1 Akademichna St., 61108, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Phone: (057) 335 6430; fax: (057) 335 2664;
e-mail: lapshin@ipp.kharkov.ua;
http://www.kipt.kharkov.ua

Main lines of research:

– plasma physics, controlled fusion (stellarators, electromagnetic traps), problems of ITER international tokamak reactor, interaction electromagnetic waves with plasma, high-frequency plasma heating, quasi-steady-state and pulsed accelerators of plasma, development of diagnostic methods of high-temperature plasma, plasma technologies.

The following science schools work at the Institute:

– academician K. D. Sinelnikov school of plasma physics and controlled fusion;

– school of theoretical plasma physics, led by NAS corresponding member K. N. Stepanov.

Developments proposed for cooperative commercialization:

1. a diagnostic complex for contact-free electric field measurements in plasma confined in toroidal magnetic systems and open-ended traps;

2. systems for high-frequency heating of plasmas confined in magnetic traps (toroidal and open-ended);

3. a new effective system of electromagnetic isotope separation;

4. a method for material surface modification (improvement of hardness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance etc.) with the use of pulsed streams of gas plasma;

5. high-efficiency barrier-discharge ozonizers for medicine, agriculture etc.;

6. development of test methods for materials subjected to high-level heat loads (in fusion and nuclear reactors) with the use of powerful quasi-steady-state plasma streams.