There started the tenth All-Russian Scientific School-Seminar entitled Interaction of ultrahigh-frequency, terahertz, and optical radiation with semiconductor micro- and nanostructures, metamaterials and biological objects on May 24. Scientists of Saratov State University and other Russian universities, as well as students gathered in the Big Physical Hall, Bldg. 3.
This year, the conference is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Dmitrii Usanov, Chair of the Department of Solid Body Physics, SSU, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, and Honoured Inventor and Scientist of the Russian Federation.
The moderator of the seminar was Professor of the Department of Solid Body Physics Alexander Skripal. Vice-Rector for Administrative Work and Human Resources Management, SSU, Andrei Stalmakhov wished the participants success on behalf of SSU Rector Aleksei Chumachenko.
‘For me, as for many people sitting here, Dmitrii Usanov is a living story. I remember his magnificent lectures, clear notes on the blackboard. It's great that the tenth anniversary scientific school-seminar is dedicated to the memory of Dmitrii Usanov. I have always liked the format of the school-seminar, because for young people it is an opportunity to listen to lectures by venerable scientists, and to speak myself. I wish you interesting discussions and further scientific achievements,’ Andrei Stalmakhov said.
First Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of Saratov Region Alexander Iztleuov, General Director of the R&P enterprise “Almaz-Phasotron” Maksim Shikhalov, and Chair of the Corporate Department of Solid-State Microwave Modules Vitalii Tyazhlov congratulated the participants on the beginning of the anniversary school-seminar.
Director of the Institute of Physics, SSU, Sergei Venig wished fruitful work to the participants of the conference. ‘The topic of the school-seminar today is one of the most pressing issues facing our industry. The close alliance of scientists that is taking place at our conference indicates that this topic is very interesting and important,’ he said.
At the plenary session, the chair of the conference Alexander Skripal spoke about Dmitrii Usanov’s life and research, who had organised and chaired and the organising committee of the All-Russian scientific school-seminar from 2014 to 2019.
Honourary President of the NT-MDT Spectrum Instruments Group of Companies, Professor Victor Bykov presented a report on the modern capabilities of scanning probe microscopes developed by NT-MDT to study the properties and metrological control of surfaces and nanostructures, including micro- and nanoelectronics products and nanostructures to study the properties of living cells and viruses for medical diagnostics.
Professor of the Department of Technology and Communications Equipment, Ural Federal University, Vladislav Noskov made a presentation about 110 years of avtodyne: a historical overview of the main stages and development of avtodyne systems – from lamp to radiophoton avtodynes.
Professor of the Department of Quantum Physics and Nanoelectronics, National Research University of Electronic Technology, Eduard Ilyichyov spoke about the electronic component base of emission microwave and terahertz electronics based on carbon materials.
The conference continued with presentations by scientists in the Semiconductor Micro- and Nanoelectronics section. Scientists of Saratov State University also presented reports. Topics include gas sensitivity of polycrystalline semiconductor films, electronic and electrically conductive properties of graphene-nanotube hybrid films, optical plasmons along single and double sheets of graphene, properties of spin waves in magnetic micro- and nanostructures, electron transport in 2D-carbon heterostructures.
On the second day of the school seminar, the participants made presentations in the following sections – Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials, Biomedical Systems and Technologies, Solid-State Microwave Electronics, Terahertz Technologies – and presented poster presentations. Chair of the Department of General, Theoretical, and Computer Physics Valerii Anikin once again turned to the memories of Dmitrii Usanov as a teacher of the scientific shift. Chair of the Department of Optics and Biophotonics Valerii Tuchin shared the prospects of terahertz biophotonics. Speech by the Head of the Department of Physics, the Faculty of Physics and Technology, SSTU, Dmitrii Zimnyakov was devoted to the semiconductor-dielectric transition in ensembles of densely packed anatase nanoparticles under prolonged direct current exposure.
The reports of the tenth school-seminar present the results of promising developments in the areas of research of photonic crystals and metamaterials, semiconductor micro- and nanoelectronics, solid-state microwave electronics, terahertz technologies, on the problems of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with biomedical systems.
The seminar was attended by 236 scientists from 15 cities of Russia and other countries, including 145 young scientists. A total of 96 reports had been submitted. The results of their research were shared by employees of more than 40 universities and research and production enterprises in Russia. The conference was held online and offline from May 24 to May 25.
