Laboratory for Nanomaterials Mechanics and Theory of Defects

Head:   Ilya Ovid'ko (Professor, Dr. Sci)
Staff: Mikhail Gutkin (Professor, Dr. Sci)
Ivan Archakov (PhD)
Sergey Bobylev (PhD)
Anna Kolesnikova (Dr. Sci.)
Kristina Mikaelyan (PhD)
Alexander Sheinerman (PhD)
Nikolai Skiba (PhD)
Eugenii Baturin
Mikhail Fedoseev

Contact Address:

Prof. Ilya Ovid'ko
Editor-in-Chief, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science Journal
Head, Laboratory for Nanomaterials Mechanics and Theory of Defects
Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Bolshoj 61, Vas.Ostrov, St.Petersburg 199178, Russia
Fax: +7(812)321 4771 Email: ovidko at gmail.com

Laboratory Research Activity Areas:

A. Theory of defects, interfaces, plastic deformation and fracture processes in nanostructured and nanocomposite materials.
B. Theory of misfit defects and interfaces in quantum dots, nanowires and nanoscale films.
C. Theory of defects, interfaces, plastic deformation and fracture processes in conventional coarse-grained polycrystals and composite materials.

Basic Current Research Projects:

  • State contract 14.740.11.0353 "Deformation and fracture mechanics of nanoceramics" (2010-2012, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation). Report
  • Fundamentals of Interface Phenomena in Advanced Bulk Nanoscale Materials (INTAS grant 03-51-3779)
  • Research and Development of Ultrafine-Grained and Nanostructured Aluminium Alloys for Advanced Aerospace Applications (INTAS-AIRBUS grant 04-80-7339)
  • Development of New Methods for Monitoring of High Temperature Technological Processes Based on Nanostructured Materials (Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation)
  • Structural Mechanics of Materials and Construction Elements. Interaction of Nano-, Meso, Micro-and Macro-Scales at Plastic Deformation and Fracture (Russian Academy of Sciences)

List of Selected Publications in 2001-2005:

