Chief Researcher, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Shulzhenko Oleksandr Oleksandrovich

+380443791447

kybor@ism.kiev.ua

Main research areas – study of physicochemical aspects of the synthesis of superhard materials, construction of state diagrams under high pressure, study of thermodynamics and kinetics of spontaneous crystallization of diamond and cubic boron nitride at high pressures and temperatures, creation of new superhard materials, development of technologies for sintering superhard materials at high pressures and temperatures

Deputy Head of Department, Ph.D., Senior Researcher

Sokolov Oleksandr Mykolayovych

+380443791447

kybor@ism.kiev.ua

Main research areas – study of phase transformations in materials under high pressure; research into the physicochemical regularities of sintering superhard composite materials based on diamond, fullerenes, graphene, nanotubes; creation of new hybrid superhard materials based on diamonds of various genesis.

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8948722500

Leading Researcher, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Senior Researcher

Bezhenar Mykola Pavlovych

+380443791445

bezhenar@ukr.net

Main areas of research – materials science of cubic boron nitride (CBN), physics and technology of high pressures, technological and structural aspects of obtaining polycrystalline and composite superhard materials based on CBN under high pressure conditions, research of their structure, physical-mechanical and functional properties.

Leading Researcher, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Senior Researcher

Petrusha Ihor Andriyovych

+380443791446

dialab@ism.kiev.ua

Science area: Physical materials science at high pressures. Development of highly efficient superhard polycrystalline and composite materials based on boron nitride and diamond for instrumental purposes. Study of the processes of dissociation, dissolution, crystallization and sintering of gallium nitride, rare earth metal oxides in order to create crystalline and nanostructured materials for optoelectronics. Determination of the features of the processes of structure formation under high pressures (solid-phase transformations, percolation transport, recrystallization creep) with their influence on the properties of materials. Research objects (compounds): BN, GaN, diamond, refractory carbides, nitrides, borides, oxides.

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Senior Researcher, Ph.D., Senior Researcher

Gargin Vladyslav Gerasymovych

+380443791446

kybor@ism.kiev.ua

Main research areas – study of changes in the properties of synthetic and natural diamonds depending on temperature, environment and pressure; sintering of composite materials based on diamond and hard alloy; sintering under high pressures and temperatures of wear-resistant and heat-resistant materials based on diamond and new hybrid superhard materials based on diamonds of various genesis.

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603651161

Senior Researcher, Ph.D., Senior Researcher

Stasyuk Lyubomyr Pylypovych

+380443791445

dialab@ism.kiev.ua

Main areas of research – creation of new modifications of diamond-hard alloy plates for drilling tools; development of high-pressure apparatus cells to ensure a uniform thermal field, and accordingly, uniformity of the properties of the diamond layer of ATP; study of the processes of ATP structure formation during sintering under conditions of high pressures and temperatures; study of phase formation processes during sintering activation by adding activating metals and their compounds; study of the operational properties of new ATP modifications; testing of ATP performance in drilling tools; development of methods for increasing ATP heat resistance.

 Senior Researcher, Ph.D., Senior Researcher

Osipov Oleksandr Serhiyovych

+380443791446

dialab@ism.kiev.ua

The main areas of research are thermobaric sintering of composite materials based on diamond and cubic boron nitride. Structure formation of compacts in diamond-carbonate systems under conditions of high pressures and temperatures.

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7202978128

Senior Researcher, Ph.D., Senior Researcher

Stratiychuk Denys Anatoliyovych

+380443791446

dialab@ism.kiev.ua

The main areas of research are sintering of polycrystalline composites based on diamond and cubic boron nitride under conditions of high pressures and temperatures. Search for new binding components for obtaining non-porous high-strength heat-resistant materials for use in drilling and cutting tools. Research objects – diamond, boron nitride, carbides, borides, transition metal silicides, gallium compounds.

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=15127733300

 Junior Researcher, Doctor of Philosophy

Rumyantseva Yuliya Yuriivna

RESEARCH INTERESTS: HPHT sintering, microstructure investigation, whisker-reinforcement, phase transformations, corrosion processes, ceramic materials

PROJECTS PARTICIPATED

2019 – 2020: project manager at Young scientists project “Crystallization of GaN on the seed by the temperature gradient method”

2020 – present time: participant of the project “Support for research of leading and young scientists” (“Crystallization of GaN under high pressure: obtaining under high pressure, structure, properties”

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Junior researcher

Natalia Rusinova Oleksandrivna

+380443791447

kybor@ism.kiev.ua

The main areas of research are identifying patterns related to the production of diamond-based composite materials with additives activating the sintering process under high pressure conditions. Determining the influence of sintering conditions (pressure, temperature) of the composite on its structure and physical and mechanical properties. Study of the structure of diamond polycrystalline samples and establishing the relationship between the structure and physical and mechanical properties.

Junior Researcher, Candidate of Technical Sciences

Romanenko Yaroslav Mykhailovych

+380443791446

dialab@ism.kiev.ua

Main research areas – research into the high-pressure formation of PCBN composites for instrumental purposes with a homogeneous structure and increased damping capacity

Leading Engineer

Gazha Georgy Pavlovych

+380443791446

dialab@ism.kiev.ua

Main research areas – development of high-pressure apparatus designs for sintering composite materials based on diamond and nitride bora