To date my research activities have focused on the physics of charged particle beams, and on the optimisation of beam formation using pulsed high-voltage diodes. High-energy ion irradiation of materials provides heating and cooling of boundary layers of a treated item at a rate of more than 10
9 K/s inducing different phenomena in the near surface layer, which effect strongly the properties of surface layers and result in improvement of material characteristics. I regularly see opportunities to use ion beam treatment for the surface modification of materials and synthesis of nano-scale structures, and I wish to extend my research further into this area.
In September 2014 I've saccesfully defended the candidate's dissertation on the topic: "Generation of intense pulsed ion beams from explosive emission plasma in an ion diode with self-magnetic insulation" on the specialty 01.04.20 "Physics of charged particle beams and the accelerating technics", supervisor Dr. Prof. A.I. Pushkarev
I have some experience and training in material analysis. In October last year, I spent one month at KIT, where I spent my time preparing and analysing samples with a scanning electron microscope; the samples had previously undergone Ion Beam treatment with our accelerator at TPU. Then in February I attended an additional training course in electron microscopic analysis of materials, namely scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). After my graduation, expected September 2014, I would like to make my career in this field.
