2006)

21. Near-field radiative heat transfer and non-contact friction (review), A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, REVIEW OF  MODERN PHYSICS, 79(4) (2007) pp. 1291-1327

22. Vibrational heating of molecules adsorbed on insulating surfaces using localized phonons tunneling, B.N.J.Persson, T. Kato, H. Ueba, and A.I. Volokitin, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75,  193404 (2007)

23. van der Waals drag force induced by liquid flow in low-dimensional systems, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 77(3), (2008) art.no 033413

24. On the origin of Amonton’s friction law, B. N. J. Persson, I. M. Sivebaek, V. N. Samoilov, Ke. Zhao, A. I. Volokitin, and Zhenya Zhang, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20(2008) article number 395006

25. Theory of the interaction forces and the radiative heat transfer between moving bodies, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 78(2008) article number 155437; Erratum: Theory of the interaction forces and the radiative heat transfer between moving bodies [Phys. Rev. B 78, 155437 (2008)], A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 81, 239901(E) (2010)

26. Heat transfer between elastic solids with randomly rough surfaces, B.N.J.Persson, B. Lorentz and A.I. Volokitin, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E,31, 3-24(2010)

27. Phononic heat transfer across an interface: thermal boundary resistance, B.N.J.Persson,  A.I. Volokitin and H.Ueba, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, 23 (2011)045009 (12pp)

28. Quantum friction, A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 106 (2011) 094502 

29. Near-field radiative heat transfer between closely spaced graphene and amorphous SiO2,       A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 83 (2011) 241407(R)(4pp)

30. Comment on “No quantum friction between uniformly moving plates”,  A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson,  NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 13 (2011) 068001 (9pp)

31. Near-field radiative heat transfer and van der Waals friction between closely spaced graphene and amorphous SiO2,  A.I.Volokitin and  B.N.J.Persson,  JOURNAL  OF  PHYSICS: CONFERENCE  SERIES, 291 (2011) 012018 (8pp)