SCTMS

Published: 31 March 2026

Yang H., Wang Q., Pham T.D., Wang Z., Xie H., Xu Y., Formalik F., Proserpio D. M., Stern C. L., Li A., Krull X. C., Cooper A. I., Snurr R. Q., Hupp J. T. Side-arm sterics direct conformation, topology, and function in zirconium metal–organic frameworks. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2026. doi: 10.1039/D6TA02142E IF 9.5

Tags: Davide M. Proserpio, Q1

Published: 30 March 2026

Orlova E. I., Morkhova Ye. A., Shindrov A. A., Baldin E. D., Shendrik R. Yu., Gavrilenko V. V., Yapaskurt V. O., Smolkov M. I. Ti-Doped MgV₂O₄ Spinel for Magnesium-Ion Batteries: Facile Carbon-Integrated Synthesis, Experimental Study, and Theoretical Modeling. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2026, 1063, 187674. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2026.187674 IF 6.3

Tags: Michail I. Smolkov, Q1, Samara State Technical University, Yelizaveta A. Morkhova

Published: 30 March 2026

Samararathne N.A., Proserpio D.M., Reinheimer E., Effaty F., Alkhidir T., Mohamed S., MacGillivray L. R. Photo Capture of Water by Single Crystals of a Nonporous Metal–Organic Material. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2026. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c01019 IF 15.7

Tags: Davide M. Proserpio, Q1

Published: 20 March 2026

Morkhova Ye. A., Merzlyakova E. D., Smolkov M. I., Kabanov A. A. High-throughput Cambridge structural database screening for sodium-conducting polymer electrolytes. Computational Materials Science, 2026, 268, 114654. doi: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2026.114654 IF 3.3

Tags: Artem A. Kabanov, Elizaveta D. Merzlyakova, Michail I. Smolkov, Q1, Samara State Technical University, Yelizaveta A. Morkhova

Publications

27 April 2026
Dr. Yelizaveta Morkhova has been named among the top 100 young scientists and construction designers in the regional ranking for the fifth time

Dr. Yelizaveta Morkhova, a senior researcher at the SCTMS, has once again been named among the top 100 laureates of the Samara Region competition for young scientists and construction designers working in priority areas of science, technology, and engineering. The winners will receive a one-time cash payment of 120,000 rubles.

25 April 2026
Our young staff presented at the Lomonosov-2026 forum

SCTMS research assistants Elizaveta Merzlyakova and Kirill Kazachkov presented at the International Scientific Conference for Students, Graduate Students, and Young Scientists "Lomonosov-2026" in the "Functional Materials and Nanomaterials II (Senior Students)" section. The conference events are taking place from April 10th to 25th in Moscow.

8 April 2026
Our team’s article is once again among the top cited by Wiley.

The article "Stability of Inorganic Ionic Structures: The Uniformity Approach" by Professor Vladislav Blatov and Dr. Alexander Shevchenko, Senior Researcher at the SCTMS, published in Acta Crystallographica Section A, became the most cited paper of 2025.

6 April 2026
Business trip of Professor Vladislav Blatov to China

From March 24 to April 5, 2026, Professor Vladislav Blatov was on a business trip to the Northwestern Polytechnic University (NWPU, Xi'an, China), as part of his work as a visiting professor.

16 March 2026
Dr. Olga Blatova’s project is the winner of the regional competition of the Russian Science Foundation

Senior researcher at the SCTMS Dr. Olga Blatova won a grant from the Russian Science Foundation for the event “Conducting fundamental scientific research and exploratory scientific research by individual scientific groups” (regional competition). The project will be implemented from 2026 to 2028 with funding of 7 million rubles per year.

1 February 2026
Ekaterina Bukhteeva attended a meeting with the Governor of the Samara Region

On the day of graduate students, January 21, a meeting was held between the Governor of the Samara Region Vyacheslav Fedorishchev and young scientists, winners of the scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation from the Samara Region. Junior researcher at the SCTMS Ekaterina Bukhteeva, among other participants, spoke about her research and achievements.

19 January 2026
Challenges in modern materials science and the potential of advanced materials were discussed in Hong Kong

Professor Vladislav Blatov participated in the 2nd Workshop on Advanced Materials Frontiers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (January 15–18, 2026) and presented a paper entitled "Geometrical and Topological Models of Crystalline Materials."

14 December 2025
Professor Vladislav Blatov and Dr. Yelizaveta Morkhova at the Digital Materials Science Conference

On November 24–25, the 2nd All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference “Digital Materials Science” was held at the NTI Center of Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Moscow). The event brought together experts from the scientific community and employees of manufacturing companies for dialogue.

14 December 2025
SCTMS staff at the conference on AI in chemistry and materials science

Junior researchers of the SCTMS Ekaterina Bukhteeva and Vladislav Osipov spoke at the II Scientific Conference “Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry and Materials Science” (November 17-21, 2025, IOC RAS, Moscow). Ekaterina won the best oral presentation category.

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