Laboratory of Physics of Ionic Crystals

Research interests:

We study wide bandgap materials, their electronic and radiative properties. The main topics include:
• Radiation defects, investigation of their generation and healing mechanisms in fusion energy and other applicable materials.
• Theoretical modeling and experimental investigation of the properties of optical materials, in relation to the structure of the material.
• Investigations of electronic structure modification of materials, relaxation of electron excitations and ultrafast processes for applications in scintillators and other detector materials.

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Aleksandr Luštšik
Aleksandr Luštšik
Head of Laboratory,
Professor of Solid State Physics

E-mail: aleksandr.lushchik@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4619
Office: D-207
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Teaching: TÜ ÕIS
Supervision: UT DSpace, ETIS
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Mikhail Brik
Mikhail Brik
Professor of Computer Modelling of Materials
E-mail: mikhail.brik@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4751
Office: D-302
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Teaching: TÜ ÕIS
Supervision: ETIS
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Marco_Kirm
Marco Kirm
Professor in Experimental Physics, Academician
E-mail: marco.kirm@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4629, +372 5342 7170
Office: D-501
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Teaching: TÜ ÕIS
Supervision: UT DSpace1, UT DSpace2, ETIS
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Eduard Feldbach
Eduard Feldbach
Associate Professor in Material Science
E-mail: eduard.feldbach@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4762
Office: D-202
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
Supervision: UT DSpace, ETIS
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vitaly Nagirny
Vitali Nagirnõi
Associate Professor in Solid State Physics
E-mail: vitali.nagirnoi@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4701
Office: D-203
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
Supervision: UT DSpace, ETIS
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Sergey Omelkov
Sergey Omelkov
Associate Professor of Solid State Physics 0.2 p
E-mail: sergey.omelkov@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4787
Office: D-204
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
Supervision: ETIS
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Artur Tamm
Artur Tamm
Associate Professor of computational physics
E-post: artur.tamm@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4787
Kabinet: D-204
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ETIS
Supervision::
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Dmitry_Spasky
Dmitry Spasskiy
Associate Professor in Solid State Physics
E-mail: dmitry.spasskiy@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4702
Office: D-203
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
Supervision: ETIS
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Aleksi_Krasnikov
Aleksei Krasnikov
Research Fellow in Solid State Physics
E-mail: aleksei.krasnikov@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4787
Office: D-204
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
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Irina_Krudatseva
Irina Kudrjavtseva
Research Fellow in Solid State Physics
E-mail: irina.kudrjavtseva@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4763
Office: D-206
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
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Ivo_Romet
Ivo Romet
Research Fellow of Solid State Physics
E-mail: ivo.romet@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4787
Office: D-204
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
Teaching: TÜ ÕIS
Supervision: ETIS
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Jevgeni_šablonin
Jevgeni Šablonin
Research Fellow of Solid State Physics
E-mail: jevgeni.sablonin@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4764
Office: D-205
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
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Viktor_Seeman

Viktor Seeman
Research Fellow in Solid State Physics
E-mail: viktor.seeman@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4765
Office: C-101
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ETIS

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Natalya Krutyak
Nataliya Krutyak
Research Fellow in Solid State Physics
E-mail: nataliya.krutyak@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4763
Kabinet: D-206
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate
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Gatis_Pridetis
Gatis Priedītis
PhD student in physics
E-mail: prieditisgatis@gmail.com
Phone: +372 737 4741
Office: D-221
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate, ETISS
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Ott_Rebane
Ott Rebane
PhD student in physics
E-mail: ott.rebane@ut.ee
Office: D-221
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ResearchGate, ETIS
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Juhan Saaring
Juhan Saaring
Specialist in Spectroscopy 0.25 p
E-mail: juhan.saaring@kliinikum.ee
Phone: +372 737 4741
Office: D-221
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ETIS
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Eliko Tõldsepp
Eliko Tõldsepp
Engineer 0.5 p MSc (Materials Science)
E-mail: eliko.toldsepp@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4741
Office: D-221
CV, projects: ETIS
Publications: ETIS
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Eino Johhanees Tiirinen
Eino Johannes Tiirinen
specialist 0,3 k
E-mail: eino.johannes.tiirinen@ut.ee
Office: D-204
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Sanu Bifal Maji
PhD student in physics
E-mail: sanu.bifal.maji@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4741
Office: D-221
CV, projects:
Publications:
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Muhammad Usama Jamal
MSc student in materials science
E-mail: muhamm94@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4741
Office: D-221
CV, projects:
Publications:
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Umama Qudusi
Umama Quddusi
MSc student in materials science
E-mail: umama94@ut.ee
Phone: +372 737 4741
Office: D-221
CV, projects:
Publications:

