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• Asymmetry VS Sepsis: Russian-Italian Research Team Developing Optical Sensor for Early Diagnosis

  Every year, sepsis takes the lives of approximately six million people around the world. In recent times, it has also become a common COVID-19 complication. In order to treat the disease effectively and quickly, it needs to be diagnosed in the early stages using high-quality sensors. In the fall of 2021, a joint research team from ITMO University and CNR-Nanotec (Italy) won a grant from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the development of this technology.

  07.02.2022

• ITMO Scientists Develop Shape-Shifting Microcapsules from Liquid Metals

  Researchers from ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and ChemBio Cluster have created liquid-metal nanoparticles that can reversibly change their shape when exposed to laser radiation. The discovered effect holds great promise for ultra-compact optoelectronic devices, smart sensors, and signal systems. The results of the study are published in Physical Chemistry Letters.

  20.09.2021

• Picture of the Week: AgInS Quantum Dots in CaCO3 Calcite Phase

  These structures can become an alternative to semiconductor cadmium nanocrystals, which will allow using them as a transport system for drug delivery. They make it possible for substances to reach their target locations without affecting the cells, organs, and tissues that they shouldn’t.

  11.01.2021

• GIF of the Week: Spores of Lycopodium Clavatum in Electrodynamic Trap

  The video features an experiment in the localization of biological objects, namely, spores of Lycopodium Clavatum (with an average size of 30 microns), in a quadrupole electrodynamic trap.

  14.12.2020

• ITMO University Researchers Shed New Light on Plasmonic Nanolasers

  For six years, a research team from the Photophysics of Surface Laboratory at ITMO’s International Research and Educational Center for Physics of Nanostructures has been studying plasmonic nanolasers – a long-standing subject of debate in the scientific community. The study was conducted as part of a Russian Presidential Grant.

  08.12.2020

• Picture of the Week: An Atomic Force Microscope Celebrates Halloween

  The picture shows the probe of an atomic force microscope seen through a secondary optical microscope.

  30.10.2020

• ITMO Graduate Wins National Theses Competition

  Vadim Rybin, a Bachelor's graduate of the Faculty of Photonics and Optical Information, won the national competition of theses called Be First in the Physics and Astronomy category. Now, Vadim is pursuing a Master’s degree. He discussed his thesis and scientific interests with ITMO.NEWS, and also told us how he created the “It’s a trap” student club, whose members are engaged in the study of ion traps.

  15.09.2020

• Picture of the Week: Dendrites of Semiconductor Quantum Dots

  The photo was taken during a study aimed at increasing the efficiency of solar batteries.

  11.09.2020

• One Summer and Three Schools: ITMO Master’s Student Wins Poster Session At Biophotonics Summer School

  Anastasia Lazareva has presented a report on the generation of reactive oxygen species with hybrid structures based on CdSe quantum dots and thermally annealed titanium butoxide. She received positive feedback from experts as well as offers to collaborate. 

  26.08.2020

• ITMO Graduate Nikita Teplyakov on Working in Switzerland, Studying in the UK, and Breaking Stereotypes

  Nikita Teplyakov spoke to us about his path in science and explained how he managed to rack up 29 Scopus publications in six years as an ITMO student.

  28.07.2020