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13 November 2026

Prof. Vladislav Blatov at the Global South Exchange Conference for Distinguished Scientists 

Professor Vladislav Blatov participated and delivered an invited talk at the Global South Exchange Conference for Distinguished Scientists, which took place October 26-29, 2026, in Xi'an, China, and was organized by Northwestern Polytechnical University.




20 October 2026

Tikhon Slavnov Presents at a Conference at the INEOS RAS 

Tikhon Slavnov, a research assistant at the SCTMS, participated in the All-Russian Conference “Chemical Structure and Properties of Materials,” held to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu. T. Struchkov (October 12–15, 2026, Moscow).




20 October 2026

The Second ICME 2026 School-Conference Has Taken Place 

From October 7 to 10, staff from the SCTMS hosted the second school-conference for young scientists, titled “Ionic Conductors: From Modeling to Experiment” (ICME 2026). The program and conference materials are available on the website.




20 October 2026

Dr. Artem Kabanov Delivers Plenary Lecture at a Scientific School in Novosibirsk 

From September 23 to 25, the 6th All-Russian School for Young Scientists (with international participation), titled “Electrochemical Devices: Processes, Materials, and Technologies,” took place in Novosibirsk Akademgorodok at the Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry (ISSCM) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.




8 October 2026

Professor V. A. Blatov delivered an invited lecture at Moscow State University 

On September 25, Professor Vladislav Blatov took part in the All-Russian Conference "Crystal Chemistry of Minerals and Their Analogues: Energetic Aspects and Structural Diversity," dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Academician Vadim S. Urusov.




7 October 2026

Zlata Titova presented a report at the final round of the All-Russian Research Competition 

From September 22 to 25, 2026, Nizhny Novgorod hosted one of the country’s key youth scientific forums, “Science of the Future – Science of the Young.” Research assistant at the SCTMS Zlata Titova participated in the final round of the All-Russian Research Competition.




5 September 2026

Master’s students from Moscow State University are completing an internship at the SCTMS 

From September 1st to 11th, our center is hosting guests from Moscow who have arrived to learn the basics of using the ToposPro software package and quantum mechanical calculations of the structure and properties of materials. The internship is being conducted by master’s students from the Geological Faculty of Moscow State University. Graduate and undergraduate students from Samara University have also joined the training as students.




1 September 2026

Converting Crystal Chemical Triperiodic Surfaces from ToposPro to 3D Models 

Our team has launched a new online converter for creating 3D models of periodic surfaces using ToposPro data. This service converts T3G files to the widely used 3D model format, STL.


Publications 280

Published 9 November 2026

E. I. Orlova, Ye. A. Morkhova, A. A. Shindrov, E. D. Baldin , N. V. Lyskov , E. P. Kharitonova , S. S. Starchikov, I. V. Perunov, K. V. Frolov , M. I. Smolkov Tuning electronic and ionic conductivity in ZnFe2O4 spinel via Sn doping for Zn-ion cathodes: the role of cation defects. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2027, 222, 114290. doi: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2026.114290 IF 5.9 

      Published 4 November 2026

V. A. Blatov, V. Yu. Kukushkin Halogen bonding at halonium centers: Geometric anatomy from crystallographic big data mined by natural and artificial intelligence. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2027, 572 (2), 218727. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.218727 IF 25.6 

      Published 2 October 2026

Ye. A. Morkhova, M. I. Smolkov, V. T. Osipov, A. A. Kabanov Machine-learning based band gap prediction in ternary oxide materials: A new computational service. Journal of Computational Science, 2026, 101, 103043. doi: 10.1016/j.jocs.2026.103043 IF 4.0 

      Published 1 September 2026

Y. Wang, J. Qu, P. Jiang, V. A. Blatov, X. Liu , Y-L. Li, W. Yang Topological motifs governing superconductivity in pressure-stabilized Ti-Al intermetallics. Physical Review B, 114, 134501. doi: 10.1103/frhh-xd6p IF 3.9 

     

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