Laboratory of Digital Material Science

Scientists at NUST MISIS and the State Scientific Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology have developed a method for modifying commercially available cotton-based fabrics with boron nitride nanoparticles. Tissue treatment with a small amount of surface-modified particles allows you to obtain antibacterial, hydrophobic nanotextile materials that are stable when washed, resistant to temperature and protect against ultraviolet radiation. The results was published in ACS Applied Bio Materials.

Scientists at NUST MISIS and the State Scientific Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology have developed a method for modifying commercially available cotton-based fabrics with boron nitride nanoparticles. Tissue treatment with a small amount of surface-modified particles allows you to obtain antibacterial, hydrophobic nanotextile materials that are stable when washed, resistant to temperature and protect against ultraviolet radiation. The results was published in ACS Applied Bio Materials.

Interview with Ph.D. in physical and mathematical sciences, professor, Head of the Laboratory of Digital Materials Science at NUST «MISIS» Pavel Borisovich Sorokin

Researchers at NUST MISIS have created a reusable and environmentally friendly sorbent for cleaning wastewater from antibiotics. It has a number of advantages over already known analogues - low production costs, simple design, and ease of operation in purification facilities. The results of the study are published in the journal Nanomaterials.

Russian scientists have synthesized a new ultra-hard material scandium containing carbon material. It consists of polymerized fullerene molecules with scandium and carbon atoms inside. The work paves the way for future studies of fullerene-based ultra-hard materials, making them a potential candidate for photovoltaic and optical devices, elements of nanoelectronics and optoelectronics, biomedical engineering as high-performance contrast agents, etc. The study was published in Carbon.

An international team of scientists from Russia, China, Japan and Australia was able to demonstrate for the first time the possibility of a controlled change in the chirality of carbon nanotubes. This brings these nanostructures closer to practical applications in electronics and high-precision sensors and makes it possible to create unique nanotransistors less than 3 nanometers in size.

About graphene and the Nobel Prize almost thrown in the bucket, studies to the point of insanity, dualism in science and the light world of Strugatsky.

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Interview with Pavel Sorokin by Dmitri Breitenbicher for SPEAR'S Russia magazine

Humanity will certainly move to a new technological order, in which controlled synthesis of materials will play a significant role. Pavel Sorokin, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, leading researcher at the laboratory of inorganic nanomaterials at MISiS, told RT in an interview with RT. According to the scientist, in the near future new amazing nanotechnologies will firmly enter our life, which will find application in electronics, medicine and the creation of composite materials.

NUST MISIS scientists, as part of an international group of scientists, have developed a new method for efficient modulation of the optoelectronic properties of nanofilms based on carbon nanotubes. Such nanofilms can be used to create flexible displays and touch screens. The method proposed by the researchers can give a new impetus to the development of flexible electronic devices by reducing energy consumption and making them cheaper to manufacture. The work was published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have proposed a way to create ultra-strong and at the same time flexible diamond films from graphene. Such films can be used to protect surfaces in nanoelectronics and other areas.

A team of NUST MISIS scientists found out that if a “hole” is artificially created in a two-layer graphene, for example, by burning it out with a laser, then carbon atoms at the boundaries will redistribute and form connections between the layers, forming a continuous surface. So, despite the defect, the electronic properties of the material not only do not get worse, but also improve in some cases.

Scientists from NUST MISIS have proposed a method for unambiguously determining the mechanical rigidity of nanostructures. Having excluded from the definition the volume, which at the atomic level becomes a poorly definable quantity, the team determined the mechanical rigidity of a number of nanostructures. The new method will allow better selection of materials with the required properties. Using an improved methodology, scientists have established that diamond nanoclusters have greater mechanical rigidity compared to a solid diamond crystal. The new material can find application in a number of high-tech areas, including microsystem electronics, the nuclear industry, as well as in the manufacture of cutting, drilling and abrasive tools.

The best way to learn a new craft is from the craftsmen. Under the heading "People of Business", "Evening Moscow" talks with real professionals who tell readers about the peculiarities of their favorite business. Today Pavel Sorokin, a leading researcher at the Research Laboratory "Inorganic Nanomaterials", spoke about the physicist's work.

International group of Russian and Japanese scientists developed a material that will significantly increase the recording density in data storage devices, such as SSDs and flash drives. Among the main advantages of the material is the absence of rewrite limit, which will allow implementing new devices for Big Data processes. The article on the research is published in Advanced Materials .