ITMO in Media
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AZoOptics
Glass-Ceramics Used in Greenhouse Lamps Promote Plant Growth
Scientists from ITMO in collaboration with their colleagues from Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed light sources from ceramics with the addition of chrome—the light from such lamps offers not just red but also infrared (IR) light, which is expected to have a positive effect on plants' growth. The research results are now published in Optical Materials.
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Science Magazine
New Light For Plants
Scientists from ITMO in collaboration with their colleagues from Tomsk Polytechnic University came up with an idea to create light sources from ceramics with the addition of chrome: the light from such lamps offers not just red but also infrared (IR) light, which is expected to have a positive effect on plants’ growth. The research was completed as part of a Russian Science Foundation grant, and the results were published in Optical Materials.
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FocusTechnica
Scientists Create Tiniest Semiconductor Laser
An international team of researchers led by researchers from ITMO University announced the development of the world’s most compact semiconductor laser that works in the visible range at room temperature. According to the authors of the research, the laser is a nanoparticle of only 310 nanometers in size (which is 3,000 times less than a millimeter) that can produce green coherent light at room temperature. The research article was published in ACS Nano.
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ThePrint
Indian lions at risk of extinction due to lack of genetic diversity, suggests study
An international team of researchers, which, among others, includes the academic supervisor of ITMO University's Laboratory of Genomic Diversity and researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, and other research centers from all over the world, analyzed the genomes of extinct and living lions.
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Nanowerk
Researchers develop material capable of being invisible or reflective in IR spectrum
An international research team that includes staff members of ITMO University and the University of Exeter have proposed a new metamaterial capable of changing its optical properties without any mechanical input. This development could result in a significant improvement in the reliability of complex optical devices while making them cheaper to manufacture. The study was featured on the cover of Optica.
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Phys.org
Scientists demonstrate the first chemically synthesized optical switch
Optical switches allow for transmitting information using light, which will be useful for the development of ultrafast optical memory cells in the future. Using a femtosecond laser usually used in chemistry for gas absorption, ITMO University scientists have demonstrated how to create an all-optical switch based on a metal-organic framework that can be synthesized in vitro. The research has been published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
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QSWOWNEWS
Master’s Student of ITMO University Speaks About Her Internship at T-Systems
Elizaveta Kotelnikova studies at ITMO University’s Industrial Programming Technologies Master’s program. Its corporate partner, T-Systems, subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, is a leader in the field of information technology.
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Telecompaper
ITMO University to design quantum network for Russian Railways
Russian ITMO University, specialising in IT, optical design and engineering, has received a RUB 300 million grant for the design of a quantum platform for state railway carrier Russian Railways, reports Tdaily.ru.
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Nanowerk
Optical 'nanomixer': Scientists propose new method for mixing liquids
Every now and then, scientists need to control the process of mixing liquids in vessels so small that the thinnest needle or even a hair wouldn't fit in there. At the same time, controlling the diffusion speed of molecules in the so-called microreactors is extremely important for the purposes of designing new drugs, conducting biological experiments and even to perform fast disease detection tests. Scientists from ITMO University and their colleagues from the Czech Academy of Sciences proposed to solve this problem by using the energy of light.
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QSWOWNEWS
ITMO University Student Shares Her Experience of Studying her Exchange Semester from Home
Evgenia Ponomareva, a student at the Faculty of Photonics and Optical Information, ITMO University, and an employee at the Laboratory of Femtosecond Optics and Femtotechnologies, was supposed to study abroad, at Aalto University (Finland) from January to May. However, due to the pandemic, she had to return to St. Petersburg in March. She continues her studies at Aalto University remotely. Evgenia tells us how she studies in Finland from Russia and continues her research from home.