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03.12.2025
A major improvement makes porous intermetallics five times more oxidation resistant
12.24.2024
Scientists at Tomsk Scientific Center SB RAS have determined the optimal process conditions for making a composite material based on affordable titanium and ferroboron alloy powders using self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS). The resulting material promises to extend the life of heavy duty cutting tools, like those used in the woodworking industry. The research was published in the high-impact International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials.
10.24.2024
Research engineer Ivan Polyakov from Tomsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is developing software for the automatic analysis of a large number of microstructure images obtained using metallographic and electron microscopes. With a user-friendly interface, a neural network created and trained specifically for the purposes, and a bunch of original algorithms, scientists hope to gain a streamlined access to material property data, such as porosity, grain size, and phase composition.
10.03.2024
Scientists at Tomsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are developing optimal compositions and technology for producing oxide-nitride ceramics (SiAlON) via SHS nitriding. Being able to filter out various inclusions from metal melts, such products are in high demand in the metallurgy industry. The research is supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 24-79-00117).
09.03.2024
Scientists at Tomsk Scientific Center SB RAS have developed a technology for producing fine inorganic pigments in three colors – blue, green, and khaki. The iron triad-based pigments produced via self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) are non-toxic and highly durable. The entire process takes minutes and does not require expensive equipment. The findings have been published in the first-quartile journal Ceramics International.
08.06.2024
Scientists at Tomsk Scientific Center SB RAS, in cooperation with colleagues from Beijing University of Technology, have calculated the optimal operating parameters for a cycloidal rotary engine. Using advanced numerical techniques, they pinpointed the most effective engine operation mode, maximizing efficiency with minimum of fuel consumption. These findings were published in the Energy journal.
06.03.2024
In Novosibirsk, meetings of 11 United Scientific Councils of SB RAS took place. Anatoly Maznoy – Deputy Director for Science at Tomsk Scientific Center of SB RAS – spoke at the USC on physical sciences, presenting a report on the modification of powder and granular materials by applying a rare-earth metal (REM) coatings. This implementation-ready result was achieved through successful collaboration of several scientific divisions of the Tomsk Scientific Center.
02.20.2024
The results of a comprehensive study conducted at Tomsk Scientific Center SB RAS showed mechanisms of the formation of the W–Zr surface alloys. Based on the obtained results, a scheme was proposed describing the formation of the surface alloys (SAs) upon low-energy high-current electron beam (LEHCEB) processing. The study was published in Vacuum.
12.11.2023
Scientists from Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk Scientific Center of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences published a monograph “Materials with polyfunctional properties based on nanoparticles modified fibers” which presents an advanced technology for manufacturing nanofilters to purify liquid and gas media.
11.27.2023

The researchers of the Tomsk Scientific Center produced valuable titanium carbides using the highly exothermic reaction between PET bottles and Ti powder as well as a hydrogen-containing gaseous by-product which can be used as fuel for heat and power units. These carbides are similar in their properties to the reference ones. The research is published in Green Chemical Engineering.
11.20.2023
Researchers from Tomsk Scientific Center supplied a pilot batch of Si-iron-based powder to a brick factory under the management of FURBAU group where it will be utilized to make unique decorative bricks which as they hope will help them expand their product line.
11.03.2023
Researchers from the Tomsk Scientific Center SB RAS and Beijing University of Technology conducted numerical and experimental investigation of mixture formation, ignition, and combustion processes to enhance performance characteristics of rotary engines for various purposes. The reported study funded by Russian Science Foundation No. 21-79-00170 were published in Fuel journal.
10.24.2023
Researchers from the Tomsk Scientific Center SB RAS fabricated core(Al)-shell(Y/Dy) particles by electron beam treatment of Al powder. Such powders containing rare earth metals will make it possible to produce highly oxidation resistant gas burners using self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. The research was funded by Russian Science Foundation (No. 21-79-10445). The results are reported in Materials Today Communications.
10.09.2023
The results of the study conducted by researchers of the Tomsk Scientific Center make it possible not only to better understand the nature of the thermal processes in materials under irradiation, but also to evaluate the use of electron beam machines for solving various production tasks. The paper is published in Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
09.25.2023
Scientists (TSC SB RAS) determined optimal modes for the mechanochemical synthesis of spinel cobalt ferrite nanopowders with desired characteristics using complex theoretical calculations and experimental data. The study is published in the high ranked journal Сeramics International (UK, Elsevier).
06.30.2023

A review of progress and obstacles with high-entropy alloys as structural materials, prepared by scientists Mikhail Slobodyan, Evgeny Pesterev, and Alexey Markov (Tomsk Scientific Centre of SB RAS), has been published in Materials Today Communication (Elsevier BV, Netherlands). A comprehensive 80-page review with over 500 references, covering all major recent works, was published within a month and a half after submission to the journal.
04.26.2023

The Editorial Board of the international Russian Physics Journal, published in English, is now housed in Tomsk Akademgorodok. Tomsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is the journal s partner. The Russian Physics Journal published by Springer is included in Scopus and Web of Science, and its SCImago journal ranking on physics and astronomy is Q3.
02.06.2023
01.09.2023
Six modern digital weather stations, developed and manufactured by scientists from the Tomsk scientific center of SB RAS in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Monitoring of climatic and ecological systems of SB RAS were delivered to the Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology of RAS in Volgograd.
11.21.2022
A team of scientists from the Laboratory of New Metallurgical Processes (Tomsk Scientific Center of the SB RAS) led by Konstantin Bolgaru developed a cost-effective method to produce expensive sialon. This resistant and refractory industrial material has been proposed to be produced from cheap raw materials, such as ferroalloy production wastes. These results are reported in the highly ranked journal Ceramics International.
10.17.2022
Researchers from the Laboratory of Advanced Technologies (Tomsk Scientific Center of the SB RAS) have developed a new methodology for producing a wide range of alloys. They derived an analytical formula that can select the optimal mode of formation of such alloys using an electron beam. The scientists successfully validated their findings experimentally on the example of a zirconium-chromium alloy. The results of this work were published in the highly ranked journal Materials Chemistry and Physics.
09.30.2022

VIII International Congress on Energy Fluxes and Radiation Effects (EFRE-2022) will start on 3 October. More than 400 researchers from 17 countries representing 135 research and educational institutions will take part in its work. This is no less than two years ago.
09.30.2022

The delegation of the Tomsk Scientific Center of the SB RAS worked in Novosibirsk at the IX International Forum of Technological Development TECHNOPROM-2022. As a result, a scientific and technical cooperation agreement was signed with the Siberian Federal Scientific Center for Agrobiotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as promising contacts were established with large Russian companies, such as Nornickel, Gazprom, medical, construction, and shipbuilding companies.
06.23.2022

Scientists of the Tomsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Lapshin and Oksana Ivanova proposed a mathematical model for studying two-step mechanochemical synthesis of inorganic substances in wave combustion mode. This model, published in the high-ranking journal Powder Technology, will help find optimal modes of production of expensive composites and significantly develop a new macrokinetic theory.

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