DEPARTMENT OF MAGNETIC AND ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS

Brief information

According to the results of the assessment of the effectiveness of the activities of scientific institutions of the NAS of Ukraine and their divisions, the Department of Magnetic and Elastic Properties of Solids is classified as «A».

The Department was organized in 1966 by Prof. Boris I. Verkin, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, who contributed substantially to the development and scientific profile of the Department. From the day of foundation and until 2008 the Department was headed by Prof. Igor V. Svechkarev. Since 2008 and to 2021 the Department was headed by Prof. Gennadiy E. Grechnev. Since 2021 and to the present the Department is headed by Dr.rer.nat. Alexey V. Fedorchenko.

From 2006 to 2017 an outstanding Ukrainian scientist Prof. Victor V. Eremenko, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, had worked in the Department.

The employees of the Department made a significant contribution to the development of science and technology of Ukraine, as evidenced by high state awards:

• 2015 - The State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology (G. E. Grechnev et al.): Functional properties of the bulk and surface ordered systems and fabrication of new metal-containing materials and structures.
• 2003 - The Shubnikov Prize (V. V. Eremenko, V. A. Sirenko, V. D. Fil): Magnetoelastic phenomena in the Shubnikov phase of superconductors.
• 1980 - The State Prize of Ukraine (I. V. Svechkarev et al.): Investigation of elementary excitations in metals by X-ray, microcontact, tunnel, ultrasonic and magnetic spectroscopy methods.

At present, the Department consists of 12 staff members, among them: 3 Doctors of Sciences (DrSc.), 8 Candidates of Sciences (Dr.rer.nat., PhD), and 1 Engineer.

The research field of the Department covers a broad area of applied and fundamental problems of Condensed Matter Physics, above all magnetic and elastic properties of functional materials, intermetallic compounds, and different alloys. This includes primarily:

• Theoretical studies of magnetic structure of solids.
• Ab initio calculations of the electronic structure and magnetic properties of metallic systems and semiconductors.
• Experimental studies of magnetization and magnetic susceptibility in localized and itinerant magnetic systems under high pressure, including rare-earths and actinides.
• Experimental studies of uniaxial compression effects on magnetic properties in anisotropic magnetic materials.
• Elastic, magnetoelastic, magneto- and piezoelectric properties of solids.
• Experimental investigations of structural defects with magnetic methods.
• Structure and magnetoelastic properties of low-dimensional systems in the region of low temperature phase transitions.
• Theoretical and experimental studies of multiferroic systems.