  1. Monograph: C.C. Koch, I.A. Ovidko, S. Seal and S. Veprek, Structural Nanocrystalline Materials: Fundamentals and Applications (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006), in print
  2. Monograph: M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovidko, Physical Mechanics of Deformed Nanostructures. Vol.2: Layered Nanostructures (St.Petersburg: Yanus, 2005) (in Russian)
  3. Monograph: M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Plastic Deformation in Nanocrystalline Materials (Springer, Berlin, N.Y., etc., 2004).
  4. Monograph: I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Nanomechanics of Quantum Dots and Wires (St.Petersburg: Yanus, 2004) (in Russian)
  5. Monograph: M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Physical Mechanics of Deformed Nanostructures. Volume 1: Nanocrystalline Materials (St.Petersburg: Yanus, 2003) (in Russian)
  6. Monograph: M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Defects and Plasticity Mechanisms in Nanostructured and Non-crystalline Materials (St.Petersburg, Yanus, 2001) (in Russian)
  7. I.A. Ovidko, Deformation and diffusion modes in nanocrystalline materials, Int.Mater.Rev., 50, N 2 (2005) 65-82.
  8. I.A. Ovid'ko, Deformation of nanostructures, Science 295 (2002) 2386 (pdf, 116 Kb).
  9. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Irradiation-induced amorphization processes in nanocrystalline materials, Appl.Phys. A 81, N 5 (2005) 1083-1088.
  10. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Suppression of nanocrack generation in nanocrystalline materials under superplastic deformation, Acta Mater. 53, N 5 (2005) 1347-1359.
  11. S.V. Bobylev, I.A. Ovidko, A.E. Romanov and A.G. Sheinerman, Nanoscale defect structures at crystal- glass interface, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 (2005) 619-634.
  12. I.A. Ovid'ko, C.S. Pande and R.A. Masumura, Grain boundaries in nanomaterials,═in: Handbook on Nanomaterials, edited by Y.G. Gogotsi (CRC: Florida, 2005) 531-552.
  13. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Elastic fields of inclusions in nanocomposite solids, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 9, N 1 (2005) 17-33.
  14. B. Baretzky, M.D. Baro, G.P. Grabovetskaya, J. Gubicza, M.B. Ivanov, Yu.R. Kolobov, T.G. Langdon, J. Lendvai, A.G. Lipnitskii, A.A. Mazilkin, A.A. Nazarov, J. Nogues, I.A. Ovidko, S.G. Protasova, G.I. Raab, A. Revesz, N.V. Skiba, J. Sort, M.J. Starink, B.B. Straumal, S. Surinach, T. Ungar, and A.P Zhilyaev, Fundamentals of interface phenomena in advanced bulk nanoscale materials, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 9, N 1 (2005) 45-108.
  15. A.L. Kolesnikova and I.A. Ovid'ko, Orientation order in nanoparticles in composite films, Phys.Rev.B, 69 (2004) 035412 (pdf, 272 Kb).
  16. M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovidko, Nanocracks at grain boundaries in nanocrystalline materials, Phil.Mag. Lett., 84, N 10 (2004) 655-663.
  17. S.V. Bobylev, M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko,Transformations of grain boundaries in deformed nanocrystalline materials, Acta Mater., 52, N 5 (2004) 3793-3805 (pdf, 368 Kb).
  18. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Misfit dislocation loops in cylindrical quantum dots, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 (2004) 7225-7232.
  19. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Misfit dislocation loops in composite nanowires, Phil. Mag., 84, N 20 (2004) 2103-2118 (pdf, 174 Kb)
  20. S.V. Bobylev, M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Decay of low-angle tilt boundaries in deformed nanocrystalline materials, J. Phys. D 37 (2004) 269-272 (pdf, 106 Kb).
  21. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Enhanced formation of nanowires and quantum dots on dislocated substrates, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 (2004), 2161-2170 (pdf, 170 Kb).
  22. S.V. Bobylev and I.A. Ovidko, Partial and split dislocations in deformed nanocrystalline metals, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 7, N 2 (2004) 75-82.
  23. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V. Skiba, Emission of partial dislocations by grain boundaries in na nocrystalline metals, Phys.Sol.State 46 N 11 (2004) 2042-2052. (FTT 46 N 11 (2004) 1975-1985)
  24. S.V. Bobylev, M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Chain decay of low-angle tilt boundaries in nanocrystalline materials, Phys.Sol.State 46 N 11 (2004) 2053-2057. (FTT 46 N 11 (2004) 1986-1990)
  25. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Delocalized dislocations in quantum dots, J.Exp.Theor.Phys. 98, N 2 (2004) 334-337 (transl. in Zh.Teor.Exp.Fiz. 125, No 2 (2004) 377-381.
  26. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Triple junction nanocracks in deformed nanocrystalline materials, Acta Mater., 52, N 5 (2004) 1201-1209 (pdf, 320 Kb).
  27. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V. Skiba, Strengthening and softening mechanisms in nanocrystalline materials under superplastic deformation, Acta Mater. 52, N 6 (2004), 1711-1720 (pdf, 336 Kb).
  28. M.Yu.Gutkin, I.A Ovid'ko and C.S.Pande, Yield stress of nanocrystalline materials: Role of grain boundary dislocations, triple junctions and Coble creep, Philos.Mag. 83, N 9 (2004), 847-863 (pdf, 170 Kb).
