History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Alexey Konstantinovich Pikaev I.E. Makarov Brief biographical facts are given. A.K. Pikaev organized and headed a Laboratory of the Radiation Chemistry in the Institute. He studied the radiation chemistry of gases, aqueous solutions and organic compounds, pulse radiolysis and applied radiation chemistry. A.K. Pikaev discovered phenomenon of solvated electrons formation in ionic liquids. He was the author of several new systems for monitoring the radiation dose level. Key words: physicаl chemistry; radiation chemistry; radiochemistry; pulse radiolysis; solvated electrons. E-mail: makarov@ipc.rssi.ru