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 clusters and nanoparticles Left: Topical issue "Atomic Cluster Collisions" of the European Physical Journal D (eds. A.V. Solov’yov and A.V. Korol) URL: http://epjd.epj.org/component/toc/?task=topic&id=104 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) Imperial College Press, London, UK (2008); distributed by World Scientific (2008)  URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p573	• 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 Left: "Nanoscale Insights into Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy" (ed. A.V. Solov'yov) (Springer International Publishing, 2017) URL: http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319430287 Right: Topical issue on Bio Macromolecules of the European Physical Journal D (ed. A.V. Solov'yov and M. Broyer) volume 51, no. 1 (January 2009), pp. 1-172 URL: http://epjd.epj.org/articles/epjd/abs/2009/01/contents/contents.html	• 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 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) MesoBioNano Science Publishing (2017); distributed by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2017) URL: https://www.amazon.de/MBN-Explorer-Studio-Tutorials-Version/dp/1976460921 Right: Cover page of volume 33, issue 30 of the Journal of Computational Chemistry highlighting publication of the key reference article on MBN Explorer, its main features and capabilities. For the details, see I.A. Solov’yov, A.V. Yakubovich, P.V. Nikolaev, I. Volkovets, and A.V. Solov’yov, MesoBioNano Explorer - a universal program for multiscale computer simulations of complex molecular structure and dynamics, J. Comput. Chem., vol. 33, pp. 2412-2439 (2012)  URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcc.23086/abstract	• 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 dynamical processes involving MBN systems 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) URL: http://epjd.epj.org/component/toc/?task=topic&id=263 Right: "Latest Advances in Atomic Clusters Collision: Fission, Fusion, Electron, Ion and Photon Impact" (eds. A.V. Solov’yov and J.-P. Connerade) Imperial College Press, London, UK (2004); distributed by World Scientific (2004)  URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p357	• 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 Left: "Multiscale Modeling of Complex Molecular Structure and Dynamics with MBN Explorer" (monograph by I.A. Solov'yov, A.V. Korol and A.V. Solov'yov) (Springer International Publishing, 2017) URL: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319560854 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. For the details, see M. Panshenskov, I.A. Solov'yov, and A.V. Solov'yov, Efficient 3D kinetic Monte Carlo method for modeling of molecular structure and dynamics, J. Comput. Chem., vol. 35, pp. 1317-1329 (2014) URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcc.23613/abstract	• 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 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) URL: http://epjd.epj.org/component/toc/?task=topic&id=410 Right: "Channeling and Radiation in Periodically Bent Crystals" (monograph by A.V. Korol, A.V. Solov'yov and W. Greiner) (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol. 69, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014) URL: http://www.springer.com/la/book/9783642549328	• 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 Left: "Polarization Bremsstrahlung" (monograph by A.V. Korol and A.V. Solov'yov) (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol. 80, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014) URL: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783642452239 Right: "MBN Explorer: Simulation of Nanomaterials Structure and Dynamics" (monograph by I.A. Solov'yov, G.B. Sushko, A.V. Verkhovtsev, A.V. Korol, A.V. Solov'yov) (St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University Publishing House, 2015) See the Monographs page of this website for more details.	• 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)