Functional Materials

Functional Optical Materials

Chair:

Roman Yavetskiy

Dr.Sci., Prof., Deputy Director of Institute for Single Crystals, NAS of Ukraine.

Roman Yavetskiy – physicist, materials scientist. Doctor of Technical Sciences (2017), Professor (2019). Graduated from Kharkiv Polytechnic University (2000). Since then, he has been working at the Scientific and Technological Complex “Institute for Single Crystals” of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kharkiv): from 2010 to 2015 – Head of the Laboratory, since 2018 – Head of the Department of Crystalline Materials of Complex Compounds at the Institute for Single Crystals, from 2025 to present time Deputy Director of Institute for Single Crystals, NAS of Ukraine.

His scientific research focuses on the consolidation processes of nanoscale powders under phase transformation conditions, the structural-phase state of laser ceramics based on refractory oxides, surface-activated diffusion bonding of optical components, and radiation-induced defects in single crystals of complex borates.

Keynote speakers:

Sergii Nizhankovskyi

Dr., Head of Department of Optical and Laser Crystals
Institute for Single Crystals, NAS of Ukraine

Dr. Sergii Nizhankovskyi is a senior researcher and head of Department of Optical and Laser Crystals at Institute for Single Crystals of NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv (more than 100 scientific publications and patents): awarded by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for professional achievements (2018). His research is focused on single crystals and crystalline composites (oxides, nitrides) for applications in optics and optoelectronics, laser and scintillation techniques, LED/LD light sources. Recent achievements have been devoted to solving the following problems: the development of iridium-free technology for growing single crystals of refractory oxides in a protective reducing atmosphere; the development of methods of obtaining of large-size single crystals with highly homogeneous and gradient-controlled dopant distribution.

Jiang Li

Dr., Prof., Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS)

Dr. Jiang Li is a professor of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS). Now he is the associate editors of the Journal of Advanced Ceramics, Journal of Inorganic Materials, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. Prof. Li’s research focuses on laser ceramics, scintillation ceramics, magneto-optical ceramics, ceramic phosphors, and other optical transparent ceramics. He has been selected for four consecutive years as the global top 2% scientists “Lifetime Scientific Impact Rankings” list (2024 edition) released by Stanford University. He was invited to give keynote or invited reports in the academic conferences more than 60 times. He is the coordinator in more than 20 domestic and 6 international collaborative projects so far in the field of transparent and opto-functional ceramics. He produced 463 original papers (8462 Citations, 43 H-index) in refereed journals, 3 co-authored textbooks and 2 co-authored book chapters.