Sergey Yastrebov Affiliation and official address: A.F.Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute Laboratory of Electrical and Optical Phenomena in Semiconductors St. Petersburg, 194021, RUSSIA Date and place of birth: 11/02/56 Leningrad (nowadays  St.Petersburg),Russia Nationality: Cosmopolitan Phone: +7 (812) 247-91-83 Fax: +7 (812) 247-10-17 E-mail: yastrebov@pop.ioffe.rssi.ru Official homepage http://www.ioffe.rssi.ru/SVA/yastrebov

Education:

• 1982 Diploma of Electrical Engineer, Leningrad Electrical Engineering Institute (LETI), Russia;
• 1996 Ph.D. (Physics/Mathematics), A.F.Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russia

Employment:

Research interests:

• Amorphous carbon by magnetron co-sputtering of graphite and metals with Vladimir Ivanov-Omskii, A.F.IOFFE Institute, Russia
• Diamond growth and two-phonon absorption with Roger Smith , Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
• Density of electron states of amorphous carbon with Alberto Tagliaferro, Polytechical Institute of Torino, Italy
• Spectral ellipsometry of amorphous carbon films with Miquel Garriga and Isabel Alonso, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (CSIC), Spain.
• Spectroscopy of diamond-like films with Tanya Allen , University of Chattanooga, USA

Research projects:

• RFBR (Russian foundation for basic research):

1996-1998	Bonded and non-bonded states of hydrogen in diamondlike carbon N96-02-1685
1997	Participation in 17 International Conference on Amorphous and Microcrystaline "Semiconductors Science and Technology", Budapesht, Hungary N97-03-4288
1997-1999	Copper nanoclusters in amorphous carbon: structure, dimensions and peculiarities of the electron transport N97-02-18110
1997-1999	Influence of surface and geometrical characteristics on physical-chemical properties of diamondlike carbon and porous matrices of Al2O3 and SiO2 N97-03-32273
1999-2001	Physics and chemistry of boron-silicate glasses: technology, optical and electrochemical properties N99-03-32764
1999-2001	Magnetic and electrical properties of ferromagnetic nanoclusters within the percolation threshold N99-02-17071
2000-2002	Nanocrystals of metals in thin films of amorphous carbon: interaction with matrix.N00-02-17004


 
• The Royal Society grants:
  1999, visit of Loughborough University, UK

 
• Ministry of science and industry of Russian Federation grants:
  1993-1998 Subprogram Film  of the Program "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters"
  1998-2000 Project 9830-10 of "Physical Properties of Solid-States Nanostructures"

Award:

• 1983-1985 Two Honourable diploma from militia for keepening order on streets of the former Leningrad city (nowadays it is St Petersburg)

Memberships:

• 1982-1989  Leader of the local trade union organization
• 1985-1999 Executive Secretary of A.F.Ioffe Programmers Association
• 1999- Chairman of  A.F.Ioffe Programmers Association

Publications:

List of selected publications:

1. Growth of Amorphous Carbon Films by Carbon Atom Bombardment in the Energy Range 10-500 eV,

S.Yastrebov and R.Smith,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics B180 145-152 (2001);
2. Optical Properties of Two-Phase and Microporous Glasses,

A.A.Evstrapov, D.O.Murav'ev, T.V.Antropova and S.G.Yastrebov,
J. Opt. Technol. 68, 26 (2001);
3. Optical Properties of Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering of Graphite,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii, A.V.Tolmatchev and S.G.Yastrebov,
Semiconductors, 35(2), 220-225 (2001);
4. Investigation of Surface Morphology of Copper-Modified Amorphous Carbon Films,

T.K.Zvonareva, V.I.Ivanov-Omskii, S.G.Yastrebov, A.O.Golubok, O.M.Gorbenko and V.V.Rozanov,
Semiconductors, 35(2), 220-225 (2001);
5. Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Doped with Copper as Antifungal Protective Coating,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii, L.K.Panina and S.G.Yastrebov,
Carbon 38, 495-499 (2000);
6. Anomalous Two Phonon Absorption in Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Doped with Copper,

S.Yastrebov, R.Smith and V.I.Ivanov-Omskii,
Phil. Mag.B 80, 1219-1228 (2000);
7. The structure of copper-doped amorphous hydrogenated carbon films,

T.N.Vasilevskaya, N.S.Andreev, I.A.Drozdova and S.Yastrebov,
Phys. Solid State 41, 1918-1925 (1999);
8. Diamond-like two-phonon absorption in hydrogenated amorphous carbon modified with copper,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii and S.G.Yastrebov,
Diamond Related Mater. 8, 554-557 (1999);
9. Carbon clusters in amorphous hydrogenated carbon,

S.G.Yastrebov, V.I.Ivanov-Omskii and V.I.Siklitsky,
J. Non-Cryst. Solids (Part A) 230, 622-626 (1998);
10. Bonded and non bonded hydrogen in diamond-like carbon,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii and S.G.Yastrebov,
J. Non-Cryst. Solids 230, 627-631 (1998);
11. Diamond nanocrystals in hydrogenated amorphous carbon grown by ion sputtering of graphite,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii, V.I.Siklitsky, A.A.Sitnikova and S.G.Yastrebov,
Phil. Mag. B 76, 973-978 (1997);
12. Size distribution analysis of diamond and graphite-like DLC,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii, A.B. Lodygin, A.A. Sitnikove and S.G.Yastrebov,
J. Chemical Vapor Deposition 5, 198-206 (1997);
13. Optical absorption of amorphous carbon doped with copper,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii, A.V.Tolmatchev and S.G.Yastrebov,
Phil. Mag B 73, 715-722 (1996);
14. Diamond-like hydrogenated copper-alloyed carbons. Spectral interferometry,

V.I.Ivanov-Omskii, I.N.Krivorotov and S.G.Yastrebov,
Tech. Phys. 40, 930 (1995).