1 Svientsitskiy St., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine

Phone/fax: (0322) 76 1978; (0322) 76 1158;
e-mail: icmp@icmp.lviv.ua;
http://www.icmp.lviv.ua

The Institute for Condensed Matter Physics was founded in 1990 on the base of Lviv Statistical Physics Division of the NAS Institute of Theoretical Physics. The Division was organized in 1969 and it was the first academy institution in physics in Western Ukraine.

The main research areas of the Institute are:

– Development of analytical methods in statistical physics; investigation of phase transitions, equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of solid, liquid and amorphous systems;

– Numerical modelling of physical processes and calculations of principal physical characteristics for condensed systems.

A number of major fundamental results in condensed matter physics have been obtained at the Institute. They are based on the new theoretical methods, whose development and applications resulted in international recognition of the Lviv scientific school of statistical physics. These methods include: the method of collective variables; the method of displacements and collective variables; the technique of integral equations for ion- and ion-molecular systems with short-range interactions; the multi-density formalism for association effects in liquids; the procedure of site operators for multi-level systems and the technique of calculating correlation functions, based on it; the method of symmetrized Green functions etc. Proceeding from these methods, microscopic theories were created for: electrolyte solutions, associated liquids and aqueous solutions; electrolyte films and membranes, colloidal systems, quantum Bose and Fermi systems, metals and alloys, crystalline and disordered systems with strong short-range interactions of particles, ferroelectric crystals and hydrogen-bonded systems; phase transitions, optical and deformation effects in crystals etc.

Besides, the Institute carries out applied studies in: computer and informational technologies; investigation of the fuel-containing masses and physical processes in the ‘Shelter’ facility; heterogeneous catalysis; development of optical elements for image recognition.

The most significant contributions to the development of the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics have been made by academician I. R. Yukhnovskiy, NAS corresponding members I. V. Stasyuk and M. F. Holovko, doctors of sciences Z. O. Gursky, R. R. Levitsky, I. M. Mryglod, M. V. Tokarchuk.

A computing cluster (25 Gflops) operates within the Institute. At present this is the most powerful one in Ukraine.

In 1992, the Institute started telecommunication Internet activities. Now it is continued by the Scientific Communication Centre ‘Ukrainian Academy and Research Network’ (UARNet), which is the major Internet-provider in Western Ukraine.