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27 August 2026
Our youth are the best at ODARMOL-2026
Students from the Chemical Engineering Faculty of Samara State Technical University became winners and runners-up in the 13th annual All-Russian Research Project Competition "ODARMOL-2026" in the Natural Sciences category.
24 August 2026
Zlata Titova Wins in the Materials Science Section of the All-Russian Research Competition
Zlata Titova, a student in the Chemical Engineering Department of SSTU, has reached the finals of the 11th All-Russian Competition of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Research Papers. The final round of the competition will be held in September 2026 in Nizhny Novgorod at the "Science of the Future – Science of the Young" forum.
29 July 2026
SCTMS staff discussed molecular dynamics.
SCTMS staff participated in the 2nd All-Russian Conference "Molecular Dynamics" in Pushkin, St. Petersburg, which was held from June 28 to July 5, 2026. They presented one oral presentation and three posters.
18 July 2026
Center Staff at the National Crystal Chemistry Conference
A large group of SCTMS staff participated in the 12th National Crystal Chemistry Conference, which was held from July 5 to 10, 2026, in Apatity, Murmansk Region. Presentations were given by Prof. V.A. Blatov, Dr. A.A. Kabanov, Dr. O.A. Blatova, E. Barabanova, E. Bukhteeva, M. Smirnova, and V. Nikitina.
17 July 2026
Elizaveta Merzlyakova performed at the FIPTT-2026
SCTMS Laboratory Research Assistant Elizaveta Merzlyakova presented an oral presentation at the 18th International Conference "Fundamental and Applied Problems of Solid State Ionics" (FIPTT-2026). The event was dedicated to the anniversary of Doctor of Chemical Sciences N. G. Bukun and the memory of Professor E. A. Ukshe (Chernogolovka, Moscow Region).
13 July 2026
The IUCr handbook now includes sections on the use of topological approaches in crystal description
The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is publishing the latest edition of Volume G (Definition and Exchange of Crystallographic Data) of the multi-volume handbook International Tables for Crystallography, featuring new sections: Classification and use of topological data and Topology dictionary (topoCIF), dedicated to the topology of crystal structures.
6 July 2026
SCTMS Staff at NCI-2026
From June 29 to July 3, 2026, the 4th International Symposium "Non-Covalent Interactions in Synthesis, Catalysis, and Crystal Chemical Design" (NCI-2026) was held in St. Petersburg. Professor Vladislav Blatov and SCTMS Research Assistant Varvara Nikitina participated.
25 May 2026
Professor Vladislav Blatov delivered a plenary presentation at BRICS+ 3OCNMD
On May 19-22, Professor Vladislav Blatov participated in the 3rd Open BRICS+ Conference on Novel Materials and Devices (BRICS+ 3OCNMD), which was held at the Congress Center of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Moscow).
