3 Krzyzhanovsky St., 03142, Kyiv, Ukraine

Phone: (044) 424 2071; fax: (044) 424 2131;
e-mail: dir@ipms.kiev.ua;
http://www.ipms.kiev.ua

Principal study areas:

– physical and chemical fundamentals of technologies, physical-and-chemical properties of inorganic materials, investigations of phase equilibria, surface and contact phenomena in many-component systems; hydrogen technologies of material synthesis and treatment;

– physics of deformation and destruction, structural principles for developing engineering materials with high specific strength, computer modelling of material structure;

– synthesis of refractory compounds and high-pressure phases; high-temperature, superhard and functional non-oxide and oxide ceramic materials based on these phases;

– state-of-the-art powder metallurgy technologies; computer design and optimization of technological processes; sintered metal materials, composites and powder coatings with specified properties for various applications;

– nanocrystalline metals, nanoceramics and nanocomposites; synthesis of new nanostructural types of refractory substances and materials on their basis.

The following science schools work at the Institute:

Fundamental principles of materials science (founder – I. N. Frantsevitch);

Physical chemistry of inorganic materials (founder – V. N. Yeremenko);

Physics-and-chemistry, technology and physical materials science of refractory compounds (founder – G. V. Samsonov);

Physical fundamentals of material strength and plasticity (founder – V. I. Trefilov);

Powder metallurgy and powder dispersed systems (founder – I. M. Fedorchenko).

The Institute proposes for cooperative commercialization:

– high-strength structural boron-carbide-based ceramics;

– materials and a technology for electric-spark hardening of tools and machine parts;

– high-strength tool materials for processing by pressure;

– rheological models and dynamics of mechanical actions on material bodies; thermometric sensors;

– ‘sinal’ wear-resistant composite material based on silicon carbide; anti-friction materials based on aluminium nitride;

– a high-temperature construction material based on reaction-bonded silicon nitride;

– a high-temperature insulating and refractory material based on boron alumonitride;

– a high-temperature insulating and refractory material based on boron carbonitride (BNC);

– ceramic matrix composites based on B4C-MeB2 and B4C-SiC systems;

– ceramic matrix composites based on silicon carbide with additives of titanium and zirconium borides;

– boron cathodes for vacuum arc deposition;

– thermo-emission elements on lanthanum hexaboride base.