V.L. Ginzburg Center for studying High-Temperature Superconductivity and Quantum Materials was organized as a research division of LPI in 2017 by order of the Director No. 230 dated 06/29/2017, on the basis of the Department of High-Temperature Superconductivity and Nanostructures of LPI; the head of both the previous and new structural divisions is the corresponding member of RAS Vladimir M.Pudalov.
The center is located on the territory of the LPI in a building (building No. 10), which was specially designed, reconstructed and equipped with equipment and infrastructure for scientific research. Since 2007, the Center’s staff has been actively involved in the design, supervision of construction work, installation of equipment, its commissioning and trial operation. The initial stages of the Center’s creation are described in more detail in the article: History of Science and Technology, No. 4, 81, 2009
The main goal of the Center is experimental studies of fundamentals of high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) and materials with a non-trivial topology of the electronic structure.
VL Ginzburg Center simultaneously functions as a Shared Facilities Center (CFC), carrying out measurements with its experimental equipment for external users.
The 3rd , educational goal of the Center – is professional education of bachelor’s, master’s and graduate students, including lecturing and supervising of MIPT students of the educational Program “Physics of Superconductivity and Quantum Materials”
The main feature of the Center is that it carries out all stages of materials research:
| predictive design | theoretical analysis |
| calculations of the band structure and physical properties |
synthesis of new materials using various methods
analytical studies and characterization of their properties
research of physical properties of materials,
fabrication of nanostructures based on new materials and study of their properties
The stages of research are illustrated with photos of several labs and instruments of the Center
Synthesis of new materials and crystal growth
Analytics and characterization
Nanostructures fabrication
Physical properties studies