• "Advancing performance of fast luminescence materials by band structure engineering“ (1.01.2020−31.12.2024) PRG629 Marco Kirm, Sergey Omelkov, Irina Kudrjavtseva, Alexander Vanetsev.
• "Advanced materials and high-technology devices for sustainable energetics, sensorics and nanoelectronics (TK141)“ (1.01.2016−1.03.2023) SLTKT16141T Enn Lust, Mikhail Brik, Marco Kirm, Vitali Nagirnõi.
• "Interrelations between the properties of impurities and hosts in novel optical materials: fundamental and applied aspects" (1.01.2018−31.12.2022) PRG111 Mikhail Brik, Vitali Nagirnõi.
• "Commercial Analytical Research Organisations Transnational Strategy“ (1.01.2019−30.06.2021) MLTFY19056I Marco Kirm.
• "Effects of doping and nanostructuring on radiation resistance of spinel-structured optical compounds“ (1.01.2020−31.12.2020) PRG619 Aleksandr Luštšik, Eduard Feldbach, Aleksei Krasnikov, Anatolijs Popovs.
• "Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon 2020 through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium“ (1.01.2014−31.12.2020) MLOFY14130R Madis Kiisk, Aleksandr Luštšik, Eduard Feldbach.

  • Lushchik, A.; Feldbach, E.; Kotomin, E. A.; Kudryavtseva, I.; Kuzovkov, V. N.; Popov, A. I.; Seeman, V.; Shablonin, E. (2020). "Distinctive features of diffusion-controlled radiation defect recombination in stoichiometric magnesium aluminate spinel single crystals and transparent polycrystalline ceramics", Sci. Rep., 10 (1).10.1038/s41598-020-64778-8.
  • Peng, M.Y.; Yin, X.W.; Tanner, P.A.; Brik, M. G.; Li, P.F. (2015). "Site Occupancy Preference, Enhancement Mechanism, and Thermal Resistance of Mn4+ Red Luminescence in Sr4Al14O25: Mn4+ for Warm WLEDs", Chem. Mater., 27 (8), 2938−2945.10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00226.
  • Kunnus, Kristjan; Vacher, Morgane; [...] Gaffney, Kelly J. (2020). "Vibrational wavepacket dynamics in Fe carbene photosensitizer determined with femtosecond X-ray emission and scattering". Nat. Commun., 11 (1), ARTN 634.10.1038/s41467-020-14468-w.
  • Turtos, R. M.; Gundacker, S.; Omelkov, S.; Mahler, B.; Khan, A. H.; Saaring, J.; Meng, Z.; Vasil’ev, A.; Dujardin, C.; Kirm, M.; Moreels, I.; Auffray, E.; Lecoq, P. (2019). "On the use of CdSe scintillating nanoplatelets as time taggers for high-energy gamma detection". npj 2D Mater. Appl., 3 (1), 37.10.1038/s41699-019-0120-8.
  • Zhou, Q.; Dolgov, L; Srivastava, A.M.; Zhou, L.; Wang, Z.L.; Shi, J.X.; Dramicanin, M.D.; Brik, M.G.; Wu, M.M. (2018). Mn2+ and Mn4+ red phosphors: synthesis, luminescence and applications in WLEDs. A review. J. Mater. Chem. C, 6, 2652−2671.10.1039/c8tc00251g.
  • Romet, I.; Buryi, M.; Corradi, G.; Feldbach, E.; Laguta, V.; Tichy-Racs, E.; Nagirnyi, V. (2017). "Recombination luminescence and EPR of Mn doped Li2B4O7 single crystals". Opt. Mater., 70, 184−193.10.1016/j.optmat.2017.05.032.

Irina Kudrjavtseva (1997)
Sergei Dolgov (1998)
Aleksei Kotlov (2004)
Aleksei Krasnikov (2007)
Vigen Issahhanjan (2008)
Sergei Nakonetšnõi (2011)
Sergey Omelkov (2011)
Jevgeni Šablonin (2013)
Anna Šugai (2013)
Raul Laasner (2015)
Viktoria Levuskhina (2017)
Marek Oja (2017)
Ivo Romet (2017)

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