  29. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Triple junction nanocracks in fatigued nanocrystalline materials, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 7, N 1 (2004) 61-66.
  30. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Dislocation climb in nanocrystalline materials under high-strain-ra te superplastic deformation, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 6, N 1 (2004) 21-27.
  31. I.A. Ovidko and A.G. Sheinerman, Diffusion percolation along triple junctions in nanocrystalline materials, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 6, N 1 (2004) 41-47.
  32. S.V. Bobylev and I.A. Ovid'ko, Transformations of faceted grain boundaries in high-Tc superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 67 (2003) 132506 (1-4) (pdf, 50 Kb).
  33. I.A. Ovid'ko, Nanodefects in nanostructures, Philos.Mag.Lett. 83, N 10 (2003) 611-620 (pdf, 272 Kb).
  34. A.A.Fedorov, M.Yu. Gutkin M.Yu. and I.A. Ovid'ko, Transformations of grain boundary dislocation pile-ups at triple junctions in nano- and polycrystalline materials, Acta Mater. 51, No 4 (2003) 887-898 (pdf, 166 Kb).
  35. I.A. Ovid'ko and Sheinerman A.G., Perfect, partial and split dislocations in quantum dots, Phys. Rev. B 66 (2002) 245309 (1-8) (pdf, 100 Kb).
  36. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V. Skiba, Crossover from grain boundary sliding to rotational deformation in nanocrystalline materials, Acta Mater. 51, N 14 (2003) 4059-4071 (pdf, 192 Kb).
  37. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Hyperdislocations in misfit dislocation networks in solid films, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 (2003) 2127-2135 (pdf, 136 Kb).
  38. I.A. Ovid'ko, A.G. Sheinerman and N.V.Skiba, Competing relaxation mechanisms in strained semiconducting and superconducting films, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, N 8 (2003) 1173-1181 (pdf, 164 Kb).
  39. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V.Skiba, Transformations of grain boundaries due to disclination motion and emission of dislocation pairs, Mater.Sci.Eng.A 339, N1-2, 2003, 73-80 (pdf, 244 Kb).
  40. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Grain boundary dislocations and enhanced diffusion in nanocrystalline bulk materials and films, Philos.Mag.A 83, N 13 (2003) 1551-1563 (pdf, 150 Kb).
  41. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V. Skiba, Strengthening mechanism for high-strain-rate superplasticity in nanocrystalline materials, J.Phys. D 36, N 12 (2003) L47-L50 (pdf, 88 Kb).
  42. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Misfit dislocations in composites with nano-wires, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 (2003) 1173-1181 (pdf, 256 Kb).
  43. S.V. Bobylev, M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Nanograins with 90° grain boundaries in high transition temperature superconducting films, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 (2003) 7925-7937 (pdf, 170 Kb).
  44. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A Ovid'ko and C.S.Pande, Physical mechanisms of plastic flow in nanocrystalline materials. Chapter 8, in: Nanoclusters and Nanocrystals, edited by H.S. Nalwa (American Sci. Publ.: California, 2003) pp.225-252.
  45. I.A Ovid'ko, Defects and deformation mechanisms in nanocrystalline materials, in: Nanostructures: Synthesis, Functional Properties and Applications, edited by T. Tsakalakos, I.A. Ovidko and A.K. Vasudevan (Kluwer: Dordrecht, 2003) pp.205-16.
  46. I.A Ovid'ko, Interfacial defects in nanostructures. Chapter 4, in: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, edited by H.S. Nalwa (American Sci. Publ.: California, 2003)
  47. M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Yield stress and plastic deformation of nanocrystalline materials, Advances in Mechanics 2, No 1 (2003) 68-125 (in Russian) (pdf, 400 Kb).
  48. M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Disclinations and rotational deformation in nanocrystalline materials // Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 4, No 2 (2003) 79-114 (pdf, 512 Kb).
  49. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.B. Reizis, Kinetics of point defects and amorphization processes in thin films under irradiation, Phys. Sol. State 45, No 9 (2003) 1679-1682 (pdf, 42 Kb)[FTT 45, No 9 (2003) 1600-1602].
  50. S.V. Bobylev and I.A. Ovid'ko, Dislocation structure and transport properties of low-angle tilt boundaries in high-temperature superconductors, Tech.Phys. 48, N6 (2003) 722-6.
  51. S.V. Bobylev and I.A. Ovid'ko, Faceted grain boundaries in polycrystalline films, Phys. Sol.State 45, No 10 (2003) 1926-1931 (pdf, 70 Kb), [FTT 45, No 10 (2003) 1833-1838].
  52. N.F. Morozov, I.A. Ovid'ko, Yu.V. Petrov and A.G. Sheinerman, Formation and convergence of nanocracks in mechanically loaded nanocrystalline solids, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 4, No 1 (2003) 65-69 (pdf, 116 Kb).
  53. A.L. Kolesnikova, I.A. Ovid'ko and A.A. Fedorov, Local migration of grain boundaries in polycrystalline materials under plastic deformation conditions, Tech.Phys.Lett. 29, N6 (2003) 488-490. [Локальная миграция границ зерен в поликристаллических материалах при пластической деформации, Письма в ЖТФ 29, N12 (2003) 7-13.]
  54. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Defects in 2D arrays of quantum dots, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 4, N 2 (2003), 163-169 (pdf, 78 Kb).
