Teoretical physics,
physics of liquid crystals,
mecanics of liquid, gas and plasma.
Main publications:
S. V. Burylov, Yu. L. Raikher, “Magnitoopticheskie effekty v ferronematikakh”, Izvestiya Akademii nauk SSSR, 55:6 (1991), 1127–1140
Sergei V. Burylov, Yuri L. Raikher, “Orientation of a solid particle embedded in a monodomain nematic liquid crystal”, Phys. Rev. E, 50:1 (1994), 358–367
Sergei V. Burylov, Yuri L. Raikher, “Macroscopic Properties of Ferronematics Caused by Orientational Interactions on the Particle Sufaces”, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 258 (1995), 107–141
S. V. Burylov, “K voprosu o ravnovesnykh konfiguratsiyakh nematicheskogo zhidkogo kristalla v tsilindricheskom ob'eme”, ZhETF, 112:5(11) (1997), 1603–1629
S. V. Burylov, “Vzaimodeistvie tsilindricheskoi chastitsy s ploskimi disklinatsiyami nematicheskogo zhidkogo kristalla”, Pisma v ZhETF, 86:8 (2007), 598–603
S. V. Burylov, “Interaction of a cylindrical particle with planar disclinations of a nematic liquid crystal”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 86:8 (2007), 598–603; JETP Letters, 86:8 (2007), 526–531