Academy of Sciences of Moldova

INSTITUTE OF INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICSAPPLIED PHYSICS

Donji Milanovac, 2011

• The Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) - the largest scientific physical institution in the Republic of Moldova• Founded in 1964.

Academician Boris LAZARENKO (1910-1979)

The first director of the Institute, inventor, researcher, laureate of the USSR State Prize for the invention of the Electrical discharge machining (EDM), the founder of the IAP Experimental Plant - the 1970-1980 USSR monopolist in EDM systems.

FoundationFoundation

The Institute has been known to the world scientific community for its fundamental and applied investigations since its establishment thanks to the schools: • of Crystallography (acad. T. Malinowski)• of Electrochemistry (acad. Yu. Petrov)• of Physics of Semiconducting Materials (acad. S. Radautsan)• of Kinetic Physics (acad. V. Kowarski).

Today the Institute is proud to have acad. S. Moskalenko and acad. V. Moskalenko as the heads of the theoretical physics schools of Solid State Theory and of Nuclear Physics; acad. A. Andriesh as the head of the school of Physics of Noncrystalline Materials, and acad. M. Bologa as the head of the school of Intensification of Heat- and Mass-Transfer.

HistoryHistory

PresentPresentThe Institute has 13 laboratories:

• Physics of Ternary and Multinary Compounds• Materials and Structures for Solar Energy Conversion• Physical Methods of Solid State Investigation• Mechanical Properties of Materials• Hydrodynamic Processes and Electro-floatation• Electrochemical Treatment of Materials• Electrical Methods to Control Thermal Processes• Electroerosion for Treatment of Materials and Protection against Corrosion• Theory of Semiconductors and Quantum Electronics• Statistical and Nuclear Physics• Photoelectric Properties of Semiconductors• Registration Media and Photonics• Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes

StaffStaff

Currently the Institute employs 225 persons, among them 156 researchers:

27 doctors-habilitate and professors

72 doctors

6 ASM academicians

3 ASM corresponding members

52 young scientists (under 35)

18 post-graduate students

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Xcalibur diffractometer

from Oxford Diffraction

Nanotester PMT3-NI

Solar Cell

Tester ST1000

Main research areas Main research areas

• Physics of condensed matter, atoms and nuclei

• Semiconductor materials, including nano- materials

• Quantum optics and electronics

• Development of multifunctional electronic and optoelectronic devices, of new technologies

• Using electric fields to intensify heat- and mass transfer

• Modification of surfaces of materials by electro-physical and electrochemical methods.

Ground-based solar radiation monitoring Ground-based solar radiation monitoring stationstation

The IAP carries out research of the atmospheric optical phenomena, optical and microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols, solar and atmosphere radiation within the spectral range from ultraviolet to far-infrared margin of spectrum, and the total column ozone content in an atmosphere.

In 2003 a ground-based monitoring station (unique in the region) was registered in the Global Atmosphere Watch Station Information System as a Regional fixed station in WMO RA VI – Europe.

Data on solar radiation and total column ozone are submitted to the AERONET, NASA/GSFC; SolRad-Net, NASA/GSFC; WOUDC; WRDC.

The Journal of the InstituteThe Journal of the Institute

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Organization of ConferencesOrganization of Conferences

MSCMP 2012 conference will be organized in September 2012.

Every other year the IAP holds International conferences in Materials Science and Condensed Matter Physics

Funding through international programsFunding through international programs

Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Belarusian Foundation for Fundamental Research

Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research

Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

International Association for promotion of research

U.S. Civilian Research and Development FoundationScience and Technology Center in Ukraine

Cooperation with international centresCooperation with international centres

On average, the IAP publishes over 100 papers in journals with IF, which makes up 40-45% of all publications of Moldovan scientists in journals with IF. The papers are cited 4.5-5 times (on average). Of all citations of publications of Moldovan researchers those of IAP specialists make up 45-50%.

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Most cited articles published in past 5 Most cited articles published in past 5 yearsyears

Some rSome reesults highlighted by foreign sults highlighted by foreign editorseditors

The latest is the review article by A. Palii, B. Tsukerblat, S. Klokishner, K.R. Dunbar, J.M. Clemente-Juan, E. Coronado Beyond the spin model: exchange coupling in molecular magnets with unquenched orbital angular momenta in Chemical Society Reviews 40, 2011, 3130-3156 (IF - 20.09).