  55. E.B. Baturin, A.L. Kolesnikova and I.A. Ovid'ko, Elastic energy of grain boundaries in nanocrystalline films consisting of columnar grains, Inorganic Materials 39, N4 (2003) 418-23. [Neorgan. Mater. 39, N4 (2003) 505-510].
  56. A.A. Fedorov, M.Yu. Gutkin M.Yu. and I.A. Ovid'ko, Triple junction diffusion and plastic flow in fine-grained materials, Scr.Mater., 47, 2002, 51-55 (pdf, 88 Kb). I
  57. I.A. Ovid'ko, Relaxation mechanisms in strained nanoislands, Phys.Rev.Lett. 88, N 4 (2002) 046103 (1-4).
  58. I.A. Ovid'ko and Sheinerman A.G., Nano-islands on a composite substrate with misfit dislocations, Appl. Phys.A 74, N 2, 2002, 273-7 (pdf, 144 Kb).
  59. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V. Skiba, Changes in the grain boundary misorientation caused by emission of dislocation pairs, Tech. Phys. Lett 28, N5, 2002, 437-8.
  60. I.A. Ovid'ko and Sheinerman A.G., Dislocation dipoles in nano-scale films with compositional inhomogeneities, Philos.Mag.A 82, N16, (2002), 3119-3127 (pdf, 256 Kb).
  61. M. Bender, N. Katsrakis, G. Kiriakidis, I.A. Ovid'ko and A.B. Reizis Physical mechanisms of enhanced conductivity in irradiated InOx nanocrystalline films, Mater.Phys.Mech. 5, N1, 2002, 11-15 (pdf, 74 Kb).
  62. M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Misfit dislocations and phase transformations in high-Tc superconducting films, J.Phys.: Condens.Matter., 15, N 47 (2002) 12551-12562 (pdf, 152 Kb).
  63. M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, inetics of cellular dislocations in nanostructured solids under superplastic deformation, Ann.Chimie 27, N3, 2002, 111-6.
  64. A.A. Fedorov, A.L. Kolesnikova and I.A. Ovid'ko, Grain boundary dislocation structures near triple junctions in nano- and polycrystalline materials, Mater.Phys.Mech. 5, N1, 2002, 49-55 (pdf, 118 Kb).
  65. Ovid'ko I.A.,Interfaces and stresses in nanostructured and high-Tc superconducting materials, in: Science and Technology of Interfaces, International Symposium in Honor of Dr. Bhakta Rath, ed. by S. Ankem, C.S. Pande, I.Ovid'ko and S. Ranganathan (TMS, Warrendale, 2002) p. 245-56.
  66. M.Yu. Gutkin, A.L. Kolesnikova, I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V. Skiba, Rotational deformation mechanism in fine-grained materials, J.Metast.Nanocryst.Mater. 12, 2002, 47-57 (pdf, 448 Kb).
  67. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Misfit dislocations in thin films on plastically deformed substrates, Phys.Sol.State 44, No. 7, 2002, 1298-1304 (pdf, 74 Kb).
  68. I.A. Ovid'ko, Relaxation mechanisms in strained nanoislands, Phys.Rev.Lett. 88, N4 (2002) 046103 (1-4), (pdf, 95 Kb)
  69. I.A. Ovid'ko, Effects of misfit stresses on high-Tc superconductivity in thin-film cuprates, J.Phys.: Condens.Matter 13, N 4, 2001, L97-103 (pdf, 86 Kb)
  70. E.B. Baturin, A.L. Kolesnikova and I.A. Ovid'ko, Interfacial elastic fields of nano- and microcrystalline inclusions in composites, Inorganic Materials 38, N1, 2002, 85-90.
  71. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.G. Sheinerman, Misfit dislocation dipoles in nanodimensional films with periodically modulated composition, Tech.Phys.Lett. 28, N3, 2002, 198-200 (pdf, 38 Kb).
  72. A.L. Kolesnikova, A.E. Romanov, I.A. Ovid'ko, Misfit disclination structures in nanocrystalline films, Solid State Phenomena, 87 (2002) 265-76 (pdf, 616 Kb).
  73. I.A. Ovid'ko, Dilatation stresses and transport properties of grain boundaries in high-Tc superconductors, Mater.Sci.Eng. A 313, N1-2 (2001) 207-17 (pdf, 240 Kb)
  74. I.A. Ovid'ko, A.G. Sheinerman, Nano-wires associated with compositional inhomogeneities in multilayered films, J.Phys.: Condens.Matter. 13, 2001, 9645-53 (pdf, 160 Kb)
  75. I.A. Ovid'ko I.A., A.G. Sheinerman, Misfit dislocations in multilayered films on disclinated substrates, J.Phys.: Condens.Matter. 13, N35, 2001, 7937-51 (pdf, 168 Kb)
  76. M.Yu. Gutkin, I.A. Ovid'ko, C.S.Pande, Theoretical models of plastic deformation processes in nanocrystalline materials, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 2, N 1, 2001, 80-102 (pdf, 224 Kb)
  77. M.Yu. Gutkin, K.N. Mikaelyan and I.A. Ovid'ko, Generation and evolution of partial misfit dislocations and stacking faults in thin-film heterostructures, Phys. Sol. State 43, N1, 2001, 42-6 (pdf, 128 Kb)
  78. I.A. Ovid'ko and A.B. Reizis, Grain boundary dislocation climb and diffusion in nanocrystalline solids, Phys. Sol. State 43, N1, 2001, 35-8 (pdf, 112 Kb)
  79. I.A. Ovid'ko I.A., A.G. Sheinerman, Dislocation dipoles in nanocrystalline films, J.Nanosci.Nanotechnol. 1 , N2, 2001, 215-20.
  80. M.D. Baro, Yu.R. Kolobov, I.A. Ovid'ko, H.-E. Schaefer, B.B. Straumal, R.Z. Valiev, I.V. Alexandrov, M. Ivanov, K. Reimann, A.B. Reizis, S. Surinach, A.P. Zhilyaev, Diffusion and related phenomena in bulk nanostructured materials, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 2, N1, 2001, 1-43 (pdf, 808 Kb)
  81. I.A. Ovid'ko, Physical mechanisms of reduction of critical current density across grain boundaries in high-Tc superconductors, Mater.Phys.Mech. 3, N1, 2001, 108-112 (pdf, 57 Kb).
  82. M.Yu. Gutkin and I.A. Ovid'ko, Transformations of low-angle tilt boundaries in high-Tc superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 63, 2001, 64515 (1-9) (pdf, 120 Kb)
  83. S.V. Bobylev, I.A.Ovid'ko, A.G.Sheinerman, Effects of misfit stresses on the structure and transport properties of grain boundaries in high-Tc superconducting films, Phys.Rev.B 64, N 22, 2001, 224507. (pdf, 128 Kb)

