From September 9 to 13, the XXI Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry was held in St. Petersburg, which became one of the main events of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. The delegation of the South Russian State Polytechnic University took part in the events of the forum.

Our university was represented at the congress by Professor of the Department "General Chemistry and Technology of Silicates" V.M. Talanov, senior researcher of the Research Institute "Nanotechnology and New Materials" R.E. Yakovenko, graduate student I.N. Zubkov, undergraduate of the Department "Chemical Technologies", technician of the Research Institute "NTiNM" D.V. Pasyukov.

The topics of the Mendeleev Congresses traditionally cover the main directions of the development of chemical science, technology and industry, chemical education and the interaction of business with science and industry. The discussion of topical chemical problems is often held within the framework of round tables, which are a unique platform for discussions between representatives of science and industry, determining the main directions of development and interaction of modern chemical and technological industries.

The ceremony and the meeting of the organizing committee were attended by Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva "The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is an important component of the national project "Science", - said the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kotyukov. "This is a serious task for us, because we believe that achievements in the field of chemical science ensure the implementation of all the priorities of Russia's technological development..."
Within the framework of the Mendeleev Congress, ten sections worked: "Fundamental problems of chemical Science", "Chemistry and Technology of Materials", "Physico-chemical foundations of metallurgical processes", "Energy resource efficiency, Environmental safety and Risk Management of chemical industries", "Chemical aspects of Modern Energy and alternative Energy carriers", "Chemistry of fossil and renewable hydrocarbon raw materials", "Analytical Chemistry: new methods and devices for chemical research and analysis", "Chemical education", "Periodic table and new elements", "Medical chemistry: fundamental and applied aspects".

Professor V.M. Talanov took part in the section "Fundamental problems of chemical science". Senior researcher of the Research Institute "NTiNM" R.E. Yakovenko and graduate student I.N. Zubkov made presentations in the section "Chemistry of fossil and renewable hydrocarbon raw materials" concerning the production of fuels from renewable raw materials, including biomass, natural and associated petroleum gas.

On September 11, the winners of the Reaxys Award Russia - 2019 - outstanding Russian scientists in the field of chemistry were announced at the XXI Mendeleev Congress. The award was established by the Russian Chemical Society named after D.I. Mendeleev together with the Elsevier company with the aim of promoting and popularizing science, encouraging outstanding scientists in the field of chemistry and materials sciences, increasing qualitative and quantitative indicators of scientific activity.
In order to award the best in the nomination "For a significant contribution to the development of the most actively developing scientific topics in the world", seven topics were identified in the field of chemistry, which can be conditionally designated as "Fuel cells", "Photocatalysis and solar panels", "Graphene, carbon materials, nanotubes", "Catalysis: synthesis", "Catalysis: zeolites and hydrogenation", "Organic LEDs, solar panels and conjugated copolymers", "Ligands, crystal structure, organometallic compounds".

It is worth noting that the research carried out by Novocherkassk Polytechnics - scientists of the Research Institute "Nanotechnology and New Materials" - is almost one hundred percent getting into the top! The most successful research projects of our chemists are directly related to the topics of fuel cells; photocatalysis; catalysis: synthesis; ligands and organometallic compounds.
Thus, the project "Multifunctional catalytic systems for combined reactions of synthesis and hydroconversion of hydrocarbons in the conditions of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis", supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, relates to the topic: "Catalysis: synthesis". A group of scientists of the Research Institute "NTiNM" is currently working on the implementation of this project under the leadership of senior researcher R.E. Yakovenko. 

The project is aimed at solving the fundamental problem of creating efficient catalytic systems for the synthesis of liquid hydrocarbons from CO and H2 with a given fractional and group composition on multifunctional catalytic systems. It is expected that the practical implementation of the project will make it possible to create economical and environmentally friendly methods for producing synthetic motor fuels with increased performance.
Roman Evgenievich notes that his team is working on creating the fuel of the future and pursues two main goals: utilization of associated gases and production of synthetic fuels, whose environmental characteristics far exceed those of petroleum fuels.
Scientists of the Research Institute "Nanotechnologies and New Materials" under the leadership of professors A.P. Savostyanov, V.M. Chernyshev, N.V. Smirnova are engaged in equally promising projects within the framework of other actively developing scientific topics.

Currently, the Russian Scientific Foundation supports three projects implemented under the leadership of V.M. Chernyshev, N.V. Smirnova and A.V. Astakhov.
The projects of R.E. Yakovenko, A.B. Kuriganova, V.M. Chernyshev received support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

A group of scientists of the Research Institute under the leadership of A.P. Savostyanov is working on the implementation of a state task related to the creation of Arctic diesel fuel.
The talents of the youth of the Research Institute "Nanotechnology and New Materials" were awarded with grants from the President of the Russian Federation: the grantees were Roman Yakovenko and Alexandra Kuriganova. The scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation was awarded to junior researcher, postgraduate student of the Department "Chemical Technology of High-molecular compounds, Organic, physical and colloidal Chemistry" Alexey Saliev