Investigation of crystal growth peculiarities, development of crystal growth methods, characterization of crystal properties, numerical modeling of crystal growth. Probations: The Key State Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University (Nanjing, China). Project: Electrodeposition of high ordered submicro- and nano dendritic crystals of silver. Crystallography section, Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich, Germany). Project: Extreme behavior of growing crystals under conditions of solution structure transformations: new experimental approach to crystal growth mechanism. Awards and personal grants: 1. Prof. Kessler scholarship by Saint-Petersburg Society of Naturalists (2005); 2. Scholarship by Saint-Petersburg Administration (2006, 2005, 2003, 2002); 3. Scholarship by International Soros Science Education Program (2004, 2003); 4. RFBR fellowship for young scientist and students (2003); 5. INTAS Young Scientists Fellowship, 2006-2008. Granted projects (team leader): Grant of the President of Russian Federation for young scientists (МК-442.2009.5). Project: Mixed crystals as perspective materials: chemical composition, imperfection, synthesis methods. Grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research (13-05-12053). Project: Peculiarities of chemical composition and defects distribution at bulk of mixed crystals of different isomorphic types in dependence on crystallization conditions. Grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research (16-29-11727). Project: Research of formation problems and development of approaches to growth of isomorphic-mixed monocrystals as basement for optical elements with pre-defined properties Granted projects (team member): 1. INTAS grant 99-0247 (“Polymineral and mixed crystal formation from solution: an experimental and theoretical study of the origin of natural and synthetic crystals”) 2. Russian Fund for Basic Research, grants 01-05-64912, 04-05-64416, 07-05-00380, 10-02-01303, 12-05-00876, 16-05-00837 and 19-05-00413 devoted to mixed crystal formation. 3. Russian Science Foundation, project # 16-17-10085. 4. State contract 02.523.12.2004 (project DN-08/07-03) devoted to development of doping methods of hexa-hydrate sulfates of transition metals for UV-filters. Publications: 1. S.N. Bocharov, A.E. Glikin, E.V. Kir'yanova, V.V. Sipyagin. Anomalies of growth rates and habit of sodium chlorate crystals // Zap. Vseross. Mineral. O–va. 2003. v.123, No. 2. pp.99-107. [in Russian] 2. S.N. Bocharov. Kinetic anomalies of crystal growth as evidence of solution structure transitions // Bull. S.-Peterb. Univ., Ser. 7: Geol., Geogr. 2004. No 23, pp.16-21. [in Russian] 3. S.N. Bocharov. Kinetic anomalies of crystal growth // Bull. S.-Peterb. Univ., Ser. 7: Geol., Geogr. 2005. No 24, pp.88-90. [in Russian] 4. S.N. Bocharov, A.E. Glikin. Kinetic anomalies of crystal growth: extension of methodical approaches and interpretations // Crystallography Reports. 2008. v. 53, No. 1, pp. 147–153. 5. S. N. Bocharov, P. Gille, A. E. Glikin. Kinetic anomalies of mixed crystal growth and their effect on the crystal isomorphic composition // Cryst. Res. Technol. 2009. v. 44, No. 1, pp. 13 – 18. 6. Malakhova L.F., Alekseeva O.A., Furmanova N.G., Bocharov S.N., Kryuchkova L.Yu. Crystal structure of octapotassium octasulfatodiceriate pentahydrate // Crystallography Reports. 2010. v. 55, N. 2, pp. 206–209. 7. S.N. Bocharov. Anomalies of growth rate and variations of isomorphic composition on the example of NaClO3-NaBrO3 model system // Proceedings of RMS. 2010. N. 3, pp. 122-131. [in Russian] 8. Pyankova L.A., Bocharov S.N., Shtukenberg A.G., Punin Yu.O., Bakhvalov A.S., Franke V.D. Distribution of syntactic intergrowths over heterophase NH4Cl:(Mn2+,Сu2+) crystals as studied by a complex of experimental techniques. // Bull. of St.Petersburg State University. Ser. 7: Geol., Geogr. 2011. Vol. 1. pp.45-53. [in Russian] 9. Bocharov S. Kinetic anomalies of crystal growth: object, novelty and implication // Acta Cryst. 