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Annual Report 2012 - Latvijas Universitātes Cietvielu fizikas institūts

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LABORATORY OF SURFACE PHYSICS<br />

Head of Laboratory Dr.habil. phys. J.Maniks<br />

Research Area and Main Problems<br />

The research interests are focused on problems related to structure and micromechanical<br />

and optical properties of surfaces, interfaces and thin films of advanced tribological and<br />

optical materials, and materials for micro/nanotechnologies (e.g. metals and alloys,<br />

oxides, halides, fullerenes and composite systems). Research area includes development<br />

of the methods of surface modification and studies of surface and interface effects in<br />

indentation hardness, plasticity and adhesion. The research is based on methods of<br />

micro- and nanoindentation, AFM, SEM, XRD and optical microscopy.<br />

Main research topics in <strong>2012</strong> were<br />

• Modification processes of structures and micromechanical properties of functional<br />

materials, such as wide band-gap oxides (MgO), halogenides (LiF) and carbon<br />

materials (HOPG and polycrystalline graphite) under irradiation with high energy<br />

(MeV-GeV) ions.<br />

• Micro- and nano-mechanical characterization of surface layers, thin films and<br />

interfaces of advanced materials.<br />

Scientific Staff<br />

1. Dr.habil.phys., emeritus J.Maniks<br />

2. Dr.phys. F.Muktepavela<br />

3. Dr.phys. I.Manika<br />

PhD Students<br />

Mg.phys. R.Zabels<br />

Students<br />

B.sc.R.Grants<br />

L.Brauna<br />

Technical Staff<br />

A.Pētersons<br />

Scientific visits abroad<br />

1. R.Zabels, Warsaw, Poland (7 days).<br />

Visitors from Abroad<br />

1. Dr.A.Dauletbekova, ENU, Astana, Kazakhstan (6 days).<br />

2. Prof.K.Schwartz, GSI, Darmstadt, Germany (6 days).<br />

Cooperation<br />

Latvia<br />

Daugavpils University, Innovative Microscopy Centre (Dr. E.Tamanis).<br />

Institute of Physics, University of Latvia (Dr.A.Shisko).<br />

Germany<br />

GSI, Darmstadt, (Prof. K.Schwartz).<br />

Kazakhstan<br />

L. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Dr.A.Dauletbekova)<br />

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