Research

This webpage presents the main fields and topics of the ongoing research conducted by the MBN Research Center. The research fields are illustrated by the cover page images of the monographs and journal topical issues published by the MBN Research Center team. The key topics pursued in each of the research fields are also presented. References to the relevant publications can be found on the webpage Publications of this website, and on the sub-pages Monographs, Edited volumes, Journal publications, and Book chapters. The universal and powerful software packages MBN Explorer and MBN Studio developed by MBN Research Center are widely exploited in the state-of-the-art computational research conducted in all of the research fields outlined below.

 

• Atomic and molecular clusters, nanoparticles

- Atomic clusters
- Molecular clusters
- Finite nanosystems (fullerenes, endohedral atoms, coated and functionalised nanoparticles, etc.)
- Deposited clusters and nanoparticles
- Structure and dynamics of clusters and nanosystems
 

 

Left: Topical issue "Atomic Cluster Collisions" of the European Physical Journal D (eds. A.V. Solov’yov and A.V. Korol)
Right: "Latest Advances in Atomic Clusters Collision: Structure and Dynamics from the Nuclear to the Biological Scale" (eds. J.-P. Connerade and A.V. Solov’yov)

 

 

• Dynamics of biomolecular systems

- Structural transitions in biomolecules
- Biomolecular processes
- Dynamics of DNA, RNA, proteins, etc.
- Bio-nano systems
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
- Radiobiological effects
 

 

Left: "Nanoscale Insights into Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy" (Springer; ed. A.V. Solov'yov)
Right: Topical issue on Bio Macromolecules of the European Physical Journal D (eds. A.V. Solov'yov and M. Broyer)

 

 

• MBN systems: virtual design, structure and properties

- Metallic, organic and inorganic nanomaterials
- Nanoalloys composites, crystalline superlattices
- Surface coatings, surface structure and material interfaces
- Surface deposition, diffusion, growth, self-assembly and pattern formation
- Nanotubes, nanowires, nanofractals, nanofilms, graphene, functional nanoparticles, etc
- Nanoscale phase and structural transitions
- Thermo-mechanical and tribological processes and properties, materials at extreme conditions
- Irradiation-driven nanofabrication, irradiation-induced damages
 

 

Left: "MBN Explorer and MBN Studio Tutorials. Version 3.0" (monograph by I.A. Solov'yov, G.B. Sushko, A.V. Verkhovtsev, A.V. Korol and A.V. Solov'yov)
Right: Cover page of volume 33, issue 30 of the Journal of Computational Chemistry highlighting publication of the key reference article on MBN Explorer

 

 

• Collision and dynamic processes involving MBN systems

- Collision processes involving clusters, nanoparticles, biomolecules, nanostructures and and materials
- Fusion, fission and fragmentation
- Collective electron excitations
- Molecular association, dissociation, reactions
- Atomic and molecular deposition and desorption processes
- Particles propagation through a medium
- Collision-induced medium effects
 

 

Left: Topical issue "Nano-scale Insights into Ion-beam Cancer Therapy" of the European Physical Journal D (eds. A.V. Solov'yov, N. Mason, P. Limão-Vieira, and M. Smialek-Telega)
Right: "Latest Advances in Atomic Clusters Collision: Fission, Fusion, Electron, Ion and Photon Impact" (eds. A.V. Solov’yov and J.-P. Connerade)

 

 

• Multiscale modeling

- Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Dynamics modeling
- Molecular Dynamics/Monte Carlo modeling
- Multiscale approach to the physics of radiation damage
- Clustering and self-organization, nanofractals
- Morphological transitions
- Irradiation-driven chemical transformations of molecular systems
 

 

Left: "Multiscale Modeling of Complex Molecular Structure and Dynamics with MBN Explorer" (Springer monograph by I.A. Solov'yov, A.V. Korol and A.V. Solov'yov)
Right: Cover page of volume 35, issue 17 of the Journal of Computational Chemistry highlighting the publication of the key reference article on the implementation of 3D kinetic Monte Carlo module in MBN Explorer

 

 

• Novel and emerging technologies: computational approach

- Nanotechnologies
- Biotechnologies and medicine
- Material technologies
- Radiation and space technologies
- Plasma technologies
- Computational technologies
 

 

Left: Topical issue "COST Action Nano-IBCT: Nano-scale Processes Behind Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy" of the European Physical Journal D (eds. A.V. Solov’yov, N. Mason, G. García and E. Surdutovich)
Right: "Channeling and Radiation in Periodically Bent Crystals" (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics; monograph by A.V. Korol, A.V. Solov'yov and W. Greiner)

 

 

• Theoretical and computational physics methods

- Atomic, molecular and optical physics
- Computational physics and chemistry
- Collision theory
- Many-body theory
- Quantum electrodynamics
- Condensed matter physics
- Biophysics
 

 

Left: "Polarization Bremsstrahlung" (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics; monograph by A.V. Korol and A.V. Solov'yov)
Right: "MBN Explorer: Simulation of Nanomaterials Structure and Dynamics" (St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University Publishing House; monograph by I.A. Solov'yov, G.B. Sushko, A.V. Verkhovtsev, A.V. Korol, A.V. Solov'yov)