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Research projects:
Russian Science Foundation project «Utilizing antiferroelectric effects in multi-field caloric materials for eco-friendly solid-state cooling applications»
Russian Science Foundation project «Minimization of hysteresis in industrial lead-free BNT crystals with high electromechanical coupling through combined antiferroelectric effects»
Russian Science Foundation project «Phase-transition engineering in antiferroelectric thin films: exploiting complex ferroic dynamics for high-precision neuromorphic memory»Research topics:
1) Utilizing antiferroelectric effects in multi-field caloric materials for eco-friendly solid-state cooling applications
2) Minimization of hysteresis in industrial lead-free BNT crystals with high electromechanical coupling through combined antiferroelectric effects
3) Phase-transition engineering in antiferroelectric thin films: exploiting complex ferroic dynamics for high-precision neuromorphic memory
4) Origins of the anomalous electrocaloric effect in PbZrO₃-family antiferroelectrics: structure and switching dynamics
5) Control of long-period phases in epitaxial PbZrO₃ films via size and orientation effects
6) Control of polar-antipolar instability in silver niobate: the role of doping and size effects
7) Modification of a high-vacuum magnetron sputtering system with an optical module to implement the PLD technique
8) Development of an advanced in situ diffraction methodology for nanocomposite glasses based on plasmonic nanoparticlesField of study:
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Patent No. 2 013 610 117 «VolVox software package».Specific requirement:
— Training in general physics and solid-state physics.
— Confident computer skills. Experience with programming in Python, C++, or Matlab is welcome.
— Ability to communicate in English. Willingness to learn Russian.Main publications:
1) Si Y., Zhang T., Liu C., Das S., Xu B., Burkovsky R. G., Wei X. K., Chen Z. Antiferroelectric oxide thin-films: Fundamentals, properties, and applications // Progress in Materials Science. 2024. Vol. 142. P. 101 231.
2) Motseyko A. V., Guda S. A., Mukherjee D., Burkovsky R. G., Ter-Oganessian N. V. Emerging challenges from molecular dynamics calculations of PbZrO₃ and their implications for the correct understanding of phase transitions and the electrocaloric effect // Physical Review B. 2025. Vol. 112. No. 21. P. 214 115.
3) Arkhipov N. A., Shulga P. D., Burkovsky R. G. Gibbs energy approach to the thermodynamical phase diagrams of PbZrO₃ and PbHfO₃ // Physical Review B. 2025. Vol. 111. No. 18. P. L180102.
4) Kniazeva M. A., Ganzha A. E., Gao R., Dasgupta A., Filimonov A. V., Burkovsky R. G. Highly mismatched antiferroelectric films: Transition order and mechanical state // Physical Review B. 2023. Vol. 107. P. 184 113.
5) Burkovsky R. G., Lityagin G. A., Ganzha A. E., Vakulenko A. F., Gao R., Dasgupta A., Xu B., Filimonov A. V., Martin L. W. Field-induced heterophase state in PbZrO₃ thin films // Physical Review B. 2022. Vol. 105. No. 12. P. 125 409.Olympiad Profiles:
- Physical Sciences & Technology