Neutron scattering in condensed matter. Critical dynamics and evolution of microstructure in disordered systems.

• Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors Electronics

Wide-bandgap semiconductors with high-bonding energy — SiC, GaN, AlN. Electrostriction-based devices and stable devices based on silicon carbide.

• Diffusion Phenomena in Semiconductors

Diffusion and Creadon of defects in Semiconductors. Physics of diffusion and defect structure evolution. Reliability of serniconductor devices.

• Kinetic Phenomena in Solids at Low Temperatures

Quantum phenomena in solids at low temperatures. High-pressure physics of semiconductors. High-Tc superconductors. Galvanomagnetic properties of low dimensional semiconductor systems. Optical properties of organic conductors and fullerens. Galvanomagnetic and acustic properties of 2D nanostructures.

• Physics of Thermoelectrics

New methods of thermoelectric energy conversion. Transport properties of solids at high temperatures.

• Physics of Anisotropic Materials

Ultradispersed and low-dimensional systems based on nanodusters.

• Physics of Rare-Earth Semiconductors

Physics of rare-earth semiconductors and semiconductor compounds. Thermal properties of solids.

• Physics of Eectromagnetooptics

Optical Phenomena in Ferroelectric and Magnetic Crystals. Nonlinear optics in fibers and optical computing. Optics of solid state, nagnetooptics, and electrooptics.

• Theory of Semiconductors and Dielectrics

Hopping conductivity, multiphonon processes in semiconductors. Critical properties of layered superconductors and weakly disordered systems. Critical states of Josephson and CDW structures, superconductivity in heavy fermion systems.

• Diffraction Methods for real Crystals

Characterization of materials and real crystal structure of single crystals, heterostructures, and iuperlattices by high-resolution diffraction methods. Origin of structural defects and mechanisms of their generation in electronic materials.

• Acoustics of Solids

Solid state acoustics.