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Scientists Make Quantum Germanium “Islands” Glow With Hundredfold Intensity

“A team of Russian scientists including researchers from ITMO University, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, the Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, and Lomonosov Moscow State University succeeded …

How To Teach a Computer To Interpret Text

“A team of scientists from ITMO University has created a model for an algorithm that can analyze the meaning of texts. It differs from regular neural networks because it not only takes into account word usage frequency but also introduces …

ITMO Researchers Develop Method for Production of Hollow Nanoparticles From Liquid Metal

“Hollow nanocapsules are widely used for various purposes: from targeted drug delivery to catalytic reactions in petrochemistry. An article on the method was published in Chemistry of Materials. Hollow metal nanoparticles are commonplace in many fields of research. Chemists use …

ITMO Scientists Come up With a Way To Protect Satellites From Space Radiation

“The scientists suggested a new material for power electronics for use on orbital spacecrafts. It’s a semiconductor based on gallium oxides and aluminum that is better at resisting space radiation. An article about it was published in Acta Astronautica …

ITMO Physicists Discover New Physical Effect

“The scientists called it the anomalous exciton Hall effect. It occurs when a laser affects a semiconductor plate in the presence of a magnetic field. This phenomenon can be potentially used for studying exciton quasiparticles. The research is published in …

ITMO Researchers Teach Robots to Run Chemical Experiments

“ITMO University experts are creating technological assistants for chemical laboratories that will be able to take over all routine work with no human involvement needed. Right now, the first prototypes are already performing the simplest manipulations. In the future, robotic …

A Necklace of Resonators: How Scientists Efficiently Control Light in Nanoscale

“ITMO University researchers and their collaborators presented a new principle of creating laser resonators. It will allow them to create light generating elements right on silicone chips. In this ITMO.NEWS article, you will learn how it can be used …

Scientists Demonstrate New Opportunities for Controlling Light in Optical Graphene

“This will help scientists and engineers to better understand the properties of light propagating in materials with a hexagonal structure, and use this knowledge in fundamental research and the development of optical devices. Physicists from ITMO took part in this …

Russian Scientists Develop Perovskite Metasurfaces for Smart Glass

“Perovskite thin films will make it possible to turn normal glass into smart surfaces that can display information in AR devices and convert solar energy into electricity. The research of the group headed by ITMO scientists has been in Laser …

Scientists Create Smallest Semiconductor Laser That Works in Visible Range at Room Temperature

“An international team of researchers announced the development of the world’s most compact semiconductor laser that works in the visible range at room temperature. According to the authors of the research, the laser is a nanoparticle of only 310 …