MIET will train unique specialists in synchrotron radiation application

Currently, Russia is implementing a large-scale program for the construction, modernization and commissioning of new specialized synchrotron radiation sources. This is especially important for solving urgent problems related to developing and researching advanced materials and nanostructures for the X-ray nanolithography, which can be applicable to a new component base of micro- and nanoelectronics using a synchrotron radiation source.

"The core of the new tech valley being created in Moscow will be a specialized source of synchrotron radiation in the technological storage complex In Zelenograd. Taking into account modern opportunities and trends in the development of synchrotron research, the range of tasks solved by the new technological storage complex will be mainly focused on fundamentally new technologies of the 21st century," said Nikita Marchenkov, head of the Synchrotron–Neutron Research Complex at the Kurchatov Institute. – The commissioning of the complex will play an important part in consolidating the potential of scientific cities and large scientific and industrial organizations concentrated in the north of the Moscow urban area."

MIET has been training personnel for synchrotron and neutron research since 2021. More than 30 specialists have already been trained as part of the ongoing additional educational program "Synchrotron radiation in the study of materials and microelectronics technology".

This year, the Institute of Advanced Materials and Technologies for the first time has opened a master's program in the field of synchrotron and neutron radiation applications in nano- and microelectronics technologies, developed jointly with the Kurchatov Institute.

The creation of a master's program like this one is dictated by the urgent need for specialists in the field of synchrotron radiation application for research and technological purposes: "Synchrotron radiation is an important tool for the development of many high-tech fields, such as materials science, chemistry, electronics, biology and others," says Sergey Gavrilov, MIET Vice-Rector for Research. – Synchrotron radiation is used in materials research, in the creating of an electronic component base, in the development of biomedical and pharmaceutical technologies. After completing the Master's degree, graduates will be able to fulfill themselves at the forefront of science and technology."

Students of this program will gain knowledge on synchrotron radiation generation processes and its interaction with various materials, as well as special knowledge in various applied fields.