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• IEEE Scholarship Winner on Opportunities Offered by Terahertz Radiation

  ITMO graduate Anton Zaytsev who is currently doing a PhD program at the University’s Faculty of Photonics and Optical Information has become one of the six people to receive a scholarship from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society for implementing the project “Development of optically tunable graphene-based THz devices”. ITMO.NEWS spoke to Anton to learn how terahertz radiation can replace the X-ray, why he and his colleagues are looking for a replacement for single-layer graphene, and what is to be considered when applying for an international grant.

  18.09.2019

• ITMO Researchers Win Russian Academy of Sciences Award

  The Russian Academy of Sciences has recently announced the recipients of its annual award recognizing outstanding young scientists and students of Russian higher education institutions. Among this year’s winners are four research associates from ITMO University: a group of scientists comprised of Valentin Milichko, Dmitry Zuev and Sergey Makarov, who took first prize in the field of general physics and astronomy, and ITMO University Master’s student and engineer Artem Ashirov, who won the prize for a project of applicational significance.

  10.06.2019

• How New Advanced Materials Help Fight Bacteria – and Cancer

  Gary Hix is a professor of the University of Wolverhampton (the UK) and the head of Wolverhampton School of Sciences. Together with his research team, Prof. Hix designs anti-bacterial medical materials. In an open lecture at ITMO University, he spoke about organic-inorganic hybrid materials, metal phosphonates and oxides, and how these substances are produced. Speaking about anti-bacterial materials, Prof. Hix explained the effect of their structure on the discharge of active substances and how these materials are made to possess therapeutic qualities.

  12.12.2018

• ITMO Researchers Publish Review on Perovskite Research

  Halide perovskites are highly promising in regards to their application in the fields of photovoltaics and optoelectronics, including the development of new devices based on advanced nanophotonics concepts. In 2013, the journal Science included perovskites in its list of top-10 breakthrough technologies. This year, a team of ITMO scientists in collaboration with their colleagues from the University of Texas in Dallas and the Australian National University prepared a review where they studied the optical properties of nanostructured perovskites, answered the question of why fundamental studies of these structures are most important for the development of new optical devices, as well as made predictions about future research in this field. The material was published in a special Hall of Fame issue of Advanced Optical Materials.

  10.08.2018

• ITMO Participates in SPIE Photonics Europe 2018

  From April 22 to 26, SPIE Photonics Europe 2018 international conference in the field of photonics and nanotechnology took place in Strasbourg (France). ITMO University was represented by a Master’s student Yulia Raxumova and a PhD student Aysylu Kamalieva from the Department of Optical Physics and Modern Natural Science. Read more about the conference’s procedure and the research presented by ITMO University.

  18.05.2018

• Russian, German and French Scientists to Collaborate on Nanowhisker Research at European XFEL

  Scientists from ITMO University were granted the right to conduct an experiment on XFEL, the world's largest free-electron laser. The project will be carried out in collaboration with researchers from Germany and France. It will also be the first project at the European XFEL managed by a group of Russian scientists. The experiment is devoted to the study of nanowhiskers - nanomaterials with high spatial and energy resolution of the electronic structure and atomic formation. Among the potential applications of nanowhiskers, or threadlike nanocrystals, are various areas of electronics and medicine. Read out article to learn more about the project and its future prospects.

  28.03.2018

• Chemist Ekaterina Skorb On International Work Experience And Prospects Of Infochemistry

  In the course of her scientific career, Ekaterina Skorb has worked in four different countries. After receiving her education in Minsk, she continued  with  her research at Max Planck Institute in Germany where she led a research team and developed smart biomaterials. At Harvard, she worked in the team of George Whitesides, the world’s most cited chemist, on several fundamental projects, including the Origins of Life. As of now, Ekaterina Skorb is a professor at ITMO University, leading a research team in its Biochemistry Cluster. Among its key projects are creating dynamic optical materials, biochips that would allow to diagnose a wide range of diseases, and fundamental research in the field of storing information with the help of chemical systems. In an interview for ITMO.NEWS, she talked about her work in the world’s major universities and moving to Russia, key research areas, and combining chemistry with IT.

  12.02.2018

• 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

• ITMO Researchers Team Up With French Scientists on New Type of Hybrid Nanoparticles

  Scientists from ITMO’s Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials have won a grant as part of a federal targeted program. The three-year project will be carried out in collaboration with the Institute Jean Lamour (France), which has a great deal of experience in production and characterization of new hybrid nanostructures which have no counterparts among the existing materials and structures. This collaborative research will include the development of methods for the creation of new hybrid crystalline nanoparticles based on two metals, metal-insulators and metal-organics, as well as proving their unique optical properties. In future, they may serve as a foundation for cheap and effective hybrid photonic nanodevices.

  01.02.2018

• New technology allows safe MRI-diagnostics for people with implants

  An international research team has developed a device capable of improving the performance of MRI units. The technology is based on local redistribution of a magnetic field with the help of a metasurface made of metal resonators. It was proven experimentally that the metasurface is capable of reducing the power required to produce high-quality images using an MRI unit. The use of MRI units of lower intensity makes it possible to make MRI diagnostics safe for people with medical implants. The results of this research are published in the latest issue of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance.

  05.12.2017