NATO SPS Programme project: Participants

Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (IMN) CNRS - UMR 6502

2 rue de la Houssinière,

BP32229 - 44322 Nantes cedex 3, FRANCE.

Tel: +33 (0)2 40 37 39 39

Fax: +33 (0)2 40 37 39 95

B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

47 Nauky Ave., Kharkiv, 61103, UKRAINE.

Tel: +380-57-340-22-23

Fax: +380-57-340-33-70

E-mail: ilt@ilt.kharkov.ua

National Technical University

«Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute»

2 Kyrpychova str., Kharkiv, 61002, UKRAINE.

Tel: +380-57-707-66-34

E-mail: omsroot@kpi.kharkov.ua

V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University

4 Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022, UKRAINE.

Tel: +380-57-707-52-55

Fax: +380-57-705-02-41

E-mail: univer@karazin.ua

The project consortium includes four reputable institutions representing France, as a NATO country and Ukraine as a partner country.

Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (Nantes, France) is one of the leading laboratories

Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (Nantes, France)

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of France in Materials Sciences with over 150 researchers and support staff. The Institute carries out many research projects and holds many collaborations with industry in France and abroad. Fundamental research is well

balanced with high technology applications in nanosciences, optical materials, renewable energy like fuel and solar cells, car batteries, photonics, smart materials, functional materials, synthetic processes, and sensor development.

B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

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is one of the leading scientific centers of Ukraine in the field of low temperature physics and engineering, solid state physics, and materials science. Intellectual and technical facilities of the institution provide for the whole

range of activities aimed at creation of new devices and technologies, from fundamental R&D studies to commercial products. The project team of the Institute represents the scientific school of Yanson point-contact spectroscopy founded by the full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine I.K. Yanson who was awarded the “Hewlett-Packard” European Physical Society Prize in solid state physics in 1987 and the Lisa Meitner Prize in 2008 for discovery and exploitation of Point-Contact Spectroscopy.

National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (Kharkiv, Ukraine) is

National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

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among the major educational and scientific centers of Ukraine. In the University, technical approaches and methods are being developed to allow creation of highly efficient technological processes in most branches of

industry.

V.Karazin Kharkiv National University (Kharkiv, Ukraine) is one of the oldest and

V. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

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biggest educational and scientific centers of Ukraine. The high level of its scientific achievements is based on the long traditions supported by the highly qualified staff of lecturers and researchers with many world-known

persons among them.