Scientists of the Faculty of Technology, employees of the Research Institute "Nanotechnology and New Materials" and their innovative developments are at the top of our news. They always, and not only on the Day of Russian Science, have something to tell readers and listeners about. These wizards of flasks and retorts are able to arouse interest even among those who are far from chemistry. And this is not accidental…

The results of the 2023 competition for a grant from the Russian Science Foundation in the direction of “Conducting fundamental scientific research and exploratory scientific research using small standards of standards” have been summed up. Immediately 3 employees of the Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and New Materials” were among the winners of the competition and received grants for the development of their scientific topics.

On November 23, at the dissertation council 24.2.436.01 at SRSPU (NPI), Nikita Andreevich Faddeev defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of technical sciences on the topic: “Development of the scientific foundations of the technology of bipolar plates for fuel cells with a proton exchange membrane.” Scientific supervisor: Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor N.V. Smirnova.

On November 17, 2023, correspondents from the Poisk newspaper visited the walls of our research institute “Nanotechnologies and New Materials” and took an exclusive interview with the employees.

Representatives of the youth research laboratory “New composite and functional materials” became participants in the “School of Key Researchers “Science 4.0: Models, Strategies and Development Trajectories of Scientists” (MPI-2023)”, which was held on November 14 at the DSTU.