Vanguard of Moldovan Theoretical Vanguard of Moldovan Theoretical PhysicsPhysics

Academicians, brothers Sveatoslav

and Vsevolod Moskalenko, born in

1928

• Theory of excitons and biexcitons of high density in semiconductor structures with different dimensions in the presence of a laser irradiation and a strong magnetic field• Study of nonlinear coherent propagation of light in crystals, thin films, guides, optic fibres and in systems for transmitting quantic information• Theoretical study of properties of new materials in normal and superconducting states• Development of fundamental problems of the theory of nuclear reactions initiated by particles and heavy ions, study of nuclear excitation structure, elaboration of applied methods for simulation of the interaction of radiation with matter

Theoretical physics: Current directionsTheoretical physics: Current directions

• Theoretical aspects of molecular magnetism and the Jahn-Teller effect

• Study of multiquanta processes in the atomic media, molecular and solid states in order to obtain their new characteristics; elaborations based on their optoelectronic proprieties

• Study of the optical phenomenon and particles transfer in nano-structures and molecular systems

• Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons and biexcitons

• Artificial and exotic atoms (flux qubits, quantum dots, Positronium etc.)

• Laser detection of gravitational waves

Theoretical physics and molecular Theoretical physics and molecular magnetismmagnetismMagnetic Anisotropy in the [CuIILTbIII(hfac)2]2 Single Molecule

Magnet: Experimental Study and Theoretical Modeling, J Phys Chem C 2009, 113, 8573

The proposed model describes simultaneously the dc susceptibility and INS spectra and explains on this basis the observed SMM behaviour of the [CuIILTbIII(hfac)2]2 cluster.

A highly anisotropic cobalt (II) based single chain magnet: exploration of spin-canting in an antiferromagnetic array, J Am Chem Soc 2008, 130, 14729

The developed quantum-mechanical approach represents the first attempt to explain by theory the Single Chain Magnet behaviour and spin-canting phenomenon in the zigzag-chain compound [Co(H2L)(H2O)]∞.

The model is applicable also to chains composed of other Kramers ions.

AVERBUKH I.S.; PERELMAN N.F.Fractional revivals - universality in the long-term evolution of quantum wave-packets beyond the correspondence principle dynamics PHYSICS LETTERS A, 1989, 139 (9), 449-453. >330

MOSKALENKO S.A.The theory of Mott exciton in alkali-halide crystals OPTIKA I SPEKTROSKOPIYA, 1958, 5 (2), 147-155. >110

HENRY D.O.; MOSKALENKO S.A.; KAUR K.J.; et al.Ral GTPases contribute to regulation of cyclin D1 through activation of NF-kappa B MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 2000, 20 (21), 8084-8092. >70

PALII A.V.; OSTROVSKY S.M.; KLOKISHNER S.I.; et al.Role of the orbitally degenerate Mn(III) ions in the single-molecule magnet behavior of the cyanide cluster {[Mn-II(tmphen)(2)](3)(Mn-III(CN)(6)](2)} (tmphen = 3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2004, 126 (51), 16860. >55

Most cited articles in theoretical physicsMost cited articles in theoretical physics

• Technologies for the synthesis of nano-structures of PbS/PbSe, ZnO and nano-wires• Technologies to obtain multinary compounds, experimental and theoretical description of phenomena in them• Technologies of metals electro-deposition• High-density recording and applications of self-mixing interferometry• Plasmolysis: Technology and device for electrical processing of fruits to make juice• Crystallography of supramolecular compounds, molecular recognition, crystal engineering, metal organic materials, structure of metal clusters and cluster based polymer, porous zeolite-like metal-organic frameworks• Low-cost solar cells; renewable sources of energy• New absorber materials (kesterites) for thin film solar cells• Hybrid multilayers – magnetic-semiconductor, soft-hard• Lithographic structures – low-dimensional structures, interface-controlled materials.

Fields of collaborationFields of collaboration

ContactsContacts

Institute of Applied Physicsstr. Academiei, 5Chisinau, MD-2028Republic of Moldovatel.: +373(22) 738129tel./fax: +373(22) 738149email: scisecr@phys.asm.mdwww.phys.asm.md