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• Cheap, Eco-Friendly, Biocompatible: Bright Prospects For Nanocellulose

  Nanocrystalline cellulose is said to be the material of the future. It can be synthesized from wood and recycled from paper, which makes it highly affordable; it is eco-friendly and biocompatible. Thanks to its distinctive mechanical and optical qualities, the prolate form of particles, as well as certain properties of the material’s surface, nanocrystalline cellulose is already applied in many fields, and scientists expect to soon find even more applications for it. In this article, we’ve decided to cover the possible uses of this promising material.

  08.02.2018

• Chemist Artem Oganov: On Blind Spots in Chemistry and Materials of Future

  Today Artem Oganov is rightly considered one of the most famous Russian scientists of the new generation. Oganov is a theoretical crystallographer and the creator of a number of new materials – as well as methods of discovering them. A few years ago he solved the problem of predicting the crystal structure of a substance based on its chemical composition. This problem was for long considered to be unsolvable. Oganov created software capable of predicting stable chemical compounds based on a set of initial elements. His discoveries are so impressive that many consider him one of the likely candidates for the Nobel Prize in the next few years. Having worked abroad for 17 years - in England, Switzerland and the United States - at 37 he decided to return to Russia, where he became a professor of Skoltech and headed the Laboratory of Computer Design of Materials at MIPT. During an open lecture at ITMO University, Oganov spoke about his career abroad, his return home, materials of the future and creation of an evolutionary mechanism for predicting substance structures, which proves that even in well-known areas of chemistry there are still many "blind spots". Main points of the event - in this article by ITMO.NEWS.

  02.11.2017

• Divide and Conquer: How S&R Built a Successful Chemical Startup in Russia

  S&R Systems, a resident of ITMO University’s business incubator, is working on the optimization of chemical technology processes in manufacturing and laboratories with a strict focus on import phase-out. The company’s equipment is cheaper than its foreign-made counterparts and is made according to clients’ custom requirements. Founders Denis Sapegin and Mikhail Razin spoke with us about the tasks their company solves, lifehacks for finding angel investors at bars and indifferent engineers.

  30.08.2017

• ITMO and VNIIM Develop Joint Master's Program in Metrology

  This summer, ITMO University and the Mendeleev National Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM) have put out a call for applicants to a Master’s degree program in “Standardization and Metrology in High-Tech Industry”. The new Master’s program, developed by specialists from ITMO and VNIIM, consists of 20 highly specific subjects that exist on the intersection of math, computer science, physics, chemistry, economics and ecology.

  25.07.2017

• Forming Bonds: Visiting Scientists on Chemistry Research and Working Abroad

  Two young extraordinary scientists with extensive international experience – a chemist and a materials science engineer – came to ITMO to conduct research for a few months. They currently work in the Hey-Hawkins Group at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at Leipzig University. Sara Durini is a postdoc from Italy and Rafaella Precker is a Ph.D. student from Brazil. They both took part in research at the Solutions Chemistry of Advanced Materials and Technologies (SCAMT) Laboratory at ITMO. The international news portal had an exclusive interview with them to learn more about their research.

  12.07.2017

• Chemists Create Nanoparticles for Safe Imaging of Tumors

  Chemists from Russia and Switzerland created biosafe luminescent nanoparticles for imaging tumors and blood vessels damaged by heart attacks or strokes. The particles are made of hafnium oxide that can be used for intravenous injections, and doped with ions of rare earth metals. Scientists hope that their invention will become an alternative to the toxic quantum dots, and allow getting images of deep tissues without harming the human body. The study was published in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces journal.

  21.03.2017

• ITMO Opens its Chemistry and Biotechnology Research and Educational Center

  ITMO University continues to develop new competencies; recently, it opened a new research center for chemistry and biotechnology. Students will now be able to use the center's laboratories to conduct practice-oriented research, as well as work on orders from different industrial partners. Having enlisted world-class scientists and fixed with modern equipment, the center is to become the university's new calling card.

  02.02.2017

• Singlet Oxygen and UV Emission, or Why Winter Strolls Are Good for Your Health

  Eating carrots improves one's eyesight, garlic heals cold, and stress can make your hair go grey. These are only few of the myths surrounding human health; some are more trustworthy, some — less. Egor Yasenko, a research student from the Department of Ecology and Technical Sphere Protection, has recently succeeded in proving one such concept — that taking walks on cold sunny days is great for one's health. The scientific reason for this is that under such weather conditions, more singlet oxygen is produced by ice crystals.

  11.01.2017

• "Death and Life of Catalysts": Evgeny Pidko on Getting the ERC Grant and his Research Plans

  On December 13th, European Research Council published the list of researchers who got one of the most prestigious European grants — the ERC Consolidator Grants. Among them is Dr. Evgeny Pidko, professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), participant of ITMO Professorship program and member of the SCAMT International Laboratory. We've asked him to share about the grant and his current research plans and achievements.

  20.12.2016

• ITMO University Launches New Chemical-Biological Center

  Last Friday, the combined Chemical-Biological Center started working at ITMO University. Rector Vladimir Vasilyev and Professor David Avnir, co-head of the SCAMT International Laboratory participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. During the event, Vladimir and Alexandr Vinogradovs made a tour of the new center on Lomonosova str., 9.

  22.11.2016