Dr. Alexander Solovev
March 24, 2014
13.30 – 15.00
Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster
Skolkovo School of Management
SEMINAR ABSTRACT:
Diminishing resources, change of climate, fuel production, minimally-invasive medicine – one of the possible highly-effective ways to face these huge challenges is through discovery, innovation and application of novel nanoscale materials, devices and machines. A three-dimensional-membrane nanotechnology was started from the discovery of a strain-driven self-rolling of heteroepitaxial semiconductor nanotubes by Russian scientist V.Y. Prinz in 1995. When released from the substrate, these nanomembranes become extremely flexible and self-assemble into micro- and nanotubes due to lattice mismatch and inherent strain between the layers.
Nowdays, rollable nanomembranes are made of a variety of materials (metals, semiconductors, insulators, organics or hybrids) with excellent control over the thicknesses of layers, number of rotations and a rich set of functional properties. Novel prototype materials are applicable to diverse areas and hold significant promise for the development of infinity nanomaterials.
A cornucopia of potential applications are possible in energy, electronics, photonics, biomedical, chemical nanotechnologies and man-made nanomachines. This presentation will discuss the concepts, challenges and opportunities of shaped three-dimensional nanomembranes, their technological relevancy and important breakthroughs.
SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:
Dr. Alexander A. Solovev earned a diploma in mechanical engineering from Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in 2003. He then moved to Germany and graduated from the international Master of Science in Engineering Physics program at the Walther Schottky Institute at the Physics Department of the Technical University of Munich in 2006.
During 2003–2004 he was a visiting scholar in the chemistry departments of Princeton University, NJ and Columbia University in the City of New York. In 2012 he finished his PhD with great honor at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, and the Leibniz Insitute for Solid State and Materials Research in Dresden, Germany. After his PhD, Dr. Solovev continued his postdoctoral appointment in the Chemical Physics group at the Physics Department of TU Munich. Currently he is a postdoctoral researcher in the Micro-, Nano, and Molecular systems group at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart. Dr. Solovev’s awards include: the DSM Science and Technology Award from Switzerland, a Max Planck Fellowship, the DAAD prize for international scholars, best chemistry experiment for the public from Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, and holds the Guinness World Record in nanotechnology for the smallest man-made jet engine. His research interests include the fundamental studies of materials self-organization, far from equilibrium systems, programmable matter, biosensors, nanotools, multipurpose nanomaterials, complex fluidic nanomachines, particularly for on-chip, energy and biomedical applications.