Organizational Activities:

Prof. I.A Ovid'ko was Chair/Co-Chair of the following international scientific meetings:

  • NN2005 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies (Crete, Greece; June 14-18, 2005)
  • NMM2004 International Workshop on Interface Controlled Materials: Research and Design (St.Petersburg, Russia, 2004)
  • MRS Fall 2003 Symposium NANO: MRS Symposium Q "Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites", Boston, USA, December 1-5, 2003
    (Call for Papers, pdf;   Guide for Abstract Submission, pdf)
  • NN2003: International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies (Crete, Greece; August 30 - September 6, 2003)
  • MRS Fall 2002 Symposium : Nanomaterials for Structural Applications (pdf) (Boston, USA, December 2-6, 2002)
  • NATO Advanced Study Institute on Synthesis, Functional Properties and Applications of Nanostructures (Crete, Greece, 2002)
  • STI-2002   TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington - USA, February 17-21, 2002
    International Symposium on Science and Technology of Interfaces in Honor of Dr. Bhakta Rath
  • ICMRD 2000 International Workshop on Interface Controlled Materials: Research and Design (St.Petersburg, Russia, 2000)
  • AAIS 99 International Workshop on Applied Aspects of Interface Science (St.Petersburg, Russia, 1999)
  • ARW 99 Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Films and Coatings, (Santorini, Greece, 1999)
  • Russia-US Workshop on Nanoparticles and Nanostructures (St.Petersburg, Russia, 1997)

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