Research Interests:   Electrophysical and physico-chemical properties of nanocomposite materials; kinetics of chemical reactions in solids; radiation chemistry; thermodynamic and kinetic properties of amorphous solids at low temperatures; laser chemistry and chemical lasers; Bremsstrahlung effect; theory of cooperative radiationless transitions.

Diploma and silver medal during the 26th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva for the invention "Metal-polymer sensor films" (1998). The award of International Science Foundation (Soros Foundation) for the high impact factor of publications (1994). The award by Lady Davis Visiting Professor Grant in Jerusalem University during 2001-2002 academic year. Diploma and silver medal during the 35th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva for the invention "Sensors for the environment monitoring" (2008). Prize of the Russian Federation: "Winner of the Government Prize of the Russian Federation in the Field of Education" (2012).

Monographs: 1) Physico-Chemical Phenomena in Thin Films and at Solid Surfaces, Edited by L.I. Trakhtenberg, S.H. Lin and O.J. Ilegbusi, Elsevier Inc., Amsterdam, 2007.

2) E.I. Grigoriev, L.I. Trakhtenberg, Radiation Chemical Processes in Solid Phase, CRC Press Inc. New York, London, Tokyo, 1996.

3) V.I. Goldanskii, L.I. Trakhtenberg, V.N. Fleurov, Tunneling Phenomena in Chemical Physics, Gordon and Breach Science Publ., New York, 1989.

4) V.I. Goldanskii, L.I. Trakhtenberg, V.N. Fleurov, Tunneling Phenomena in Chemical Physics (in Russian), "Nauka" Moscow, 1986.

5) V.I. Goldanskii, L.I. Trakhtenberg, V.N. Fleurov, Tunneling of Heavy Particles in Chemical Reactions (in Russian), "Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki" Moscow, 1985.

6) Synthesis, structure and properties of metal/semiconductor containing nano-structured composites, Edited by L.I. Trakhtenberg and M.Ya. Melnikov, Tekhnosphera, Moscow, 2016.