2011. A67, P. C87. 10. Pyankova L.A., Punin Yu.O., Bocharov S.N., and Shtukenberg A.G. Growth Kinetics and micromorphology of NH4Cl:Mn2+ crystals formed in the NH4Cl–MnCl2–H2O–CONH3 system // Crystallography Reports. 2012. v. 57, No.2, pp. 317–326. 11. Bocharov S.N., Pyankova L.A.. X-Ray Microtomographic Study of an Admixture Distribution within the Volume of Heterophase Crystals (NH4Cl:Mn) // Proceedings of 21st International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization. 2014. 311-319. 12. Kryuchkova L.Yu., Bocharov S.N.. Composition Inhomogeneity of Mixed Crystals // Proceedings of 21st International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization. 2014. 320-327. 13. Tibilov I. V., Bocharov S. N., Glikin A. E., Antonov A. A., Plotkina Ju.V. About authigenic nature of small cassiterite pebbles in alluvial placers of Chukotka // Proceedings of RMS. 2015. N. 1, pp. 122-133. [in Russian] 14. Isakov A.I., Kotelnikova E.N., Muenzberg S., Bocharov S.N., Lorenz H. Solid phases in the system l-valine - l-isoleucine // Crystal Growth and Design. 2016, N. 5, pp. 2653-2661. 15. Zadoya A.I., Siidra O.I., Bubnova R.S., Nazarchuk E.V., Bocharov S.N. Tellurites of Hexavalent Uranium: First Observation of Polymerized (UO4)2–Tetraoxido Cores // European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2016, N. 25, pp. 4083-4089. 16. Isakov A.I., Kotelnikova E.N., Bocharov S.N., Zolotarev Jr. A.A., Lorenz H. Thermal deformations of the crystal structures of L-valine, L-isoleucine and discrete compound V2I // Industrial Crystallization, ed. H. Lorenz and H. Buchholz, Cuvillier Verlag, Gottingen, Germany. 2016. P. 7–12. 17. Bocharov S.N., Kryuchkova L.Yu., Saveliev S.O.. Approaches to growing large mixed monocrystals in NH4H2PO4—KH2PO4 system // Industrial Crystallization, ed. H. Lorenz and H. Buchholz, Cuvillier Verlag, Gottingen, Germany, 2016, p. 252-258. 18. Siidra O., Nazarchuk E., Bocharov S., Depmeier W., Zadoya A. Formation of co-racemic uranyl chromate constructed from chiral layers of different topology // ActaCryst. 2017, B73, pp. 101–111. 19. Siidra O., Nazarchuk E., Bocharov S., Depmeier W., Kayukov R. Microporous uranyl chromates successively formed by evaporation from acidic solution // Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials. 2018, pp. 1-9. 20. Siidra O., Nazarchuk E., Charkin D., Chukanov N., Depmeier W., Bocharov S. and Sharikov M. Uranyl Sulfate Nanotubules Templated by N-phenylglycine // Nanomaterials. 2018, 8, 216; doi:10.3390/nano8040216. 21. Kryuchkova L.Yu., Lorenz H., Zolotarev A. A. Jr , Bocharov S.N., Kotelnikova E.N.. Solid phases in the chiral phenylglycine system according to PXRD and SCXRD data // Industrial Crystallization, ed. Cartigny and N. Couvra. Presses of University of Rouen, France. 2018. P. 226-231. 22. Bocharov S.N., Kryuchkova L.Yu., Vikharev A.E. Growth of large mixed single crystals in the NaI-NaBr-H2O system // Industrial Crystallization, ed. Cartigny and N. Couvra. Presses of University of Rouen, France. 2018. P. 162-167. 23. Bocharov S.N., Kryuchkova L.Yu., Vikharev A.E. Growing large mixed single crystals in the NH4I-KI-H2O system // Industrial Crystallization, ed. A.Flood and L.Wantha. Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Thailand. 2019. P. 100-105. 24. Kotelnikova E., Isakov A., Kryuchkova L., Zolotarev A., Bocharov S., Lorenz H.. Acids with Chiral Molecules as Essential Organic Compounds of Biogenic–Abiogenic Systems // Processes and Phenomena on the Boundary Between Biogenic and Abiogenic Nature. Springer. 2020. pp.695-719. 25. Bocharov S.N., Isakov A.I., Petrov Yu.Yu., Orekhova K.N., Dementeva E.V., Burakov B.E., Zamoryanskaya M.V. Study of radioluminescence and cathodoluminescence of artificial diamond single crystals as prospective durable core material for nuclear electric batteries // Diamond and Related Materials. 2021. V.120. 108658 doi.:10.1016/j.diamond.2021.108658 also more than 80 abstracts at different Russian and International conferences. 1 patent.