Department of Computing Engineering Elements and Nanomaterials
Research Areas:
Reducing the size of materials to the nanometer scale leads to the emergence of entirely new, unique properties, which in turn enable the creation of devices operating on quantum and other novel principles. Such unique nanodevices are already being used in science, technology, and biomedical fields, forming the basis for their progress.
Our current research is focused on obtaining nanowires from new semiconductor compounds, which will be used as catalysts for the photoelectrochemical decomposition of water, enabling the direct production of hydrogen using solar radiation. Based on the semiconductor nanowires we have developed, we are creating highly sensitive gas sensor analogs.
The images show germanium nitride catalyst nanowires captured with atomic resolution (left images) and scanning electron microscope images of In₂Ge₂O₇ compound nanowires (right).
2. A theory of acoustic wave propagation in a porous medium filled with superfluid helium has been developed. The derived equations have been applied to aerogels. Experiments conducted at the V. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics (Ukraine) and the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of Delaware (USA) confirm the validity of this theory. Additionally, the development of technology for creating a new class of nanomaterials for biomedical applications is underway.